Space has fascinated moviegoers since the dawn of cinema. It has been seen as a place for adventure, exploration, and hope for the future. In the horror genre, however, space is a terrifying place where no one can hear you scream. For some just looking into the empty blackness of space can fill one with existential dread, and make us …
Read More »Top 10 Horror Films Which Benefit from the Existence of Religion
Well, the title’s pretty simple and self-explanatory this time around, no? Again, these won’t necessarily be the BEST of this example, but the ten movies included here are going to be such that they benefit greatly from the existence of the concept of religion. God or Allah, Buddha or the trees, or even Satan himself all have a part to …
Read More »The Tragically Ignored Human Side of Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson’s Swamp Thing
A common theme among the iconic science-fiction author Phillip K. Dick focused on a simple question, “What does it mean to be human?” In his short stories and extended works such as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (aka Blade Runner), Dick examined humanity through inhuman characters such as androids and aliens. Other creative talents explored similar questions in scores …
Read More »Carpenters of Horror: The Top 10 List of Slasher Films Featuring Tools!
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 …
Read More »5 Japanese Urban Legends and Films That they Inspired
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 …
Read More »Best Horror Film One-liners
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 …
Read More »Manifestations Of Evil The Devil In Pop Culture
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 …
Read More »My Favorite Horror Books of 2010
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 …
Read More »The Exorcist Movie: Frightening Facts You Didn’t Know
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 …
Read More »Horror Movies Coming Out in 2020
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 …
Read More »Nightstalking a Cynical and Bloodless Establishment with Carl Kolchak
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 …
Read More »My Top 10 Horror Picks for 2019 – Janel Spiegel
In the horror community we had a few cool surprises in 2019. I think about the films I watched this past year and the first one that comes to mind is Head Count. It was an unusual, fun movie. As an honorable mention, I am throwing in Jason Mewes’ directorial debut for Madness in the Method. He did a pretty …
Read More »15 Great Cult Movies Not on Blu ray (That Really Should be!)
Hey there movie collectors. You may or may not have seen our article on great horror films not on blu ray, however we are surely not ready to stop there with so many great highly regarded cult films still sitting off to the side waiting for a up-rezzing to occur. We here at HNN (Horrornews.net) are not only passionate horror …
Read More »Music, Monsters, and Spies Add Up to an Assignment: Terror
Music, Monsters, and Even Spies Add Up to an Assignment: Terror During the 1960s through the 1980s, many low-budget European horror films boasted outstanding soundtracks. Even some genuinely awful grade-B movies sported brilliant theme music. The wild classic creatures ensemble romp, The Monsters of Terror (1970), might not make much narrative sense, but you can still dance to the trippy …
Read More »Top 60 Disturbing Horror Music Videos of All Time
While, it’s fair to say that music videos don’t get as many opportunities to explore horror themes as I would like, there still is an impressive helping of ones over the years that have visited the horror genre in an interesting way. We owe some of the greater accomplishments to video directors such as Floria Sigismondi, Samuel Bayer, and Chris …
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