It’s impossible to discuss independent filmmaking without bringing up David Cronenberg. The Canadian director – who turned 73 this year on March 15th – has been showcasing his bizarre outlook onto celluloid for half a century now, starting with the short film Transfer in 1966. As one of the world’s most fascinating …

The 4K restoration of the original Phantasm, spearheaded by J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Productions, premiered at SXSW last week to tremendous accolades. It’s ironic, since critics weren’t nearly as kind when Don Coscarelli’s surrealist nightmare premiered on March 28th, 1979 (almost exactly 37 years ago). Trevor Johnston of Time …

If your horror education is limited to theatrical releases and Netflix’s latest selections, you’re missing out on a world of fantastic genre films. In fact, some of the most creative, daring, and innovative horror of the 21st Century never makes it to the silver screens or to video streaming services. …

The legendary Wes Craven passed away last year on August 30th, 2015, leaving multiple generations of people mourning his loss and his amazing career. Craven’s first feature film was The Last House on the Left (1972), which he wrote, directed, and edited. From then on he would make some of …

We reserve a special place in our nightmares for the horror movie villains that chill us to our core; some tremble at the thought of flesh-starved zombies devouring their loved ones, while others check the closets and under the bed for murderous clowns. The best baddies pervade your subconscious, sending shivers …

The rocket will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven. – Wernher von Braun, ‘The Jupiter People,’ Time magazine, 10 February 1958 Man, if Braun only knew in 1958 what we …

There are two things that I love to see: a great horror flick and a nice beard. So why not combine the two and take a look at some of the most badass beards in horror? Starting the list is… Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper in Jaws (1975) Hooper’s curly …

  Frederick Charles Krueger, known by the rest of the world as Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, was born in February of 1942 as the bastard son of the hundred maniacs who raped his mother. Put up for adoption, Freddy was taught the fine art of …

It seems like the horror remake is a trend that, to put it bluntly, simply won’t die. From Jason to Michael Myers, Freddy to Chucky, almost every horror movie under the sun has been remade with no end in sight to the onslaught. There was even talk of a remake …