Editorials

Sadako vs. Samara – Why ‘The Ring’ Is Terrifying in Either Language [Revenge of the Remakes]

Matt Donato Editorials, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, The Ring

Gore Verbinski’s The Ring led the first wave of early 2000s horror remakes that partially defined the era’s landscape alongside Saw torture-porners and other reactionary post-9/11 subgenres. Granted, remakes have always been a foundational pillar that keeps horror reinventing itself decade after decade — but the 2000s were different. Production companies like Platinum Dunes and […]

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‘Fatale’ Brings Race Into the Erotic Thriller Mix [Sex Crimes]

Joe Lipsett Damaris Lewis, Danny Pino, Dante Spinotti, David Loughery, Deon Taylor, Editorials, erotic thriller, Fatale, Hilary Swank, Michael Ealy, Mike Colter, Movies, Sex Crimes, Tyrin Turner

For all of the murder and crime that occurs in Erotic Thrillers, more often than not, the police are barely present in the subgenre. If the protagonist isn’t a cop, there might be a detective on the margins or a beat cop taking a statement at a crime scene, but more often than not, law […]

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‘The Meg’ vs. ‘Meg 2: The Trench’ – Which Film Has the Strongest Bite?

Jenn Adams Editorials, Meg 2: The Trench, Movies, The Meg

The following contains major spoilers for The Meg and Meg 2: The Trench. Sharksploitation movies live and die based on the strength of their bite. In order to make us afraid to go in the water, genre filmmakers usually deploy a barrage of visual and practical effects to bring to life the ocean’s most feared […]

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Welcome to Hellworld: Six of the Scariest Fictional Games in Horror Movies

Luiz H. C. Bandersnatch, Choose or Die, Editorials, eXistenZ, Games, Hellraiser: Hellworld, Livescream, Movies, Stay Alive

Despite existing for over half a century and evolving into one of the most profitable creative industries in the world, it’s only recently that filmmakers have gotten the hang of properly depicting video games on the big screen. This is likely because we’re now seeing a generation of writers and directors who actually grew up […]

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A Matter of Life and Death: Externalizing Internal Struggles in ‘The Seventh Victim’

Brian Keiper Editorials, Gods and Monsters, Movies, The Seventh Victim, Val Lewton

One of the unique aspects of the horror films produced by Val Lewton at RKO in the 1940s is the seriousness with which they discuss matters of mental illness. Even today, mental health issues are often tiptoed around, but in the forties, they were practically taboo. As discussed in previous entries in this column, Cat […]

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Five Monstrous Vampire Movies to Stream This Week

Meagan Navarro Blood Red Sky, Editorials, featured, From Dusk Till Dawn, Lifeforce, Movies, Nosferatu, Stake Land, Stay Home Watch Horror, topnews

This week’s new horror releases bring The Last Voyage of the Demeter, based on “The Captain’s Log” chapter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It features the iconic vampire at his most monstrous as he lurks about the schooner and preys upon the passengers and crew. Thanks to Dracula, much of cinema’s portrayal of the vampire leans romantic; their […]

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‘Raising Cain’ – Reconciling the Brian De Palma Thriller’s Divided Identity After 31 Years

Daniel Kurland Anniversary, Brian De Palma, Editorials, John Lithgow, Movies, Peet Gelderblom, Raising Cain

Raising Cain, Brian De Palma’s maddening dissociative identity disorder thriller, remains one of the director’s most inscrutable films three decades later. “Does Carter know what he did?” “Carter didn’t do anything. Cain did all the killing.” Brian De Palma is an absolute master visual storyteller and his movies are always cinematically stunning even when they […]

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‘The Blob’ Turns 35: Ranking the Remake’s Most Gruesome and Painful Kills

Meagan Navarro Chuck Russell, Editorials, Movies, Shawnee Smith, The Blob

Death is the ultimate leveler. It comes for everyone in the end, no matter your station in life. Never is that more unsettlingly apparent than in 1988’s The Blob, directed by Chuck Russell from a script he co-wrote with Frank Darabont. The creature feature lets loose a gelatinous pink blob of goo upon the small town of Arborville, California, […]

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How ‘Talk to Me’ Adds Depth to Horror Clichés Through Loss and Loneliness

Marcus Shorter A24, Editorials, Movies, Sophie Wilde, Talk to Me

Horror often asks for a lot of empathy and understanding from its audience. It begs us not to roll our eyes when someone drops a weapon that might give them the upper hand or when they run upstairs and not out the perfectly safe backdoor. Some films, like The Strangers or Night of the Living […]

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‘Red Water’ and ’12 Days of Terror’ – Revisiting Two Direct-to-TV Shark Movies from the Early 2000s

Paul Lê 12 Days of Terror, Colin Egglesfield, Coolio, Editorials, John Rhys-Davies, Kristy Swanson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Movies, Red Water, TV

People may be surprised to learn that staying out of the ocean won’t guarantee their safety from sharks. In fact, a dip in a river or pond could lead to an encounter with one of the most aggressive sharks in the world: the bull shark. Strangely enough, though, the Carcharhinus leucas doesn’t show up in […]

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‘Mutant Mayhem’ – 6 Horror Movies to Watch After You See the New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie

Alex DiVincenzo attack on titan, Blade II, Editorials, Godzilla, Movies, Nightbreed, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Fly, The Slumber Party Massacre

Long before I discovered the joys of horror movies, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a formative obsession of mine. I often wonder if TMNT and its variety of imaginative creatures served as a gateway to the genre of sorts. Living up to its title, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem has the potential to do […]

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The Freaker Apocalypse: Why ‘Days Gone’ Is a Much Better Zombie Game Than It Was Given Credit For

Luiz H. C. Darl Dyxon, days gone, Editorials, Sam Witwer, sons of anarchy, The Walking Dead, Video Games, Zombie

Out of all possible human experiences, combat is one of the most easily gamified. However, there are only so many times that a player can be urged to decapitate NPCs before some uncomfortable questions start to creep in about the sadistic nature of finding entertainment in simulated murder. That’s why zombies are so prevalent in […]

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‘Jaws 3D’: Why We’re Still Enjoying This 3D Shark Attack 40 Years Later

Jenn Adams Editorials, Jaws, jaws 3d, Movies

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is a tough act to follow. Not only has it come to define the entire shark horror subgenre, but this aquatic adventure movie also revolutionized the concept of the summer blockbuster as we know it today. It’s difficult to understate the film’s legacy. From archetypal characterization, iconic kills, ubiquitous catch phrases, and […]

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“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – 15 Horror Icons Who Appeared in Nickelodeon’s 2012 Animated Series

Alex DiVincenzo Editorials, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, TV

While much of the initial fanbase that helped turn Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles into a pop culture phenomenon aged out following the original cartoon (1987-1996) and live action movies (1990-1993), the property has continued to flourish with reboots in TV, film, and comics every few years. If the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem […]

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Ten Noteworthy Horror Movies to Stream at Home in August 2023

Meagan Navarro Bad Things, Bones and All, Cocaine Bear, Editorials, Enys Men, featured, Ghastly Brothers, Movies, Netflix, Organ Trail, Screambox, Shudder, Subject, topnews, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

Where has time gone? August is officially here, bringing with it a slew of new titles arriving on streaming. This month also edges us even closer to the Halloween season, which means you can expect the horror programming to start ramping up in earnest. August offers brand new streaming exclusives and recent releases that’ll give […]

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