2015 was a fairly uneven year cinematically. For every major stinker that made us regret having eyeballs, there were just as many solid examples which showed that the craft was still alive and vibrant as ever. This was no more obviously a fact than with the genre side of things. From the January slugs to […]
This is it, the final episode of 2015 and what better topic to discuss than The Best Horror Films of 2015. Doc, Dave, The Black Saint and Thomas compile their top horror films of the past 12 months and discuss what they loved about them as each dives into their list. A number of films […]
Narrowing down a list of my favorite fright flicks for this year was not an easy task, thanks to what I consider a bumper crop of scare fare. The year was buoyed by some solid creature features tailor-made for a monster kid like me as well as a few strong supernatural entities – er, I […]
The horror films of 2015 are a troubled bunch. The big box office horror offerings failed to capture the genre fan’s attention, many of them flopping. Think Poltergeist, Sinister 2 and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension. There were some surprises, for certain, Krampus for example. Even The Visit went a long way to re-establish M. […]
The surprisingly original and heart-felt horror satire The Final Girls hits VOD this week. The Grue-crew share their thoughts on the meta-referential comedy praising its clever use of cliches, horror movie logic and slick transitions to weave together a fun, entertaining slasher horror film. It may be must-see movie magic from director Todd Strauss-Schulson. Dave […]
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In the time since cinematic slashers like Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger had their heyday in the 1980s, we’ve seen plenty of comedic takes on the genre. There’s the satirically dark spins like Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, the more silly raunchiness with Club Dread or the less ambitious referential […]
THE FINAL GIRLS (not to be confused with Final Girl with Abigail Breslin) trailer promises an entertaining blend of 80’s slasher horror gore, silly comedy laughs and meta referential fun as its lead character, Max Cartwright (Taissa Farmiga – American Horror Story), is transported into the final feature her mother, Amanda Cartwright (Malin Akerman), made […]