It’s a tale as old as the movies itself. Man does something stupid, or brilliant, or brilliantly stupid, and finds/discovers/invents/stumbles across a monster, and then spends the… Read more “Top 5 Creatures on the Loose Movies”
Top 5 Horror Movies of the 2010s
The “teens” saw a resurgence in horror (draw your own conclusions as to what in the zeitgeist might possibly have increased such an interest), bringing with it… Read more “Top 5 Horror Movies of the 2010s”
Top 5 Horror Movies of the 2000s
Y2K did not plunge us into a world of darkness and despair, much to the chagrin of all the people who’d gotten off of the grid in… Read more “Top 5 Horror Movies of the 2000s”
Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1990s
This decade, preceded by the plastic 1980s, and let down by the promise of peace that accompanied the end of the Cold War, was a cynical and… Read more “Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1990s”
Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1980s
Mullets, Synthesizers, and Day-Glo Swatches. Also, Dungeons & Dragons, Heavy Metal, and the ever-present threat of nuclear holocaust. It should come as no surprise that with all… Read more “Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1980s”
Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1970s
Cinema Verité. The death-throes of the studio system. Docu-dramas and New Age Woo conflated with UFOs, Bigfoot, The Loch Ness Monster, the Bermuda Triangle, the pyramids, the… Read more “Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1970s”
Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1960s
The sixties were a decade of extremes. The joys of The Beatles and the British Invasion, the wild, cool, and swingin’ excess of Frank Sinatra’s Ratpack, the… Read more “Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1960s”
Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1950s
Post-World War II, American tried desperately to return to normal. The problem was, 1940 was ten years ago, before the atomic bomb, secret Communists teenagers running amok,… Read more “Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1950s”
Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1940s
The 1940s found America engaged in the business of war, and for four and a half years, business was good. Then in 1945, all of the active… Read more “Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1940s”
Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1930s
This is the decade where movies officially came into their own, narratively speaking, with the advent of sound, and horror movies were right there from the beginning.… Read more “Top 5 Horror Movies of the 1930s”