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Let’s face it, there are some horror film characters that are so unlikable that you can’t wait to see them get what is coming to them. At the same time, there are also so incredibly likable characters that you hate to see get killed off and it stings a little …

If you loved Barbie (2023) and all it stands for, chances are you also enjoy women empowerment in frightening films. So, to keep riding the recent high of girl power, here are some horror movies starring female characters reminding us that although women are known to be the fairer sex, …

A lot has been said about horror’s Final Girls, but can we talk about a chunk of hunks who have managed to make it to the credit roll? In no particular order, here are 25—give or take—of horror’s most memorable Final Guys. 1. Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) SURVIVED: The Evil Dead …

When people ask me what my favorite horror movie of all time is, the answer may seem cliché. However, this movie changed my life. It changed my perspective. It made me curious. It emboldened me as a female. That film put its claws (knives, actually) into me and never let …

“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” –Laurell K. Hamilton Depression has been a constant in my life for as long as I can remember, mostly, stemming from the fact that I have Aspergers Syndrome. For most of …

The Funhouse is one of my top horror movies, and that’s because it combines two of my favorite things… the campiness and life of a carnival and gooooooore. Released on March 13, 1981, this slasher classic packs a wallop of both. Teenager Amy (Elizabeth Berridge: Results 2015), her boyfriend, Buzz …

Here there be spoilers… beware! I’m going to be honest. The first time I watched Friday the 13th (1980), I was disappointed that Jason wasn’t in it. I knew he was the franchise’s bad guy because I’d seen VHS boxes for the sequels at the video store, but it was …

Before I begin, I would just like to clarify that this article is in NO WAY intended to bash any of the Final Girls in history. This is just another subject that’s been on my mind for a long time, and this seems like the perfect time to discuss it. …

As a kid in the ’80s, I grew up on the south side of Chicago. My mother had me when she was only 17, which ultimately meant that we both had to grow up together. My mother was the hardest working woman I know. She was my first hero in …

Alexandra Feld is going places. Already a producing powerhouse with her family company, Feld Films, she was utterly fantastic in her feature film debut in Killer Kate! (you can read my review here), a horror comedy written and directed by her husband, Elliot Feld (you can read my interview with him …