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Review of the 1974 Cult Horror, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Watching The Amityville Horror, I sat stunned by how BAD the movie is - it's been a long time since I have seen this level of a stinker at the theater!
Whether you're in the horror industry, or just a fan, you'll meet others who share your enthusiasm when you visit the World Horror Convention.
Review of the 2004 British Horror Film, Creep
An article about the use of gore in horror films.
The horror movie industry has taken a turn that has, in my opinion, taken all of the fun out of horror movies. When did torture become fun?
An article about horror movie remakes.
Are there any truly scary horror movies being made any more? Lately I haven't seen a movie that truly scared me to the point were I couldn't get the creeps to go away when I went to bed.
The horror genre is filled with movies that are gruesome and gory that leave us with the uneasy feeling that monsters lie just beneath our sheets and that zombies will one day roam the earth; but is that their sole purpose?
It is hard to find a horror movie with an original idea or plot these days. It seems Hollywood is content with producing seemingly carbon copies of old films and recycling new ones.
A discussion on PG-13 rated horror movies.
The Horror genre, with its absolutes and extremes can be an extremely powerful genre in the right hands. In the wrong hands, it can sometimes be even better.
I'm a wimp when it comes to horror movies. Here's a list of the top ten horror flicks for people like me.
Take a thesis from some horror fan in England and add a healthy dose of too much time spent reading women's magazines in America. What've you got? What your choice in horror movies tells other people about your personality.
A compare and contrast review of both versions of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, looking at story, look, and filmmaking.
This DVD Showdown compares and contrasts First Born with Elizabeth Shue vs. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning with Jordana Brewster. To find out which movie is worthy and which is not, click the review and find out our thoughts.
This film is the prequel to the horror film Texas Chainsaw Massacre and is even more disturbing than the originals.
Yes, there was a man who did many of the things that Thomas Hewitt (Leather Face) did in the Movie, but instead of Texas, he lived in Wisconsin. Ed Gein is one of America's most well known and gruesome serial killers.
The co-creator of the original chainsaw gives us fans this crap pile of a movie.
Leatherface returns to the silver screen in a surprisingly brainy remake that asks questions while it slashes to its inevitable conclusion.
I am a horror flick nut, and love to see the old classics. That inspired me to look into the horror movies that I loved, and see if there were any truth behind the grizzly things I have seen in those great movies.
This goofy sequel fails to live up to the original.
Being a prequel called the beginning I expected the story to deal a lot more with Thomas Hewitt's (Leatherface) childhood which is something that I was very interested in seeing. Unfortunately it doesn't and that's the biggest letdown of the movie.
This is a great movie, but at times I found it hard to understand the dialog through the thick accents.
After watching the much-anticipated Beginning episode, I left the theater disappointed.
I don't know what came over me, but I thought to myself, "I want to watch the Texas Chain Saw Massacre".
Chainsaw Sally is a cheesy fun time.
A review of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre director's 2004 film.
A look at the current rise in popularity of horror movies
With Halloween long over, cravings for horror and gore aren't as strong, but Showtime is keeping the Halloween spirit alive with it's newest and highly anticipated series, "Masters of Horror."
More simple and easy recipes for horror geeks.
More horror movies have been made than probably any other single genre of film. I'm willing to bet you've missed out on 90% of them. This October, don't watch Psycho or Saw for the 50th time. Instead, watch one of the thousands of scary movies you haven't seen.
What really makes a horror movie scary? The answers might surprise you...
A review of the first season of "Masters of Horror"
Horror Movies have long been a part of America's Pop Culture, and the opinions will vary wildly on this list. For the purposes of this article, I am going not for the best horror movies of all, but the scariest of all.
Here's why today's horror films suck.
This is a 600 word article on my thoughts about pg 13 horrorr movies. In it I discuss the reasons I don't like them. I also discuss why I don't beleive violence and gore had a negative affect on me.
An overview of the current trend in 'Horror' films - The more gore the better
For those of us who love scary movies, I don't know about you, but I feel the genre has shifted almost enitirely to blood and guts to make us feel squeemish instead of genuinely trying to give a good show.
Sadly this list was all too easy to compile, as there are a number of terrible films based on King's work out there.
The best films of Tobe Hooper
The Horror/ suspense genre has become a watered down, and limp business. Dead Silence, for me, is the last straw.
After years of careful study of classic movies and pop culture, rising director Rob Zombie brings his outlook to his movies, the latest being the remake of the 1978 classic horror flick, "Halloween."
Review of the under-viewed 1932's Universal film, "The Old Dark House".
Many of the great characters of horror literature and screen from the last fifty years are actually references to the horrible acts of Ed Gein.
Before the release of "Saw IV", the most recent installment of the trilogy will become available on January 23, 2007. Should you buy it?
Dangerous Lee sits down with John Benjamin, 1/2 of the B Horror Movie Making Duo of Blackmore Filmworks.
For a brief time newsstands actually stocked a mature, well-written contemporary monster movie magazine geared towards thinking adults (though you'd never know it from the title): CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
Although some entertainment is to be found here, horror purist will once again cringe at a remake of a classic.
