2013

With all of the gratuitous sex and violence that come with modern horror movies, they are generally thought of as fare for mature audiences.  However, there exists a category of cinema that bridges the gap between the scary animated films of Disney such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the controversial X-rated schlock films […]

Alien invasion movies have always been incredibly fun to watch.  Whether they involve Roland Emmerich-style destruction, as in Independence Day, or subliminal political allegory, like in Invasion of the Body Snatchers, aliens always strike a chord with audiences.  Interplanetary takeovers are hardly a new phenomenon, though – in the forties and fifties, years before manned […]

Ah, Christmas.  There’s something about the yuletide holiday that lends itself well to horror movies.  When it comes to movies about psychotic killers, Christmas is right up there with Halloween.  Since the central Christmas figure in the capitalistic world is Santa Claus, it figures that many slasher movies would feature madmen dressed as Jolly Old […]

Places like amusement parks and circuses have been captivating settings for horror movies for years.  From Tod Browning’s 1932 circus creepfest Freaks, through Tobe Hooper’s carnival slasher The Funhouse, right up to guerilla filmmaker Randy Moore’s surreal Disney freakout Escape from Tomorrow, fun places seem to get spooky when the light hits them just right.  […]