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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Never Sets Itself Apart from the Original [Retrospective]
In the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy and her friends are plagued by strange dreams. A man with a razorblade glove and a fedora is stalking them in their sleep. His name is Fred Krueger. A...
The Rabid Dog’s House: Cursed
The Rabid Dog’s House is a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where contributor Justin Steele uncovers hidden gems, lost classics, and overlooked indie offerings. Flying solo or with the occasional gu...
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare Was a Sequel Ahead of its Time [Retrospective]
New Nightmare sees Freddy leaving the realm in which he was created. After his escape, he begins to plague the performers from the first Nightmare film. Like in the first picture, Heather Langenkamp i...
Six Flicks to Help with Your Halloween Hangover!
All year long you wait for Halloween to come. The scary movies, pranks, and all the other enjoyable activities. Then, like a way-too-much fun night at the bar, the festivities are over before you know...
Passing the Torch: Great Producing Ventures from Famous Horror Directors
We all love the masters of terror around these parts. John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, George Romero, Dario Argento, Roger Corman and so on and so forth, these are all names we hold in high re...
Four Terrible Movies from Great Horror Directors
The masters of horror are incredibly talented individuals. We all know who they are and are familiar with their many accomplishments. They’ve given great things to the genre. But in a director’s caree...
Everyday Nightmares: Why We’re Drawn to Suburban Horror
What’s the scariest thing about Halloween? What about A Nightmare on Elm Street? The most obvious answer to that would of course be Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger. To a degree, that’s right. B...
Horror Film Documentaries You Need to See!
The horror fan has excellent choices when it comes to documentaries about the genre. There are certain titles that examine horror films or an entire subgenre as a whole. Examples of this approach are:...
Script to Pieces: Wes Craven’s Shocker Remake
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 ...
