Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) is all about isolation. It’s a theme I think a lot of us can relate to right now. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been mostly locked inside for 2 or more months now. It’s a little maddening, isn’t it? So is it fitting or …

Friday the 13th (1980) turns 40 years old in 2020. There’s no questioning the film’s impact on horror cinema. There’s also no questioning the impact on our writers. To honor the 40th anniversary, I asked our team to remember the film and to talk about the legacy and what the …

John Carpenter is my favorite director, and frankly, it’s not a particularly close race. Classics like The Thing (read our 35th anniversary tribute here), Halloween, and Escape From New York are firmly entrenched on my Top 10 Films of All Time List. In some way, just about every Carpenter film …

Something special happens when you mix horror and religion. The things we fear mix magically with the tenets of faith because both are steeped in the mysteries of the unknown. The Exorcist (1973) was one of the earliest films that scared the ever loving bejeezus out of me. It shook …

Times are tough. We’re all stressed out. People are out of work. The stock market is tanking. Let’s face it: it’s a shit show out there! So, how is everyone coping? Why, the best they can, of course! Just as we all must do. One thing I’ve found that helps …

The 2020 Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival was held from March 4-8, 2020 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, NY. The eighth annual event featured a lineup of screenings, premieres, panels, virtual reality demonstrations, and a new screenplay competition. The festival recognized nine films and three screenplays for …

Before we start, I have to tell you: I’m a huge Adam Green fan. I discovered him through a friend on social media around 2004 or 2005. He was working on Hatchet (2006 – read our retro review here), his first feature, at the time. He was out pounding the …

Donald Henry Pleasence was born October 5, 1919, in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. The English actor was a star of stage and screen for nearly 6 decades. He was talented, versatile, and prolific. To the horror community, he was, and still is, an icon. Though he’s been gone nearly 25 years …

Anthology of Fear is a story driven, first-person psychological horror game that focuses on game world problem solving. Players immerse themselves in three heroic stories spanning several separate, completely unique events. It is the latest game from developer RG Crew and publisher Ultimate Games S.A., and it’s coming soon for …

The Friday the 13th franchise is currently embroiled in a bitter legal battle over film, title, and character rights. That skirmish has caused a complete shutdown to all things F13 related, including video games, merchandise, and, saddest of all, television properties and feature films. What’s one thing you can’t shut …