With summer coming to an end and fall quickly approaching, horror related TV shows are making their premieres. Some of such that fans hold high in anticipation are American Horror Story, Supernatural, Bates Motel and Fear The Walking Dead. However, with the explosive success of AMC’s The Walking Dead, which will be …

In 1987, German filmmaker Jörg Buttgereit released a film that soon became a popular fix of underground cinema. Shot on weekends with next to no budget, Buttgereit created one of the most startling and depraved films, not to mention one of the most darkly hilarious, in cinematic history; its taboo-breaking …

In 1983, Austrian director Gerald Kargl unleashed his first (and, to date, only) feature-length film. The film shocked Austrian moviegoers. A scandal followed. After playing movie theaters for a week, it was pulled and played only in a few porn theaters. Pending release in America, the film was slapped with …

At a young age, I had the pleasure of having a mother that greatly appreciated the one genre I would grow to love: horror. Being introduced at a young age had many enjoyable benefits. One of them, of course, was being able to go to the nearest video rental store …

The horror genre is the perfect breeding ground for movies based on true events. Of course, we have flicks like The Conjuring, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and A Nightmare on Elm Street that all derived their stories from real-life incidents. These, of course, are commonly known. However, there are plenty …

No, you’re not seeing double…  there are twins on your TV screen. Creepy twins can make you feel pretty uncomfortable – two people with the exact same features and mannerisms, physically and mentally closer than two people have any right to be, who share secrets and speak their own language. And, no matter how …

Coulrophobia is a term used to describe a fear of clowns. What’s so scary about a clown? Well, there’s plenty of things that have people taking one glimpse at a goofy looking dude in a silly suit and running for their lives. First, clowns have freakily exaggerated features: unusually big …

Friggatriskaidekaphobics, take note: Statisticians at the Dutch Centre for Insurance (CVS) have established that Friday the 13th is actually safer than an average Friday. They claim that rates of accidents, fires, and thefts all decrease when the 13th of a month falls on a Friday. This fact comes as little …

Wolf Creek is the latest horror film franchise getting a TV series treatment; the exemplar of “Ozsploitation” will be premier this Thursday, May 12th as a 6-part series on the Australian streaming service Stan. Like the films Wolf Creek and Wolf Creek 2, director Greg McLean is helming the series, …

Ever since the excited squeals at the brand new concept of CGI after the release of Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), filmmakers have been making full use of computer generated effects in both horror and sci-fi movies. Over the years, visual effects companies have perfected their skills at creating realistic …