Tag: Horror
Blade was Almost About a Group of Women
The many problems facing the new Blade movie include a draft that marginalized the lead character. According to a popular new article from Variety, the tumultuous Marvel film – which was originally supposed to come out this year but has been pushed back to 2025 – was going to be “led by women ...
Read MoreA Halloween Trip Through Mike Flanagan’s Netflix Series
I’ve struggled in recent years to come up with interesting Halloween topics. I’m not the biggest horror fan, despite loving Halloween. I often fail to connect with the characters in scary movies, and end up not caring about the movie itself as a result. Two of the biggest non-monster-mov...
Read MoreREVIEW: American Horror Stories Season 3 (2023)
American Horror Stories has been very hit or miss since it aired. In fact, despite a few good episodes like “Ba’al” and “Dollhouse,” I have been unimpressed with the show overall. The anthology show is a spin-off of American Horror Story, the distinction being that St...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
For the most part, I don’t like horror movies. I never have, aside from old monster movies. I try to be open-minded, but horror and romance films rarely connect with me. I’ve frequently cited Jordan Peele’s recent batch of movies as a counterexample, with good writing and interesti...
Read MoreREVIEW: Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)
Hollywood loves to capitalize on a holiday, and none more than Halloween. Doubtless, this has to do with horror movies being cheap to make and the fan base demanding little more than a few scares – or, barring that, at least some gore and entertaining kills. That makes Five Nights at Freddy’s a...
Read MoreGuillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Movie Cast and Roles Revealed
Guillermo del Toro is creating a monster, and he’s showing off some of his utensils. The celebrated filmmaker’s next movie under his overall Netflix deal is a Frankenstein movie based on art from the late Bernie Wrightson (which was sold to Netflix by his widow, Elizabeth S. Wrightson). The tit...
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