By Geno McGahee In 1996, the horror genre was reborn and the direction was changed with the release of Wes Craven’s SCREAM. It was a slasher that was self-aware and took jabs at the slasher game in a loving way. It was a massive hit. On a budget of 15 […]
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Scream, Halloween Ends, Hellraiser, Evil Dead Rise, Texas Chainsaw Massacre & RISE OF THE SCARECROWS: HELL ON EARTH – Horror Movie Buzz
By James Witherspoon The horror community has been highly anticipating the releases that are coming. The calendar is really exciting and the releases have just begun getting out there. RISE OF THE SCARECROWS: HELL ON EARTH has hit Tubi and has become a hit overnight. The killer scarecrows are a […]
Don’t Hang Up (2016) – Horror Movie Review on Amazon Prime (SPOILERS)
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I try my best to stick up for modern horror. I know there’s a lot of films out there that suck, but I don’t automatically hate a movie because it’s newer. If anything, I give movies made today a lot more leeway than those […]
The Conjuring 2 (2016) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza When I heard that the sequel to the huge hit THE CONJURING (2013) was going to be about the Enfield, London haunting that occurred in 1977. I found this case very interesting for several reasons. Many of the events were unexplainable. There were a great […]
SCREAM 3 (2000) – WES CRAVEN SLASHER HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee In 1996, SCREAM became a sensation. Wes Craven reclaimed the genre with a big hit. It was unique and presented a self-aware horror film with a surprising ending. There was a lot to like about SCREAM and it came out during a bad time for horror films. […]
SAW, Paranormal Activity, Child’s Play, Texas Chainsaw Massacre & More – HORROR TALK – THE FRANCHISE DEBATE
When a horror film gains traction with the public, you can usually bank on a follow up. Sometimes, you get a franchise that sustains a level of quality, even if it doesn’t maintain what the first was able to do. Then you have other series that just pump out sequels […]
SCREAM 4 (2011) – Ghostface Slasher HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee In 1996, SCREAM was released and it was the right movie at the right time. Horror was not putting out a lot of good titles and it needed the shot in the arm. This Wes Craven whodunit slasher revitalized the genre and sent it into a new […]
Shadows Run Black (1986) – Kevin Costner, Racism, and Murder…….Troma Film
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Shadows Run Black is a mostly forgotten about 1980s slasher, released by Troma, that is much better than IMDB would have the average horror buff think. I had the pleasure of watching it with my brother Geno and my husband Stephen, both of which insisted on saying, […]
Iced (1988) – Whodunit Horror Slasher
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Whodunit movies are among my favorite overall genre. Whether highbrow classics like Psycho or little known cult films like Cheerleader Camp, I typically find them a great treat. Every time, I think I’ve seen all that came before the self-awareness days of Scream, I’m vamped to […]
Cherry Falls (2000) – Whodunit with a Twist
By Melissa Antoinette Garza Brittany Murphy stars as virginal Jody in this strange and often comedic horror whodunit. Jody’s boyfriend Kenny Ascott (Gabriel Mann) attempts to verbally push Jody into sex, but she refuses. He threatens to break up with her and goes as far as to flirt with her […]
The Cabining (2013) – A Comedy/Horror Film Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza A new or at least revisited trend among horror movies is combining meta writing with comedic elements. This can and has been done successfully in films like A Cabin in the Woods (2012), Shaun of the Dead (2005) and Club Dread (2004). There are times when […]
Class Reunion Massacre (1978) – (a.k.a. The Redeemer: Son of Satan!) Horror Movie Review
Reviewed by Melissa Antoinette Garza This is one of the movies that terrified me as a child. My cousin Traci and I had rented it from a video store up the street. It had the coolest cover and we just had to see it. It’s funny. I know so many […]