Halloween

I’ve been a loyal apologist to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. I’ve even been compelled to write several retrospectives on the franchise, sharing my peculiar affection for the murderous on-screen antics of the Sawyer clan.…

Along with the highly-anticipated release of Halloween Kills, comes the desire to revisit past films in the franchise. Coincidentally, Halloween II, one of the best chapters in the Michael Myers lore, turns 40 this month. Kind…

My favorite part of the Halloween season is watching spooky films for the very first time. Whether it’s watching classic horror movies I should have seen a long time ago or unearthing a few cult fascinations, every…

CONTENT WARNING: Okay, so, before you even start reading this review. I was bamboozled into watching the most sexually graphic film I’ve ever seen. If that makes you uncomfortable, I advise you to go read…

Don’t Look Back starts with a haunting montage of (what looks like) real-life footage bystanders shot on their phones of people being attacked… or worse. Immediately, you begin thinking about what role you would play…

It’s not easy being a horror buff in 2020. By now, a lot of intriguing horror films should have already come out: from Spiral, the new Saw movie starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson;…

Among many other things, 2020 has turned the mental checklist of “phone, keys, wallet” to “phone, keys, wallet, and mask.” You can’t walk outside without coming across someone wearing a mask (hopefully), and when it…

Picture this: You’re camping with some friends down by the beach. There’s no TV, the ice-cream isn’t the same, and the rock you’re sitting on is unbearable. It’s cold, wet, and the only source of…

For many people, Halloween means watching horror movies. Television networks air marathons of the standard franchises:  A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and my favorite, Halloween. While I do partake in some of this,…

Joker remains a box office sensation by reclaiming the top spot at the box office, wrestling it away from Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, which continues to be a movie that exists. The Todd Phillips’ movie…

I love going to the movies. But there is one genre that I will not touch with a ten-foot pole. I will not see horror movies, especially around Halloween. I have an active imagination that…

You might not believe this, but there used to be a time when a movie starring either Nicolas Cage or Gary Oldman would be an indicator of high quality. This seems like such a long…

Spooky movie season is officially here. While Halloween might be a few months off, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is already spreading the spooky spirit. It’s a fresh cinematic take on a controversial children’s…

I recently lost a sizeable amount of faith in J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot. The Cloverfield Paradox was so bad that the famed director sank down a few notches in my mental rankings. That being…

Before the release of the already hugely successful Halloween sequel/reboot by David Gordon Greene, I wrote a two-part article on the Halloween franchise as a whole. In these articles I conveyed to my fellow readers…

In case you haven’t noticed, horror is kind of a thing these days. The last few years have been very kind to the genre. In fact, you might even say that we’re in a golden…

Halloween will soon be upon us, and I’ve had my favorite scary classics stockpiled since June. It’s not easy being a casual horror fan in a family, hoping that some classic horror films get remade…

Fifty years ago, this month saw the release of a low-budget horror movie called Night of the Living Dead. The director, George A. Romero, and everyone involved did not anticipate how this film would become…

It was only a matter of time before the Halloween franchise had another chance to simultaneously scare and please audiences around the world. But unlike many cynical cash grabs of recent memory that came about from needlessly…

As part of October, the scariest movie month of the year, MovieBabble is looking back at one of the most prominent horror franchises out there: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. The following article is part…

Last week Halloween (2018) proved to be a monster success when it hauled in $75 million+ over its debut weekend. The film also opened to rave reviews, something that the franchise has failed to do…

“The strongest human emotion is fear. It’s the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman…” In this part I will cover what I consider to be the…

I’ll be honest, as a horror-geek, the Halloween franchise is one of the hardest to get through. This is only because the original has been such an inspiration to the genre, to the slasher icons…

It’s October, fools. Time to get spooky. I’m going to be completely honest right now: I hate horror movies. I don’t like being scared. I could barely watch Gremlins (1984) because I am such a naive, impressionable…

Leatherface is one of my favorite horror icons. I know that compared to his murderous colleagues he isn’t as colorful. He never uttered a memorable quote, some glorious cringe-inducing one-liner before dispatching some one-dimensional teen…

Recently, I got tickets for John Carpenter’s upcoming Anthology Tour (I’m beyond excited) and it seemed like the perfect moment to finally tackle this list. I have had this list on my mind for years…

For many people horror films are nothing more than a series of jump-scares, creatures lurking in the shadows waiting to jump at you when you least expect it. The desired effect being the ‘sudden shock,’…

It’s that time of year again when the spookiest movies come out to play.  We gather around as groups to be simultaneously scared and entertained as we eat gross amounts of candy that we’ll regret…

After a seven year haitus, Jigsaw has returned to retake the Halloween weekend per tradition.  Horror movies always end up performing well around the holiday, but let’s be honest, you probably stayed at home to watch Stranger Things,…

As is the case every year, a horror movie is coming out around Halloween, only this time it involves shades of Groundhog’s Day.  Happy Death Day is the latest film from Blumhouse to involve a high concept plot…