Tag: Halloween
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Best Slasher Movies on Netflix Right Now
The Old Dark House of 1932 is often believed to be the first Hollywood slasher, but it would be fair to say, that the 1926 silent film, The Bat, was what paved the way for “old dark house” films and made this genre popular and successful in the years that followed. The story of “guests…
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This John Carpenter Horror Western Was a Huge Box Office Bomb
A lawman takes the iron horse to a mining town on the frontier. An outlaw by the name of Desolation awaits retrieval to stand trial in the city. The only problem? Ghosts. Or Mars. Or flashbacks nestled inside flashbacks. Admittedly, John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars is a patchwork of problems, having released in 2001 to…
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The Original ‘Terrifier’ Is Back in Theaters
While other genres struggle to get audiences in theaters, horror is the one genre that has remained a financial darling. The slasher genre in particular has been in the middle of a modern renaissance with Scream and Halloween leading the charge. However, in terms of original slashers, there’s no scarier name in horror than Art…
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‘Aporia’ Trailer: Judy Greer Stars In A Sci-Fi Drama World Premiering At Fantasia Fest
Would you change the past? It’s a difficult question that one woman faces in “Aporia.” The film sees a widow confront a new form of technology, soon learning that every revelation comes with a high price. “Aporia” offers an inspection of humanity’s complex relationship with emotions while also addressing an infatuation with innovation. The project…
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This Is the Best Shudder Original Movie
Shudder is a top source for indie horror and ones that typically fly under the radar. The premium streaming service is home to all things horror, thriller, and supernatural. Not only do they have some household names of horror like Creepshow, Halloween, and Hellraiser, they also create their own original movies, series, and documentaries. Producing…
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‘Alien’s Alternate Ending Would Have Ended the Franchise Before It Started
When looking at the female icons of horror, we usually think of the final girl, the young woman who survived the masked killer murdering all of her friends now finding the strength at the end to kill her aggressor. There’s Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in Halloween, of course, and Heather Langenkamp as Nancy…
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‘Psycho’ Gets 4K Uhd Blu-ray 4-Movie Collection at Arrow Video
While horror fans are currently experiencing a new slasher renaissance with films like Scream VI, the Halloween legacy trilogy, and Sick delighting audiences, the slasher genre’s success can all be traced back to one film: Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho. The 1960 proto-slasher is considered by many to be one of the best and most influential horror…
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One of the Earliest Slasher Films Ended Its Director’s Career
When there is a discussion of what the first-ever slasher was, a lot of titles come up. John Carpenter’s Halloween in 1978 certainly changed everything and set off the subgenre, with Friday the 13th and its sequels leading the way through the 1980s. Still, Halloween wasn’t the first slasher. There had been others before it,…
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‘Terrifier 3’s Gory Set Pieces Are Keeping Damien Leone Awake at Night
Horror is in a very amazing place right now. One could say we’re in a new horror renaissance thanks to franchises like Scream, Evil Dead, and Halloween returning in grand fashion alongside a handful of memorable original films. One slasher that took moviegoers by storm in 2022 was the endlessly blood-soaked Terrifier 2. The small…
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‘The Omen’ Is Everything That Makes ’70s Horror Great
The 1970s unleashed a wave of classics upon the movie-going world. Indisputably a momentous era in the history of cinema across the world at large, the decade’s abundance of creative horror outings is similarly undeniable. Some of the movies hailing from the timeframe became overnight, epoch-defining sensations — instant classics lapped up by casual audiences…