With slashers, there’s only so many ways to skin a cat (and don’t worry, no animals were harmed – that we know of – during the production of this blog post). Wrong Turn 2021 is a near-complete reworking of the hicksploitation “original,” for lack of a better phrase. After all, how original can a propertyContinue reading “Wrong Turn (2021)”
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Edge of the Axe
As horror movie weapon subject matter experts of sorts (see our acclaimed book, Death by Umbrella) we noticed a spate of axe killers in the genre. It’s perhaps a reflection of or a response to the pervasive references to axe-wielding maniacs on the loose in popular parlance, frequently by people who might not even beContinue reading “Edge of the Axe”
