Category: Horror Features
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From the moment in Saw when Lawrence Gordon posits the morally and legally ridiculous notion that the Jigsaw Killer never actually kills anyone since all of the traps he sets have a way out, the devolution of the Jigsaw ethos is inevitable, and assures the audience that the only constant to be expected from John…
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I love ranking franchises! Even bad franchises. And I think that’s what shocked me the most after my recent watch of the entire Alien franchise: it’s not particularly good. Whereas many of the classic horror franchises I’ve ranked to this point (Halloween, Friday the 13th, Child’s Play) tend to have a roller coaster like experience…
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Having recently ranked the Mission: Impossible franchise after it [allegedly] wrapped up with The Final Reckoning, I got to thinking about what other franchises I could do a ranking of. In addition to Tom Cruise’s nearly 30 year action journey, I had previously done the Halloween, Friday The 13th, and Nightmare On Elm Street series…
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Despite having talked to the Mayhem team a year ago about how they put on such an event, it’s still a surprising feat, just like every other time I have attended. And also just like every other time, I have come away with a few stand-out memories and some new favourite films. Here are this…
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John Carpenter and Debra Hill had no idea back in 1978 that they were changing the horror genre. They set out to make a scary movie about babysitters being stalked on Halloween night. They weren’t thinking about sequels – let alone 12 of them. They weren’t thinking about Corey Cunningham’s awful night of babysitting, heavy…
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It is that wonderful witchy time of the year again, friends! Salem Horror Fest returns for its eighth edition of the festival, featuring a program so bewitching it’ll make you want to grab your broom, summon your coven, and head right on up to Witch City. This year’s festival will be slightly different from what…
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If you’re suffering the doldrums of a Chiefs v Eagles Super Bowl because your team isn’t in it or think, “This Superbowl can LIX my….” for any reason, don’t worry, I have come up with a list of suitable replacements for you to seek out to get your fill of football the way you like…
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Last week, I wrote an article recommending five ghost movies every horror fan needs to check out, but that list was incomplete. I only looked at classic films from the 1940s to the 1980s, and as I’m sure you know, the subgenre has given us some absolute bangers in the 40 years since then. In…
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Ghost movies are a staple of horror cinema. They’ve been around for decades, and from the looks of it, they’re not going away anytime soon. In the past few years, amazing films like The Black Phone, Deadstream, and Talk to Me have proven that audiences are as hungry as ever for this time-honored brand of…
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If you ask a roomful of horror fans to name the first thing that comes to mind when you mention the phrase “zombie film,” a bunch of them are going to say George Romero, and for good reason. The guy’s 1968 debut Night of the Living Dead literally invented the modern zombie lore we all…