Every so often, horror gives us a monster that stays with us forever. Not a vampire, not a ghost, and not a masked maniac — but a big, slobbering Saint Bernard who just wanted a quiet life until rabies turned him into an unstoppable killing machine. Stephen King’s Cujo remains one of the most terrifying…
Every once in a while, a horror short sneaks up on you and proves that you do not need a feature length running time to make people lose sleep. Play Time, directed by Ryan J. Thompson, is one of those little bursts of terror that manages to pack more atmosphere, scares and nervous laughter into…
Get ready, horror fans — the game is about to begin again. Producer Jason Blum, the man behind Blumhouse’s horror empire, has given an update that’s got genre fans sharpening their hacksaws and clutching their ankles: Saw 11 is officially in development, and James Wan is back in the game. That’s right — the architect…
Just when you thought the sewers of Derry were safe, NECA has crawled back out, red balloon in hand, ready to ruin another good night’s sleep. The toy titan has announced two spine-chilling new releases from the upcoming HBO series IT Welcome to Derry. Both figures launch today, October 7th at 2 PM ET on…
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…