There are a lot of horrible horror movies out there. Anyone who’s just decided to watch a random movie on Netflix knows that. Some of them are truly unwatchable. And sometimes it can be to...
Once upon a time, movies made for kids were allowed to be scary. They had stakes and took risks. We don’t see that as much anymore. Pixar constantly gives us great animated films that aren ...
A good motive can make or break a horror movie. If you can’t understand where the villain is coming from, sometimes it can make them scarier. But more often than not, it only makes them un...
Most of the great horror directors of the ’70s and ’80s grew up watching as many Westerns as they did horror pictures, if not more. John Carpenter has been one of the most outspoken about ...
Cannibalism and comedy make for an odd juxtaposition but it has the potential to work brilliantly when executed effectively. Hollywood has had a long history with cannibalism, and while it all falls i...
Steven Spielberg is not traditionally known as a horror director. Yet, in several of his movies, there are moments that veer squarely into horror territory. Of course, it’s not like the directo...
Revenge is a difficult motivator for the duration of a feature-length narrative. Many people have huge criticisms of the genre, and some of them are definitely valid. It’s difficult to maintain...
So, there’s a longstanding problem of misleading titles in horror. It dates all the way back to the Roger Corman B-Movies of the ‘50s and ‘60s. He was famous for conceiving a post...
Insects have always been a major subject in horror. No matter the subgenre, even at their best, directors never ignore the opportunity for a good bug scare. And that’s simply because peopl...