By the end of the twentieth century, the bloom had come off the rose for John Carpenter. After dominating the entire horror genre in the 1980s, the 1990s proved to be less profitable for...
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31 Days of Fright: Housebound
“There are one or two occupants who have yet to leave the premises.” I hadn’t intended doing any horror comedy this year, because, well, I like writing about horror more than I do about...
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31 Days of Fright: Prom Night
“Killers are coming! Killers are coming!” Halloween changed everything. John Carpenter’s micro-budget slasher opened the floodgates, all while proving that the long-neglected genre was economically viable. In the wake of Halloween, imitators follow, as...
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31 Days of Fright: Hatchet
“These are his woods.” If you interact enough with the horror community – on Twitter, or Reddit, or any sort of fan page – someone will inevitably recommend you watch Hatchet. Do not listen...
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31 Days of Fright: The Wretched
“She’s making people forget their own children.” A solid opening can sometimes spell doom for a movie. It Follows and The Conjuring make good on theirs; Dawn of the Dead and The Bye Bye...
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31 Days of Fright: 1408
“Even if you leave this room, you can never leave this room.” Stephen King is such a proven quantity for movies that even his writing exercises get adapted for the big screen. I’m not...
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31 Days of Fright: The Wicker Man
“Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.” Folk horror really is its own beast. Some new entries like The Ritual and Apostle are a little heavier on the gore,...
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31 Days of Fright: Veronica
“Whatever you don’t say goodbye to, stays with you.” Oh man, here’s a good one. When Veronica hit Netflix, articles abounded proclaiming it one of the best horror movies in recent memory. I don’t...
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31 Days of Fright: Sometimes They Come Back
“Everything burns.” Adapting Stephen King is like a land grab in the gold rush days: everything is available, and everybody wants it all. Ever since Brian de Palma’s Carrie, King movies have been a...
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31 Days of Fright: Mandy
“I’m your god now.” Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy is not like other horror films, and boy does it want you to know it. It operates in a lurid music-video dreamscape that may or may not...
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31 Days of Fright: Tales from the Hood
“But you are responsible for the lives you’ve taken…for the dreams you’ve turned into nightmares.” I want to get this out of the way first thing: I am in no way qualified to talk...
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31 Days of Fright: Train to Busan
“Those on board must survive!” Don’t you love it when a movie lives up to the hype? I’ve had people recommend Train to Busan to me for years, to the point where I’m now...
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