Return of the Living Dead kind of saved my life through the safety of watching a bunch of zombies eating brains. Some senses can send you into a nostalgic fit, whether a smell, sound, song, or image. Return Of The Living Dead is that very thing for me and I …
Read More »Career Retrospective: Walton Goggins Before He Was The Ghoul in ‘FALLOUT’ (2024)
Walton Goggins is getting massive amounts of attention for his latest role as Cooper Howard, aka The Ghoul, in the new Fallout television series. He appears to be inching out Pedro Pascal on social media as the new daddy for the apocalypse. While it is wonderful seeing this talent finally …
Read More »10 Horror-Based Cartoons You May Have Forgotten
There are not many things I love in life. I am a hyper 40-year-old with the mentality of a six-year-old. I’ll never change, I have been diagnosed with Aspergers and I am proud of how far I am making it in life. Horror and cartoons are two things that mean …
Read More »Shout At The Devil: 10 Spectacular Satanic Scares
On the heels of Late Night with the Devil, the conversation has steered back to a topic that never really left – Satan! The cinematic Lucifer love has only increased since the boom of demon-inspired intrigue in the ‘70s, and in honor of the latest David Dastmalchian-helmed hit, here are …
Read More »The Final Girl And Killer Relationship – ‘A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’
Slasher films have a foundation of tropes and archetypes that make it one of the most popular and successful subgenres of horror. But the true ground level that holds up the heart of the story is the relationship between the killer and the “final girl.” Their hearts beat as one, …
Read More »Tinsel, Toys, and Terror: Unwrapping the Gift that is ‘BLACK CHRISTMAS’ (2006)
Black Christmas, also known as Black X-Mas, is the 2006 remake of the beloved 1974 Canadian proto-slasher of the same name. Apart from a few similarities, the two films don’t have much in common. While the original relied heavily on suspense and imagination, the remake relies heavily on shocking the …
Read More »The Dead Tell No Tales: All About A Forgotten Zombie Terror
The dead don’t mess around. In this article, we venture into one of the genre’s most strange and surprising terrors: Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things. I didn’t find this movie until the ripe age of 17. I was well seasoned in horror, I knew what I liked. Then I …
Read More »My Top 10 Most Shocking Non-Horror Movies
Even though I write for a horror magazine, I love all movies, especially when directors inject tension into comedies, violence into dramas, and insert dreamlike scenes that dissolve into terror. But “shocking” doesn’t just mean violence. It can mean anything that disturbs the audience. That clarified – let’s get to …
Read More »Tod Browning’s ‘FREAKS’ and the Stormy Skies of Mob Justice
“Freaks” is an abnormal-yet-lovable 1932 American pre-code dramatic horror film directed by Tod Browning, based on Spurs, a 1923 story by Tod Robbins. The film tells the story of a group of circus performers, often referred to as “freaks,” and explores themes of acceptance, solidarity, and the consequences of cruelty. Much …
Read More »‘SURVIVE!’ (1976) – Tasteless Grindhouse Exploitation
Early January of 2024 will see the Netflix release of Society of the Snow, directed by J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage 2007). The film is based on the infamous 1972 Uruguyan plane crash in the Andes which carried a team of rugby players as well as their families and other passengers. …
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