Horror Movie Primer: Zombies

Movie zombies haven't always been what they are now: rotting corpses who eat the living. Before George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, cinematic zombies were more steeped in their original voodoo lore. They were the result of witchcraft and bad juju, not viruses and teethmarks. If you really want to see zombies as they … Continue reading Horror Movie Primer: Zombies →

Horror Movie Primer: Ghosts

Movies about ghosts, spirits and the like can really be separated into two categories: Haunted Houses and Everything Else. I'm not the biggest fan of haunted house movies. If one's house is haunted, one simply moves to a new house. Problem solved and there's no reason to have fifteen movies based on one goddamn house. Still, there … Continue reading Horror Movie Primer: Ghosts →

Horror Movie Primer: Monsters

For the uninitiated, finding the proper horror movie can be a difficult and daunting task. You're feeling a dire need to get into a Halloween mood, but you don't know which movie to get and your weird friend that watched too many horror movies and who talked about them way too much went crazy and … Continue reading Horror Movie Primer: Monsters →