M. Night Shyamalan had all but destroyed his reputation with horror fans after the failures of films like The Village and Lady in the Water , but the proverbial nail in the coffin came with his eco-horror film, The Happening. While the trailer seemed to promise the return of the mind that gave us The Sixth Sense, …
Throughout the year 2006 and on into 2007, Mcfarlane Toys started making and releasing what I consider to be the most unique collectable items I’ve seen in recent years. A company that had become world famous for its ability to create top of the line action figures turned their attentions toward the realm of movie …
Horror-themed television programming is all the rage right now, with shows like The Walking Dead, Hannibal, Bates Motel and American Horror Story paving the way for many more in the near future, including small screen adaptations of The People Under the Stairs, The Evil Dead and Scream, as well as brand new original shows like …
So many horror movies come out every single week that it’s impossible to watch them all, forcing you to pick and choose which ones to spend a little time with. Oftentimes that decision is based on internet praise, though sometimes it’s simply a matter of who directed a given film. When it comes to this …
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), …
