Tim Burton’s classic 1994 biopic Ed Wood, about the wonderfully weird and inept Edward D. Wood Jr. (played to perfection by Johnny Depp in a very charismatic performance), is a love letter to probably the most infamous 1950s B-movie director of all time, and one of my all-time favorites. Despite the movie being incredibly sanitized, …
Sometimes a movie reaches into your chest when you least expect it. Horror films earn their scares with your consent. You bought the ticket, you knew what you were walking into. But every now and then a comedy, a kids’ movie, or an action film drops something genuinely horrifying into the middle of your afternoon …
I was twelve years old when Nowhere Man premiered on UPN in August 1995, and I watched every episode with the lights off, alone, which in retrospect explains a lot about me. Most people my age were watching Friends. I was watching a photojournalist lose his entire identity to a shadowy government conspiracy and slowly …
I have spent an embarrassing amount of my life defending Hellraiser to people who only know the later sequels, and honestly, I get it. If your first encounter with the “Hell Priest” was him murdering a nightclub full of people while making puns, or getting crammed into some unrelated straight-to-video thriller because a studio needed …
There are two types of people when back-to-school season hits: the ones who view it as a fresh start and the ones who view it as the beginning of the end. This list of back-to-school horror is for the latter. The only proper way to celebrate this time of year is to revisit some of …
Summer isn’t just a time for s’mores and sunshine, you know? It also happens to be the perfect time for flesh-hungry sharks and machete-wielding maniacs. Welcome to Summerween, the perfect halfway point to your favourite season! And while there are a few obvious picks for your summer horror movie marathon, finding the right vibe for …
“Wood’s art is a cultural mutation. He defies comparison — there is no one remotely like him. Dispatched from time, his legend and reputation grows.“ — Rudolph Grey, author of Nightmare of Ecstasy — The Life & Art of Edward D. Wood Jr., 1991. In the world of cinema when you really think about it, …
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, one of the UK’s most iconic amusement parks, is home to a ride that transcends mere thrills: the Real Haunted Ghost Train. This ride, known for its spooky ambiance and historical significance, offers an experience steeped in both manufactured frights and genuine paranormal lore. A Historical Haunting The Ghost Train first opened …
Kids in the ’50s gobbled up the gruesome morality tales of EC comics. These stories thrilled a generation with their depictions of terrible people getting punished for doing terrible things. They were fun, beautifully drawn… and wildly inappropriate, so much so that the entire comic book industry was forced to water everything down for decades …
This is a two-part post. In the previous post I reflected on the impact Ghostwatch had on me. In the countdown to Christmas in 1992, at the age of 11, I was having sleepless nights, not due to the usual excitement, but thanks to the lingering fear left over from watching Ghostwatch months earlier. However, …
