Not Michael Myers: Haddonfield’s Other Serial Killer
For such a small and nondescript town, Haddonfield, Illinois has an inordinate amount of peculiar characters and strange happenings. During the time that Michael Myers vanished between Halloween 5 The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) and The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), there was another serial killer who roamed the streets of Haddonfield. The year 1993 saw the release of John … Continue reading
Handling The ‘Remake’ Issue…
A remake or re-imagining of a classic old horror film hits cinemas, as well as a remake of a film not many people know about. The DVD charts in your local store are sprinkled with straight-to-DVD scary movies, featuring a cameo from Robert Englund or another, similar classic horror icon. You look around and wonder… …what happened to horror cinema? … Continue reading
Is Jason Voorhees completely Indestructible?
In the world of modern horror, slashers tend to survive just about anything. However, it seems that Jason Voorhees from the Friday The 13th franchise is the slasher that has overcome just about everything. Is Voorhees truly unstoppable and completely indestructible? In Friday The 13th Part III, Jason was pronounced dead after an axe to the head. Jason experienced death-by-machete … Continue reading
The Horror Godfathers Box Office Standing
With the way horror is fairing at the box office as of late and all the talk of remaking remakes now, I thought I would show how the original Godfathers of horror did it. This is a breakdown of the big dogs and how much money their films have pulled in to date. Sitting high on the hog is Wes … Continue reading
What was ‘Friday the 13th’ About?
I have been contemplating this lately… most film critics (and even many fans) find little artistic value in slasher films, which are generally considered thoughtless, shocking and morbid for mere entertainment’s sake. For me they always had a little more value. I posed a few thoughts and observations to Victor Miller, the creator of Jason Voorhees and screen writer for … Continue reading