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Tag: Horror

Horror in fiction and film. What frightens a reader and why, the difference between dread and shock, and the craft that makes one land while the other wears off in a page.

A woman in dark clothing lies on a snow-covered Montreal street at night, a reversed crucifix visible around her neck.1970s

The Pyx (1973) Review

September 11, 2026

The Pyx (1973) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A Canadian film in which a woman falls from a Montreal balcony and the investigation runs backward through her last days, intercut, with Karen Black singing her own…

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A still from the 1982 film showing a man in dark clothing against a New York city background.1980s

The New York Ripper (1982) Review

September 11, 2026

The New York Ripper (1982) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Lucio Fulci made a giallo about a killer who murders women and quacks like a duck on the telephone. It was seized in Britain, refused certification…

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Jared Leto as Michael Morbius in vampire form, with pale skin and dark eyes, shot against a blue-grey nighttime setting.2020s

Morbius (2022) Review

September 11, 2026

Morbius (2022) rates 2 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A film assembled from a contractual obligation, released, mocked into a meme, re-released on the strength of the mockery, and rejected a second time. The most instructive failure of…

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Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg stand together in a desert landscape with zombies visible in the background. TITLE2000s

Zombieland (2009) Review

September 11, 2026

Zombieland (2009) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A road movie with four people, a list of survival rules rendered on screen, and Woody Harrelson looking for a Twinkie. It is very funny for eighty minutes and…

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Nicholas Hoult as R, a zombie in a tattered jacket, standing in profile with a blank expression. TITLE: Warm Bodies R zombie2010s

Warm Bodies (2013) Review

September 11, 2026

Warm Bodies (2013) rates 6 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A zombie romance narrated by the zombie, which is a better idea than it sounds and is executed with more wit than the premise deserves. It is also…

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A rotting zombie corpse in advanced decomposition, covered in dirt and decay, rising from the ground in a cemetery. TITLE1970s

Zombie (1979) / Flesh Eaters Review

September 11, 2026

Zombie (1979) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Lucio Fulci was hired to make an unauthorized sequel to Dawn of the Dead and made something older instead, closer to Caribbean voodoo horror than to Romero. It contains…

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Shaun stands in front of a pub with a zombie behind him, looking oblivious to the undead apocalypse unfolding around him.2000s

Shaun of the Dead (2004) Review

September 11, 2026

Shaun of the Dead (2004) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A comedy that works as an actual zombie film, which almost no parody manages, because Edgar Wright shot the horror straight and let the jokes come…

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