If you’re a kid who grew up hiking through the woods and camping out in the darkness under the stars, Friday the 13th is one of those films that just messes with you. Being alone in the raw, undisturbed depths of nature is a powerful experience but, with a vivid imagination and one of the greatest campfire tales ever told to play out in the back of your mind as you hike along those overgrown trails and wooded slopes can quickly turn a relaxing hike into a primal exercise in f

If you’re a horror devotee and haven’t yet signed up for Shudder’s $5 per month streaming service, you’re missing out on some underseen genre greats. The site offers everything from classic monster movies to obscure giallo fare; there’s truly something for everyone. Shudder just revealed some of the highlights on tap for February, and it looks like we’re in for some treats. Programming this upcoming month is helmed by Shudder Canada’s Sam Zimmerman and Colin Geddes, who bring

The 70’s and 80’s saw a Renaissance in horror cinema as writers and directors ushered in a new era of schlock and awe. Violence, graphic practical effects, and buckets of blood that would have all been left to our imagination during the B Movie “Golden Age” the 50’s and early 60’s was suddenly fair game as zombies and crazed killers cut a swath across the silver screen. Some of the most endearing and iconic horror movie figures were born along this blood soaked new trail and

I’m not one to issue warnings about the things I write, especially on websites dealing in horror fiction aimed at an audience that craves gore and fright as much as the oxygen they breathe. Still, I’m about to share not only spoilers but, at times, my own semi-graphic recollection of my experiences with the dead. It’s the sort of stuff that changes the way your perceive life not to mention horror. For people outside of a military or emergency service background, you may find

A light in the darkness, a beacon to show the way. A perfect visual metaphor for her character as a whole. In horror cinema, the treatment of its female characters is, at times, problematic. The Final Girl trope has both annoyed and thrilled genre fans ever since Lila Crane narrowly escaped death at the hands of Norman Bates in Psycho. Plainly, the Final Girl is a woman who makes it until (or near) the end of a horror film. She is all that is good, but she’s not a particularl