horror comics
How Horror Ushered in the Age of the Comic Book Movie
Believe it or not, comic book movies did not always dominate the box office. There was a time when they weren’t all that popular and before that a time when they were barely getting made at all...
Why ‘The Crow’ is One of the Most Romantic Genre Movies
The film adaptation of James O’ Barr’s graphic novel The Crow is remembered primarily for its tragedy. From the onset, the tale is cemented in loss. Eric Draven is a man who was murdered...
Comic Review: Pumpkinhead #1 is the Sequel You’ve Been Waiting For
Full disclosure, Pumpkinhead has long been one of my favorite horror movies, dating back to childhood. It’s something that I immediately gravitated to because of the jaw-droppingly horrific mon...
Comic Review: Puppet Master: Curtain Call #3 – The Final Chapter!
Spoilers Ahead. The final chapter is here. After three years, the Puppet Master comic series has come to a close. I’m sad to see it go, I wish I could continue to get these stories from month t...
Comic Review: Puppet Master Curtain Call #2
Warning up front: We’ll be discussing some pretty major spoilers. The previous issue of the climactic miniseries Curtain Call teased a massive fight between Toulon’s puppets and Anapa&#x...
Comic Review: Puppet Master: Curtain Call #1
After a break of nearly a year, the Puppet Master comic series is back. For reasons we can mostly only speculate, the series needed to be reconfigured after issue 20. Instead of meeting its planned 30...
Comic Review: The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen #2
The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen continues to be the follow-up that fans have wanted to see for decades. As much as the film is hailed as a modern classic, it spawned a franchise that never ...
Four-Color Frights: The Amazing Insanity of the Fright Night Comic Series
Many horror movies have seen comic book tie-ins, from the expected franchises like Halloween, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street, to very unexpected adaptations like Dr. Giggles, Waxwo...
In Print, No One Can Hear You Scream: Eight of the Best Aliens Comics
Alien has left a lasting cultural legacy that extends far beyond the film and its sequels, prequels and crossovers. Beyond the movies, there are action figures, video games, comics, and there seem to ...