Editorials

At a young age, I had the pleasure of having a mother that greatly appreciated the one genre I would grow to love: horror. Being introduced at a young age had many enjoyable benefits. One of them, of course, was being able to go to the nearest video rental store …

What’s your favorite scary movie? This question is an easy one for me, that’s for sure… the answer is 1996’s Scream: the horror movie with rules that breaks all the rules at the same time. Scream brought back the slasher genre from the dead along with, in my opinion, the …

It’s very difficult for me to choose a favorite of anything; food, smell, movie or whatever. With the exception of beer and college basketball, if you were to ask me what my favorite was of something, my answer would be unsatisfactory. So when it comes to my favorite horror film, …

Growing up as a young nerd, I was one of those rare types that were into both movies and video games. They always went hand-in-hand for me; one was a type of medium that I could control and be an active part in, and the other would allow me to …

My status as a die-hard horror fan was cemented in the summer of 1986 when I was 12-years-old. Sure, I’d seen horror movies before, but my love for the genre exploded after I saw The Fly (and Aliens, also in 1986, but that’s another story). I’m amazed and somewhat overwhelmed …

May 16th, 2016 was the 180th Anniversary of the marriage of Edgar Allan Poe and Virginia Eliza Clemm. Although they were only married for 11 years, their union is one of the most celebrated, tragic, and controversial ever chronicled. Poe’s unrequited love for Virginia has been immortalized in the writer’s …

It was 58 years ago this weekend that Hammer Films released one of their earliest successes: The Horror of Dracula. The film would go on to inspire more than just a few sequels and helped establish Hammer as premier creators of top-notch cinematic terror. Hammer Films is a British production …

Most horror fans got a good chuckle over an item that circulated last week: Apparently, a teacher at Jackson Central-Merry High School in Tennessee showed his students the infamous “torture porn” film, The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). But I can think of at least one person who isn’t laughing: …

I’ve seen a great number of films. Horror, while not the only genre I mingle in, serves as my favorite genre to watch. From my time as a young boy walking up and down the horror aisle of the local video store, to me writing these words right at this …

Back in 2000, when Rob Zombie first announced that he wanted to try his hand at directing a full-fledged horror movie, many horror fans had doubts. Sure, the guy could write some badass music and he’d seen his share of horror films, but did that mean he could create a …