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The Horrornew
Mark Patton, star of Nightmare on Elm Street 2, on acting, horror and his 'scream queen' status.
The Pitch |
Abbie Stutzer |
10-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Just Terriblenew
Sloppy and nonsensical, the new Resident Evil flick is one of the year's worst movies.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-20-2012 |
Reviews
Check Out These Off-The-Grid Horror Filmsnew
With Halloween all up in here this weekend, there are times one may not be able, physically or mentally, to do the going-out stuff.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Young |
10-27-2010 |
Reviews
The House of the Devil Brings Back the Beelzebubnew
While he never actually appears in director Ti West's retro screamer The House of the Devil, Satan's little helpers make a welcome return to the screen, bringing their funky rituals and pentagrams along.
Willamette Week |
AP Kryza |
12-04-2009 |
Reviews
'Contagious' is Not a Typical Sci-Fi Novelnew
Scott Sigler has created a fan base with his serial podcasts of sci-fi/horror novels. Now Contagious promises to spread his scary stuff among traditional readers.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
01-15-2009 |
Fiction
A Horror Ride Through Boston's Undergroundnew
For the past few months, multimedia artist Kevin Banks has risked comfort and sanity to document the hellish underbelly of the Boston subway system. His pictures, raw and undoctored, bear witness to what happens to ordinary folks once the escalator deposits them in the nether-passages of the city.
Boston Phoenix |
Kevin Banks |
10-29-2008 |
Commentary
Cthulhu Shows You Can Go Home Againnew
But you will be raped by Tori Spelling.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
09-10-2008 |
Reviews
Orco Muto Brings Classic Horror Soundtracks Back From the Deadnew
The people at Rue Morgue magazine's Festival of Fear commissioned a performance of Goblin classics, spurring Maurizio Guarini to assemble a new band with Chris Gartner and Great Bob Scott, formerly of Toronto's Look People.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
08-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Duplass Brothers Give Horror Films a Hipster Twist in 'Baghead'new
The Strangers has already proven that people with bags over their heads are terrifying, but the Duplass Brothers--whose first feature film, The Puffy Chair, is already a cult favorit--have gone out of their way to explore the funny side of a faceless man wearing a brown paper bag.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
07-24-2008 |
Reviews
Look Who's Stalking 'The Strangers'new
The Strangers is minimalist almost in the extreme. It uses one set, five characters and almost no dialogue. This one is all about the ambience of fear, not the excess of bloody special effects.
C-Ville Weekly |
DEVIN O'LEARY |
06-04-2008 |
Reviews
'Zombie Strippers' Lives Down to Its Namenew
Writer/director Jay Lee's Zombie Strippers is a fascinating whatzit, and presumably the first cheeseball boobie-filled gore-fest ever to be based on a Eugene Ionesco play.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
04-28-2008 |
Reviews
Contemporary French Horror Comes of Age with 'Inside''s Female Villainnew
With 2007's Inside, undistributed in the U.S. and out this week on DVD, France has finally made a horror movie of which it can be proud.
Baltimore City Paper |
Steve Erickson |
04-15-2008 |
Reviews
Hittin' the Entrails
Though the most dogged of gorehounds may find the film's uncynical conclusion hard to stomach, it suggests the film has some purpose besides being the most sickening morning-after movie ever -- perhaps even a timely one.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
01-06-2006 |
Reviews
Masters of Horrornew
The duo Midnight Syndicate creates the creepy orchestral music that haunted houses swear by.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
06-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Jim Warren Meets Vampirellanew
He built a multimillion dollar empire out of monster magazines, plastic skulls and dirt from Count Dracula's estate, only to lose it to real-life terrors. But now, Jim Warren is ready to rise again, along with the woman who inspired it all.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Duane Swierczynski |
01-06-2005 |
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