There’s no 2014 horror film that was more critically acclaimed than The Babadook, which used tragedy-induced madness as the springboard for a truly effective horror story. It’s a shame that so few seem to have seen it, because The Canal does much the same thing, and is every bit as impressive as last year’s horror …
One of the films that has been popping up on many horror fans’ Top 10 of 2014 lists is The Guest, directed by Adam Wingard (You’re Next). And while it’s not quite a horror film, it’s hard to disagree with that genre classification. *If you haven’t yet seen the movie you might want to avoid …
Location, location, location. The importance of location in a horror movie cannot be overstated, as the good ones understand that the setting can be a character in and of itself. The Shining, for example, had the Overlook Hotel, while Halloween had the small, atmospheric town of Haddonfield. Like The Descent and last year’s As Above, …
The [REC] series is quite an interesting one, one that doesn’t quite play by the rules of franchise horror. While the first two films were exceptional-yet-similar found footage affairs, the third installment completely shed the filmmaking style and went in a totally (and tonally) different direction, trading in the horror for horror-comedy. Just released onto …
Legendary British production company Hammer Films has had a pretty respectable resurgence over the course of the past eight years, films like Let Me In and Wake Wood showing that they’re still a force to be reckoned with. In 2012, the company hit another home run with The Woman in Black, a remake of the …
After the success of Halloween, the slasher sub-genre capitalized big time with other holiday-themed body count flicks, films like My Bloody Valentine, April Fool’s Day and Mother’s Day coming along to ensure that every big date on the calendar had a horror movie of its very own. Released in 1980, New Year’s Evil is unique …
UK-based label Death Waltz Recording Company dropped a little treat down the proverbial chimney this holiday season in the form of Silent Night, Deadly Night‘s very first soundtrack release, on both vinyl as well as CD. The limited edition two-disc affair, which quickly sold out, served to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary, and boy does …
You’re unlikely to find a year-end ‘Best Of’ list that doesn’t have The Babadook on it, a film that was particularly impressive given the fact that it marked the directorial debut of Jennifer Kent. Another film garnering much praise on those same lists is Housebound, which is also noteworthy for introducing us horror fans to …
Earlier this year I started a series of posts about my favorite episodes of HBO’s Tales from the Crypt, which I kicked off with Season 2’s Cryptkeeper origin story, ‘Lower Berth.’ We continue the series today by shining the spotlight on a timely episode of the show, which brought a little horror to the holiday …
Depending on who you ask, this year’s horror output was either awful or exceptional. For those who only watch movies outside of the home, it was awful. But for those who prefer to stay indoors and nestle up on the couch like hermits, horror was downright exceptional in 2014. There was a time, not all …
