A few months ago, I hypothesized that 2016 was the best year for horror. And while 2017 is shaping up to be one for the record books, the key to finding the best year for horror is to look to the past. We have to go way back — to 1985. You read it here first, folks – 1985 is …

After extensive research, watching decades worth of horror movies and TV shows, reading novels and comic books, I have come to a profound conclusion in my search for the best year for horror. That year is 2016. No, I am not referring to the horrors happening out in the real world (okay, I actually am, but we’ll get to that …