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6 Cinematic Microbudget Films That Prove Anyone Can Make a Movie
Scary as the industry is now, this is the golden age of being able to make a movie. Anyone can do it. The dicey part is distribution and profit, both of which are in some ways harder than ever. Still,...
These Seven Haunted House Movies Are Severely Underrated
Tales of haunted houses and ghost stories make up the oldest and widest subgenre in horror. Before there were any horror films, there were ghost stories. Long before Shirley Jackson wrote The Haunting...
Seven Direct-to-Video Sequels That Are Way Better Than Expected
The purpose of a sequel is always in debate. There is a sense that a follow up is automatically inferior by virtue of being derivative of a previous work. And, if that sequel is released direct-to-vid...
Seven Must-Read Lois Duncan Novels!
The YA novels written by Lois Duncan were a large part of my first foray into horror. I was a teenager in the late ‘90s, a time when R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike dominated the young adult no...
Six Great Moments from Bad Horror Movies
It takes a lot to make a good horror movie, but at the same time, it takes a lot to make a horror movie truly unwatchable. One of the greatest distinctions about the genre is that the good and the bad...
Five Movies You Might be Surprised Tim Burton Didn’t Direct
Tim Burton may not necessarily be known as a horror director, but he has always had one foot in the genre. Even his early mainstream work like Pee Wee’s Big Adventure and Batman have their scar...
Seven Pitch-Perfect Performances in John Carpenter Films
John Carpenter is one of the greatest living genre directors. His work has had a tremendous impact on horror, science fiction, and more for roughly 50 years. He’s influenced everything from spi...
Tragically Overbearing Parents in Horror
Parents in horror movies can be a pretty horrific lot. They are prone to abuse and mistreat their children. Whether it’s emotional or physical, it’s probably present more often than not....
Five Horror Films Based on a Comic That Just Didn’t Work
As any fan knows, in the age of the comic book movie there are as many misses as there are hits. Some of them are great and some of them are not-so-great. Of course, comics and horror have always been...