To this day, I still fear turning on the light switch in my mother's kitchen. During the day, our dining room lurks on that wall's other side. At night, ghouls forever embedded in my mind after three decades ...

Movie - Chris Justice - 2004-11-08 01:00 - 0 comments

Orca vs. Jaws . Ok, not exactly "The Thrilla in Manila," but Orca could throw a few jabs that would stun Jaws . At least that is the way director Michael Anderson, who a ...

Movie - Chris Justice - 2004-12-20 01:00 - 0 comments

By 1977, the nature of the horror film had already changed significantly. Instead of the Gothic mood pieces of previous decades, the genre had become more dynamic, seeking shocks rather than heady atmosphere. Italian horror auteur Mario Bava' ...

Movie - Julia Merriam - 2007-10-31 01:46 - 0 comments

Stop me if you've already heard this one: a bunch of rugged-outdoors-types go traipsing off to a dangerous, exotic land in search of a legendary giant ape. The bete noir in question is soon located and, after ...

Movie - John W. Bowen - 2001-08-05 00:00 - 0 comments

Troubled by an exorcism he recently conducted in South Africa, a Catholic priest named Lamont agrees to investigate the death of his colleague Merrin, who was killed during the exorcism of a young ...

Movie - Kairo - 2005-04-18 00:00 - 0 comments

While it may not be the scariest of films, Dario Argento 's Suspiria (1977) is certainly among the most beautiful. Filmed on the last Technicolor system in Europe, and awash in colored light ...

Movie - Rob Wrigley - 2002-10-15 01:01 - 0 comments

Horror fans like vampires. It's a pretty simple concept, really, and one that you'd be hard pressed to refute. Over the years, they have developed a mythology both complex (how many ways can you kill a vampire?) and ridiculous (garlic anybody ...

Movie - Julia Merriam - 2007-04-06 00:00 - 0 comments

It's hard to imagine another writer/director responsible for so many of horror's highest highs and lowest lows as Wes Craven . Take a look at his resume - this guy doesn't tread a lot of middle ...

Movie - John W. Bowen - 2001-06-10 00:00 - 0 comments

Before ascending to Hollywood's A-list, Canadian writer-director David Cronenberg, much like Sam Raimi or Peter Jackson, started out making low-budget horror movies. After a strong debut with the slug-centric Shivers , he crafted Rabid ...

Movie - Mikhail Skoptsov - 2008-03-18 01:33 - 0 comments

It's rare, but you'd better believe it exists: a blatant rip-off that's actually better than its source material. The film in this case is Rituals , and the source is Deliverance . Shot on lo ...

Movie - John W. Bowen - 2001-02-27 01:00 - 0 comments