Category Archives: Horror

Second ‘ParaNorman’ Teaser Offers Glimpse At Its Story

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Stop-Motion animation is a craft, it takes time and true artistry to create convincing motion with tangible puppets. The end result is a rich, textured world that is more immersive than traditional animation. Next year promises to be a good year … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Night of the Comet’

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

In celebration of the holiday season, this week’s pick is the 1984 cult classic Night of the Comet written and directed by Thom Eberhardt. Night of the Comet is a terrific throwback to 1950’s horror and sci-fi with a unique … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Alligator’

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday Pick is the classic “animals run amok” monster movie Alligator (1980). The film stars Academy Award nominee Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael Gazzo, and Henry Silva. Alligator is a well written, tongue in cheek horror film centered … Continue reading →

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MGM Picking Up Adam Green’s Comedy Horror ‘Killer Pizza’

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Matt Raub

The art of the horror comedy is in danger of becoming extinct these days, if not for the zombie genre’s resurrection (pun not intended) with hits like Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland. Now, rising star in the horror genre … Continue reading →

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Late Monday Picks: John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is John Carpenter’s independent horror classic hit Halloween that held the record as the highest grossing independent film of all time. Halloween helped to usher in a new era of slasher films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. … Continue reading →

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Just in Time for Halloween, Ti West’s ‘Innkeepers’ Gets a Trailer

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Matt Raub

While most people got their Halloween kicks out this weekend, there’s still a whole day of spooks and scary scenes we have to get through before this year’s Halloween is over. And after you see the trailer for Ti West’s … Continue reading →

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Horror Blu-Ray Review: ‘Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale’

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Matt Raub

It’s rare that we ever come across a film that crosses two very different genres so seamlessly as the Finnish film Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Based on the series of shorts in which a Finnish shipping company explains the … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: Tim Burton’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow (1999), a newer take on Washington Irving’s legendary 1820 novel The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a New York City police constable who is sent to the … Continue reading →

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