Anyone who grew up in the 90s or was familiar with the television trends of the time knows that Americans were obsessed with two things: talk shows and aliens. Between shows like The X-Files and Ricki Lake, people learned to fear the possibilities of life outside our atmosphere and watch all the trash that is trapped within [...]

Of all the horror sub-genres out there one that has to be the absolute hardest to nail down in a coherent or successful way would be dream-like horror. When people discuss their nightmares most of the horror comes from a perfect mix of disturbing visuals/ scenarios and the nonsensical dream logic. What makes it scary [...]

In any movie that brags about a body count, there is bound to be a plethora of underdeveloped characters. Such has become a staple of the slasher genre, when our killer needs to slash his way through victim after victim we're hardly going to get the time to know all of them. This has become [...]

For the uninitiated Goosebumps was a series of children's horror books that were popular in the 90s that spawned a TV series and more recently a movie starring Jack Black. While certain episodes could be surprising and indeed frightening to a young audience, to adults they are just spooky kids' horror that is often comical [...]

If we stop for a moment to think outside of our own lives, whether your food wasn't made how you requested it at the restaurant or that your coworker's slacking is making your day more difficult, there are people whose lives are a living horror movie. It is easy to get wrapped up in our [...]

If there is a debate that will rage on in every medium, for all time, it will be "How much of an effect does a bad ending have on a project as a whole?" How bad does the ending have to be before it undoes all of the good the film has set up and [...]

It is rarely spoken in a positive sense when people say “it has everything and the kitchen sink” when talking about movies. Much in the same way a movie with too many tones can give audiences a feeling of emotional whiplash, there are sensations and visuals that cannot be excessive for the sake of cohesion. Malignant puts [...]