We’re not superstitious, but we’ll take any excuse to watch some creepy movies! We do have Friday the 13th (HU DVD 859) if you’re feeling on the nose about it, but here are five very different alternate suggestions for your viewing pleasure this unlucky evening. Stoker (streaming): More tense than horrifying, Stoker is a stylish, unsettling, […]
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We Welcome the Adult Losers Club
I completely unexpectedly loved It last year, and I just found out that they cast the adults for the sequel! You can read about it here, and there are definitely…choices…that have been made…but like everyone on the planet, I’m super excited for Isaiah Mustafa as Mike!
Continue readingHorror films had another strong year
For all the jokes about 2016 being terrible, last year was in fact a year of horror – for film at least. As Slashfilm points out, 2016 had an unusually strong showing of horror movies of all stripes, and the site’s Jacob Hall attempted to break down what led to the genre’s success. Hall mentions […]
Continue readingThe new great directors of horror share their favorites
The horror genre has had a bit of a resurgence in the last few years – not the stereotypical jump-and-scare horror movies, but a wave of subtler, creeping horror like The Witch. All their filmmakers draw on a rich history of horror film for their personal style. So for a look into what the new […]
Continue readingHalloween nears! Check out our horror movie collection
Halloween weekend is but two weeks away, and like most film nerds, we’re ready for horror movie season. Because it would be weird to watch Halloween in April, right? Almost 100 years have passed since Nosferatu and some of the earliest feature-length horror films, and they’re still as terrifying as ever. If you’re looking for […]
Continue readingSee horror’s John Carpenter in DC… at a concert?
Master horror filmmaker John Carpenter is beloved for directing Halloween, They Live, and The Thing. Many people don’t know that he scored many of this movies as well. Carpenter composed the famous Halloween theme song, and since largely setting aside his film career, he has continue to dabble in the minimalist, terrifying synthesizer music that […]
Continue readingHitFix hunts for the top 100 horror movies
What is the greatest horror film of all time? Is that too broad? How about a top 10 or even a top 50? With enough aggregated stats and expert opinion, you can probably make a killer list of the best in the genre. The editors at HitFix have done just that, polling horror directors, writers, […]
Continue readingRIP Wes Craven, master of horror
We wanted to start this semester off with a list of all the exciting titles we added recently, but we first need to acknowledge the very sad death of Wes Craven, horror director and producer extraordinaire whose slasher films defined and later deconstructed the genre. Wes Craven is best known, of course, for his creation […]
Continue readingDare you plumb the depths of public domain horror?
Halloween is rapidly approaching (only 17 days away!) so our patrons are understandably checking out loads of horror films. [On a personal editorial note, I find it fantastic that there is an entire month dedicated to fear.] We’ve previously covered our horror collection on Pinterest, which is still the best resource for finding the various […]
Continue readingThis Just In: More scary movies!!
That’s right, just yesterday a few more spooky films were added to the Home Use Collection. Take one home this weekend. Also, don’t forget about the most recent entry about scary movies, which also links to other films that will be perfect to check out this Halloween weekend. Beetle Juice – HU DVD 9030 Masters […]
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