My earliest horror movie memories are not of being scared by the movies, but simply having a whole lot of fun watching them. I fell in love with Freddy Krueger at a pretty young age, perhaps younger than one should be at the time of delving into the genre, and I can count on one …
After being taken to the titular Island of Dr. Moreau in the oft-maligned 1996 adaptation of H. G. Wells’ classic novel, Edward Douglas describes the location as being “the most outrageous spectacle” he has ever witnessed. It’s a fitting line, as the film’s hellish production was precisely that. There are few things more intriguing than …
Welcome back fiends! It’s time for another member of our horror loving community to reflect, ponder and ultimately decide which movies mean the most to them. The rules are simple: I want to know the ten movies that mean the most to YOU. The movies that have shaped your passion for the horror genre, in …
The year was 1975 and one most perfectly crafted movies I have ever had the pleasure of watching was unleashed on the big screen. JAWS. Here we are forty years later and I’m going to be paying tribute to this epic film across several articles in the coming months but today we get the ball …
For the first time in 23 years, iconic horror hero Ash Williams returns this coming October in the Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead, which will finally put Bruce Campbell’s stump back into a chainsaw. Pretty exciting for all fans of the franchise, as it’s kind of an impossible dream come true. Of course, this …
Internet-themed horror has become a bonafide sub-genre in the last few years, with recent films like Open Windows, The Den and the upcoming Unfriended exploring the inherent dangers of the world wide web. It’s a wonderful place, but oh boy is there a dark side. Directed by Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer star Trevor Matthews, Girl …
It’s no secret that horror movies are very rarely recognized at the Academy Awards, with VERY few of them over the years being nominated for Oscar gold – and, of course, the list of actual winners is even more miniscule. But one of the cool things about the horror genre is that it has introduced …
Today I’m going to mosey back down memory lane and share some images from my old Ghostbusters UK comic collection, specifically focussing on the VERY rare examples that still feature their original cover mounted free gifts. To understand just why it’s so difficult and unusual to find issues like these you have to consider several …
Okay, so I totally realize the above headline seems like click-bait nonsense, but that genuinely describes what I’m here to talk about today. So read on, before you hate me for baiting you. Released in 2010 – thereby predating that *other* Frozen movie – Frozen proved that Adam Green (Hatchet) can do horror as well …
The great thing about the horror genre is that there’s pretty much a movie for every single holiday. Whether we’re dealing with killer bunnies, pumpkins, turkeys or Santa Claus himself, there’s always at least a little something to help inject ample amounts of blood and guts into any given holiday. And the smaller ones, like …
