Professor Franz has taken his place in our Hall of Killers third class, and the applause is tinged with nervous laughter. Anyone who has felt the clammy dread of Sergio Martino’s Torso knows why. This is not a loud killer. He is studious, patient, and far too comfortable with a scarf and a saw. In…
If you’ve ever found yourself defending 1990s horror films at the pub while your mate insists that “the genre died after Freddy’s Dead,” then good news — you’ve now got a six-hour rebuttal coming your way. In Search of Darkness: 1995 to 1999, the next monumental entry in David Weiner’s wildly popular horror documentary series,…
It has been forty-four years since An American Werewolf in London first howled its way into cinemas, and yet the film’s legendary transformation sequence remains the undisputed heavyweight champion of fur, fangs, and freak-outs. You can pump as much CGI into a werewolf film as you like, but no computer can recreate the raw, sinewy,…
Get ready to zip up your sleeping bag and check under the bed because Jason Voorhees is officially back on the hunt. The legendary slasher of Camp Crystal Lake is sharpening his machete, polishing his hockey mask, and preparing for a comeback that promises to spill more blood than a butcher’s bin on a bank…
The Hall of Killers has opened its cursed doors once more, welcoming its third class of cinematic psychopaths and supernatural slashers — and standing tall above them all this year is none other than Chief Woodenhead, the vengeful, varnished spirit from Creepshow 2. Joining him in this round of inductions are a few of horror’s…
Veteran British actor John Woodvine, beloved by horror fans for his performance as Dr Hirsch in John Landis’s 1981 masterpiece An American Werewolf in London, passed away peacefully at home yesterday morning at the age of 96. Across more than seventy years in the entertainment industry, Woodvine built a career defined by range, intelligence, and…
Back in 2014, Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass unleashed Creep upon unsuspecting audiences, a low-budget found footage horror film that leaned as much on awkward silences and psychological dread as it did on sudden jump scares. The movie, produced by Blumhouse, became an instant word-of-mouth success and quickly established itself as one of the most…
The hunt is on once again. 20th Century Studios has unleashed a brand new trailer and poster for Predator Badlands, the next chapter in the iconic sci-fi horror franchise. The film hits theaters November 7, 2025, exclusively in IMAX and 3D, and the fresh look confirms that director Dan Trachtenberg is not only back but…
When the 90s crept in like a fog machine on overdrive, horror was in need of fresh blood. The genre had spent the 80s drowning in slashers and sequels — Freddy was getting wisecracky, Jason had fought everyone except a decent script, and Michael Myers was off doing druid stuff, apparently. So where do we…
When it comes to horror icons, you know the fedora, you know the striped jumper, and you definitely know the razor glove. Freddy Krueger is a name that still makes people shiver — or smirk, depending on whether you grew up with his nightmarish debut or his MTV-era wisecracking sequels. Yet despite being one of…