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There are so many reasons why popular films include gambling scene in their films — and of course, so many do. From classic gambling cult films like Rounders, to more modern features like 21, many writers and directors use a gambling theme, or even just a scene, to create the tension and drama in a storyline as well as the level …

What is it you imagine when thinking of an ideal evening? Going to a fancy restaurant or night club? Visiting you friends or going to the movie theater? But there are evenings that just beg to be spent at home, by the fireplace, over the cup of hot tea or punch, watching some nice movie. And of course you need …

Carpenters of Horror: The Top 10 List of Slasher Films Featuring Tools!  Sponsored by Broward Contractor Tools of the carpenter have been the the preferred weapon in Slasher films since the gory days of horror in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Our friends at BROWARD CONTRACTOR in Fort Lauderdale, Florida want to pay tribute and take of closer look at some …

2020 is shaping up to be a promising year for horror. January alone is jam-packed with all sorts of intriguing titles, such as the Lovecraftian cosmic chiller Colour Out of Space and the nautical monster romp Underwater. Further on in the year we can expect titles like The Lodge, Come to Daddy and Antebellum. An old favourite Candyman will also …

It’s well-known that the United States has the majority share of the film industry, and when it comes to the horror genre, the country produces movies by the truckload. As horror is such a subjective genre, replaying the same tropes, and even just remaking older movies or extending franchises, can result in the scene seeming a bit stale. Luckily, there are …

Everyone loves a good one-liner. Its something that anyone can shout out and most of the people will get the reference. Sometimes these one-liners can really add a punch to your joke or drive a message in deep. Most one-liners spoken today are from TV shows or movies. Some of my favorites that I use frequently are: “That’s what she said” “Ill …

He goes by many names, Lucifer, Lightbringer, Satan, The Devil. The Devil has been seen as the foe for humankind since the beginning of the written word and for most of pop culture. The Devil has been seen or mentioned across the entire film spectrum. He has been seen in many forms and in many guises, lawyer, rockstar, sworn enemy …

Now for my annual list of my favorite books from 2010. I managed to read 56 books this year, basically one a week. That is along with various magazines that I manage to squeeze in also; Diabetic Forecast; Home Theater Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Morpheus Tales etc. Also, along with spending time with the amazing new woman in my life, working …

In the world of horror, you’ll be very hard pushed to find someone who hasn’t watched the classic horror film The Exorcist. Even those who despise horror would have at least heard about the film or novel and its well-deserved notoriety, but what you probably didn’t know is a lot of what happened behind the scenes. Was the true horror …

With the cold weather upon is, it’s the perfect time to cuddle up and get scared watching a horror movie. Coming through with a great selection of classics and originals, Netflix has really made a name for themselves in recent years as a go-to place for horror.

2019 had some startling choices for horror movies. With a lot of movies breaking ground into exploring different avenues of the genre, it became one of the most successful years to date for horror films. From Jordan Peele’s Us to many of the hits A24 produced, 2019 was a great year in horror, which is why we’ve broken down a …

One of the most popular types of film genre that fans have loved for decades is horror. Horror films have dated back as far as the early 1900s with classic films such as Nosferatu (1922) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). There are many factors that come together to make a great horror movies, one of which is the …

It will be a new decade for the Horror community. New movies, remakes/reimaginations. Here are some of the films coming out in 2020. The horror community is a tight knit group. Some of my best friends/family are horror fans. The ideas sometimes of one horror film being superior to others doesn’t often make sense to me. But I digress with …

The Night Stalker wasn’t your typical vampire movie, and Carl Kolchak wasn’t your typical vampire film hero. From the silent era to the late 1960s, vampire films, generally, took place in the past. During the 1970s, production houses, looking for something to spark life into tired horror movie formulas, moved vampires to modern days. Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) scored a …

Looking back through movie history, Hollywood movies haves always found a home within the gambling industry. Who could ever forget great gambling themed movies like Casino (Robert De Niro), Rounders (Matt Damon), The Hustler (Paul Newman), The Sting (Newman and Robert Redford), The Cincinnati Kid (Steve McQueen), 21 (Kevin Spacey), Owning MaHowny (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Fear and Loathing in Las …