Vampires
From Vampires to Cave Girls: The History of Hammer Films
That a little studio located in the English countryside consistently put out high quality films on a very limited budget is one of the great stories in filmmaking history. Hammer Films was the most successful independent film company ever, producing comedy, drama, mysteries, and war movies before finding their niche in horror. Hammer became a name synonymous with horror, a name that still means so...[Read More]
Top Ten Horror Movies To Watch On Halloween
What was your first time like? Relax, I’ll go first to make things easier. I was eleven and staying over at a friend’s house for the night. That was the night I enjoyed my first horror movie – Salem’s Lot. My buddy and I were worried the noise from the television might get too loud and bring his mom into the room and that would have ended our entertainment for the evening. So we had the volume on ...[Read More]
Win Tickets to Dark Shadows
Congratulations to the winners of our “Win Tickets to Dark Shadows” contest! Here they are: Gary G, Kristen G., polwu, Momto4babas, Donaldthemovieman, Jessica Boroniec, Kandace Meade, softrose, KathleenB, Lempo4, RRichmond, Aswallow14, Billy0806, Lauren T, Nixie72, Teddi, Diana R, Dkitain, Msdoreen, ryan1476, Oldham_april, Teehee3syd, shondira, Daddysb4by, and Charisseryden. If you won, you should...[Read More]
Bela Lugosi’s Not Really Dead: A Vampire Movie Primer
Vampires are so commonplace in entertainment these days that I cannot fathom how anyone could find them mysterious, otherworldly, or especially frightening. In our narcissistic age, people romanticize vampires because the idea of staying young forever trumps any of the existential sadness of such a proposition. Furthermore, the horror aspect of the undead has been entirely co-opted and taken to ex...[Read More]