Editorials – Page 89 – All Things Ick

‘Phantasm 1999’ – Don Coscarelli Details the Wild Post-Apocalyptic Sequel We Never Saw [Phantom Limbs]

May 30, 2022 Jason Jenkins Don Coscarelli, Editorials, Exclusives, featured, Interviews, Movies, Phantasm, Phantasm 1999, Phantom Limbs, Roger Avary, topnews

For this entry of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be travelling back to the 20th century for an exploration of Phantasm 1999, Roger Avary’s (Pulp Fiction, Rules of Attraction) unproduced screenplay which was going to be the fourth installment in the long-running sci-fi/horror film franchise. Intended for Phantasm series creator Don Coscarelli to direct, 1999 boasted an […]

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Stephen King’s ‘Cell’ – Finding the Good in a Missed Opportunity [The Silver Lining]

May 30, 2022 Luiz H. C. Cell, Editorials, Longform, Movies, Stephen King, The Silver Lining, Zombies

In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be covering Tod Williams’ 2016 Stephen King adaptation, Cell. Stephen King is no stranger to the apocalypse. From the fallen worlds of his The Dark Tower series to his viral opus The Stand (which remains one of my all-time favorite literary works), the writer has an undeniable […]

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For Those About to Slash, We Salute You: 14 Military Horrors to Stream for Memorial Day

May 27, 2022 Xanthe Pajarillo Body Snatchers, Child's Play 3, Deathdream, Dog Soldiers, Editorials, featured, homecoming, Jacob's Ladder, Masters of Horror, Memorial Day, Memorial Day Weekend, Movies, Overlord, topnews

War films are horror films, aren’t they? Both genres explore inevitable death intertwined with moral quandaries and are full of suspense. Come and See is often hailed as one of the scariest films and Son of Saul almost plays like a found footage in Auschwitz. There is a thin line between the two, but military […]

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Kate Bush, Joy Division, Kiss, and the 11 Best Needle Drops of “Stranger Things”

May 27, 2022 Michael Roffman Corey Hart, Editorials, featured, Foreigner, John Harrison, Joy Division, KISS, Moby, Netflix, Stranger Things, The Clash, The Police, The Scorpions, topnews, TV

Sorry Eleven, and no shade to Steve “The Hair” Harrington, but the most important character in Stranger Things is arguably the soundtrack. It’s hard to imagine this series would be nearly as ubiquitous as it stands all these years later without its essential needle drops. The music has framed this franchise, not only by offering […]

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Satoshi Kon’s ‘Perfect Blue’ Is a Layered and Unparalleled Psychological Thriller [Horrors Elsewhere]

May 27, 2022 Paul Lê Editorials, Horrors Elsewhere, Movies, perfect blue, Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon thought he was making a mere straight-to-video release when he began production on Perfect Blue. To his surprise, the project was rescheduled for theaters. At that point the director had already made Perfect Blue under the assumption it would not be seen by the general public, so it was unclear how everyone would […]

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The Lives of Christopher Lee: An Icon at 100

May 27, 2022 Brian Keiper Christopher Lee, Dracula, Editorials, featured, Horror Of Dracula, Movies, The Curse of Frankenstein, topnews

Some people seem to fit multiple lifetimes’ worth of experience into one. Christopher Lee was one of these. Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was born 100 years ago on May 27, 1922 to Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Lee and the Contessa Estelle Marie Carandini Lee. The actor who would later become world famous for playing Dracula joked […]

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World Dracula Day: 7 Alternative Pieces of Dracula Entertainment to Drink Up Today

May 26, 2022 Justin Lockwood Andy Warhol's Dracula, Blood For Dracula, Dracula, Dracula 2000, Editorials, Movies, Treehouse of Horror, World Dracula Day

This Thursday, May 26 marks World Dracula Day, commemorating the 125th (!) anniversary of the original novel’s publication. To celebrate, horror fans can always stick to the classics: Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931), Christopher Lee in Horror of Dracula (1958), or even Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), my personal favorite. But if you’re […]

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Ti West’s ‘X’ Introduces an Atypical Slasher Villain Through One Gory, Pivotal Kill [Scene Screams]

May 25, 2022 Meagan Navarro A24, Editorials, Mia Goth, Movies, Scene Screams, Ti West, X

Writer/Director Ti West opens his ‘70s set slasher, X, to a gruesome crime scene, then backtracks to set the stage for the pending massacre. West bides his time, letting audiences get well acquainted with his cast. Once attachments are well in place, the filmmaker violently rips the rug from under viewers with a savage kill […]

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Free Horror Games – Six of the Best That You Can Play Right Now!

