Horror and comedy have a lot more in common than you’d think. Both combine anticipation and a payoff that requires impeccable timing to deliver the right emotional punch. Let’s take…
The devil doesn’t necessarily wear Prada, but it makes perfect sense that darkness should be alluring. Horror icons do it well, making the fiendish fashionable. Glamour, in the world of…
Star Wars was a cornerstone of my childhood. I grew up with the original trilogy and it had a heavy hand in shaping my lifelong belief in the power of imagination….
Halloween is upon us once again and my viewing season would not be complete without an annual re-watch of the criminally underrated Exorcist III. I’ve come to appreciate the film…
Most fright fiends will happily give you a TED Talk about their favorite classic movie monster or have a Perry Mason-level defense prepared for the cinematic merit of Troma films….
Remember the heyday of shows like The Love Boat and Fantasy Island where unemployed stars of yesteryear would pop up in really random roles and even more bizarre scenarios on…
Inside the beating heart of every horror fan is a closet romantic, armchair psychologist, or misanthrope with a glimmer of idealism left in their soul. While horror on the Silver…
An anthology of stories within a story, The Monster Club was a movie I’d seen countless times on late night public access television as a kid. I recently conjured up…
As a devout fan of the genre, I’ve often found myself defending some of my choices of horror movies. Despite being a “genre of the people,” horror snobs sometimes sneer…
Let’s cut to the chase. (As one does after enduring a movie with a three-hour runtime.) I didn’t hate The Batman, the latest entry in the never-ending parade of films…