HORROR AT THE BOX OFFICE – SUMMER 2021 REPORT CARD
With the summer movie season having just come to its conclusion (the season officially kicked off May 7 and continued …
MORE OF HORROR’S MISUNDERSTOOD YOUTH
The last time I checked in on horror's misunderstood youth was back in October 2018. (Clearly, I would make a …
WE ALL GO A LITTLE MAD SOMETIMES
While it may be true that everyone both gets and goes a little mad sometimes--there is a noticeable difference between …
No Safety in Numbers in Horror
The hypothesis that there is safety in numbers is nothing more than wishful thinking when it comes to survival in …
Best ’90s Slashers
The '80s set the stage for slasher films, but the '90s revitalized them, breathing new life into a horror subgenre that had …
HORROR SPRING FEVER AT THE BOX OFFICE (2000 thru 2020)
While horror’s sweet spot at the movie box office is typically closer to the season that includes Halloween, some big …
FROM HORROR TO OSCAR – PART 2
In the summer of 2019, I shared a list of 11 film celebrities with early roles in horror who would …
JASON LIVES. FRANKENSTEIN, TOO.
Re-watching a movie, one is bound to identify things that went unnoticed in previous viewings, but rarely does that involve …
A Double Valentine Anniversary
Today, we're honouring two Valentine's Day slasher films - George Mihalka's My Bloody Valentine (1981), about an ex-miner who goes …
Who Should Be My Bloody Valentine?
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, my pandemic-induced thoughts in the latest city-wide lockdown have temporarily shifted from mourning …
