Exploring a world of scares. Why do we love horror? That’s the question I want to ask you today. Why, in a world of such beauty and wonder, do so many of us choose to sup from the well of fear? What does the gore, the psychological tension and the mysterious nature of the uncanny
Category: Horror
All things horror, from Gothic novels of the nineteenth century to 1980s slasher movies.
A dive into one of the most overrated films ever I hate this film. ever since I first watched The Shining at eighteen years old I felt a distinct dislike of Kubrick’s movie. I had heard all of the typically celebratory remarks, I had seen it placed in people’s ‘Top Ten’ horror films of all
An insult to the undead Over a year ago now, I wrote a post explaining why I disliked the much-loved Night of the Living Dead. Now I return after finally, finally watching the 1978 sequel Dawn of the Dead to tell you that it is even worse. Perhaps I was spoiled by seeing the 2004
A late nineties classic that always manages to entertain. Stephen Sommers built a reputation in the early 2000s as the go-to director for campy big-budget B-movies such as The Scorpion King (2002) and Van Helsing (2004). What he is best known for, however, is his 1999 reboot of the Universal classic The Mummy. The Mummy
A memorable if cliched classic Since this is the month of love I would be remiss to avoid one of the horror genre’s hidden gems based around the sickeningly sweet holiday. In 1981, amidst the wave of holiday-themed slashers inspired by the success of Halloween and Friday the 13th, audiences were treated to another slice
A dive into the works of a horror master. When I first picked up a copy of The Shining for my third-year Literature course at university I was left unimpressed. The ghosts of the Overlook Hotel failed to give me the sweats and sleepless nights that I had expected from reading a King novel. There
A retrospective of a titan in the Gothic genre When Bram Stoker began writing Dracula, I am sure that he could not have imagined in his wildest dreams the success it would go on to bare. One of the most circulated novels in the English Language – or any language, for that matter – Dracula
A dive into the world of horror cinema This list will be similar to my previous list of top ten horror novels. In this article, I will dive into some of my absolute favourite movies in the horror genre and explain why I find them so bone-chilling. Like novels, horror cinema has a strong centre
Separating the best from the rest in the world of horror literature Similar to many other genres of literature, the horror genre has an exceptionally strong core with its most successful works recognised around the world. Just as the romance genre has its Mansfield Park or Pride and Prejudice, the horror genre has its Frankenstein
It really isn’t all that… George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead was a film that I desperately, desperately wanted to love. I had heard stories about a low-budget arthouse film that inspired every zombie movie since, including my favourites 28 Days Later and REC. As a precursor, I would like to mention that