“Stop it, Lillian! I’m not Charlie! You are!” On September 15th, 1989, Overseas FilmGroup released Edge of the Axe: a gory, Spanish-American slasher about townspeople in a small community called Paddock County, enjoying their summer […]
Author: Nathan Smith
OH, HO, IT’S MAGIC! THE DECEIPT OF KENNY HAMPSON IN ‘TERROR TRAIN’
“It wasn’t just a prank! Doc, he was sick!” Roger Spottiswoode is not a name on the lips of too many film fans these days. He’s no John Carpenter or David Cronenberg, and certainly no […]
DOCTOR, DOCTOR, IS THIS LOVE I’M FEELING? – THE JEALOUSY OF HAROLD RUSK
Of all the places a film could premiere, Dayton, Ohio is probably the last to come to mind. But on July 16th, 1982, Dayton, Ohio is exactly where Cannon Films released their new Valentine’s Day […]
PARTY AT ERIK ESTRADA’S! – THE MISOGYNY OF RICHARD SULLIVAN IN NEW YEAR’S EVIL
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain that has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their trigger if you will. In this installment, the focus is on […]
HAZINGS FOR THE HOLIDAYS: THE SORROW OF MRS. JENSEN AND DETECTIVE POLANSKY IN ‘TO ALL A GOODNIGHT’
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain that has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their “trigger,” if you will. Sometimes it’s horrifically tragic, sometimes it’s tragically […]
THANKSGIVING IN SHADOW WOODS: THE ANGER OF TERRY SIMMONS IN BLOOD RAGE
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain that has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their “trigger,” if you will. Sometimes it’s horrifically tragic, sometimes it’s tragically […]
IT’S MY PARTY: THE TORTURED SECRET OF ANN THOMERSON IN ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME’
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain that has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their “trigger,” if you will. Sometimes it’s horrifically tragic, sometimes it’s tragically […]
PSYCHOS AND PINA COLADAS: WHY CLUB DREAD DESERVED MORE
Nathan Smith talks to members of comedy troupe Broken Lizard about their fan favorite (but often overlooked by the mainstream) 2004 horror comedy, Club Dread For horror fans, it seems as though no sub-genre was […]
GOOD GOD, Y’ALL: THE PIOUS PSYCHOSIS OF FATHER JANSEN IN SPLATTER UNIVERSITY
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain that has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their “trigger,” if you will. Sometimes it’s horrifically tragic, sometimes it’s tragically […]
THE TRAGIC DEMISE OF ALEX HAMMOND IN PROM NIGHT
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain that has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their “trigger,” if you will. Sometimes it’s horrifically tragic, sometimes it’s tragically […]
THE STEALTHY SUB-GENRES OF THE PSYCHO SEQUELS
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is long considered one of the horror genre’s grandest achievements, so much that in 1992, it was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the Library of Congress. The level of talent […]
DEAR JOHN: THE BROKEN HEART OF “PROWLER” SHERIFF GEORGE FRASER
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain that has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their “trigger,” if you will. Sometimes it’s horrifically tragic, sometimes it’s tragically […]
SHOULD WE ABOLISH THE HORROR COMMUNITY?
Recent antagonism running rampant in the online Horror Community has led some of us to wonder why this group of like-minded individuals has taken to eating itself. Is the only peaceful solution to rid ourselves […]
TRAUMA BEGETS TRAUMA: THE MOTIVATION OF PAMELA VOORHEES
Any good slasher movie worth its salt gives us a villain WHO has some traumatic event that sets off their murderous frenzy – their trigger, if you will. Sometimes it’s horrifically tragic, sometimes it’s tragically […]