John Carpenter's films are prominent examples of the ways science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres can respond to and shape our social, cultural, and political beliefs, and their relevance to our lives only makes them all the scarier.…
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Advertisements Dario Argento unleashed something masterfully simple and profoundly horrifying in his 1977 film Suspiria. The violence depicted and put on display in Suspiria is so graphic and wild, rather than just being cheap and bad taste, it twists into near fantasy; it is…
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Advertisements Back when Black Sabbath, arguably one of the most influential bands in metal history, was starting out, they weren’t called Black Sabbath. Instead, the legendary metal gods went by the soft, rather hippy-sounding name Mother. After failing to have anyone show…
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Advertisements Brian De Palma’s Carrie is an anxious champion of cinematic storytelling. The film wastes no time tinkering with conventionalized scares, instead choosing to cultivate terror through the intimate examination of a tormented young woman and the unforgiving environment she’s forced to…
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Advertisements Friday the 13th is more often than not written off as the cheaper, campier, and just worst of the slasher franchises. Yet, Jason Voorhees, the hockey-masked menace and possible hero at points, stands as one of the most iconic and well-known…
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Advertisements There is a certain generation of directors whose filmography would span genres and they would use their unique voice to tell all sorts of stories with equal parts respect and creativity. Every director would have a checklist of their genre films,…
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Jack Black returns in a new Goosebumps adventure, but don't expect the bumps to goose ya this time.…
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