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Seven Unanswered Questions in Horror Movies That Drive us Crazy

As much as we love to analyze and obsess over minute details in horror, it can be frustrating when there are so many unanswered questions. Horror can be full of plot holes, as can any other genre. And...

The Thing - Creature Comforts: The Lost Art of the Monster Movie

Practical Matters: The Frustrating Story of the ‘Thing’ Prequel We Could Have Had

2011’s The Thing has its fans. I can’t say that it’s totally maligned because if anything, more people seem to be discovering it over time. It didn’t do great in theaters and was instead pretty much d...

The Howling

Four Horror Film Transformations That are Incredibly Uncomfortable to Watch

Transformations have been an incredibly relevant part of horror films, dating back to the very beginning. Stories of humans transforming into animals and otherworldly beings go back as far as there ar...

The Thing

Horror Remakes That Equaled Or Surpassed the Original

Remakes are a longstanding tradition in cinema, especially in the horror genre. But there is no doubt that we have seen an over-saturation in recent years. The majority of remakes are realized for the...

Dawn of the Dead

Four of the Most Innovative FX-Driven Horror Movies

The 1980’s was a decade of completely innovative practical effects work. Makeup artists were actually becoming known in the horror genre. There was a sort of stardom among fans for the people who crea...

Texas Frightmare Weekend

Event Report: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2017

Another Texas Frightmare Weekend has come and gone, but the fans who attended this year’s event will no doubt be left with plenty of wonderful memories from their horror-filled weekend. The 2017...

Pumpkinhead - Nat's Favorite Horror Movies to Watch on Halloween

Nine Beloved Horror Movies That Bombed at the Box Office

Everyone likes to think that their favorite horror movie was an enormous success but that’s definitely not always the case. Sure, it makes sense for bad horror movies to completely fail at the box off...

The Thing

Script to Pieces: The Thing 2

Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes these will be ...

American Psycho

Seven Open-Ended Horror Movies to Make You Question Reality

Sometimes horror movies take unexpected directions. They don’t always become what we think they’re going to or end up quite where we expected them to. That’s one of the best things (to me) about watch...