The shot on video (SOV) format has been a tried and true staple of the horror community ever since the days of “Boardinghouse“. From time to time, a movie comes around that claims to be a “throwback” or an “homage” to these days of horror old. None more so than HI-8. A concept where eight …
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 …
The formula of The Walking Dead is that the show tends to reinvent itself every eight episodes, so that things feel fresh and new each time it returns after an extended hiatus. If last month’s mid-season return didn’t quite do that, and indeed it did not, then oh boy did last night’s new episode. Like …
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 …
In October of 2009, the now-defunct FEARNET launched the original web series Fear Clinic, which was comprised of five online-exclusive episodes. Six years later, and one year after the sudden demise of the horror network, the Fear Clinic has once again opened for business, in the form of a feature-length expansion on the concept. For …
There are few stories that have been more influential on the horror genre than John W. Campbell’s novella Who Goes There?, first published in 1938. The story has been adapted into several feature films over the years, the first of which was 1951’s The Thing from Another World. In 1982, John Carpenter made his own …
If there’s any filmmaker currently working within the confines of the horror genre who is most worthy of being referred to as ‘one of us,’ it’s without question Adam Green. A hardcore fan through and through, Green has done nothing but impress since coming onto the scene with 2006’s Hatchet, proving with follow-up films Spiral …
Especially around this time of the year, with awards season in full swing, it’s almost impossible to not be lured in by the glamour that seemingly embodies the Hollywood lifestyle. But as we’ve seen time and time again, there’s a dark side to all the glitz and glamour, and that side has never seemed quite …
Though NBC normally premieres a new season of Hannibal in the first quarter of each year, we learned just a couple weeks back that those plans have changed for 2015, with Season 3 headed our way sometime this summer. In other words, the wait is going to be longer than anticipated, which is needless to …
In 2012, Cabin in the Woods systematically deconstructed the ‘young people in a cabin’ sub-genre, imparting the message that enough is quite frankly enough, and it’s time for a change. Ever since then, it’s been hard to take movies of that sort seriously, though every once in a while a film comes along and reminds …
