Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Ed Wood’s ‘The Violent Years’ Gets a 4k Restoration

“These Aren’t Kids. They’re Morons!” Alamo Drafthouse’s The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), the world’s largest non-profit film archive, have teamed with Something Weird Video to bring us a lost … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Ed Wood’s ‘The Violent Years’ Gets a 4k Restoration

‘Godless’ Is the Western Series We’ve Been Waiting For

It may seem strange—to those of us who’ve become accustomed to TV shows which obfuscate the narrative to generate suspense—that the first episode of Netflix’s Godless lays everything bare. Yet, … Continue reading ‘Godless’ Is the Western Series We’ve Been Waiting For

What Happens When Revenge Isn’t Enough: ‘The Punisher’

Netflix’s first season of The Punisher picks up where Season 2 of Daredevil left off, in a world where everyone thinks Frank Castle is dead and that’s just fine with … Continue reading What Happens When Revenge Isn’t Enough: ‘The Punisher’

‘They Remain’ Provides Dread and Frustration

Starring William Harper Jackson and Rebecca Henderson, They Remain is about two scientists that are helicoptered into a remote location to study strange animal behavior and environmental changes where a Manson-style cult … Continue reading ‘They Remain’ Provides Dread and Frustration

31 Days of Horror: 78/52

The new documentary 78/52 dives deep into the technical aspects, meanings, anecdotes, and impact of Alfred Hitchcock’s notorious shower scene from his landmark 1960 film Psycho. (The film’s title refers to the 78 … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror: 78/52

“Nothing’s Gonna Go Back To The Way It Was”: Stranger Things, Season 2

Netflix’s original series Stranger Things was one of the biggest surprise hits of 2016 so it’s not an exaggeration to say the show’s second season has been one of the … Continue reading “Nothing’s Gonna Go Back To The Way It Was”: Stranger Things, Season 2

31 Days of Horror: Alone in the Dark (1982)

“All right, they’re crazy. Isn’t everybody?” – Dr. Leo Bain, Alone in the Dark I’m a horror fan, but I’m not that crazy about slashers. That’s what makes 1982’s Alone … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror: Alone in the Dark (1982)

31 Days of Horror: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

This article is part of Biff Bam Pop’s ongoing “Now Streaming on Shudder” series. The reputation of a horror film can often loom so large that even the thought of … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

31 Days of Horror: The Asphyx (1973)

Although reminiscent of the films in the Hammer Horror canon, The Asphyx was not made by that renowned studio, which makes this 1973 film an underrated curiosity from horror’s hallowed … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror: The Asphyx (1973)

31 Days of Horror 2017: Join Mike Thorn in His Darkest Hours

Horror fiction, regardless of how well it is written, often goes exactly where seasoned reader expect it to go. It’s rare that a writer in the horror genre hits us … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror 2017: Join Mike Thorn in His Darkest Hours

If It’s Halloween; It Must Be Werewolves In Siberia!

Chris Cavoretto a.k.a. Werewolves In Siberia has been steadily putting out high-quality, endlessly listenable, horror synth music for the last few years. He’s been able to keep things fresh and … Continue reading If It’s Halloween; It Must Be Werewolves In Siberia!