It’s Thanksgiving! A day for gratitude, family, food…and pining over the trailer for Eli Roth’s slasher film of the same name! Used as a mock trailer for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 Grindhouse double-feature, Thanksgiving is a “movie” about a serial killer dressed as a pilgrim and it’s brutal as all hell. According to…
After a tragic car accident leaves them mourning the loss of their son, Anne (Barbara Crampton) and Paul (Andrew Sensenig) move to a new home in rural New England to start anew and seek some closure. However, before they can flee screaming “Helllllll no!” at the top of their lungs, the weirdness begins. Frames fall…
Who doesn’t want to watch a black comedy horror movie about the demonic shadow of Santa Claus punishing and murdering non-believers? That sounds pretty fucking OK, if you ask me! Director Michael Dougherty is at it again. In 2007, he created one of the most unique and beautifully constructed Halloween films called Trick ‘r Treat.…
Tomorrow is the first day of fall and you know what that means: HORROR MOVIES! (And probably some other stuff, too, like pumpkin beer, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin cakes and OH MY GOD, I’M A PUMPKIN ADDICT WHO NEEDS HELP.) But what I’m really getting at here is that Halloween is only a little over a…
Today, horror fans everywhere have a heavy heart. Wes Craven, horror maestro famed for creating Freddy Krueger, one of the most iconic horror characters in the history of film, died yesterday at the age of 76 after a battle with brain cancer. He is survived by his producer wife, Iya Labunka. Craven claimed to have…
Horror fans: If you haven’t seen last year’s Starry Eyes, you are sorely missing out. Skip class, call out sick, or procrastinate any/all responsibilities you may have – just get on Netflix and watch it already! The movie’s about a young woman named Sarah (portrayed by the very talented Alex Essoe) who’s hoping to live…
In the last couple years, the big screen has seen some pretty great films. Oscar flair like Whiplash, Boyhood and Birdman were on fleek critically, while blockbusters like Jurassic World and Mad Max: Fury Road proved that they’ll forever dominate the summertime box office. But what about the highly criticized horror genre? What about the horror flicks that are…
The horror genre is tricky terrain to traverse. Often cited for being vapid and derivative, truly great horror films are hard to come by, which is understandable given the steady hodgepodge of remakes and reboots abound. But every so often a Babadook-type comes down the line – a horror film with integrity, characters we actually…
Electronic music has just taken a dose of Molly, fused with screamo, and made a horror-movie video to be the face of all the madness. The results are equal parts terrifying and rousing. Glowbug, a dance/electronic act from LA, headed by Daniel Anderson (The Ghost and the Grace, Idiot Pilot), has created “Death of the…
Sure, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is probably playing somewhere, and Turner Classic Movies is most likely showing a censored version of Halloween (Lame!), but why not watch something new this Halloween? Let those DVDs sitting on your shelf collect some more dust and head on over to A Better Queue. A Better Queue…