Three Japanese Horror Classics Haunted by Women’s Agony
If there’s an undercurrent throughout the Japanese horror in Daiei Gothic Vol. 2, it’s how women’s suffering is so embedded in Japanese folklore.
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12 Horror Movies That Burrow Into Our Psyches
These 12 psyche-burrowing, Halloween-perfect horror movies indulge our damned desire to explore the dark inner recesses of our selves and society.
How Vampires Became Rock Stars
The mythical creature of ancient folklore relentlessly feeds on our creative works, and through generations, we willingly succumb to the vampire made rock star.
Why Found Footage Horror Movies Keep Creeping Back
In an era when cameras dictate and distort our perception, found-footage horror movies keep creeping back into our never-wholly-real, uncanny world.
‘Friday the 13th: Part III’ and the Third Dimension of the Incel
In Friday the 13th: Part III, Jason Voorhees’ evolving behavior hints at disturbing autonomy and sexual aggression that, in today’s parlance, we deem “incel”.
An Older Kind of Fear: Five Classic Halloween Horror Movies on Blu-Ray
From 1930 to 1980, these five horror movies offer masked maniacs, mad scientists, murder mysteries, mummies, and military cannibals for your Halloween freak-out.
12 Must-Have Songs for Your Halloween Playlist
Before you go out to your favorite haunted house or visit your favorite witchy woman, be sure to have the proper monster music handy.
10 Scary Yet Sophisticated Halloween Songs
Forget “Monster Mash”! These ten memorable campfire frightfests should deliver a solid foundation for your scary-yet-sophisticated Halloween.
Film-Noir Thriller ‘The Amazing Mr. X’ Shimmers with Beautiful Spookery
Directed by low-budget maestro Bernard Vorhaus, the restored film-noir ‘The Amazin Mr. X’ is an unpredictable little specimen of spookery-pokery.
8 Low-Budget Films That Delivered Big
Money isn't everything, although in filmmaking it counts for a lot. These eight films defied their minuscule budgets.
10 Old-School Halloween Horror Movies: Blu-rays That Go Bump in the Night
Reader, we’ve sifted through many of this year’s ghastly Blu-ray offerings so that you don’t have to. Venture in for watchable goods for your macabre marathons and blood-curdling binges.
John Carpenter’s New ‘Halloween’ Is a Father-Son Bonding Activity Remembering Times Past Rather Than Finding New Places to Go
John Carpenter revisits his most iconic work of horror with a brand new soundtrack for the 40th anniversary of Halloween.