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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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You’ve no doubt seen those supernatural reality shows dotting your channel guide. Most are low-budget affairs that promise much and deliver little. The same could be said of Ghost Seekers, whose crew is having great difficulty scaring up paranormal entities. As lead investigator Steve (Ryan […]
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