Films that deal with the supernatural can be categorized under two broad heads. The first are the horror movies that are ‘good’ in the conventional sense. You will be reluctant to watch them in the dark, and would prefer having someone else in the room while watching these flicks. The other is the ‘so bad […]
Everyone might have a different reason for liking a horror movie. Some enjoy the way it scared them. Some enjoy the violence and gore. And for others, it’s the characters and performances that keep you coming back. Here we take a look at the 25 best performances by an actor or actress in a horror […]
In a comedy we remember the gags. In a drama, the moments that made us cry. But in a horror film we remember the kill scenes! The scenes that make the audience gasp in terror, turn away in disgust and if the filmmakers are lucky, run screaming from the theatre. Over the years the horror […]
‘Body-Horror’ is a sub-genre which primarily focuses on the destruction, deformation or infiltration of the human body in various forms. Whether it be by spreading diseases, scientific or medical experimentations, technological impulses or anything else the imagination of the filmmakers can muster – the various methods of decay of the human body can serve as […]
Both horror and comedy are some of film’s oldest and well-loved genres. It comes as no surprise then that the two merged really early on, just as they had done previously in literature. Examples of the horror-comedy hybrid genre in film can be found as far back as the early nineteen hundreds. It wasn’t until […]
Few would argue that the past decade’s constant stream of horror film remakes has not been detrimental to the genre as whole. The vast majority of these remakes are completely unnecessary and while there is absolutely no substitute for genuine creativity or fresh takes on horror material, bright spots do exist in the field. Classics like […]