If you took away everything that made Scream the movie that it was, you’d be left with precisely the sort of generic horror movie that Scream was poking fun at, and that’s pretty much the best possible way I can describe the movie I watched tonight. Released at the tail end of last year, that …
Ok, here we go with the second part of what will hopefully become a 100% accurate and complete visual guide to every character and actor who has died at the hands of the legend that is Jason Voorhees. Getting on each list is simple: The character MUST be directly killed by Jason himself and where …
Chainsaw Confidential: How We Made the World’s Most Notorious Horror Movie is written by Gunnar Hansen and it chronicles the making of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I could give a straight up review of this book but instead I’d like to take you on a little journey that, I hope, will support my review a …
Ok, here is the first part of what will hopefully become a 100% accurate and complete visual guide to every character and actor who has died at the hands of the legend that is Jason Voorhees. Getting on each list is simple: The character MUST be directly killed by Jason himself and where possible the …
Today marks the 69th year my dear old Mum has been on this Earth … Born and raised on the mean streets of Glasgow she has been a tiny little bundle of energy and opinions her entire life. Over the years many people have found her a little intimidating and my brothers and I still …
Fearless Vampire Killers is part comedy, part horror, but in all honesty, the “comedy” aspect of it (while I did have a few laughs) actually just adds to the creepiness of it. Even more eerie, was to watch Sharon Tate (real life wife of director Roman Polanski, who plays the female lead Sarah) perform in …
How often do you get asked to suggest a movie choice for a friend or relative who has run out of ideas? When it comes to horror I find myself telling people to give The Descent a try every chance I get. In my humble opinion it’s a brilliant film, (thought I would get that …
Remakes. The mere mention of the word almost always invokes passion from us horror fans, and whether you love them or you absolutely cannot stand them, there’s one thing that’s for certain; remakes are an incredible conversation starter. Personally, I have absolutely no issue with remakes, and I feel that hating a movie for being …
As much as I love the horror community, there are certain things about it that quite frankly boggle my mind, and one of those things is the way that we as horror fans tend to love and praise anything that’s old, and yet hate on or just plain totally ignore anything that’s shiny and new. …
No stranger to the horror scene, Scott Derrickson made his first contribution to the genre in 1999 when he co-wrote Urban Legends: Final Cut, the first of two sequels to the 1998 film. After co-writing and directing Hellraiser: Inferno in 2000, Derrickson truly made a name for himself with 2005’s The Exorcism of Emily Rose, …
