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John Squires

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[Something More]

Lay Off the Nostalgia, Horror Fans: It’s Okay to Like New Movies Too

Before we even begin, I just want to say that I don’t mean to criticize anyone with what I’m about to type. In fact, I myself am guilty of many of the things I’m going to be ranting about. All I’m looking to do here is start an intelligent discussion, and get some thoughts off

[Reviews]

Movie Review: Honeymoon (2014)

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

[Reviews]

Ten Years Later, The Descent is Still Crawling into Nightmares

July 8th of 2005 marked the UK release of The Descent, a film that came to the states the following year. Neil Marshall’s British creature feature was a claustrophobic masterpiece that I still consider to be one of my favorite theatrical experiences, and as we near the film’s 10th anniversary, I wanted to take a

[Reviews]

Movie Review: Wolves (2014)

Sight unseen, Wolves is already an intriguing beast, as it marks the directorial debut of a pretty big name in Hollywood. David Hayter, who also wrote the werewolf flick, has penned a handful of superhero movies in the past decade, including X-Men, X-Men 2 and Watchmen. A guy with some impressive credentials, to say the

[Reviews]

Movie Review: The Atticus Institute (2015)

I often say that a horror movie need not reinvent the proverbial wheel to be effective, as sometimes all one needs to do is simply roll it well. That’s something last year’s standout possession movie, The Taking of Deborah Logan, very much did, and 2015 kicks off on a similar note with The Atticus Institute.

[TV]

Creepshow Raw: The Web Series That Almost Was

It’s somewhat surprising that the Creepshow franchise didn’t go further than it did, as the 1982 film was a big time hit for Warner Bros – both critically and financially. A sequel to the EC Comics-inspired anthology followed in 1987, which similarly turned a respectable profit. In 2007, rights-holders Taurus Entertainment released a film called

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images of the Week: 1/12-1/16

We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images I’ve stumbled across on the internet this week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! Artist Anthony Petrie currently has a solo exhibit at California’s

[Movies]

A Closer Look at Jason Voorhees: Cannibal? Rapist?

It’s always exciting to discover things about your favorite movies that you had never noticed, despite watching them countless times. On a recent viewing of Friday the 13th: Part 3, for example, I noticed something that I was pretty surprised about, and fairly shocked that I had never before picked up on. Early in the