Category Archives: Horror Movies

31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 20

The American Scream (2012) This feature length documentary showcases the exploits of three different “home haunters” in Fairhaven, Massachusetts as they gear up for the grand stage that is Halloween.  Each household approaches the holiday in a different way and with different motivations but each experience the ups and downs associated with turning their yardsContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 20”

31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 17

In How to Survive a Horror Movie, Seth Grahame Smith (he of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies fame) has crafted a love letter to all horror geeks.  Laugh out loud funny and smartly written, Smith deconstructs all manner of horror movie situations and antagonists and teaches you everything you needContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 17”

31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 14

A Nightmare on Elm Street (Nintendo Entertainment System 1989) “Something frightening has been happening on Elm Street lately. It seems that with each waking day another gruesome discovery is made… another neighborhood teen has mysteriously passed away into the dark stillness of the night. Everyone says it’s “natural causes,” but it seems as if somethingContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 14”

31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 13

The Simpson’s first annual Treehouse of Horror was originally broadcast on October 25, 1990, and is the only one of the yearly episodes to actually take place in Bart’s treehouse despite subsequent titles. This first offering finds Bart, Lisa and Maggie telling scary stories in Bart’s treehouse on Halloween night.  Each story being a segmentContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 13”

31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 11

The elements that make Session 9 work so well are the same elements that make John Carpenter’s The Thing the terrifying masterpiece that it is.  A sense of isolation.  In this case an asbestos abatement team working in an abandoned mental asylum.  The fact that these are grown men in danger, not teenagers and not women, but fully grown,Continue reading “31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 11”

31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 9

The best slasher movie to come out in the last ten years?  Absolutely.  Spinning the genre on its head, Behind the Mask uses the mockumentary approach to give you a behind the scenes peek at how a slasher does his thing.  Living in the same universe as Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface and even Chucky,Continue reading “31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 9”

31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 4

The Cabin in the Woods was Joss Whedon’s entry into the horror genre (outside of Buffy) that gave you a glimpse into the methods behind the madness.  It was the movie that came out and showed you exactly why it is that all of the characters in horror movies do the stupid things that ultimatelyContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 4”

31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 3

Based on the 2002 critically acclaimed 3 issue comic mini-series written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, 30 Days of Night made vampires scary again. Anne Rice’s vampire novels made the undead misunderstood creatures of burden.  Yes some of the vampires in her work were downright horrifying but the main protagonists were alwaysContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 3”