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Every now and then we here at Ravenous Monster receive a movie trailer that works EXACTLY the way trailers are intended to work. The trailer for writer-director Neil Rowe’s special effects showcase Alien Outbreak, available On Demand and DVD on February 11 via High Octane […]
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A horror movie relies on many things in order for it to work. Apart from a killer plot and good acting, they also rely largely on visual effects that include costume, makeup design, and all the gory special effects that keep us captivated for hours on […]
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Of the numerous horror movie sub-genres there is one that hits closer to home than any of the others: home invasions. This is not surprising considering the nearly 2 million home invasions that take place in the USA every year. The idea of intruders entering your home […]
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Legendary Italian gore machine Lucio Fulci’s bloody fever dream The House by the Cemetery is one of the director’s weirder films—if you can believe that—and it’s finally getting an all-out, 4k restoration chocked (or maybe choked?) full of special features courtesy of Blue Underground. This […]
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The road trip is a classic American pastime that has been featured in horror films such as Jeepers Creepers, Funny Games, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. And while your idea of a good time may not involve getting chased by a psychopath on wheels, there’s […]
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The thing that typified horror cinema of the 2010s more than just about anything else was the proliferation of movies about ghosts or ghost-adjacent entities, from the Paranormal Activity franchise to The Conjuring and its several offshoots, apparitions have been everywhere. So, why stop now? […]
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“Why do you like horror?” We get this question a lot, usually from people too puritanical or weak stomached to enjoy the genre, but this time was different. The woman who asked me was a refuge from Iraq. “I’ve seen too much horror,” she said. […]
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If there’s one thing I love, it’s a scary story with a creepy kid as its main monster. I mean, kids are scary enough in real life, right? I have two of my own and I know this to be true. So, when I saw […]
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If you’re at least my age and you were around for the golden era of the American sitcom, then you’re familiar with the following scenario: A hit show based on a family dynamic starts to lose steam as the child actors grow out of their […]
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Confession time: I prefer Stanley Kubrick’s take on The Shining to Stephen King’s. That’s not a knock on King. I burned through the original novel in a couple days when I picked it up back in college. But precious little fiction in any medium can […]
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