A sizable chunk of my formative years were spent watching late night Discovery Channel, so I think it makes sense that I used to be unreasonably terrified of being abducted by aliens. After all, growing up in the presence of (faked) alien autopsies and sensationalist coverage of the Betty and Barney Hill incident is bound […]
Kenny Caperton’s “On Set Cinema” is an ongoing film series that presents movie screenings of cult favorites and horror classics at their actual filming locations, and one of this year’s events will be taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah. The “On Set Cinema” team is hosting a special screening, tour and overnight stays at the […]
For Wes After spending our birthday month talking about ‘Weird Sex’ films like Videodrome, 1981’s Possession, Tusk and Wolf, last week Trace and I jumped back to the 60s to tackle an iconic UK spooky flick with The Haunting. With the release of Scream 6 this past week, it only made sense to open the Patreon vault […]
Despite the spooky séance setup in Brooklyn 45, writer/director Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here, Mohawk) is less interested in exploring a literal interpretation of ghosts. Instead, the filmmaker connects the ghosts of our past as a metaphor for present-day national turmoil and paranoia. The period set chamber piece gives precedence to fraught tension among friends over […]
Whether it’s because of the hours we’ve lost in traffic or an unconscious desire to rebel against the unnatural rat race of modern life, there’s an undeniable catharsis in watching gigantic monsters obliterate a metropolitan area on the big screen. Don’t get me wrong, a real life Kaiju incident would probably be regarded with the […]
As expected, the Radio Silence-directed Scream VI is another box office win for the franchise, the sixth installment surpassing the opening weekends of every other Scream movie. At this time it’s being reported that Scream VI scared up $44.5 million in theaters here in the United States this weekend, compared to last year’s $30 million […]
In case you missed it, Capcom has released the “Chainsaw Demo” for the Resident Evil 4 remake, which includes no time restrictions. That’s probably a good thing for multiple reasons, as some fans have discovered that the Chainsaw Demo holds a secret in the form of a hidden difficulty level. “Mad Chainsaw Mode” is an […]
Lulu Wilson tapped into a primal ferocity for her turn as the enraged teen taking down violent home intruders in 2020’s Becky. Its follow-up, The Wrath of Becky, reveals that the time passed between films hasn’t diminished the teen’s volatile rage in the slightest. Armed with John Wick-like motivation, Becky plunges into a new vengeful quest that provokes more […]
While Namco’s 1988 sidescroller Splatterhouse had its soundtrack released back in Japan, that was a long time ago, and it’s also out of print. Luckily, the folks at SPACELAB9 have teamed up with Bandai Namco to remedy that with a brand-new vinyl that you can pre-purchase now from SPACELAB9’s website, with an expected August 2023 […]
Welcome to the Ghostface Glossary, a guide to every horror reference and nod throughout the first five films of the Scream franchise. After a lot of pausing, rewinding, and zooming in, as well as researching, we’re catching all of the many horror-specific references Williamson, Craven, and Co. included in this beloved postmodern slasher franchise. If we’ve forgotten any […]