Top Ten Horror Indie Films For Halloween / Fall Season 2020 Halloween season is upon us and that means watching lots of horror movies. We all have our favorites, but there’s always room for a new crop of horror films and 2020 doesn’t disappoint. Here is our TOP TEN LIST of horror films coming out this Fall season. 10. Fabula …
Read More »Underrated Horror Sequels
A good horror sequel can be a tough thing to pull off. For every great sequel like Scream 2, we have Halloween 5: The Revenge Of Michael Myers. The quality can vary and some sequels can be so bad they kill a franchise. But then there are the rare sequels that are great but fly under the radar. That hit …
Read More »Top 10 List of Halloween Costumes for 2020
We are officially on the road to Halloween 2020. It’s time to put up spooky decorations and watch horror movie marathons on television, but most of all, it’s the one time of year that you can step out of your routine and become someone (or something) else. It’s the season to dress up like your favorite villain or hero and …
Read More »The Road to Jurassic Park – Part 3
Welcome back for Part 2 of The Road to Jurassic Park. This time we’re covering the second golden age of dinosaur cinema. There’s an old Hollywood adage—make a movie for the kids, but always throw in something for Dad. That pretty much sums up this 1966 remake of 1940’s ode to animal cruelty. Special effects master Ray Harryhausen had begun …
Read More »The Road to Jurassic Park – Part 2
Welcome to Part Two of The Road to Jurassic Park. This time we’ll spotlight King Kong—one of cinema’s most ground breaking technical and creative achievements. We’ll also meet the men and, very importantly, the women who brought it to life.
Read More »The Road to Jurassic Park – Part 1
In June 1993, Jurassic Park celebrated its twenty-seventh birthday—that’s an entire lifetime for an actual T-Rex. Despite huge advances in CGI technology, a slew of imitators and a parade of sequels, Jurassic still stands tall as the quintessential modern dinosaur movie, unmatched in terms of unbridled fun and excitement. But, in truth, Jurassic Park’s Dino-DNA contains a few notable filmic …
Read More »It Part 2: Updates, Facts and Rumors (The Return of Pennywise?)
IT has been demolishing box office records all month long and has yet to slow down. As I am sure many of you saw already, IT tells the story of the Loser’s Club, a group of social outcast kids, as they fight the child-killing monster clown Pennywise. But if you have read the book or seen the original mini-series, you …
Read More »The Secret Fate of All Life: The Horror of True Detective
“Touch darkness and darkness touches you back.” Despite the fact that it was released in 2014, one of the most terrifying, visceral viewing experiences that I cannot seem to shake is the masterful first season of True Detective.
Read More »Top 13 Greatest Horror Actors
1. Max von Sydow Let’s start this list off with someone who seems like a no-brainer: Max von Sydow, also known as Father Merrin in The Exorcist. However, I include him because he is the only actor who has ever played both God and Satan. He was Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told and Satan in the adaptation of …
Read More »Top Ten Horror Face Masks
Top Ten Horror Face Masks We know when you are not watching horror movies, you have to go out and social distance and live the new normal. HNN thinks that if you have to wear face masks, you might as well wear something that expresses your personality. If you are reading this articles, a horror themed face mask most likely …
Read More »Top 10 Puppet Horror Movies
Welcome back my little darlings, I promise I won’t be killing you. I am here to entertain you today with the top ten horror movies featuring puppets. So, have a seat, relax and let me play your heartstrings with a list sure to have you applauding. 10- Attack of the Puppet People (1958) Sitting at the tenth spot on our …
Read More »A Brief History Of Bond, James Bond (1987-2013)
Actor Timothy Dalton had been considered for the role of James Bond several times before, in fact producer Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli first approached him in 1968 for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), but Dalton refused declaring he was too young for the role: “Originally I did not want to take over from Sean Connery. He was far too good, …
Read More »10 Vintage Horror Anthologies You Can Watch Online
Horror fans have an on-and-off relationship with anthology shows. Historically, the television (and now, streaming) landscape is littered with the corpses of great but short-lived shows. Some of these Ghosts of Anthologies Past deserve to be given a second look, and for many, YouTube or DailyMotion are the only way for average viewers to check them out. Here’s a guide …
Read More »EVIL: The Amorphous Obsession
If recently asked whether you’ve seen evil, many would unfortunately be able to reply with a “yes”, to some degree. However the question might actually be far less serious and more entertainment-related than you might think. For if the popularity of the new dramatic series, “Evil”, is any indication, the appetite for insidiously dark, even evil entertainment (pun intended), is …
Read More »Key Genre Films 1960s
Throughout the sixties, Hammer studios continued with their blood-and-thunder remakes, including The Curse Of The Werewolf (1960), The Two Faces Of Doctor Jekyll (1960), The Brides Of Dracula (1960), The Phantom Of The Opera (1962), Kiss Of The Vampire (1964), The Evil Of Frankenstein (1964) and Dracula Prince Of Darkness (1966). Hammer also delved into other aspects of fantasy over …
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