Tag Archives: slasher

There’s an energy around Henrique Couto that’s hard to ignore. When I met him at VHS Fest at the Mahoning Drive-In Theater, I immediately knew I wanted to speak with him more. He’s funny, intelligent, and most importantly, passionate about horror. I picked up a copy of Babysitter Massacre, we shared …

I have said it many times before, but I absolutely love slasher films. I just can’t get enough of the creative, gory kills and the ridiculous plot twists. While big budget horror has abandoned the slasher film, they have experienced a massive resurgence in the indie horror scene with some …

Chances are, if you grew up in the ’90s, you are familiar with I Know What You Did Last Summer, a slasher film about a group of friends who accidentally kill someone and cover it up, only to be stalked by someone who knows what they did the following year. …

Arrow Films is known for giving classic films and obscure gems the royal treatment and releasing them for a new generation of film fans, remastered and overflowing with special features. Tenderness of the Wolves, Island of Death, Bay of Blood, Slugs are just a few examples of unique films being …

Hatchet is one of the best yet underrated, gore-filled, hilarious horror comedies of our time. The film also happened to introduce a new, brutal, slash-happy psycho named Victor Crowley. Eleven years later, PopHorror pays tribute to this underestimated cult classic. (Synopsis provided by IMDb.com): When a group of tourists on a …

In the 1980s, horror had a genre explosion like we’ve never seen before or since. This seemingly unhinged growth in the movie world owes everything to one subgenre: slashers. There were so many slashers. According to IMDb user CaptainCracker, between 1980 and 1989 there were roughly 293 slasher films produced and distributed. …

When I first received Black Forest in the mail, I had no idea what to expect. I went into this movie nearly blind. All I knew was that Distant Field Productions’s David Briggs had directed it and that there were girls and possible a forest involved in some way. But girls …

For clowns, their makeup hides what’s really there. I think that’s why some people are so terrified of them. You never can tell who they are or what their expressions are unless they are up close and by then, it could be too late. What if a group of circus clowns were …

From Los Bastardz Productions comes the latest in murder mystery slashers. Nightblade tells the story of three childhood friends trying to hunt down a knife-wielding maniac who seems to want them – and everyone they know – dead in a puddle of their own gore. Will they survive long enough …

Awhile back, I reviewed the phenomenal indie horror slasher/comedy Take Back the Knife. Besides some minor technical issues, it was a hell of a debut for writer/director Matt Storc. Recently, I got the chance to sit and talk to Matt about his film, his influences, how to make an independent …