May 25, 2022 Luiz H. C. Editorials, Faith, featured, free-to-play, Friday The 13th: Killer Puzzle, Haunted PS1 Demo Disc, No Players Online, The House in the woods, topnews, Video Games

There’s really never been a better time to be a horror gamer. From indie powerhouses like Puppet Combo to big licensed projects like Saber Interactive’s Evil Dead: The Game and Gun Interactive’s upcoming Texas Chain Saw Massacre, there are plenty of scary virtual experiences to choose from these days. However, a lot of gamers simply […]

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When a Stranger Calls a Killer: Fred Walton’s 1988 Remake of ‘I Saw What You Did’ [Young Blood]

May 25, 2022 Paul Lê Candace Cameron Bure, Cynthia Cidre, Dana Kaproff, David Carradine, Editorials, fred walton, I Saw What You Did, Joan Crawford, Made for TV Movie, Movies, Robert Carradine, Shawnee Smith, Tammy Lauren, Ursula Curtiss, William Castle, Young Blood

There was a time in horror when a phone call was scarier than a knife. All it took to unnerve someone was a vague but menacing message delivered in a creepy voice. Killers throughout the genre have traditionally used telephones to intimidate their victims. Yet, what happens when the roles are reversed, and the villain […]

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How ‘The Batman’ Explores the Horror of Living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

May 24, 2022 Marcus Shorter Editorials, Matt Reeves, Movies, Robert Pattinson, The Batman

Wise people say the worst pain for a parent is burying a child. Hard to disagree with that statement, but the opposite is no picnic either. A child losing a parent at an early age changes their psychology and emotional makeup. Bruce Wayne is perhaps pop culture’s best—and worst—example of the trauma of burying a […]

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‘The Cat-Dogs’: 1995 YA Horror Anthology Delivers Six Macabre Stories [Buried in a Book]

May 24, 2022 Paul Lê A Finnis, anthology, Books, Buried In A Book, Colin Greenland, Diane Hoh, Editorials, Garry Kilworth, Malcolm Rose, Susan Price, The Cat-Dogs, YA Novels

The snarling hybrid on the cover of The Cat-Dogs suggests this 1995 anthology has an animal theme. On the contrary, this collection has only a few actual beasties in it. Editor A. Finnis curates an eclectic and largely British assortment of horror, featuring everything from mythical predators to a haunted train station. No two stories are […]

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How ‘Firestarter’ Fails to Clear Even a Low Bar for Stephen King Adaptations [Revenge of the Remakes]

May 24, 2022 Matt Donato Editorials, Firestarter, Keith Thomas, Mark L. Lester, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, Stephen King

There’s a thin, blurry line between remake and adaptation. Keith Thomas’ Firestarter is both an adaptation of Stephen King‘s incendiary novel and a remake of Mark L. Lester‘s 1984 adaptation with the same name. Any crossover depends on how screenwriters take creative liberties with King’s source or how strictly each title follows the horror author’s […]

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Six Characters We’d Love to See in ‘Evil Dead: The Game’

May 23, 2022 Meagan Navarro Army of Darkness, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Editorials, Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Evil Dead: The Game, The Evil Dead, Video Games

Saber Interactive’s Evil Dead: The Game unites many characters from the Evil Dead universe, specifically the first three movies and the “Ash vs. Evil Dead” TV series. The game focuses on the franchise survivors as they gather loot from caches scattered on the game map and complete objectives before taking on the Deadites. Evil Dead: The Game categorizes […]

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5 Creepy Tales of Childhood Horrors from TV Anthologies [Series of Frights]

May 23, 2022 Paul Lê Are You Afraid Of The Dark, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Editorials, Joe Dante, Just Beyond, Series of Frights, Tales From the Darkside, The Twilight Zone, TV

A big part of growing up for kids is overcoming their greatest fears. In time they stop being scared of thunderstorms and visits to the doctor. Being afraid of the dark is also common, but for a lot of children, what terrifies them the most is what might be in the darkness. The following stories […]

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