For those not in the know Death Note started out as a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata that was then adapted into an anime television series that aired between 2006 and 2007 which…
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Horror anthologies can be tricky things to pull off as each story has a relatively short allotted time to provide the set-up, the scares and the punchline. George Romero’s original Creepshow way back in 1982 is probably the most notable…
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Universal may have hit a stumbling block with The Mummy, in what they had hoped would be the first chapter in a shared horror universe, but that is certainly not the case over at New Line Cinema where they have…
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If something seems too good to be true it most likely is; this age old adage is no better exemplified than in the horror genre, whether it’s a Monkey’s Paw or a cemetery that supposedly can bring back your dead…
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Do you think vengeful spirits hang around the afterlife sharing tips on how to be cryptic or what would be the best ways to annoy the mortal world?
The “Dead Teenager” subgenre is probably the biggest subset of the horror movie and though John Carpenter may have really kicked it into gear in the late 70s with Halloween it was in the 80s with the release of Friday…
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Do not go to Maine. If there was an anti-tourism board for Maine author Stephen King would be the president, chief treasurer and minutes taker as quite a few of his books deal with horrific events that take place in…
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The anthropomorphic personification of Death in cinema is almost as old as the art form itself, whether Death is playing chess with Max Von Sydow in The Seventh Seal or crashing Vincent Prices party in The Masque of the Red…
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A masked killer stalking a small group of survivors – as they run through the halls of what appears to be an abandoned ghost ship – may sound like elements to your standard slasher flick – which to be fair…
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Giant monsters raging across an Asian city is certainly nothing new, Godzilla has been it doing for over sixty years now, but in Nacho Vigalondo’s genre busting film Colossal things get a little weird as he manages not only make…
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