Not everyone will have the same definition of cursed objects. Some say they can’t be sentient or be inhabited by any kind of entity, whereas others think they’re capable of all that and more. Whatever one believes, the most important trait of any cursed object is the negative outcome it causes. As anyone who’s watched […]
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Before settling in for a fun tale of gory bear encounters and dispensable campers, audiences should prepare themselves for a different kind of movie. Grizzly Night is not about having a good time, seeing as how the horror of reality weighs heavily on everything, even from an early start. The cold open has an apt […]
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While some people regard the 1990s as an overall weak time for horror, others feel the decade has been too maligned. Especially when looking back on the era through a modern lens. If nothing else, the ’90s were an interesting time of transition before Scream (1996) stirred the pot and sparked new interest in all […]
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The sheer versatility of vampires will always make them appealing to storytellers. These creatures of the night can be everything from counts to cowboys, and they can show up practically anywhere. Be it a far-flung castle in olden times, or a modern apartment complex, bloodsuckers go wherever they please. Simply put: there is no stopping […]
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Brandon Auman’s Sleepwalker, a feature-length version of the filmmaker’s own short, centers on a grieving mother (played by Hayden Panettiere) and her series of unyielding, nocturnal terrors. And as a recurring dream might have, there is an overwhelming sense of familiarity to Sleepwalker that lingers well after everything else has been forgotten. That nagging, been-there-done-that […]
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Horror movies often show characters becoming detectives in their own mysteries, particularly when the actual authorities don’t believe them. Yet, there are plenty of movies where real detectives come upon a case that’s totally out of the ordinary and requires their thinking outside the box. Skills and expertise don’t guarantee their own safety or yield […]
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There are good reasons why 1980s horror remains so beloved. Not only were special effects more advanced than in the ’70s, but there are also just a lot more movies to choose from. Thanks to emerging trends and more fully formed subgenres, there was no shortage of horror back then. The wave was so huge […]
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Out of all the major holidays, horror movies tend to set themselves around Halloween or Christmas. Halloween works for obvious reasons, whereas Christmas is an easy target for subversion. So what about Thanksgiving? The number of times the genre observes Turkey Day is small, at least when compared to all the Halloween and Christmas horror […]
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The choices are endless for anyone who enjoys different approaches to Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. After all, it’s just about impossible to keep up with every single adaptation, on account of there being so many of them. That doesn’t even include those that are simply Frankensteinian in concept rather than direct […]
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Growing up, my Halloween experience wasn’t complete without ghost stories. Long before I could get my hands on horror movies, my Halloween thrills were largely found in books. Little did the parentals know, these books of mine were just as, if not more, scary than the movies I watched, at least to a little kid […]
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The Disney Channel series So Weird (1999–2001) was “gateway horror“ for its many young viewers—a diluted taste of the horror genre before moving on to the full-strength stuff. Yet, looking back, bizarre phenomena and things that go bump in the night weren’t what set So Weird apart from its contemporaries and successors. The difference-maker was […]
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Fans of A Nightmare on Elm Street are certainly no strangers to this franchise’s nine films, and they might have also seen the television show, but do they know about all the novels in existence? In fact, there are more books than there are movies. And similar to Halloween and Friday the 13th, the near […]
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The doors on Tales from the Darkside had barely closed before producer Richard P. Rubinstein debuted a new horror anthology series in 1988. And for three seasons, Monsters ditched the nebulous act of its predecessor. Guesswork was no longer required in this more straightforward show—one where the threats were tangible, not to mention grotesque. As […]
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The road from comedy to horror is a short one for Black Cab lead Nick Frost, yet unlike past roles, this new one isn’t played for laughs. The Shaun of the Dead star is dead serious as his character, a crazed cabbie, takes two unsuspecting passengers on a nightmarish ride. The hellish route in Bruce […]
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While many works of Richard Matheson ended up on the small screen, the author was a giant when it came to genre. From post-apocalyptic monsters to gremlins on a plane, Matheson fathered a treasure trove of speculative stories that have since inspired countless other writers, including Stephen King. King said of the late Matheson: “[He] […]
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