31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Twenty-Two: Cursed

Wes Craven is known as one of the masters of horror, thanks to unforgettable contributions like The Hills Have Eyes, The Serpent and the Rainbow, the ever popular series of Scream films, as well as creating one of the most memorable horror franchises ever with A Nightmare on Elm Street. None of his movies are

31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Twenty-One: Near Dark

Kathryn Bigelow. I know what you’re thinking: “I know that name.” And you probably do. You might know her as the first woman to ever win the Academy Award for Best Director for her film The Hurt Locker, or you might know her as the person to thank for giving us the Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze

31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Twenty: Evil Dead

Sam Raimi is a man who understands horror movies. He’s more than someone on the inside of the business who understands what sells in horror, he’s a fan of horror who understands what he likes about it. That’s important and it has resulted in his bringing a few memorable horror gems to our attention over

31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Nineteen: The Wolfman (2010)

If we’re covering the classic 1941 The Wolfman I feel it’s only fair that I give equal time to the 2010 remake of the same name. I’d like to put my feelings toward this movie on record, and I figure what better place than my own blog? So without further ado, I bring you tonight’s

31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Eighteen: The Wolfman (1941)

You knew this was coming. I’ve already reviewed five werewolf movies (not to mention an horror anthology that happens to have a werewolf scene in it) so far. You know by now that werewolves are my favorite movie monster, I’ve mentioned numerous werewolf movies in reviews of other werewolf movies. I have a problem. So

31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Seventeen: 30 Days of Night

Vampires. Once they were blood thirsty beasts to be feared, predators at the top of the food chain. But things change over time, and though they are immortal, so did vampires. Over the years, various authors and filmmakers, through numerous attempts to make vampires appeal to a wider audience, softened vampires up. Turned them from

31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Sixteen: Alien

There are some movies that dance along a very thin line between science fiction and horror, honoring both genres while strictly adhering to the rules of neither. Even though a movie is set in space, upon a spaceship, and even though the movie might feature a futuristic landscape or a terrible creature from a place

31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Fifteen: The Thing (1982)

There is a tricky thing that happens every so often with movies, where a studio will make a movie that is based on a book and then, some years later, someone else will decide to remake that movie based on a book, only they decide to stick closer to the original source material. Whether or

31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Fourteen: The Howling

The werewolf movie is a sub-genre that seems destined for mediocrity. It just appears to be so difficult to make a good werewolf movie, as there are so few out there to speak of. One upside to that is, when a good werewolf movie does come along, we take notice. 1981 was a good year

31 Days of Horror Movies | Day Thirteen: Bram Stoker’s Dracula

In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote what has become the definitive vampire novel, Dracula. It has stood the test of time and has gone on to influence countless other vampire stories since. There have also been countless film adaptations throughout the years, many of which are quite good, some of which not so much. In the