NY Comic-Con, Day 2: Friday the 13th. Spoiler Alert: Way Too Violent.
The remake/reboot of Friday the 13th puts the porn back in torture-porn. As though that needed doing.
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Horror on Overthinking It
Zombie Jamboree: Left 4 Dead’s Winning Formula
For the last six weeks, I have been trying to write something about Valve’s Left 4 Dead, unsuccessfully. This is because our site is about Overthinking stuff, and a post called “OMG ME PWN ZOMBIES!!” would not be appropriate.
Re: Your Brains
A recent post on the zombie in popular imagination gives an excellent general sense of what we talk about when we talk about the living dead. But there’s a conflict inherent in the system. We basically think of zombiism as … Continued
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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Scariest Movie Ever?
While Halloween is the perfect holiday for horror films, we shouldn’t give short shrift to the more family oriented fare that comes out at this time of year. Nowadays, Halloween is arguably a kids’ festival, so it’s no surprise that … Continued
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Five Horror Films That Will Leave You Feeling Unclean
There exist within the horror genre certain films that are concerned less with scaring you than with making you question the essential goodness of mankind. I don’t really want to write about most of these movies, because it means that … Continued
Dan O’Bannon, Unsung Co-Creator of the Modern Zombie
If you’re any kind of a geek, you’re currently saying to yourself, “But wait, isn’t George Romero the undisputed creator of the modern zombie?” Night of the Living Dead did indeed make zombies into one of our collective nightmares. But … Continued
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Five Horror Films That Will Leave You Gleeful
Generally, horror shouldn’t make you giggle. These movies are the exception.
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A Guy Can Dream, Can’t He?
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48 Hour Film Project Providence Award-Winner: “Monday the 13th”
I present to you as a special peek into my other projects (most of which revolve around a very cool theatre in Greater Boston), an entry into the Providence, Rhode Island 48 hour film project, Monday the 13th, by Nature’s … Continued
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Big Brother is Hugging You
The moral values that have held together this country and this world are in an advanced stage of decay. From schools to shops to our own homes, we turn on one another — race against race, religion against religion, nation … Continued
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