If there is one thing the horror genre is known for when it isn't being campy or silly, is the seeming limitless cruelty that people can subject each other to. While it is easy to say that the kills in Friday the 13th are more digestible than Hostel these are still films about people's lives being snuffed [...]

As I mentioned recently in another review, with most filmmakers being in their 30s now, the 90s nostalgia is expected to hit the silver screen as it did with the 80s for the last decade. One of the trends that hit its hardest in the 90s and still has roots in the now is the [...]

There are many things to be frightened by in the horror genre, in the same way, that there are many ways to frighten the audience with a horror film. One way that has been slowly but surely returning to the genre after a hiatus is slow dread-inducing horror. Alfred Hitchcock said “There is a distinct [...]

There is a fine art to horror audio mixing and the creation of unsettling music that is not to be taken lightly in the making of genre films. Even the mass audiences have caught on to the crutch that is jumpscares and the blasting of high tempo music which have been the trend in many [...]

This month Netflix released the true-crime documentary The Ripper which tells the history of the Yorkshire Ripper, the investigation process, and the many perspectives on the events as they unfold. Half of what made the documentary so exciting was not just seeing the different interpretations of the killings, but also how it let the story take [...]

There's something inherently terrifying about losing control of yourself, which has been used to great effect in films involving possession. The concept of demons wrestling for control of the soul of humans hit its crescendo with The Exorcist which terrified the nation. Where the fun begins with subgenres that have such an effect on audiences [...]

In a year that just seems to take more and more from everyone, whether it be financial stability or a loved one, its hunger seems endless. While it is obvious why children shouldn't be accepting candy from strangers during a global pandemic, there is a sad loss of wonder for children and adults alike to [...]