Two of the best modern horror game franchises collided this year in Supermassive Games' sideways look at the world of Dead by Daylight. Dec. 22, 2024Rebecca Jones Article I Got A Letter... |It's been a grim year, hasn't it? 2024’s best games are all about disgust, decay, and ex...
Horror prequels are more miss than hit, but that doesn't mean they're bereft of value. As modern horror franchises attempt to build a mythology, they usually throw a prequel into the mix at some point to provide scares while giving context to the earlier films, and some of them...
Horror prequels are more miss than hit, but that doesn't mean they're bereft of value. As modern horror franchises attempt to build a mythology, they usually throw a prequel into the mix at some point to provide scares while giving context to the earlier films, and some of the...
Sam Raimi's low-budget, campy debut demands almost no write-up from me. Many horror films have developed cult status over the years, butThe Evil Deadis arguably the ultimate cult classic, and for good reason. It's the work of a tenacious young filmmaker on a mission to prove himself wi...
While other franchises might have beaten out “Halloween” in specific categories —“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” is the best individual film in the slasher genre, while “Friday the 13th” and “Nightmare on Elm Street” arguably produced better sequels once they were up and running — ...
Unlike IT, this TV miniseries from Stephen King didn’t go on to become a hit film franchise (yet,) but it’s still an underrated haunted house story. It takes place not in Maine, but Seattle… in a mansion with a deadly history and an uncanny ability to change shape and size every...
It’s hard to argue against DOOM 3 being a bland representation of the rest of the franchise, but that doesn’t make it a bad game. The shooting holds up, the atmosphere is still suffocatingly dark, and the overall experience makes for an interesting detour from punching demons in the fa...
Standing out as one of the top tastemakers in the genre of horror, Screamfest has been a launchpad for top tier franchises and storytellers. Among the numerous films that have been discovered and/or premiered at the festival include box office hit The Wretched, Tigers Are Not Afraid...
Boyle reteams with writerAlex Garland (28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Annihilation) on28 Years Later, which is intended to kick off a brand new trilogy of movies for the franchise. In the new movie, “It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory...
Everyone has told me to avoidExorcist II: The Hereticfor as long as I can remember and I was sure there was good reason to. Nevertheless, I want to watch the rest of the series and it’s not like me to consciously skip through parts of a franchise, so I had to gave it a crack....