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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 […]

The ’80s were the golden age of the slasher movie. Cinematic killers such as Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Chucky became pop culture icons, thanks to endless sequels filled with bloody effects, imaginative kills and bigger and bigger body counts. As the new wave of horror crested, masked murderers and supernatural slayers replaced Dracula and […]

To horror fans, these names are sacred: Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Leatherface. They’re the cinematic slashers who replaced Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and the Wolfman in the pantheon of movie monsters. They ushered in an arguably less refined, more violent and definitely bloodier approach in the 1970s and ’80s. No doubt, they’ve earned their […]