Top 10 Lists
Nat Brehmer’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2022
This has been the hardest year for coming up with a top 10 list that I can remember, and it’s definitely not because I struggled to find favorites. We have seen some greats in recent years, but...
Ranking Nine of the Best Exorcism Scenes in Horror Movies
Exorcisms in horror movies and exorcisms in real life are quite different. In real life, they look a lot like this. In movies, they can be extremely overdramatic, it’s like an epic battle scene...
Frightening Moments from Mainstream Kids Movies That Traumatized Us for Life
Kids movies are great. As cinephiles, they’re the first titles we fall in love with, even if many of them are far from perfect. Some of them, though, are great and still hold up when you w...
Ten Movies That Desperately Tried to Create the Next Freddy Krueger
The success of 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street led to its antagonist becoming one of the most ubiquitous pop culture figures in film history. Considering the merchandising bonanza that Freddy ...
Seven Horror Films With Effects Better Than the Movie Itself
As horror fans, we go crazy for practical effects. Genre output from the 1980s was rife with expertly rendered practical FX work. By the mid-’80s, the effects had become the main ...
Joey’s Top 10 Horror Movies of 2022
If you’re a horror fan, then every year is a good year for the genre. But 2022 was especially impressive. From blockbusters to indies, bombastic sequels to quiet curios, expressive adaptations,...
Seven Horror Movies that were Major Financial Successes but Critical Disappointments
If you look at the highest grossing movies of all time, most are generally beloved, examples include Titanic, Avatar, the Star Wars franchise, Marvel movies, etc. The same can be said in the horror ge...
Seven of the Most Confusing Moments in the Friday the 13th Franchise
As much as we love the Friday the 13th series here—and trust me, we do—there are things you can’t help but notice as you watch these films over and over again. Things that have be...
The Six Most Expensive Horror Movies of All Time [and Why They Cost So Much]
You have to spend money to make money. In Hollywood, this has been the requirement for the most financially successful movies of all time. The logic behind throwing a lot of money at a project is the ...