Retrospectives

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October 25, 2017
Now, when you read the word recent, understand that we’re not necessarily talking about pictures filmed last month. A handful…
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October 11, 2017
It can be said that every film, director, actor, actress, producer…etc. needs a launching point – somewhere they can get…
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October 10, 2017
1988 was quite the year for franchise horror, unleashing an onslaught of sequels that included everything from the expected, annual…
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October 9, 2017
Born on October 8, 1949 in Manhattan, the commanding brunet we know and love as Alien’s iconic Ripley is from…
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September 22, 2017
Writer’s Note: Thanks to Katie Roe for her assistance in writing this article. It seems appropriate that it took thirteen…
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September 22, 2017
Clive Barker’s Hellraiser came along at a time when cinematic horror desperately needed to be taken more seriously again, needing…
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September 4, 2017
The late 1970’s and early 1980’s ushered in the golden era of slasher films. In the early 80’s, the formula…
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August 29, 2017
The Curse of Frankenstein was Hammer film productions’ first foray into Gothic horror in 1957. With its huge success came…
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August 17, 2017
Dario Argento’s first and best entry into his Three Mothers Trilogy, his 1977 masterpiece Suspiria, is the quintessential example of…
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August 10, 2017
Maniac was one of the more controversial titles to emerge from the 1980s. Bill Lustig’s psychological horror film walks the…
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June 14, 2017
Director Paul Lynch’s Humongous was lumped in with all the Canadian slashers that came out during the early ’80s, which…
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June 13, 2017
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) is based on a series of real murderers by a man dubbed the Phantom…
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May 30, 2017
The Atari 2600 isn’t known for its horror games, but quite a few were released for the system. While they…
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May 18, 2017
Was the much discussed Alien Box scene actually filmed for Ridley Scott's 1979 classic, and if so why hasn't it…
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April 18, 2017
Kids are weird. It’s impossible to tell what’s going to resonate with them, what they’re going to gravitate toward or…