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These are the 10 greatest final girls in horror movies
They are horror’s sole survivors—the women who take on deadly monsters, masked killers and terrifying aliens on their own terms. From Halloween’s Laurie Strode to Scream’s Sidney Prescott, the final girl has been a staple of horror movies since the early 1970s. An alternately empowering and problematic character, the final girl, as defined by author […]
Here are 20 horror remakes and sequels that live up to the original
Whether you love, loathe or merely try to ignore them, horror remakes, rehashes and sequels have been a cinematic fact of life since the earliest days of the medium. The trend of rebooting successful films has, for better and too often for worse, been a staple of the genre since its inception. Robert Louis Stevenson’s […]
QUIZ: How well do you know the origins of legendary slasher film villains?
Horror movies have created some of the most iconic characters and quotes etched into the history of cinema despite largely being ignored by snobby film buffs. From the terrifying presence of Michael Myers in Halloween to the gruesome gore-drenched scenes from the Saw franchise, history has been set by slasher films since they became a […]
A 'Nightmare On Elm Street' star worked on the original 'Halloween'
Well…this would be a killer pairing. We love a good crossover, and it appears that the horror community unknowingly got a major one between slasher icons Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers back in 1978…well, sort of. Read more: Could a new ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ movie happen? Before we officially reveal how this killer crossover happened, […]
Original Freddy Krueger is terrorizing TV one more time in "The Goldbergs"
It’s been 15 years since Robert Englund terrorized us all as Freddy Krueger in 2003’s Freddy Vs. Jason, but now the actor is back to reprise his iconic role in an upcoming Halloween episode of ABC’s The Goldbergs. Read more: FREDDY KRUEGER, ELVIRA, BEETLEJUICE MORE GET FUNKO POP! CEREAL ABC made the announcement this week that Englund would […]
A 'Nightmare on Elm Street' star helped Mark Hamill land his 'Star Wars' role
[Photo by: Freddy Krueger/New Line Cinema, Luke Skywalker/Lucasfilm] Who knew Freddy Krueger himself would help Mark Hamill land the role of a lifetime? Read more: The ‘It’ sequel reportedly has a title When Mark Hamill landed the gig as Luke Skywalker, nobody could have imagined the major impact that this moment would have on us all. […]
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