The true horror in this film is not just that Paris Hilton is in this, but that Warner Bros. wants $20 for the DVD.
"I'm your host, your ghost host, with the most! It's Dr. Wolfenstein!" Our introduction is the horror movie host Dr. Wolfenstein hosting The Creature Feature Show. We find that it's the eve of Halloween and what a Halloween it will be!
Horror movie woth skipping
Review of 2002s Surprising British Werewolf Horror, Dog Soldiers
This article identifies those Hollywood actresses that just might have long-term staying power and those that are likely just flashes in the pan.
Most people only know Rob Zombie as a heavy metal artist and a new Hollywood director. The fact is Rob Zombie has built an entertainment empire that will allow him to become one of the biggest names in the world.
Within the past five years it seems there has been a flood of remakes coming out of Hollywood. Or so that’s what people have been complaining about recently. The truth is yes there have been a lot of remakes but just not in the last five years.
There are many influential industries in America, but none are as influential as the entertainment industry. Movies and Television have been one of the most popular cultures in America for decades.
As one who has never been a big fan of movie remakes, I have always been supportive of the idea of remaking a bad movie to make it better.
Review of Bloodbath's album Nightmares Made Flesh
This investigation seeks to evaluate the films Vertigo, The Birds and Psycho, all directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and how the success of these films show his effect on pop culture.
You don't need to go trick-or-treating to have a great Halloween. All you need is a DVD player.
A story of how a group of teens leave to go watch the biggest football game of the year. They stop to make camp and just hangout. But awake the next day to find their cars purposely tampered with.
Halloween in Pensacola offers many alternatives to trick or treating.
a personalized movie guide for the Fall 2006 upcoming picture lineup
The summer movie season for 2006 is now officially over and the results shows that while there was an improvement over 2005 the numbers were still not what were expected.
But where do the stories come from? A quick glimpse of where some scary movies got their start.
Movie promised to scare me but barely kept me awake.
Halloween is right around the corner. If you're in the mood for some fun and frights, San Diego has several options to satisfy your Halloween needs. This article details some of your fun and frightful Halloween attractions.
For the past couple of years the attendance at movies has decreased. Why?
In more recent years there have been killings both here and abroad, mostly committed by young people who cannot seem to separate fiction from reality.
Chocolate syrup was used for the blood in the original Psycho. The sound effect used during the stabbing scene was actually the sound of a knife stabbing a melon.
In the pool scene, the skeletons that emerge from the muddy water are real. JoBeth Williams was unaware of this until the scene had already been filmed.
An essay that examines the ways in which popular culture rebelled or validated authoritarianism.
Find out who's directing the film, who's playing Michael Myers, find out what you need to know before you go to see this remake.
This essay critically examines the typical portrayal of slasher movie killers as being beyond redemption. It explores the evolution of this development, as well as its problematic moral, historical, and cultural implications.
Here in Adrian, Michigan, we may be known as the Maple City. But this time of the year when the spooks and ghouls come out of the woodwork its time to visit one of the creepiest haunted houses this side of the Ohio border.
Are you wondering what scary movies to watch this Halloween? Here are some ideas.
A review of Halloween (2007, Rob Zombie's remake of John Carpenter's 1978 cult classic.
An exploration into the disappearing art of the drive-in theatee, mostly concentrated in California and more specifically the Los Angeles area
I thought it would be fun to test films with the names of states in their titles and find out which were considered the top ten as rated by internet reviewers.
A look a Eli Roth's good Hostel
Rocker turned film maker Rob Zombie to remake a classic.
There are certain things that certain film critics do that just shouldn't be done. Frightfully, there are no set rules when it comes to reviewing movies.
In 16 minutes of screen time(in Silence of the Lambs,)Sir Anthony Hopkins blew the doors off of the theater with his awesome performance of Lecter...Because of that awesome performance in Silence we are now subjected to crap like Hannibal Rising...
Leave the endless lines and overflow parking to the Star Wars geeks this summer. Plenty of buzz-worthy films are finding summer homes on DVD.
Television Series the Black Donnellys Cast Biographies
If your sitting in a dark house on a rainy night these are the films you stay away from. Unless of course your into getting the crap scared out of you.
You have to wonder why the American Film Institute bothered with a new list of the top 100 movies of all time, since it largely resembles the 1997 list with a few token acknowledgements of more recent works.
10 of the most buzz worthy movies you'll want to know about this summer season previewed
An attractive young woman takes off her white bathrobe and steps into the shower. A silhouette appears through the curtain. It appears to be an elderly woman holding a butcher's knife in her left hand...
It's utterly refreshing to come across a film that is so real and unpredictable as this. It feels as if it's just come out of nowhere. Taking it fully in at first glance is almost impossible. It stays with you.
Throughout the '60s and '70s were screened all manner of horrifying motion pictures promising the lurid and graphic depictions of violence, torture and rape. If they got ratings at all they were rated X.
Want To See A Scary Movie - Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning. It is a scary one indeed. This movie is based on true events.