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)
Why You Should Watch: Session 9
Being a horror film fan is addictive. You are constantly on the hunt for a new, unknown film that will make you feel something. And during that process you will watch a lot of garbage to find the good stuff. Enough garbage that your bar is already set low each time - making a great … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: Session 9
Why You Should Watch: The Blob (1988)
If it had a mind, you could reason with it. If it had a face, you could look it in the eye. And if it had a body, you could shoot it. The Blob (1988) Trailer The Blob is a real gem of an 80s horror film. It's a great example of a few different … Continue reading Why You Should Watch: The Blob (1988)
Why You Should Watch: Paranormal Activity
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
Final Destination & The Curious Case of a Horror Film Franchise That Ends With Its Best Film
The Final Destination films have been described as slasher movies in which we never see the slasher. A group of people are killed one by one, and only the protagonist seems to know what's happening and how to potentially stop it. Like most slashers, these films end with the inevitably of death whether it be … Continue reading Final Destination & The Curious Case of a Horror Film Franchise That Ends With Its Best Film
Hail, Paimon! Analyzing Hereditary
Hereditary is a much better experience upon a second viewing. The first time I watched the film I became so fixated on every small hint that it took me away from the movie. I was spending the run time trying to piece the movie together rather than just experiencing it. Director Ari Aster described the … Continue reading Hail, Paimon! Analyzing Hereditary
Hot Garbage Express: Revisiting Friday the 13th (2009)
The Friday the 13th remake has to be the most atrocious of all the 2000s horror film reboots. And yes I have not forgotten the existence of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010. It isn't completely without merit. On a five star rating scale it would earn one star for a combination of the following: … Continue reading Hot Garbage Express: Revisiting Friday the 13th (2009)
Witch Hunt meets The Purge in Assassination Nation
"Some writer once said 10% of the population is cruel, 10 % is merciful, and the other 80% can be swayed into either direction. I bet that writer has never seen a Worldstar Video, 4chan, or Twitter."- Assassination Nation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9qyOGEuLY4 This movie analyzes issues of privacy, public shaming, and internet culture all through a believable … Continue reading Witch Hunt meets The Purge in Assassination Nation
The True Heir to John Carpenter’s Halloween
The Halloween series is infamous for it's convoluted timeline Credit to Philip Summers @heyphilsummers for this wonderfully concise flowchart. (Although we will have to agree to disagree that Busta Rhymes is what ruined Halloween Resurrection) But yeah that timeline... The Halloween franchise inadvertently turned itself into a choose your own adventure as the franchise continued … Continue reading The True Heir to John Carpenter’s Halloween
We All Have Our Stuff: Analyzing Channel Zero The Dream Door
Channel Zero: The Dream Door truly captures the strength of Channel Zero’s format. It felt like it took some of the elements from No End House and got everything right that No End House got wrong. This is a strong season of the anthology show and really cements it as the best true horror show on … Continue reading We All Have Our Stuff: Analyzing Channel Zero The Dream Door
