Few directors can legitimately lay claim to one major horror franchise. Wes Craven is the rare mastermind behind two. The genre icon not only envisioned one of the most imaginative slasher entries of all time with 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, he reinvented the genre once again in 1996 with Scream. Both films birthed […]
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When we think about iconic final girls, it’s usually Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween), Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp, A Nightmare on Elm Street), and Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell, Scream) who come to mind. These fantastic female characters have become horror movie legends, celebrated for their strength and resilience while inspiring a generation of girls […]
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is arguably the first modern horror movie and an unrivaled masterpiece of genre filmmaking. Adapted from Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel, the story follows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) as she flees with $40,000 of stolen money before running afoul of a monster hiding in plain sight. Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is a solitary […]
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WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Salem’s Lot (2024). In the world of horror, it doesn’t get much scarier than vampires. There’s just something so creepy about a malevolent night creature lurking outside your window in the dead of night, persuading you to let him come in. One of the most unnerving examples of […]
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On November 16th, 1957, Ed Gein was arrested in the tiny town of Plainfield Wisconsin. Suspected of a single murder, what authorities found in his isolated farmhouse would shock the nation. Jenn and Joe tackle their second case by unraveling the twisted life and crimes of the Butcher of Plainfield in the latest episode of […]
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“Can I rely on you not to get me killed?” What happens to our souls when we die? Do we return in another body to live life again? Do we wink out of existence like an imploding star? Or do we become ghostly spirits, doomed to haunt the world of the living? If this is […]
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WARNING: The following contains minor spoilers for various adaptations of Salem’s Lot. In addition to character-driven novels and disturbing horror, Stephen King is known for writing folksy stories set in the rural Northeast. His bestselling It takes place in Derry, a close approximation to Bangor, Maine, and he’s been returning to Castle Rock, a town […]
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1974 was a big year for horror. In April, a young writer named Stephen King published his first novel, Carrie, kicking off five decades of bestselling fiction. In October, Tobe Hooper released The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a chaotic nightmare centering a cannibalistic family in a bone-strewn home. Both creators would go on to become […]
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“I’m the cunt you married. The only time you liked yourself was when you were trying to be someone this cunt might like. I’m not a quitter, I’m that cunt. I killed for you; who else can say that? You think you’d be happy with a nice Midwestern girl? No way, baby! I’m it.” Marriage […]
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“I killed Liz. I killed the teen dream. “Deal with it.” Every high school has them: the beautiful ones. Glamorous, popular, happy, and thriving, these teenage dream girls rise to the top of any social environment and effortlessly achieve anything they put their minds to. Serving as both role models and fashion plates, they’re worshiped […]
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Stephen King is no stranger to murderous cars. From Christine and From a Buick 8 to the malevolent Goblin truck haunting the roads of Maximum Overdrive, the master of horror knows his way around gory gear shifts, sinister steering wheels, and dangerous drivers. In 2014, he released Mr. Mercedes, a crime novel pitting Bill Hodges, […]
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When hearing the words Jeffrey Dahmer and early aughts horror combined, most genre fans would expect a grisly and upsetting film; an adaptation told with torture porn flair, filled to the brim with bloody power tools and decaying flesh. What they wouldn’t expect is a tender and contemplative drama that softens the details of one […]
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Presented by Paramount Scares, Friday the 13th Week sees Bloody Disgusting heading to Camp Crystal Lake for a series of features that celebrate the Voorhees family and their influence. Yesterday, Luiz H.C. took inventory of all the horror movie fans in horror similar to franchise hero Tommy Jarvis. Today, Jenn Adams celebrates the franchise’s final […]
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“I always thought the only alien in this high school was me.” In 1985, John Hughes set a template for high school archetypes in his classic film The Breakfast Club. The brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal became part of our collective consciousness while expanding ideas of adolescent identity. But […]
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“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” In 1980, outlaw horror author Jack Ketchum published one of the most gruesome and disturbing horror novels of all time. Off Season follows a group of friends vacationing at a picturesque cottage in Maine targeted by a clan of feral cannibals living deep in the woods. Offspring picks up […]
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