Horror is, without question, still the backbone of cinema, even as cinema struggles in these uncertain times. This year saw a number of wins for the genre; original movies like Smile, Barbarian, and X and its prequel Pearl achieved both critical acclaim and box office success, and franchises like Scream, Predator and Hellraiser were all reignited with praised returns. Like […]
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While New Year’s is just the first day of January for most people, others consider it to be something more momentous. It represents a fresh start, especially for those who desperately need a change in their lives. The three core characters in Nattawut Poonpiriya’s 2012 movie Countdown don’t know it yet, but their New Year’s […]
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Had it not already been taken, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” would have been a better title for Michael August’s second volume in the Scream series. Instead, this 1994 book borrows the name of a relatively obscure 1980 slasher movie, New Year’s Evil, but it hardly has any slashing. August (real name: Sidney Williams) […]
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While it seems like slasher movies disappeared sometime in the early 2000s, approximately after the emergence of Scream and its flood of opportunistic imitators and cash-grabs, masked killers and their teenage fodder never truly went away. More accurately, major studios put a pause on big-budget slashers. In the meantime, indie filmmakers like Greg Huson kept […]
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A holiday as conspicuous as Christmas will undoubtedly attract the most thrills and chills at this time of year. In the past, TV’s genre anthologies have been a remarkable and plentiful source of wintry terror, be that of the Christmas variety or otherwise. The original Twilight Zone submitted the strangest of strange holiday stories, Tales […]
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Black Water is one of those rare instances where “based on true events” isn’t just a gratuitous tagline. The 2007 movie (later followed by an unrelated and more polished-looking sequel) is in fact inspired by an event from a few years earlier — near the Finniss River in the Northern Territory of Australia, two people […]
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The 1991 anthology Haunting Christmas Tales is rooted in a British tradition that dates back to the Victorian age — telling ghost stories around the holidays. The nine authors here all pay homage to this creepy custom. From spirits with unfinished business to an ominous pair of dolls, every original story here delivers Christmas chillers […]
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In pursuit of the rare novelization of Bob Clark’s Black Christmas, Thomas Altman’s book of the same name is bound to come up sooner or later. Some might even purchase the 1983 novel, thinking it and Lee Hays’ adaptation of the 1974 screenplay are one and the same. Sadly, at least for fans of Clark’s […]
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Horror movies that feature an intense and probing study of its characters’ minds can often be the most terrifying. An external dilemma is scary all on its own, but learning what makes dangerous people tick is something else entirely. The protagonist of SCREAMBOX‘s latest release, The Anchor, has her own encounter with an unpredictable person […]
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When talking about vintage Canadian horror, people naturally bring up the likes of Black Christmas, Prom Night and My Bloody Valentine. These movies were all part of the Great White North’s (in)famous “tax shelter” era, and many of them are now deemed cult classics. But mention Ghostkeeper and chances of recognition are slim to none. […]
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Of all the many Fear Street stories he’s written, author R. L. Stine managed to narrow his personal favorites down to eight books. And if someone wasn’t familiar with Stine’s fondness for humor, they might be surprised to see Silent Night as one of his top picks. The second volume in the spinoff series Fear […]
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Be it sadness or happiness, Christmas tends to bring out intense emotions. What’s often seen as a joyous time for some people can be the loneliest day of the year for others. In the movie The Apology, Darlene Hagen hasn’t had a happy Christmas since she experienced every parent’s worst nightmare. This one particular holiday […]
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Godzilla was once a monster well suited for Cold War symbolism, but times changed. And as written in the book Japan’s Favorite Mon-star, author and film historian Steve Ryfle suggested “the breakup of the Soviet Union and the fading of the global nuclear threat” may have played a part in Toho’s drastic decision to kill […]
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All Andrea wants this year for Christmas is a little peace. And after being the target of harassment for the last year, she deserves it. The teenage protagonist at the heart of the 1993 book Slay Ride can’t even ride the bus to school without being made the subject of lewd jokes and unfounded rumors. […]
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Zac Locke’s directorial debut is the latest horror movie to show how gentle waves can hide an unseen evil. In place of ominous oceans and sinister seas, this story focuses on a less visited destination in aquatic horror. Yet as choppy as the narrative waters ultimately become in #Float, the events give rise to a […]
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