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Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Dreamcatcher' (2003)
GROOOOOAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! Ugh, I remember this movie being bad, but not this bad. I know books very rarely translate into good cinema, but Stephen King was always the exception to that rule. Fire Starter, Misery,Cujo,Maximum Overdrive,Salem's Lot, Pet Cemetery, Needful Things, the list goes fucking on for King movies, and not a damn one isn't a fucking classic in its own right... Then we come to this fucking movie. Jesus-fucking-Christ, even 1408 wasn't this bad! What the fuck happened?!?
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Blackout
I woke up this morning to my head throbbing and a pool of sweat around me. With eyes still closed, I reached over to the other side of the bed for my boyfriend, Liam, but he wasn’t there. I opened my eyes and sat up on the bed. I looked around for a few seconds before realizing that I had not woken up in my own home. The room I was in had no carpeting like mine, no dresser, and had a large landscape painting. I looked beneath me and noticed that I was in a bed smaller than mine. The bed had maroon silk sheets and a large black blanket at the foot of the bed. I got to my feet and that’s when I realized that I was not in my clothes from the night before. Instead, I was in a sweatshirt and flannel pajama pants. How did I get into these clothes? How did I get here? My headache was starting to get worse and I was stuck in a spiral of my own thoughts.
By emily7 years ago in Horror
Why I’m Really Excited for ‘Halloween’ (2018)
Ever since I can remember, I was introduced to the horror genre by John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) when I was much younger. Since then, my love for horror grew and coming from someone who loves the Halloween franchise—watching it every year around October—or just in general, hearing there was going to be a brand spankin’ new Halloween film coming out October 19th, 2018, words couldn’t express how ecstatic I was to see Jamie Lee Curtis make the announcement on her Twitter back in 2017.
By Joseph Wright7 years ago in Horror
The Night Bus
"Come on..." Ramona shook the door handle to her apartment in frustration. No matter how many times she tried to insert her key to open it, her door would not budge. So she continued to shake it furiously, hoping something would happen.
By Jonathan Miciano7 years ago in Horror
Seven Haunted Places in California
California is the largest state in the United States and has a long history of wild behavior. Most of the original settlers (not Native Americans) were hoping for a better life through the gold rush. A lot of the towns that sprung up were seen as lawless and wild. It's no surprise that there are wild ghosts haunting this state.
By Amanda S7 years ago in Horror
Reed Alexander's Horror Review of 'Baskin' (2015)
So I learned something new today. Turk-core is pretty fucking awesome...it might be the only thing good about this movie. Honestly, this movie was cheap torture porn. I mean, it was fun when it finally got going, but it took a long fucking time to get there and really, torture porn is kinda lame. After Hostel, it just got played out. Now Saw is what, 8 fucking movies deep and every other slasher movie turns into torture porn near the end?
By Reed Alexander7 years ago in Horror
Interview With Rose Sinister
Originally from Los Angeles, Rose Sinister is a professional tour guide in New Orlean's French Quarter specializing in haunts, mysteries, and - most especially - vampires. Rose has a singular, elegant personal aesthetic that has been likened to a "Gothic Mary Poppins." My kind of gal!
By Crysta Coburn7 years ago in Horror
My Favorite Urban Legend
October 14, 2018 The Phantom’s Legend Everyone knows the story of The Phantom of Opera by author Gaston Leroux. And all the films that come with the same name, as well as the popular stage show. But did you know? That The Phantom and Christine were based on real people of the time period. Christine was based on a Swedish Opera Singer named Christina Jonasdotter (Nilsson). Christina was born in Småland, Sweden on August 20, 1843. Christina was taught to play the violin by her brother.
By Daniella Farras7 years ago in Horror
After Dusk
The wolves always howled late into the night, along with the metallic screeching of wayward trains, carrying their cargo out west. The trains always moved a little faster, with a bit more conviction around these parts, for reasons that were entirely known to the locals. The closest railroads were actually quite far, but the trains still whistled as loudly as if they were right next to your ear. There weren't too many outsiders that came to visit the valley, and those who did never took a good word back to their kin. Some of them didn't go back at all. Some settled into the countryside for one reason or another, and sometimes it was not by choice. Regardless, anyone who stepped foot into the town down by the river left knowing all about the plagues of the people who seemingly thrived in the area.
By Emily Dheel7 years ago in Horror
Get Out, Cabin in the Woods, and Why Today’s Horror Films Are So Meta
The horror genre is one of the most diverse genres in cinema. Underneath the umbrella of horror are multiple sub-genres including slasher, body horror, and creature feature just to name a few. But in the modern era, horror films that try to fit a classic mold often fall short of expectations. The main reasons for this are cliches. We’ve seen the same tropes redone so many times that it becomes difficult for them to fulfill their purpose—to scare us. In recent years however, many horror films have found a way to overcome this. Over the past decade, horror films have become increasingly meta. They are self aware of the tropes they are are expected to fill and often play around with these expectations in creative, even humorous ways. But by using these fun premises, they use their subject matter to speak on real life issues that are often far more frightening than any demon or serial killer. Two recent films that perfectly exhibit this idea are The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and Get Out (2018).
By RJ Reynolds7 years ago in Horror
'A Quiet Place' Review
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly A Quiet Place is pretty much what it says on the card. It’s quiet... Very quiet. Which may sound strange at first but is the most entertaining part of the film. Let’s talk about the good, the bad and the ugly.
By Natasha Mawo7 years ago in Horror
11 Underrated Scary Movies
It's that time of the year where horror films are on TV everywhere, and we get to relive all the scares and frights we enjoyed as children. There are some films out that scare the crap out of people that aren't the most popular movies or necessarily "horror" movies. Nevertheless these films tend to be underrated or disregarded in some way. These movies, for me, fall under that category. Some of these have a huge cult following and might be on other lists. They may not be the most obscure or unknown but they are not the most known either. So let's go!
By Travis Johnson7 years ago in Horror