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The 150 Best Horror Movies of ALL Time (Definitive List)

As with all lists, this is personal and nobody will agree with every choice – and if you do, that would be incredibly disturbing. It was almost impossible for me to rank them in order, but I tried and eventually gave up. Enjoy! **** 150: Session 9 Directed by Brad Anderson Written by Stephen Gevedon …

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10 Commonly Overlooked Horror Films Worth Seeing

When I was a kid, I used to love a scary movie. I remember catching the original The Haunting (1963) one night on Channel 9’s Million Dollar Movie when I was home alone. Before it was over, I had every light in the house on. When my mother got home she was screaming she’d been …

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Video Tribute to the Life and Work of the Late Master of Horror Wes Craven

Nelson Carvajal from RogerEbert.com has created a video tribute to the life and work of Wes Craven who recently passed away after a battle with brain cancer at the age of 76. Craven created some of the most memorable bogeymen in film, and it is impossible to understate the impact he had on the horror …

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Scream, Ep. 1.08 to 1.10: Strong direction makes for an exciting finale

Scream, Season 1, Episodes 8 to 10 Created by Jill E. Blotevogel, Jay Beattie, and Dan Dworkin Aired Tuesdays at 10pm (ET) on MTV There’s something we’ve got to talk about before we can talk about the final three episodes of Scream, and that’s about the sad passing of Wes Craven on Sunday, August 30th. There’s a thousand …

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Scream, Ep. 1.04 to 1.07: The Spoils of Rooting for the Killer

Just as we began watching the season’s 4th episode, “Aftermath”, my friend turned to me and jokingly remarked, “Isn’t it sickening how rich these kids are?” We laughed, but then the episode did something we weren’t expecting – it laughed with us. The show had unexpectedly, yet very enjoyably, turned on its characters. It agreed, it is sickening how rich these kids are.

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‘Scream’ TV series moving forward with cast and director announcement

Wes Craven’s 1996 Scream was easily one of the best and most influential horror films of the 1990s. Its sequel in 1997 was just as successful with critics, audiences, and at the box office. The franchise faltered with 2000’s Scream 3, but started to take a step back in the right direction with 2011’s Scream …

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How horror films continue to insult women through the Final Girl trope

One of the most integral parts of slasher films (1970s and onwards) is the concept of the “Final Girl”. Not only is it now a really iconic and interesting term, it’s one that’s evolved over the years as societal views in the horror genre has too. Coined by American film professor Carol J. Clover, the …

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The Following, Ep. 1.10, “Guilt”: An apt title for a sell-out writer’s reign of terror?

The Following, Season 1, Episode 10: “Guilt” Written by Kevin Williamson & Shintaro Shimosawa Directed by Joshua Butler Airs Mondays at 9pm (ET) on FOX “Guilt” proves, more than any episode thus far, that The Following can only be defined in one exceedingly simple image: Kevin Williamson at his computer, choosing to use his powers …

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The Following, Ep. 1.09, “Love Hurts”: Of spear guns and self-plagiarism

The Following, Season 1, Episode 9: “Love Hurts” Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster Directed by Marcos Siega & Adam Davidson Airs Mondays at 9pm (ET) on FOX “Love Hurts” acts as a kind of sequel to The Following‘s most campy episode, “Mad Love,” the themes of both being revenge, self-sacrifice, being punished for …

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How The Following is Changing How We View Bisexual Relationships

Is everyone watching what’s happening on Monday at 9pm on Fox? Who knew that along with a spine tingling cult mystery from the creator of Scream and The Vampire Diaries that we’d also get one of the most comprehensive and complicated looks at bisexuality committed to screen. The love triangle on The Following between Emma, …

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Blaxploitation Cinema: ‘Blacula’ / ‘Scream, Blacula, Scream’

As Halloween approaches, let’s take a moment to reflect on two of Blaxploitation cinema’s seminal horror films and the legendary actor William Marshall. Blacula Written by Joan Torres & Raymond Koenig Directed by William Crain USA 1972 “You shall pay, black prince. I shall place a curse of suffering on you that will doom you …

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Dir. Goddard: Or How ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ Has Become The Horror Film To End All Horror Films

In the ensemble tour de force that is John Luessenhop’s Takers, Idris Elba masterfully says, without a hint of irony, “We’re takers, gents. That’s what we do for a living. We take.” Apparently, along with being a competent actor by day, Elba also moonlights as Captain Obvious by night, but in addition to being heavy …

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‘Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective’ – A Documentary about the ‘Scream’ Franchise

An official Facebook page was launched for the hotly anticipated Scream documentary Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective, which is set for DVD/Blur-ray release in April to coincide with the release of Scream 4. Written and directed by Ryan Turek, the doc covers the first three films and will take you inside the lives …

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Michael Jackson at the movies…

Yes, he was the punchline of approximately a quarter-million Tonight Show jokes. But Michael Jackson’s stop-on-a-dime dance moves and sensual soprano have influenced generations of musicians, dancers and entertainers, and the man was so much more than what the tabloids made him out to be. One of entertainment’s greatest icons, he was incredibly gifted, and …

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