December is once again upon us, and the Halloween season never feels further away than it does right now. But here at HL we like to think we can inject a little horror into EVERY month of the year, so welcome to the first entry in my Xmas countdown with a difference. Each day I’ll …
December is once again upon us, and the Halloween season never feels further away than it does right now. But here at HL we like to think we can inject a little horror into EVERY month of the year, so welcome to the first entry in my Xmas countdown with a difference. Each day I’ll …
Early on in Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Sally and friends pass by the local slaughterhouse on the way to their unfortunate fates, and Franklin entertains the van full of hapless victims with stories about what goes on inside the building. He talks about sledgehammers being used to bash in the brains of …
Horror films and spooky adventures have played a pivotal role in my life for as long as I can remember. I love seeing the look on people’s faces when I tell them about watching Stephen King’s ‘IT’ at only four years old, and my home has become a proverbial shrine to all things scary. I …
Imagine changing the game, as an artist, once in your life. Now imagine changing it multiple times, in several different decades. One man did that. His name was Wes Craven. It often takes many years, and many movies, for a filmmaker to establish himself on the scene, but Wes Craven cut right to the chase …
With the successes of films like The Hunger Games and Divergent, the burst of the “strong female lead” has been one of the most wildly discussed and debated topics in cinema. Citing examples like Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Black Widow of The Avengers, there are many that believe this is one of the best …
UPDATE — It looks like IMDb themselves agree with my overall assessment of the state of these boards and have decided to shut them down completely. While it’s a little sad to see them go, it’s probably for the best. The negativity was really just too much. That said, it does create a bit of …
I’ve been consuming horror films longer than I’ve been able to write coherent sentences, and no matter how much I age or how de-sensitized to subject matter I become…I still “scream like a girl.” I’ve studied the tropes extensively, and despite the fact I can almost count to the exact moment a scare will take place …
Betsy Palmer made a living as a character actress and broadway performer for over three decades before taking a role that would skyrocket her to an icon. Film credits including Mr. Roberts with Henry Fonda, The Long Gray Line with Tyrone Power and Maureen O’Hara, Queen Bee with Joan Crawford, and The Tin Star with …
Makeup effects artist Rick Baker is currently a top trend on Twitter, and fortunately it’s not because he passed away. Unfortunately, however, it’s because the 64-year-old legend has decided to throw in the towel, closing up shop and auctioning off a vast array of props from the various films he contributed to throughout the course …
