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Robert Wise’s ‘The Haunting’ Is a Timeless Masterpiece
In 1959, Shirley Jackson’s novel, The Haunting of Hill House, was published. Just a few years later, Robert Wise’s film adaptation, The Haunting, debuted in theaters. Prior to the film&#...
The Intensity of High Tension: A Look at Plagiarism in Horror
In a time of remakes, reboots, re-imaginings and so forth, the genre fan has a narrowed selection in terms of originality. This debatable lack of creativity divides audiences on a regular basis. Wheth...
Heather Langenkamp on Movie Make-up Magic and 40 Years of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ [Exclusive]
Heather Langenkamp has battled her share of nightmarish creatures. Now, she makes them. After starring as Nancy Thompson in Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street series, the actress now operat...
Peter Jackson’s A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Lover [Script to Pieces]
Welcome to Script to Pieces! A feature where we look at the best, most interesting, and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes these will be productions that never cam...
Why ‘Evil Dead II’ is Not a Remake of the First
Evil Dead II is a very similar movie to the first in terms of setting and plot. The sequel opens with a bit of backstory on the Book of the Dead. Said book would not be referred to as the Necronomicon...
Victims Spotlight: Remembering the Victims of David Berkowitz a.k.a ‘Son of Sam’
New York City, 1976. An unknown offender, later identified as David Berkowitz, approaches a parked car in the Pelham Bay neighborhood of the Bronx. The perpetrator produces a .44 Caliber “Bulldo...
Truth and Fiction Aren’t Identical in David Cronenberg’s ‘Dead Ringers’
The Case of Twin Gynecologists Stewart and Cyril Marcus On July 19th, 1975 Stewart and Cyril Marcus—the twin gynecologists who inspired Bari Woods and Jackie Gleasand’s novel Twins, whic...
Robert Durst and His Suspected Victims [Victim’s Spotlight]
Late real estate baron Robert Durst was under a veil of suspicion beginning with the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen “Kathie” McCormack. The couple’s 9-year marriage w...
Is McKamey Manor Even Legal?
Every year during the Halloween season, thrill-seekers and horror enthusiasts flock in masses to haunted house attractions across the United States. Most haunts use similar tactics to scare thei...