On Sunday, the world lost one of the most iconic genre filmmakers of the last forty years. He burst onto the scene back in the 1970s with the controversial The Last House on the Left, created one of the most memorable horror villains of the 1980s in Freddy Krueger, and turned the genre he loved completely on […]
When Wes Craven returned to the Scream franchise in 2011 for the fourth instalment, it’s safe to say fans were worried that the quality of the film would suffer after such a long lay-off and with a brand new set of texting youngsters as bait for Ghostface. Well, it turned out those worries were mostly for naught […]
I don’t know whether to be excited or to be dreading MTV’s Scream television series, but make no mistake about it, it’s officially coming all the same. You may have heard about MTV’s plans to adapt Wes Craven’s classic slasher films for small-screen audiences awhile back, but I for one had totally forgot the series was […]
Apparently MTV is planning on bringing us a new TV series based on the Scream film franchise. Word has it that there isn’t going to be an overlap between the films and this new series and the producers are potentially experimenting with a ‘supernatural’ angle, which would take the series in a whole different […]
THE HORROR REMAKE BLOODY BRACKET Round Three The first matchup of Round Three pits Zack Snyder’s remake of a Romero zombie classic against Alexandre Aja’s update of a Craven hillbilly classic. Who comes out on top and advances to the Finals? Morbidly Amusing debates. Dawn of the Dead (2004) VS The Hills Have Eyes (2006) Dr. Morbid: Dawn […]
THE HALLOWEEN HIT LIST A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (1987) Rated X 96 min. Written By Wes Craven, Bruce Wagner, Frank Darabont & Chuck Russell Directed By Chuck Russell Sequels to horror classics are always a point of contention amongst the horror crowd. Whether they’re debating the necessity of a sequel or the […]
THE HORROR REMAKE BLOODY BRACKET Round Two The third matchup of Round Two takes another Wes Craven original updated for modern day and pits it against a 3D tale of a man and his pickaxe. Both films survived close battles in Round One. Which moves on? Morbidly Amusing debates. My Bloody Valentine (2009) VS A Nightmare […]
THE HORROR REMAKE BLOODY BRACKET Round Two Our second matchup in Round Two pits two remakes against one another born from originals made by two of the most successful filmmakers in the history of the horror genre. The first is Wes Craven, whose original Hills Have Eyes helped him get his foot in the door and give […]
THE HORROR REMAKE BLOODY BRACKET Round One The fifth face-off in Round One pits a group of convicts against a man in a mask. The first film is a remake of Wes Craven’s directorial debut, while the other is a remake of an 80s horror flick that was a part of the new holiday-horror craze. […]
THE HORROR REMAKE BLOODY BRACKET Round One The third match-up of Round One pits two horror remakes from 2006 against one another. One is an update of a grisly Wes Craven flick from 1977, while the other takes everything about Robin Hardy’s 1973 original and turns it on its head. Do the radioactive psychopaths have […]
