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One day, when I was about fourteen or so, I went to the video store with my mother. I had just gotten into the Silent Hill video game series and loved it to death. The complex narrative combined with horror elements hit just the right spot in my brain, and I …

Zombies are the blue-collar monsters in horror. They aren’t very complicated creatures and they work well with almost any budget size without relying heavily on acting. Zombie comedies are especially popular, with new releases finding distribution every few months. Now, director and Christopher Landon, who is known for his work …

Kane Hodder, one of the most instantly recognized and respected names in horror, was born on April 8th, 1955. With over a dozen projects currently filming or in pre-production, he’s clearly got the stamina of actors half his age and the staying power of a living legend.  Simply put: The …

When I found out that I’d be reviewing Zombeavers, I got excited. Really excited. I bought some beer, ordered a pizza, and invited my friends over for a beaver party. In hindsight, I maybe should have worded my invitation differently because nobody showed up. Still, without a soul in the …

Ten years ago this month, a new horror movie monster was born. In a world of found footage, zombies, and demonic possessions, deformed hunchback Victor Crowley lumbered out onto the screen at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2006 in Adam Green’s Hatchet. Green both wrote and directed the film, his …

For many of us, our horror obsessions started at a young age and involved fond memories of the video store. There was something magical about browsing worn down VHS boxes with cheesy (or sometimes terrifying) cover art. It was during one of these memorable excursions that I was first introduced …

At the end of its theatrical run in 2006, Slither had failed to recoup its production budget of $29.5 million (almost half of which was spent on marketing), and was therefore considered a “box office flop”. Paul Brooks, president of the film’s production company, Gold Circle, was “crushingly disappointed”, blaming …

Although all movie genres provide sexy characters played by beautiful people, there’s nothing quite like a sensual, sinister grin speckled with blood spatter in a horror film. Some of the hottest psychos to grace the silver screen have us thinking that crazy is definitely the new sexy.   Everyone has …

The 1990s were a happening time for me. I was born in ’91, which is a pretty big milestone in my life, and I started watching horror movies shortly after. The films that I watched in those earliest years of my life really shaped my taste in movies, and I’m …

Last Saturday, we brought you the trailer for the upcoming supernatural chiller Lights Out. It’s based on a horror short of the same name by filmmaker David F. Sandberg, starring his wife, Lotta Losten, and shot in his own apartment back in 2013. Many millions of You Tube plays later, …