Halloween Horror Movies

We all have our ways of celebrating Halloween. If you're still in elementary school, you put on a costume and beg strangers for candy. If you're in college, you use Halloween as an excuse to get blitzed. If you're my age, you sit at home and quietly contemplate opening an Ameritrade account before deciding that … Continue reading Halloween Horror Movies →

31 Days of Spoooktacular: Portrait of a Slasher Movie

The slasher movie is, by far, one of the subgenres of horror that most sticks to a formula. And here is the formula: Pre-Credits Kill+Character Introduction+Cat Scare*+Minor Character Killed Off+Pointless Drama/Comedic Scene+Secondary Character Killed+Hero(ine) and Killer Meet-Up+Hero(ine) Triumphs+One Last Scare=Slasher Movie This is, for the most part, how every slasher movie plays out. You have … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: Portrait of a Slasher Movie →

Movie Review: Antichrist (Part 1)

It is very rare that a movie scares me anymore. I'm not bragging. It just means I've seen too many scary movies. I know how it's going to end. I know which characters are going to die at which points. I know where the monster will appear and what its name is. It's all about … Continue reading Movie Review: Antichrist (Part 1) →

Plans Macabre

So Halloween is rapidly approaching and how. I know you're probably not as excited as I am, since most people who get excited about Halloween are under ten and thinking about candy. As someone who indulges in horror year-round (writing it, reading it, watching it), it's always nice when October comes slouching 'round and everyone … Continue reading Plans Macabre →

Slashed

Perhaps the most tasteless and least artistically driven of all horror films are slasher films (ignoring the new torture genre, because I refuse to acknowledge it). The very premise (killer kills people) is not the headiest point to start from, but there have been worthwhile whacks at the genre. Psycho is a proto-slasher movie, the one who … Continue reading Slashed →