Editorials – Page 42 – All Things Ick

‘The Amityville Murders’ – A Ghoulish and Exploitative Look at the DeFeo Murders [The Amityville IP]

August 29, 2023 Joe Lipsett Carlo Rinaldi, Chelsea Ricketts, Daniel Farrands, Diane Franklin, Editorials, John Robinson, Paul Ben-Victor, Rebekah Graf, The Amityville Horror, The Amityville IP

Twice a month Joe Lipsett will dissect a new Amityville Horror film to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.” There’s something frustrating about a film that begins with a lot of potential, and then thoroughly squanders it. Writer/director Daniel Farrands’ The Amityville Murders is one such […]

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SCREAMBOX Hidden Gems – 5 Horror Movies to Stream Tonight Including 1987’s ‘Munchies’

August 28, 2023 Alex DiVincenzo Alien Valley, Editorials, Movies, munchies, Nightbreed, Screambox, Sorority House Massacre, The Vampire Doll

The Bloody Disgusting-powered SCREAMBOX is home to a variety of unique horror content, from originals and exclusives to cult classics and documentaries. With such a rapidly-growing library, there are many hidden gems waiting to be discovered. Here are five recommendations you can stream on SCREAMBOX right now. Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut The sophomore directorial effort […]

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“Deadtime Stories” – Nickelodeon’s Short Lived Horror Anthology Series for Kids [TV Terrors]

August 28, 2023 Felix Vasquez Jr Deadtime Stories, Editorials, TV, TV Terrors

For this month’s installment of “TV Terrors” we revisit the short-lived, kid-friendly horror series “Deadtime Stories,” which aired on Nickelodeon from 2012-2014. For many years in the aughts, after Nickelodeon brought “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” to a close, the channel spent a lot of time investing in teen comedies and sitcoms. But with the […]

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‘The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria’ Gamescom Report – How Upcoming Game Became an Accidental Horror Experience

August 28, 2023 Harrison Abbott Editorials, Free Range Games, Gamescom 2023, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, Video Games

The Lord of the Rings worldbuilding is as dense as they come, with Middle Earth having its own intricate histories, complicated languages to master, and involved geopolitics. Between that core trilogy, The Hobbit and the imposing tome that is The Silmarillion, creator J.R.R. Tolkien really thought it all through. Yet even he left some wiggle […]

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Five Hard Rock Horror Movies to Stream This Week

August 28, 2023 Meagan Navarro Black Roses, Editorials, Green Room, Hard Rock Zombies, Movies, Rocktober Blood, Slumber Party Massacre II, Stay Home Watch Horror

Horror pairs well with just about any other subject or subgenre, but that’s especially the case for hard rock, heavy metal, and horror. It’s a match made in hell, with rock music injecting an infectious energy into the horror. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to hard rock horror movies that embrace music in a […]

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‘Alan Wake 2’ Gamescom Report – We Watched Nearly an Hour of Gameplay from the Survival Horror Sequel

August 28, 2023 Harrison Abbott alan wake 2, Editorials, Gamescom 2023, Video Games

“You left us on quite the cliffhanger,” teases insipid light-night talk show host Mr. Door, as he playfully admonishes his guest for the glacial pace of their output. Said interviewee happens to be none other than pulpy crime novelist (turned unwitting adversary of evil) Alan Wake, who is more than a little perplexed by the […]

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‘Still Wakes the Deep’ Gamescom Report: ‘Annihilation’ Meets ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ in 2024

August 25, 2023 Harrison Abbott Editorials, Gamescom 2023, Still Wakes the Deep, Video Games

When we sat down for a preview of Still Wakes the Deep at Gamescom, it wasn’t under the circumstances you might expect. With horror titles like this, you ideally want to experience them in the right conditions. You know, a quiet, dimly lit room with no distractions or reminders of the outside world. That way […]

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Fiction and Documentary Collide in ‘Fake Blood’ [Maple Syrup Massacre]

August 24, 2023 Joe Lipsett Editorials, Fake Blood, maple syrup massacre, Michael Peterson, mike kovac, Rob Grant

