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Darren Lynn Bousman, the director behind the first three Saw sequels, The Devil’s Carnival (2012) and the newly released Abattoir, has donned his Producer’s hat for the upcoming horror short, SockMonster. Written, produced and directed by #15SecondScare’s Wesley Alley, this four minute short finally offers the world an answer for that eternal question… …

*In case you’re coming here first, this is the second part of our interview with Haunters: The Art of the Scare creator, Jon Schnitzer. To read part 1 first, you can go here. Jon Schnitzer: (con’t) There is a therapeutic value of being scared. I call it “scareapy.” Every October, …

Few people are fueled with such a passion for scare acting at haunted house attractions that they manage to build an entire year-round career within the industry. Versatile scare actor Shar Mayer has done just that, working at a variety of haunted attractions, including traditional haunts, haunted hayrides, extreme haunts …

Not since Scream 4 have I anticipated a horror film with everything in my body. The newest installment in the Halloween franchise has officially beat that excitement tenfold. As many of you know, Halloween is what started my love affair for horror, so the news of a new film was …

As of lately, Dread Central Presents and Epic Pictures have been kicking ass in the horror community. They’ve shown that they know what horror fans want with their success of the killer clown movie Terrifier (read our review – here), which everyone is still raving about. Now, it’s time to check …

Modern creature features in the horror genre typically revolve around a deformed, vicious beast that pummels and shreds its way to the end credits. Few films of today take the misunderstood Frankenstein’s monster approach to this subgenre. However, Fritz Böhm fuses this element with a unique, coming-of-age angle for his full-length …

Horror films get a bad wrap for not having any character development. Us, as horror fans, know that this is a common misconception. For me, an idea for an article was born. After weeks of writer’s block, I heard the demons from below singing, “Hallelujah!” and it was time to …

I recently got to check out a new film called Accident. A movie that infuses Final Destination, 127 Hours, and Die Hard all into one disaster of a movie. Sounds crazy, huh? Accident is written and directed by Dan Tondowski. The movie stars Stephanie Schildknecht, Roxane Hayward, Tyrone Keogh, and Keenan …

Set six years after the first movie and directed by James Marsh, Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009) is part two of the Red Riding Trilogy (you can read our review of the first and third films here and here) and features many of the same actors …

Sometimes, going into a film blind can be exciting and mysterious, while other times, it can be confusing and leave you wondering what the hell is going on. I had a mix of both when I watched Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s new horror thriller, Welcome the Stranger. Justin Kelly wrote and …