With Halloween just around the corner, it seems like the perfect time to watch some horror movies. And what better way to watch horror than to binge-watch a series set on exploring the conventions of different generations of horror films? R.L. Stine’s Fear Street trilogy is the perfect representation of the horror film industry from the classic ‘70s films all …
Read More »Interview: Director Randy Ser (Cruiser)
When a Night Drive Turns Deadly, Interview with Cruiser Director Randy Ser In the summer of 1999, a film came out that completely changed the model of how films could be produced. That little title was The Blair Witch Project. Costing only $60,000 to make, it went on to gross almost 250 million dollars worldwide. Not only was it commercially …
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 »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 »The Grease-Painted Corpse of Americana: Revisiting Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects
In a 2012 interview with The News & Observer, Alice Cooper says, “Rob Zombie and I are basically best friends, because he totally gets that horror and comedy are in bed together.” Certainly, the uneasy connection between humour and revulsion informs Rob Zombie’s first two films, House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and its sequel The Devil’s Rejects (2005). However, rather …
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