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Why ‘Victor Crowley’ is the Best ‘Hatchet’ Movie

Ten years later: Victor Crowley lives, and the fourth film in the Hatchet series, aptly titled Victor Crowley, just so happens to be the best one. Everything about it works, from its blood splattering deaths and dismembered limbs, to its fast-paced, campy tone. It may also be the funniest. Goddammit, Hatchet fans, you’re in for a treat.…

Trent Halloween

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Release Terrifying New Version of John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’ Theme

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) and Atticus Ross have a proven track record of creating lush soundscapes for films. Their work, to name a few, has provided the soundtrack for Gone Girl, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and The Social Network, which helped the duo pocket both a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Their collaborations…

Final Girls

REVIEW: ‘Final Girls’ by Riley Sager

Riley Sager’s Final Girls modernizes a horror trope and spins it into a character piece about what happens after horror hits home. The “final girl,” a notion well known to slasher fans, is the sole survivor of a horror film. She’s the one woman who bests the killer to survive whatever horrifying ordeal was laid out…

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A History of Scary Clowns in Cinema

We all have that one friend who is mind-numbingly afraid of clowns—if you Clockwork Orange’d them in a chair and screened IT for them against their will, they’d probably unfriend you on Facebook and in real life. While coulrophobia (aka the fear of clowns) isn’t recognized by any psychological manual, horror fans get it. Clowns…

Cult of Chucky

The ‘Cult of Chucky’ Trailer is Pure Madness

The last movie released in the Child’s Play franchise was so good, I called my mom to tell her about it (she didn’t care). I shouted about it from the highest mountaintop because not only had I just watched a new Chucky installment in 2013(!), but the psychopathic doll was back to being scary. Curse of Chucky was a back-to-its-gory-basics movie…

Train to Busan

‘Train to Busan’ Kicks So Much Zombie Ass

There are a lot of elements that make a zombie film thrilling: characters and relationships we care deeply about, a true sense of survivalism, trendsetting cinematography and makeup, etc. Train to Busan, a South Korean film directed by Yeon Sang-ho, has all of these and more. In fact, Busan does so many things right that we…