great horror movies

Love him or hate him, you can’t deny Quentin Tarantino’s passion for film is contagious. Whether he’s joking around on a DVD commentary or answering interview questions, movies are always on his mind. Arthouse or grindhouse, he loves it all, and is constantly gushing about cult classics he believes to be underappreciated. So why not […]

Getting movie fans to agree on much of anything is rare, but on occasion even the most opinionated will cross the theater aisle to make peace. Over time, film fans have even found common ground in a few select titles offering that most peculiar form of voluntary self-torture – the horror movie. Films like these […]

Halloween came and went, but do we need another October to watch horrors? As John Carpenter – who also has a film on the list (yes, even Carpenter has underrated movies) – put it, “horror movies will live on forever” and here we will look at some of the great, or at least entertaining horror […]

Sometimes talking about big ideas is difficult. Often times having a message in a film can lead to feelings that the audience is being pandered to. Social commentary is an especially difficult topic to broach. But when used allegorically through the lens of horror movies, lots of societal issues can be discussed without the added […]

Movies, particularly horror, have the potential to shock audiences through their content. For a few of these effective movies, audiences found something too difficult to handle and responded with boos or, at times, walking out altogether. The following ten movies were subjected to such a response upon their premiere. Whether due to content or complexities, […]

Often when watching horror, the less we know about something, the darker and more unsettling the experience. Fear and anxiety, no matter what for can often be traced back to one simple fundamental element; the fear of the unknown. As soon as something is explained it loses its mystique and especially when it comes to […]