Before making The Woman in Black, James Watkins wrote and directed Eden Lake, which centered on a couple being terrorized by a band of evil kids while on a romantic getaway. Thoroughly disturbing, the British film made some powerful statements about humanity, resonating in such a way that the passage of time since first experiencing …
Legend has it that George Romero and Laurel Entertainment, after making Creepshow, were keen on the idea of turning the property into a small screen television series, though rights issues prevented them from doing so. Instead, they took the horror anthology format and renamed it Tales from the Darkside, with the Creepshow-inspired series debuting in …
I’ve been meaning to write about spooky BBC drama Remember Me for quite some time, but I’ve found it very difficult to decide what I was going to say. Even now, a few months after it aired here in the UK, I’m still undecided if It’s possible to recommend it or not. The problem is …
Every once in a while, a horror movie comes along that makes you excited about horror movies again. These movies are the rarest of them all, and finding them can be like locating the proverbial needle in a haystack. But once found, they make you realize that all the fruitless searching was well worth it. …
I’ve always made it a point to watch new episodes of The Walking Dead as they air, mostly for the purposes of avoiding the social media spoilers that are quite frankly unavoidable. But AMC made that incredibly hard in the fifth season’s second half, as episodes ran concurrent with everything from The Academy Awards to …
Serial killers have been a part of the horror and thriller genres since the birth of motion pictures. Repulsive and terrifying but strangely fascinating and at times incredibly captivating characters. From masked slashers to the sophistication and charm of Hannibal – They are PERFECT creatures to build movies around. The Cell (directed by Tarsem Singh), …
Every year there’s one horror movie that tends to stand head and shoulders above the rest, almost universally praised to the point of being widely considered the best of the year. Last year’s movie was The Babadook. And though we’re only heading into April, early indication is that this year’s standout horror effort is going …
It’s the year 2015, and if the idea of a young couple heading out into the woods and encountering something evil doesn’t at least make you think about rolling your eyes, then you probably haven’t seen all that many horror movies. But a good movie is a good movie, no matter how many times it’s …
The origin story of Clown is one that showcases the power of the internet, and the way it has afforded fans unprecedented opportunities in the world of filmmaking. To summarize, director Jon Watts made a same-named faux trailer a few years back, which caught the attention of Eli Roth. So in love with the idea …
It’s no secret that us fans are nostalgic for 80s slasher flicks, and countless films that have come along in the past decade have attempted to recreate the magic of that era – with varying results. There’s perhaps no film that accomplished the task better than Adam Green’s Hatchet – a movie that new release …
