The ghost film is my weakness. It's one I will always go out of my way to watch, regardless of pedigree or budget, because I am end...

In the horror genre, there are generally two approaches that filmmakers opt to take: the gory gross-out, or the subtly creepy. Seldom do...

What a weird road the [REC] series has traveled. After the successful release of the first film, which can be fairly described as a mod...

You know how many found footage flicks are based on tapes or film cans being discovered and exhibited, reflecting footage that had bee...

Within Get Out ’s opening moments, writer/director Jordan Peele manages to homage both John Carpenter’s Halloween – as the camera glides...

[For those unfamiliar with the original short story, it's best to go into The Unwanted completely blind. The beauty of the twist ex...

Of all the films to have ever been financially successful, Species is not the first title that comes to mind. Essentially a film akin ...

As far as I’m concerned, the Blaxploitation movement can be divided into two parts: the normal ones, and the ones with Rudy Ray Moore. T...

For all of the ‘80s and slightly into the ‘90s, John Carpenter’s Halloween was the basis/inspiration for many imitator slasher films. ...

My first encounter with Black Christmas was under the wrong circumstances. After having gone through a slam-viewing of My Bloody Valen...

The below is an archival piece that was originally published on Cut Print Film in 2016, parts of which have since been excerpted in author...