It’s time to take a look back at some essential horror movies of 1986… Horror is making a comeback right now, with indie horror proving particularly successful thanks to films like Obsession, Iron Lung and Backrooms. It continues a trend from the past decade of new and interesting voices in the genre, delivering low-budget films […]
10 Great Horror Movies with Villainous Protagonists
Vanessa Maki with ten great horror movies centring on villainous protagonists… In the world of horror, typically we’re meant to root for the protagonists like the final girl or boy, the character who endears us the most, and so on. Occasionally those characters aren’t antagonistic or villainous, as many tropes follow particular formulas. However, there […]
In a Violent Nature and Other Slasher Movies That Subvert the Genre
EJ Moreno looks at the slashers that changed the game… What does it take for a slasher to stand out? It would help if horror films could shake things up, and we’ve collected films that prove that a good slasher movie needs a little spice. As a celebration of a new slasher that’s subverted the […]
The Most Disturbing Horror Movies of the 1980s
EJ Moreno on the most disturbing horror movies of the 1980s… The 1980s is the prime time for horror films, but oddly, the decade’s movies aren’t as shocking as the 70s or even the torture porn era of the 00s. Hunting for the most shocking and disturbing movies of the decade wasn’t hard, but it […]
Underrated Slasher Horror Movies That Deserve Appreciation
Marvelous Videos with a selection of slasher flicks that deserve more appreciation… The slasher genre is a simple concept: take a mysterious figure and have them run around killing dumb teenagers. This simplicity means it’s easy to create a good product as it is to create a bad one, and if you’re a horror enthusiast, […]
Extreme Cinema – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, 1986. Directed by John McNaughton. Starring Michael Rooker, Tom Towles and Tracy Arnold. Filmed in a documentary style, Henry : Portrait of Serial Killer (1986) would cause serious problems for the British Board of Film Classification due to its cold attitude towards violence and sexual violence. Originally made in […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 23 – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, 1986. Directed by John McNaughton. Starring Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, and Tracy Arnold. SYNOPSIS: Henry and Otis are a pair of former convicts trying to make a living in Chicago when they are joined by Otis’s sister Becky. Unbeknownst to his room-mates, Henry also moonlights as a serial killer, […]
