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Ice Nine Kills have released a Child’s Play-inspired single “Assault & Batteries” from their upcoming album, The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood. The new track was accompanied by a highly cinematic music video that continues to build the universe of Ice Nine Kills. “Assault & Batteries” is the second single to be released from […]

Horror movies today are a lot more shocking and violent than they used to be. This push for increasingly gory films came about in slasher films from the ’70s and onward. While most people know classics such as Halloween, A Nightmare On Elm Street or Friday The 13th, it’s important to know the history of […]

We’re trying to be patient, but we just cannot wait for Netflix to release the third season of You.  In January, a third season was confirmed, and the streaming service teased its arrival in 2020. However, due to coronavirus shutting down production, Netflix revealed a new poster in July with Joe Goldberg, stating that season […]

When APTV Director Bobby Makar asked Spencer Charnas what his favorite scary movie is, he wasn’t setting up a bloodbath. Indeed, the Ice Nine Kills singer is a die-hard enthusiast of scary movies of all kinds. Horror films, splatter reels, you name it. If it bleeds, it feeds Charnas’ imagination to run wild in his […]

In his 1981 book Danse Macabre, legendary author Stephen King makes a potent defense for the kind of films that are often labeled “guilty pleasures.” “I’m no snob,” King writes, “and if you are, that’s your problem. In my business, if you lose your taste for good baloney, it’s time you got into some other […]

From the stories of O. Henry to The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror, the plot twist has long been a staple of storytelling. In horror movies, twists can either heighten the scares or provide an exit out of a lousy script. In the hands of a hack, a twist is merely a cheap shot. In […]

For nine seasons, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have packed American Horror Story with a variety of terrifying themes from across the spectrum of history and pop culture. Incorporating allusions to serial killers, historic mysteries, urban legends and film, the creative duo’s shotgun-blast approach to storytelling twists traditional horror tropes into innovative narratives that never […]

Oftentimes, some of our favorite Hollywood works come from a format that already exists: novels. From Bird Box to 1992’s Candyman, which has a 2020 Jordan Peele adaptation on the way, some classic works of horror originally started as a novel before their film adaptations. Check out 10 horror novels that were turned into fantastic […]

As much as we enjoy horror movies, there are some tropes that are beyond overplayed in the genre. When writers come up with good ideas, they can be copied endlessly until they become exhausting and cringeworthy to see. Yet, they continue popping up in the movies that are meant to scare us.  These cliches should […]

Whether horror haters just don’t get the thrill of a good scare or they’ve bought into the longstanding attitude that the genre is junk exploitation for the maladjusted, they’re missing out on some of the most allegorical, insightful films in history. Horror fans, take heart, here’s your chance to bring a hater into the horde. […]

Over the years, horror films have created some of the most lasting characters in entertainment through terrifying viewers to the point where they’ll never forget the figure behind the madness. Everyone who watches scary movies has one character who’s etched into their brain, but some are clearly worse than others. Take a look below to […]

Horror movies are built to inspire fear in us, and while the actions carried out in the films are usually the thing meant to scare us, sometimes it can be the words the characters are saying. Whether it’s the villains striking fear in others or the protagonists saying all of the words the viewers are […]

Numerous minute details go into making a great horror movie. Costume design, makeup, lighting and color schemes can all make or break the next spooky blockbuster, but even if all these factors are accounted for, there’s one thing that can push the film into legendary territory. Admit it: It’s the blood, gore, screaming and slicing […]

Classic screeching violins. Prom murders set to a disco beat. Kickass electro-metal worthy of spins at some industrial-rock bar. No, it’s not a club club night in Cleveland (but dammit, it should be), but a small chunk of some of the sonic and visual delights represented in Blood On Black Wax, a new book that […]

Horror movies have covered every topic known to man, and we mean every topic. We mean, have you seen the movie Teeth? Our favorite gruesome, bloody and deranged films have perhaps caused some of us to develop fears of normal places and things. For example, the whole state of Connecticut is depicted as being full […]

It’s the spookiest time of the year again, and that means indulging in some of our favorite things more than usual—such as astrology and horror movies. Our favorite horror movies wouldn’t be the same without the iconic villains that freak us out. And with some careful research, we’ve found a terrifying way to describe anyone’s […]

It is no secret that Riverdale is jam-packed with pop culture references. Drawing inspiration from countless television shows, movies and comics is one of the many ways that Riverdale captures fans of so many different backgrounds and interests. With the show’s inspirations stemming back from the eras of the 1960s to today, there is no […]

Psycho Sometimes, a band’s strength is revealed not with a first big break, but in a persevering second—and That’s Outrageous! nail it. With only a hotly circulated demo recording to their name and not a single gig under their belt, the Poughkeepsie group was picked up by Rise Records in 2011. They released their debut […]