Horror Movies Archive

  • Scream-A-Thon: Behind the Mask

    Posted on June 2, 2011 | 5 Comments
    Ever since Wes Craven decided to hack to pieces the slasher genre he helped (in part) to create with 1996′s Scream, various filmmakers have attempted to make ironic or “clever” films that expose the now trite cliches that string hapless slasher films together. Don’t say...

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  • [Review] Insidious (2011)

    Posted on May 9, 2011 | 2 Comments
    I first saw the trailer for Insidious a couple of months ago, and I was torn over whether or not I wanted to see it. I like Patrick Wilson (previously Nite Owl in Watchmen and Raoul in Phantom of the Opera), but the association with...

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  • Scream-A-Thon: Session 9

    Posted on May 5, 2011 | No Comments
    Here at Scream-A-Thon I want to shine a light on those horror films that might have bypassed the mainstream, hiding in the shadows while schlocky big budget affairs draw in the punters. I would be exceedingly negligent if I failed to unearth the gem that...

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  • Cutting Room: 13 Horror Films Slashed From Other Lists [Archive]

    Posted on October 28, 2010 | 7 Comments
    13. Cabin Fever (2002) Writer director Eli Roth has a well known bromance with Quentin Tarantino. I personally think that QT spends way too much of his time promoting and helping inferior filmmakers like Roth and Robert Rodriquez. Roth went on to kick off the...

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  • Cinematic Blues – July 6, 2010

    Posted on July 6, 2010 | 4 Comments
    It's an embarrassment of movie riches this week. Horror! Lots and lots of Horror! Also, a little bit of Horrible. REALLY horrible. Let's go to the videotape:

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  • Classic Horror: White Zombie

    Classic Horror: White Zombie

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | 7 Comments
    Zombies, as if you haven’t noticed, are one of the mainstream’s new darlings. Long a staple of low-budget horror films, they have more recently groaned, stumbled and lurched their way onto the A-list. (Rumor has it that Natalie Portman will star in the film adaption...

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  • Retro Crush: Mister Frost

    Retro Crush: Mister Frost

    Posted on April 17, 2010 | 5 Comments
    This is not the post I meant to write. The post I meant to write was titled Retro Crush: Jeff Goldblum, and included certain musings on three separate films. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension. Earth Girls Are Easy. And Mister Frost....

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  • "The Haunting of Winchester House" (2009) [DVD]

    "The Haunting of Winchester House" (2009) [DVD]

    Posted on November 23, 2009 | 10 Comments
    Director: Mark Atkins Starring: Michael Holmes, Lira Kellerman, Tomas Boykin, Barry Womak, Jennifer Smart, and Kimberly Ables Jindra Asylum Home Entertainment 85min – 2009 – Not Rated I’m going to get the bias out of the way, so the rest of the review can be...

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