I’ll admit, I’m nervous whenever a book or short story is adapted to film. Double my trepidation when the source material is written by Stephen King. His work has spawned some of the best (The Shawshank Redemption) and worst (The Lawnmower Man) films in history. When director Gerard Lough (Stolen Wings) told me he had [...]

The 1st Annual Oklahoma Horror Film Festival, to be held Labor Day Weekend (Sept 3-5, 2010) at the SpiritBank Event Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is accepting entries of screenplays, films, and more. The festival is competitive, with approximately 50-60 films screened and will host a variety of workshops and panels covering various aspects of the [...]

Principal photography began Monday on Let Me In, writer/director Matt Reeves’ adaptation of the Swedish horror film, Let the Right One In. Shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Reeves (who directed Cloverfield) noted that while the new film will pay respect to the original Swedish version, they intend to forge a unique identity for Let Me [...]

Watching writer/director Ti West’s new horror film The House of the Devil is like going back in time. By setting the story in the 1980s, West gets a chance to fill his film with the clichéd moments of that era, including hairstyles, clothing, and the portable cassette player. More importantly, he has set this story [...]

It should come as no surprise that when it comes to the quintessential Halloween experience, people prefer watching a scary movie more than any other activity. (It should come as even less of a surprise that this “finding” was the result of a poll sponsored by Redbox.) The 2009 Redbox “Halloween Thrillers” survey was conducted [...]