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A friend once said that Netflix is the equivalent of opening the fridge and finding nothing good to eat, but selecting something anyways because you’re hungry. I find this to be true about 99% of the time. Once in a blue moon you might find something worth sinking your teeth …

While browsing through titles at the store, looking for my next horror fix, I come across Hangman. I read the back and instantly think to myself, “Oh great, another found footage film.” Aside from Afflicted (2014), I have not been at all impressed with that genre. I continue to read and see …

Anthology flicks are usually a hit-or-miss affair: one or two great stories surrounded by mediocre stories made only because someone gave the director a camera. Anthology flicks based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe are no exception. However, in the case of Extraordinary Tales it is both hit-and-miss all …

Out of all the horror genres, it is the possession movies that scare the hell out of me. I’m not easily rattled by most horror films but I definitely left the theater with a spiked heart rate. Maybe that is due to the fact that this story is based on real …

Last week I began a series of articles covering poorly received horror films that I feel critics and general audiences to have gotten wrong. These films, while blasted by critics and viewers alike, have redeeming qualities that are often overlooked and/or forgotten about. It’s my moral obligation, however, to show …

Predator turns 29 on Sunday, and since I’m one ugly mother fucker, I decided that I should be the one to write about it. Being the huge Arnold Schwarzenegger fan that I am, it’s no surprise that Predator is one of my all-time favorite movies – but what makes the …

I’m almost always willing to give a movie a fair chance; I mean come on, I gave #horror a viewing even though I knew damn well it was going to be #horrible. However, if you’re fan of cinema, even more so horror, you have to be willing to give things …

When you imagine a haunted house, what’s the first things that come to mind? You probably think of creaky doors, broken windows and sagging porches, but in Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist, the house the Freeling family move into is brand new. It looks like all of the houses next to it, just …

When the cover of a movie features Discount Jason holding Discount Leatherface’s chainsaw, you just know you’re in for a good time. Welcome to Scare Zone. Bathrooms are on the left. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbifwLQ5q4 It is year three of Scare Zone, a haunted house attraction in some town in the U.S.A. A …

Hello, you! Yes, you. The inquisitive reader. Welcome to the first article in my series of underrated gems. Over the course of time (possibly forever), I will be bringing you articles about horror films that I truly believe critics and general audiences to have gotten wrong. That’s not to say …