Essays

Dig Up the Roots of Horror with ‘Nosferatu’

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We already have an entry for today’s 31 Days of Horror, but we couldn’t resist profiling this classic horror film for this week’s Old Ass Movies.

31 Days of Horror: Cemetery Man

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Love usually gets in the way of constantly killing zombies brought back to life by the cemetery you own. At least, it does in our world.

31 Days of Horror: Clive Barker’s Nightbreed

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Aaron Boone is a troubled young man who may or may not be responsible for a series of brutal murders…

31 Days of Horror: The Brood

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Frank Carveth shares custody of his daughter with his estranged wife, Nola, and one day finds bruises and welts on the little girl’s body after a visit with her mother.

31 Days of Horror: The Return of the Living Dead

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The events in George Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead were based on a true story, and as part of the cover up the government shipped freeze-dried zombies to secret locations across the country.

The Deep End: The Art of Irony

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To those who don’t spend several hours a day debating whether Godfather was better than Godfather II (it is), and an entire day watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy as a personal challenge, the idea of film as literature probably seems radical.

31 Days of Horror: Dead & Buried

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The small town of Potter’s Bluff is experiencing a rash of brutal murders with a twist. The victims show up a few days later looking normal and acting fine.

Get Scared Old School Style with Universal’s ‘Frankenstein’

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If you don’t think a 77-year old movie can make you wet your pants and think about your own existence, you haven’t seen James Whale’s Frankenstein.

31 Days of Horror: Re-Animator

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Really good horror comedies are notoriously rare, but this one works because it’s balls to the wall nuttiness.