Fans consider the 1980s the high point of horror cinema for a reason. With home video becoming a standard part of every American home, and cable channels growing every day, distributors wanted ...

Fifty years ago, two independent filmmakers named Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel had a gruesome vision for a new kind of film. Their idea involved merciless kills, a chainsaw, a group of youths and a ...

Horror underwent a radical change in the 1970s and early '80s, as religious tropes and monster movies gave way to more human threats in masks, creating the rise of the slasher. While many credit ...

For decades, one of the most prevalent subgenres in horror is the slasher. The barebones definition of a slasher, according to Merriam Webster, is a person who kills with an edged blade. Along with ...

Adapting a YA novel, director Eli Craig tries to pass off a lack of originality as "meta." The result is neither scary nor fun. Here’s why the film, lunkish and plodding as it is, thinks it’s meta. We ...

Slayer icons such as Ghostface prove that anyone can be the killer, adding to its meta-commentary and parodic elements. Michael Myers terrifies his victims with cold callousness in the Halloween ...

Horror comes in an array of subgenre flavors to satisfy the tastes of different audiences. Some viewers eschew copious amounts of blood and brutality, instead opting for lighter fare that infuses ...