Forty years ago this month, Piranha was gracing cinema screens, playing to audiences hungry for anything that would bring them even remotely close to the aquatic anxieties they got from Jaws three years earlier. So Piranha was, in its most elemental form, a cash-in film. That’s usually a derogatory term, but that’s …
Read More »What a great night for horror fans. Nightmare Cinema was an amazing film to kick off the 2018 Fantasia International Film Festival. I will go so far as to call the first segment of the film a perfect movie, and I’ve only said that a couple of times in my …
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I have so many favorite horror films, but if I had to pick the crossroads of where I was never the same again, it would have to be when I saw The Howling. There’s always that defining moment for anyone that has a lifelong love of horror films. How it …
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There are three rules you must follow when taking care of a Mogwai. First of all, keep him out of the light; he hates bright light, especially sunlight. It’ll kill him. Second, don’t give him any water, not even to drink. But the most important rule, the rule you can …
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Ever since 2007’s Trick R Treat, both Hollywood and indie filmmakers alike have re-embraced the horror anthology. Not since the ‘80s have we had so many options. Since 2007, we’ve gotten V/H/S (2012), V/H/S 2 (2013), V/H/S Viral (2014), Chillerama (2011), Monsterland (2016), Volumes of Blood (2015), Southbound (2015) and …
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It’s been almost a year since the horror romance comedy Burying the Ex (2015) was released in the United States, and after much urging from my horrorphile friends, I finally watched it. My only regret is that I wish it hadn’t taken me so long to give in. What’s not …
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