Editorials
I Love Lucy: A Brief Cinematic History of Dracula’s Most Unsung Character
There are several characters we think of when we think of Dracula. First and foremost, there’s the Count himself. The most famous vampire in the history of literature, film, television and so o...
Breaking Down the New Puppet Designs of Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
This past weekend at Texas Frightmare, the team behind the upcoming reboot Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich unveiled the very first look at some of the puppets that will appear in the film. They show...
Why It’s a Mistake to Reboot Scream: The Series (At Least Right Now)
Like many people, I was skeptical of Scream: The Series when it was first announced. I was excited to see the franchise continue, but the notion of a series on MTV had its risks. It could be watered d...
Dream a Little Dream of Me: Farewell, Bates Motel
I never thought Bates Motel was going to work. Back in 2013, I just saw it as one of the first in a lineup of several TV shows based on horror movies. Hannibal came out around the same time and I coul...
Studio Schlock: Why We Needed Low-Budget Studio Horror (And Why it Disappeared)
I want to talk a bit about one of my favorite eras in horror. It’s a time that I think will sound completely alien to the horror climate we live in now, thriving as it may be. There was a lengt...
Bad Wrap: Why The Mummy is One of Horror’s Most Undervalued Monsters
When you think of the classic monsters, there are a few that immediately come to mind. Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man. The Mummy is always there, but kind of off to the side. Like the Creature fr...
If You Can’t Wait For Alien:Covenant, Watch Life
There’s only one Alien. The ultimate haunted-house-in-space movie has spawned many wannabe replicators over the years, along with a dodgy sequel/prequel in the form of the excruciatingly dull Pr...
I Was a Teenage Spider: The Atomic Age Influence Behind Spider-Man
The journey that Spider-Man has had to become the most iconic Marvel superhero of all time is nothing short of, well, amazing. Created in 1963 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, after the breakout success o...
Personal Shopper Proves There’s (After)Life In The Paranormal Yet
If there’s one sub-genre that’s been done to death in modern horror movies, it’s paranormal/possession. And yet, with wispy CGI phantoms, a killer, modern location and a fearless cen...