Something I’ve noticed as of late that popular horror film icons are popular due solely to oversaturation. Had Jason Voorhees been relegated to three, maybe four films, would his status as horror icon par excellence be as lauded as it is? The same can be said for Freddy Krueger, Michael Meyers, and a whole slew [...]
No disrespect to Mr. Romero, but do you know what you’ve done? “Oh, I’ll just create the zombie as we know it today and in turn influence a million filmmakers without an original bone in their bodies to emulate everything I did except poorly.” Seriously. The modern conception of the zombie is no longer the [...]
As the year – and decade – comes to a close, we must take the time to reflect on the films that in some way made this year not AS horrible for horror as it might seem. While ten is a nice round number, I was unable to come up with ten films that I [...]
The notion of fear is entirely subjective; what scares one makes another laugh. I certainly have no real phobia of clowns (coulrophobia), but I know some people that are genuinely terrified of them. In contrast, I am terrified of spiders, while some love them and think they’re beneficial and for some reason save them instead [...]
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