A while ago, I did a short list of some favorite horror movies. In trying to edit that down, I struggled to pick out which movies would make it and which would not. I thought to expand on that list and do some of my favorite for various subgenres. To kick-off, I thought we would start with a beloved subgenre, creature features. The problem with … Continue reading Impressions: Favorite 5 Creature Features
The opening act of every movie is fairly important. It is what will help set the tone for the rest of our journey, and usually, the goal is to make sure to grab you early to keep your attention. With horror movies, it is especially important because generally, after the intro, we are left with little horror for a while, so we need something exciting … Continue reading Impressions: Great Horror Intros
So if you know me, you know that I have a massive love for the 2005 horror movie The Descent. If you’ve seen that movie, you know that Juno is just the worst. However, I feel that Juno gets a slightly bad rap and that there is some defense of her. Before you read on this blog post will, of course, contain major spoilers for … Continue reading Impressions: The Impossible Defense of Juno from The Descent
I am not making a list of my favorite horror movies… in fact, a lot of my favorites aren’t on here. No these are the horror movies that for whatever reason have become my go-to features. Sometimes it’s just to have them mostly in the background, sometimes to actively watch them again. For various reasons, these are the ones that end up being watched over … Continue reading Horror Movies I Can Watch Again and Again
I am a big lover of the horror genre, which you probably already guessed if you read this blog regularly. I like that it’s a more broad genre than people often give it credit for, from slasher trash, to physiological horror, to revenge flicks, to sci-fi, there are a lot of places to go with it and a lot of different results. One thing that … Continue reading Favorite Horror Villains
Over the years I have raved about this movie, so I thought I might finally take the time to do an impressions piece on it. A bit of background, The Descent is a UK movie that came out in 2005. One year after the lead character, Sarah, loses her husband and daughter in a car accident, she meets her friends to go on a caving … Continue reading Impressions: The Descent
Now I will admit I am a sucker. I love watching a movie- playing a game, reading a book, consuming any media really- and getting caught up in the emotions. That being said, it’s not as though I am completely easily manipulated. A by-product is that while horror movies will shock me, scare me, gross me out, they will rarely make me have an emotional … Continue reading Emotional Horror Movies
The Creature Feature is a pretty broad sub-genre that has gone through various highs and lows in movie history. They are often horror films, though branch out into other genres like action and adventure. They started out as mainly being horror films that featured “giant monsters”, and gained their rise especially during atomic fears. Through the years the sub-genre grew to include just creatures of … Continue reading My Favorite Creature Features
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