Maple Syrup Massacre is an editorial series where Joe Lipsett dissects the themes, conventions and contributions of new and classic Canadian horror films. Spoilers follow… Fake Blood is a delicious curiousity: it’s a documentary about director Rob Grant and his frequent collaborator Mike Kovac, who also co-writes, exploring their responsibility in depicting cinematic violence. Or at least that’s how […]

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Gods, Monsters, Fire and Blood: Why ‘Final Fantasy XVI’ Feels Like ‘Final Fantasy’ for Horror Fans

August 24, 2023 Reyna Cervantes Editorials, Final Fantasy XVI, Video Games

I’ve recently been playing a lot of Final Fantasy XVI in my free time. The latest installment of a long-running series of RPGs that are disconnected from each other in all but the title. Each new entry introduces new worlds, characters, gameplay etc. So every new installment has the potential to deliver something wholly new […]

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‘The Descent Part 2’ – Diving into the Sequel 14 Years Later

August 24, 2023 Paul Lê Editorials, Horrors Elsewhere, Jon Harris, Movies, natalie mendoza, Neil Marshall, Shauna MacDonald, The Descent: Part 2

Back then, no one was expecting The Descent to go on and become one of the most widely acclaimed horror films of the decade. Even today, Neil Marshall’s second creature-feature (the first being Dog Soldiers) remains a favorite among audiences and critics everywhere. This iconic film defies those expectations based on its cast and pitch […]

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‘Brainscan’ – This Nostalgic ’90s Gem Doubles as a Waking Nightmare

August 23, 2023 Mike Holtz Brainscan, Editorials, Movies

Brainscan is one of those movies you would stumble on as a ’90s kid watching HBO, Cinemax or whatever other programming you weren’t supposed to be watching after your parents went to bed. The kind that you could tell right away was something darker than society would deem appropriate for someone of your age. The kind […]

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‘Reign of Fire’ – Underrated Monster Movie Pit McConaughey and Bale Up Against Dragons

August 23, 2023 Luiz H. C. Christian Bale, Dragons, Editorials, Horror Adjacent, Longform, Matthew McConaughey, Movies, Reign of Fire

From fire-breathing beasts to benevolent nature spirits, dragons are present in the myths of nearly every single culture. And while popular media has mostly defaulted to traditional western fantasy drakes instead of exploring the extensive mythology behind East Asian and even Central American dragons, it makes sense that there’s an overabundance of stories featuring these […]

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Seeing Red Again: An Appreciation of Horror’s Greatest Visual Storytelling Tool

August 22, 2023 Matt Donato 47 Meters Down, Belzebuth, Crawl, Editorials, Evil Dead, Lights Out, Movies, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the descent

Frantic campers scavenge a park ranger’s rucksack inside his abandoned jeep. A shipwrecked sailor drags their waterproof emergency kit ashore. Apocalypse survivors raid a hardware depot after zombies chase civilization far away. Three different horror movie scenarios, all adding a holy grail item to whichever characters’ arsenal. Maybe loaded into a chamber, possibly as a […]

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How ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Resurrects a Pivotal Chapter in Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’

August 22, 2023 Jenn Adams Andre Ovredal, Books, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Editorials, Movies, The Last Voyage of the Demeter

The following contains major spoilers for The Last Voyage of the Demeter. If the horror genre has a grandfather, it’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. First published in 1897, the epistolary novel follows a group of English socialites who cross paths with a centuries-old vampire traversing the continent in search of fresh victims. From Francis Ford Coppola […]

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‘Meg 2: The Trench’ – How the New Shark Attack Movie Adapts Steve Alten’s First Two Novels

August 21, 2023 Jenn Adams Editorials, Meg 2: The Trench, Movies, Steve Alten, The Meg

The following article contains major spoilers for the novels Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror and The Trench, as well as the feature films The Meg and Meg 2: The Trench. One year before Steven Spielberg made us all afraid to go into the water, Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel Jaws took the literary world by storm. […]

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