Jamie Lee Curtis (again) returns as Laurie Strode

Blumhouse announced this week with some fanfare that legendary scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis will reprise her role as Laurie Strode when the new Halloween movie opens on October 19, 2018. This is not a sequel of news films .. it ignores H20 and Resurrection, instead focusing on being a sequel to the second movie.. … Read moreJamie Lee Curtis (again) returns as Laurie Strode

Trump and the new horror movie trend

Horror movies during the Trump years W MAGAZINE has a very good article running: Why horror movies will be the best art during the Trump Administration.. Author Max Lackin writes in part, Get Out subverts the home invasion genre’s classics like Friday the 13th and Scream—here, the menace is what’s already residing inside the white … Read moreTrump and the new horror movie trend

What’s eating you?

One of my favorite horror movies is Jeepers Creepers.  Despite the questionable directorial career of Victor Salva, I thought he made a film–even almost 2 decades later!– has withstood the test of time. In the film, a brother and sister casually and calmly drive on long country roads. Very soon to the movie, a truck … Read moreWhat’s eating you?

THE CELEBRATION OF THE DEATH OF SUICIDE SQUAD

The move DON’T BREATHE looks amazing, scary, and extremely creative.. I predict it is going to be one of the best horror films of this style in some time, and also one of the biggest movies of the summer .. This has been a wonderful year for horror so far–the summer has been profitable for … Read moreTHE CELEBRATION OF THE DEATH OF SUICIDE SQUAD

I don’t think 2016 will be a good year for horror movies. Especially 31

SLATE has a review of the new January horror movie THE FOREST. I didn’t get the warm and fuzzies from the David Ehrlich piece, he really hated the movie. I am not going to see it most likely, but I bet people will. There is something always successful when you consider January horror. It’s the … Read moreI don’t think 2016 will be a good year for horror movies. Especially 31