Really Awful Movies

Six Metal Musicians Acting in Horror Films

There are two things you might expect to scream like banshees — heavy metal screamers and well, banshees. Horror and metal share an affinity for the macabre and both frequently subject their audiences to unimaginable abuse (check out this toe-tapper Day 69 by the death metal band Decapitated) and both receive critical drubbings in the press. Metal’sContinue reading “Six Metal Musicians Acting in Horror Films”

A History of Horror Films: Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Why is the horror genre such a successful phenomenon? The Howling and Piranha director Joe Dante puts it bluntly: “they’re about how we cope with death.” Nightmares in Red, White and Blue describes how horror has mutated over time, but how it continues to reflect cultural fears and anxieties back to us. Offering a strictlyContinue reading “A History of Horror Films: Nightmares in Red, White and Blue”