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If it ain’t a remake/reboot disgracing your local theaters, then it’s studio execs second favorite cash cow: the prequel. Despite prequels claiming to tell the story before the story, they seem more like ways to remake a flick without the stigma of being a remake. At least that seems to …

We all know that when it comes to one of the most respected Masters of Horror, John Carpenter, he rarely disappoints. Not only does the man create the most horrifying films ever imagined, he even manages to mesmerize his audience, both within and outside of the horror genre. In 1982, Carpenter directed …

October 31st, 1994 was the day my Mom dangled John Carpenter’s Halloween just out of my reach. “Do you think he’s too young to watch it?” she asked her husband. I was four and I didn’t even know what a horror movie was. What I did know was that it …

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 …