From IMDb: Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Still on a summer blockbuster and Friday the 13th kick this week. I was going to write about one of my favorite Friday sequels Friday the 13th Part … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: Friday the 13th Part II (1981)
From IMDb: A group of camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which was the site of a child's drowning and a grisly double murder years before. Continuing with the horror "summer blockbusters", it's hard to not think of Friday the 13th when it comes … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: Friday the 13th
From IMDb: When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see. To understand why I enjoyed this so much, I think it is … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: The Invisible Man (2020)
From IMDb: The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth. If you want to have chills nearly the entire time you watch a movie from start to finish, watch Candyman. I first watched the movie as a sweet … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: Candyman (1992)
From IMDb: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. Here I was trying deliberately not to chose a film that was too on the nose about the Coronavirus pandemic. Then, as … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: The Shining
From IMDb: A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game. How do you casually suggest watching one of your favorite movies of all time without sounding like a zealot? … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: Scream
From IMDb: An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders. I don't know whether to encourage you to watch this alone or with friends, but I do absolutely encourage anyone interested in horror films to see … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: Suspiria (1977)
How none of these movies ever incorporated a character attempting to use a dream catcher is beyond me. This movie is essential viewing for anyone interested in horror. I would encourage you to watch this alone with the volume turned up as loud as you can stomach. This movie is nauseatingly frightening in many portions, … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
An ingenious marketing campaign coupled with reinvigorating the found footage subgenre. These movies thrive for many reasons but one of them that doesn't often get mentioned is how grounded in reality the characters and dialogue feel. The casual depictions of the characters early on makes the horror of the movies all the more tragic. We … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: Paranormal Activity
A Huffle of Horror 