Who Would Win Between Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees

The Ultimate Slasher Showdown – Analyzing Who Would Win Between Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees

Among horror’s roster of iconic slashers, Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees undoubtedly stand as two of the most indestructible forces of evil ever depicted on screen. Both killers have terrified audiences in decades of films … Read This Story

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation and the Era of Weird 1990s Horror

In the vast slasher sequel landscape, there exists a strange breed of follow-ups that wildly diverge from their predecessors. While most recapitulate the formula that worked to diminishing returns, these oddball entries throw expectations out … Read This Story

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Freddy Krueger’s Fiendish Journey from Killer Concept to Horror Icon

Among horror’s rogues gallery of slasher killers, few rival Freddy Krueger for sheer icon status. His anarchic spirit, darkly comedic menace, and supernaturally-charged murders have haunted audiences for decades. But a memorable movie monster requires … Read This Story

How 90s Teen Screamfests Brought Self-Aware Horror Into the Mainstream

How 90s Teen Screamfests Brought Self-Aware Horror Into the Mainstream

Among all the traditions horror broke and reinvented during the 1990s, perhaps none proved more impactful than a surge in self-referential “meta” horror. Films like Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Urban … Read This Story

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Baptized in Blood: How 80s Horror Films Defined My Love of the Macabre

As a lifelong horror fanatic born in 1984, the bloody blockbusters of the late 70s and 80s baptized me in terror and left an indelible mark on my darker sensibilities. My earliest memories are huddling … Read This Story

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How Scream Saved Slasher Cinema by Savagely Satirizing Its Tropes

Among all the slick, sarcastic teen screamfests of late 90s horror, Wes Craven’s smash-hit Scream stands apart as the most incisively influential. Released in 1996, Scream playfully skewered and celebrated the slasher genre’s derivative clichés … Read This Story

Horror in Transition: Examining the Genre's Paradigm Shifts in the 1990s

Horror in Transition: Examining the Genre’s Paradigm Shifts in the 1990s

As a lifelong horror devotee, the 1990s hold a special place for me as a transitional decade that radically reshaped genre conventions on the brink of a new millennium. Following the lucrative slasher boom of … Read This Story

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Meta Before Scream: Recalling the Genre-Bending Brilliance of Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

Among Wes Craven’s filmography, 1994’s New Nightmare remains criminally underappreciated for its ahead-of-its-time meta-horror storytelling. After fatigue set in across six ponderous Nightmare on Elm Street sequels, Craven returned to restore creative passion by deconstructing … Read This Story