It?s one of the biggest mysteries about Friday the 13th (no, not how in God?s name did they ever decide to make eleven sequels): why didn?t they call it Mother?s Day?? There?s only one passing reference to the date in the film, and that?s because...
Who knew the dearly departed would be so well put together? Watch just about any horror movie and you'll see--regardless of the severity of their demise, ghosts almost always look like they just left church or a runway shoot.? This week's psychological shocker,...
Despite their much ballyhooed reputation for keeping doctors away, apples, it seems, got nothing for homicidal maniacs. ?Just the opposite, in fact; that red tempting tree fruit practically serves as the calling card for the nutty nihilist of 1999's In Dreams. ?It's a...
If horror movies have taught us one thing, it?s that nothing good ever happens in the woods (and if they?ve taught us a second thing, it?s that pre-marital promiscuity leads to an almost instantaneous, violent demise?but I digress). Friday the 13th, Evil Dead, The...
Back in the 1980?s, you couldn?t throw a sacrificial goat without hitting a Satanic cult.? At least that?s what most Americans thought, according to the statistics provided in the prologue to The House of the Devil.? And they may be onto something.? Thanks to a single...
Here?s a friendly tip from yer pals here at ScreamFish. Should you suspect that your neighbor is a vampire, don?t tell anyone. If horror films have taught us anything, it?s that trying to convince loved ones, associates and the police that you?ve stumbled upon a...
Good old John Doe #83. He?s the envy of every man. Not only can he get inside a woman?s head, he can actually make her see things she believes to be reality. ?Yep, honey, I re-tiled the bathroom floor yesterday. You hadn?t noticed?? ?Happy birthday, honey! I hope you...
Back in my day, we didn?t have high-speed connection horror at our fingertips. There was no creepypasta, no original urban legend-style inspired scares that we could savor at the click of a mouse. No, we had to get our frightful folklore fix the old fashioned way:...
Forget Sly, Arnold, Clint, Mel, Dolph or even Chuck. Everyone knows the toughest action star of the 80's was Kurt. And when he wasn't trying to get the a president out of post-apocalyptic New York or defeat Asian demigods in Little China, Kurt Russell was busy in...
