“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….
“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….
“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….
“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….
“You deserve to die, boy.” Roger Ebert once wrote: “Say ‘Dracula’ and you smile. Say ‘Nosferatu’ and you’ve bitten into a lemon.” In the 1980s, there was a concerted effort….
Good evening, boys and ghouls! Ready to get spookified? You jerks? Well, here’s the watchlist for this year’s installment of 31 Days of Fright. I’ve also included any streaming options,….
“Hi, I’m Chucky! Wanna play?” Full disclosure: I put Child’s Play on this year’s lineup mainly to dunk on it. There are a few reasons for this: 1, Chucky is….
“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….
“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….
“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….
“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….
“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….
