Change what you think you know! Rotten Tomatoes has come up with some interesting data that defies some long-held beliefs […]
Horror Movie News: The Overlook Filmfest Schedule
The Scariest Things is hitting the road. What a treat the Overlook Filmfest is gonna be! Eric is heading to New Orleans… and it’s got a fantastic slate of films!
Eric’s Review: Splinter (2008)
★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Too bad the director and editors didn’t have more faith in their own monster effects.
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode XVII: Shaky Cam & Found Footage
You love ’em. You hate ’em. You don’t know where to start. You worship at their altar. All these things are true. One of the most polemic (and satisfying) devices in the horror genre — shaky cam/found footage flics.
Happy birthday, Roger Corman!
So many movies! And some were even good…
Eric’s Review: Final Destination (2000)
★1/2 out of ★★★★★
This is what passed for mid-budget horror in 2000. A fine premise is completely undone by cliches and a bevy of poorly rendered characters making terrible decisions.
Horror Movie News: The House With a Clock in the Walls Trailer
Could this be the next great starter horror movie?
Robert’s Review: Never Hike Alone (2017)
★★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Because hockey masks never go out of style.
Amy’s 50 Found Footage Films Guide
I’ve seen 50 found footage films. Here’s my mini-takes on these films. The five best are marked with stars.
Movie Posters We Love: Happy Birthday to me (1981)
That’s OK…I’m not a huge fan of shish kebab.
Eric’s Review: Creep (2014)
★★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
It also could have been called Weirdo. (Paging Thom Yorke!)
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode XVI: When Good Animals Go Evil
Thumper, Ben, Lassie, Willard, Cujo…my pet gator? Why have you chosen to forsake me?
Robert’s Review: Cut Shoot Kill (2017)
★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Is it real or is it… oh, nevermind.
Eric’s Review: Black Sheep (2006)
★★★★ out of ★★★★★
Awwwwww. Cuddly sheeeEEEEEEEP!!! AAAIIIIEEEE!!!!
Robert’s Review: Apartment 212 (2017)
★★1/2 out of ★★★★★
Goodnight. Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.
Mike’s Review: We are still here (2015)
★★ out of ★★★★★
Ok…I think it’s time for you guys to leave.
Mike’s review: The Night Evelyn Came out of the Grave (1971)
★★.5 out of ★★★★★
The Worms Are Waiting!
Movie Posters We Love: The Lift (1983)
OK… the art sucks so bad that it’s awesome. Saved by one of the best taglines ever!
Movie Posters We Love: The Stuff (1985)
I scream, you scream, we all scream… for the Stuff.
Horror TV News: George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers Trailer
That crappy space horror movie from 1987? Martin wrote that. His story gets a second life on Syfy.
Horror Movie News: Unsane Trailer
I’m not crazy! I swear! This intense thriller is arriving soon to a theater near you. Stephen. Soderbergh. Shooting an […]
The Scariest Things: Three Months and Three Thousand Viewers!
Our little website has reached 3,000 viewers! Who’d a thunk it?
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode XV: The Best Darn Hillbilly Horror
Dear god…where do these people come from? More importantly, who makes this stuff up? Some of the grizzliest, nastiest, most […]
Horror Infographics: What it would really take to clean up your favorite horror movie scenes
It’s probably best for you not to think too hard about this.
Horror Movie News: Movies too scary to Finish, According to Netflix
Scaredy cat notice! Netflix’s internal tracking data has figured out what scary movies people are having to bail out of, after renting them.
Mike’s Fav’ Horror Guilty Pleasures!
Boozy, trashy, low-budget, junk, ill-conceived, poor, without merit, repugnant, the worst of the worst….BUT OH SO SATISFYING! Going through decades […]
The Scariest Things Podcast Episode XIV: The best PG and PG-13 Horror Flicks
ids. Tweens. Teens. Neighbors. Co-workers. Scaredy cats. Squeamish about horror and don’t know where to start? Want to fully indoctrinate your kids in to the unforgiving world of horror? Need something to chat about around the workplace water-cooler — besides Stormy Daniels?
Amy’s Review: Black Circle Boys (1997)
Sex, drugs, rock and roll… and murder in an enjoyable but bad low-budget 90’s horror flick.
movie posters we love: Night of the Creeps (1986)
Die Nacht Der Creeps! There’s something about the Night of the Creeps in German that just makes it pinch creepier. […]
Robert’s Review: The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
★★★★★ out of ★★★★★
A silent, black & white labor of love. Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!