Greetings fell beings of the evening, today we’ll be discussing sex and violence in slasher films. What do they contribute thematically to the genre of horror? Can we have a slasher film without these two aspects appearing prominently in them? Let’s dive in and find the answers to our questions. Dim the lights and open your Necronomicon as we ascertain …
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Summer is winding down. It is that time of the year again…. Monster Mania 43 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The Horror icons come out to play. Fans from all over this beautiful planet come to meet the people that they have looked up to. The Crowne Plaza Hotel is the home for Monster-Mania. It is run by the Hagan …
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Scream queens: those beautiful, blood-spattered actresses who build a career and fanbase in horror. These ladies appear in film after film, becoming as iconic as actors as Jason or Freddy are as actors. Everyone knows the scream queens of yesteryear; Jamie Lee Curtis, Linnea Quiqley, Langenkamp, etc. But how many of you know names like Tristan Risk or Jessica Cameron? …
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10. Kyra Schon as Karen Cooper in “Night of the Living Dead” Kyra Schon’s performance as Karen Cooper, the zombie who killed her mother with a garden trowel after eating her father, is perhaps one of the most well-known performances in horror history. Her frightening performance truly stole the show and made an impression on viewers everywhere. Although “Night of …
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March 8-10, 2019 Crown Plaza Hotel Cherry Hill, New Jersey As a Horror fan, it is often difficult to talk to non-horror fans about certain films or projects you are working on. On, Saturday, March 9th I was able to attend Monster Mania in Cherry Hill, NJ. The guests included the legendary Dolph Lundgren, Christina Ricci (There were so many …
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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A small independent news crew investigates a series of unexplained disappearances in a small Midwestern county. They find themselves interviewing a man who possesses an all too intimate knowledge of the details of “The County Line Cannibal” – Cyrus. Based on a true story REVIEW:“Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer” is a movie I stumbled upon …
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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young woman wakes up in a hospital with no knowledge of how she got there only to discover that a deadly hurricane is headed her way. To make matters worse she finds out that she is trapped in some sort of time loop and is being stalked by some of the hospital’s demented staff that have less than …
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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A group of friends get together for a murder mystery party, but things take a dark turn when one hijacks the evening and is out for blood.
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SCREAM FACTORY PRESENTS URBAN LEGEND Starring Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, Loretta Devine, Tara Reid, Michael Rosenbaum, and Robert Englund COLLECTOR’S EDITION 2-DISC BLU-RAY™ & URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT Starring Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Hart Bochner, Joseph Lawrence, Anthony Anderson, and Loretta Devine. ARRIVE NOVEMBER 20, 2018 FROM SCREAM FACTORY™ The making of a horror movie takes …
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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is the harrowing story of a stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing childhood filled with torment and bullying in Sparks, Nevada. After surviving a near-death burn accident, he worked his way up through Hollywood, leading to his ultimate rise as Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th series and making …
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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers (Don Shanks) is secretly nursed back to health — and returns a year later to kill again. He once more targets his young niece, Jamie (Danielle Harris), who’s recovering in the local children’s hospital after attacking her stepmother and losing her voice. Jamie’s mental link …
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HNN Manager Michael Joy, “How 10 Years With Horrornews.net Changed My Life” It has been my pleasure to call Horrornews.net (HNN) my home for the past ten years. HNN puppet master, Michael Bonedigger launched the website back in July of 2008 but I didn’t come on board until a month later, somewhere around the middle of August. If my memory …
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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A man lives alone in a remote cabin and is surprised by his visitors. REVIEW: Michael Biehn has been a force in the entertainment industry for many years and is certainly no stranger to the horror genre. Of course, his performances in Terminator and Aliens are memorable, but he has also admirably dipped his toes in …
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Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS 65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called ‘moonlight murders’ begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high school girl, with dark secrets of her own, may be the key to catching him. REVIEW: It was nearly 40 years ago when director Charles B. …
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I will never forget when I first started writing for Horrornews.net. Back in 2009 I had a horrible job at a call center that I absolutely detested. Every single day when I went into work I had to fight the urge to drive into oncoming traffic so I wouldn’t have to spend another day being miserable at a job that …
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