Once upon a time there was a very gentle man with a very gentle smile and a very gentle voice who spent a lifetime telling terrifying stories of very violent men who liked to do very violent things to teenagers. And though he sometimes questioned why he told such stories (persisting because hardly anyone would…
Our own legendary horror writer and auteur, Jason Norton, mourns the passing of one of horror’s masters. So many kids to scare, so little time!
Consider:?You?re an adolescent girl teetering on the cusp of womanhood, and you have an uncanny ability that allows you to move objects with your mind. You hide your powers away, scared of what you may do with them, scared of what others may do to you if they discover your secret. Then, one day, someone…
For some reason, it doesn?t feel right to watch Scanners without enjoying a steaming, swollen, foil-bursting pan of JiffyPop. Now if you haven?t seen Scanners, well, I suppose you could settle for some Orville Redenbacher or Pop Secret. But if you?ve enjoyed the sci-fi/horror deliciousness of David Cronenberg?s cranial-exploding masterpiece, you understand?only JiffyPop will do….
Ah kids. They’re quite the handful, right?? Always getting into mischief, antagonizing their siblings, tormenting the family pet, tossing their mother off the balcony. If there was ever Hollywood-sponsored public service message for birth control, it’s The Omen. Forget play dates and little league; little Damien’s parents have to worry about how to keep him…
How scary can chocolate syrup be? Well, when you film it in black and white and use it to depict human blood–human blood oozing from prosthetics made to look like human body parts that are being consumed by actors chalked up in pancake makeup to look like freshly reanimated human corpses… I ain’t putting that…
Yes, it’s an obscenely short intro; doubly appropriate considering this week’s feature. ScreamFish is about to get real. Welcome to?Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Buckle up. Don’t ever let anyone tell you horror is a simple cinematic genre.? Formulaic, in some instances, perhaps.? But never simple. Horror can be humorous (A Nightmare On Elm…
One of the best films of the vampire genre–that most folks have never even heard of–is Near Dark, but it’s revered by bloodsucking devotees. Jason Norton explains why.
Flip through the channels or, heaven forbid, traipse the late-night fandango of infomercials and you?ll hear every promise for every product you ever thought you needed or never really did. ?Headlights fogged? Sand, buff and polish with this three-part restoration system and they?ll look good as new.” “That old plastic garden hose weighing you down?…
For years, the most frightening on-screen threat to come out of Appalachia was the sound of dueling banjos. That all changed in 1988, when special effects makeup wizard Stan Winston turned director and introduced moviegoers to his deep-woods demon, Pumpkinhead. Eight feet tall with a jagged jaw-line and a dome shaped like?well?a pumpkin, the title…
