If you watched The Rite’s trailer, you might have expected to watch typical exorcism movie in the mold of Exorcist or even the recently released The Last Exorcism. But, when you dive into the actual movie information, it clearly states that it’s based on a true event. The claim of true event relating to exorcism will probably put some doubts in … [Read more...]

At a first glance, it’s easy to dismiss 28 Days Later as just another zombie horror fest. The gore and zombies are present in the movie. However, one of the most startling and striking scene in the movie is the London devoid of its population. Danny Boyle does well to elevate this film from a mere horror movie to a great cinema. There are biting … [Read more...]

Lately, the horror scene has been dominated by slasher remakes and Asian horror film remakes. Let the right one in is a breath of fresh air in somewhat stale horror genre. The Swedish film was directed by Tomas Alfredson and adapted from John Ajvide’s book. The film takes conventional vampire/romance film and adds a twist in the form of coming of … [Read more...]

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Dracula is one of the finest modern horror films. The film plays the “what if” Vlad the Impaler was real and survived to the setting in the film. The character Dracula is based on a real person, Vlad Tepes, who was a 15th century warlord. He supposedly drank the blood of his victims after they were killed. He … [Read more...]

If you have not watched Event Horizon in recent years, you might be surprised to learn that it was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Most of us are familiar with Paul Anderson's Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat, and Alien versus Predator movies. And, most impression would be that those movies are fairly terrible at best. Only Resident Evil might be … [Read more...]

George A. Romero is known for one thing, the zombie movies. If you're a horror fan, you are well aware of his Dead series involving zombies. It would not be a stretch to say Romero invtented the zombie movie genre that has been copied many times over past decades. Even if you don't know who Romero is, there is good chance that you have watched one … [Read more...]