Wicked Horror is the author of A Legacy of Fear: Remembering The Late Wendy Haley’s Work On ‘Fear Street Sagas’. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. R.L. Stine’s teen horror series Fear Street focused on the town of Shadyside as it was plagued by serial killers, ghosts, and monsters. Most of the people of Shadyside believe the hamlet was cursed by the Fear Family, who funded most of Shadyside’s development in the late 1800s. The charred remains of Simon Fear’s mansion are often mentioned in the main Fear Street books. F ..read more

Wicked Horror is the author of ‘Arcadian’ Boasts Terrifying Monsters of Our Own Making [Review]. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. The question of whether we’ve engineered our own demise by treating the planet like garbage hangs low over Arcadian, the sprightly and fitfully frightening new movie from director Benjamin Brewer and screenwriter Michael Nilon. The former has a co-writing credit on the enthralling, if needlessly convoluted, Netflix revenge flick Reptile, while the latter boasts several production credits o ..read more

Wicked Horror is the author of Five Horror Director Cameos You Probably Never Noticed. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. Many directors are fond of appearing in their own work in some capacity or another. Given there are plenty of people who aren’t entirely familiar with what their favorite directors look like, it’s easy to miss them when they appear onscreen. Even those who might be familiar with the various horror filmmakers could easily have overlooked their appearance in their own movies. Whatever the reason, here ..read more

Wicked Horror is the author of ‘The First Omen’ Goes There [Review]. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. The Omen and the franchise that follows is the horror series with the strangest history by a country mile, and also the nearest and dearest to my heart. The Omen has lived in the zeitgeist for almost fifty years now, and in my opinion, has the best premise in any horror movie ever, but is still not commonly treated as a franchise on par with other, more well-known horror franchises throughout the last fifty years. Od ..read more

Wicked Horror is the author of ‘Bag of Lies’ Director David Andrew James Talks Shooting That Shocking Box Scene and More [Exclusive]. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. Don’t talk to it. Don’t look at it. Don’t touch it. These three instructions are the only rules Matt had to follow when doing the ancient bag ritual in hopes of saving his wife’s life. What could possibly go wrong? In a horror movie, everything. This is the premise of David Andrew James’ new film, Bag of Lies, which was released this week by Epic Pictur ..read more

Wicked Horror is the author of Please Stop Using the Term ‘Elevated Horror’. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. The term ‘elevated horror’ has been frequently used in the last ten years. It refers to horror films that are thought-provoking, have deep commentary, and push artistic/cinematic boundaries. Examples include Robert Egger’s The Witch, Ari Aster’s Hereditary and Midsommar, and Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Us, and Nope. I really love all those films, but the notion that they are the best the horror genre has to offer ..read more

Wicked Horror is the author of Watch Out for a Cosplay Slasher Comic Book Set at the Colorado Festival of Horror. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. Some of the biggest names in horror — iconic actress Jamie Lee Curtis, the band GWAR, bestselling novelist R.L. Stine, screenwriter and film director Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination), musician Matthew Kiichi Heafy, actor Devon Sawa, and the characters from the cult horror film Deathgasm — will make cameo appearances in True Believers, a gripping and grisly new comic boo ..read more

Wicked Horror is the author of Why ‘Hellraiser II’ Is a Surrealist Nightmare. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. There was a lengthy period of time when Hellraiser II was considered one of the best horror sequels of all time. I’ll readily admit that I discovered it during that time and it probably colored my expectations of it, but I was blown away. I’ve always championed it as one of the best horror sequels out there. In recent years, it’s lost that acclaim. Even Hellraiser fans tend to lean on Bloodline and Inferno a ..read more

Wicked Horror is the author of Ten Horror Films Condemned by the Catholic Church. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. Growing up as a Southern Baptist (i.e., the kind of Christian that shows up to church hungover and 20 minutes late every Sunday morning), pretty much everything I knew about Catholic customs was culled from horror movies. If it wasn’t for films like The Omen and The Exorcist, I probably never would’ve found out what the “eucharist” or “mass” was as a kid; they sure as hell didn’t list those as vocab ..read more

Wicked Horror is the author of ‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2’ Is More of the Same [Review]. Wicked Horror is the internet's only horror fan site for free original horror movies, news, review & more. With the release of the new movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, we officially have not just one, but two splatter films where a feral Winnie the Pooh butchers, mutilates, and chops up dozens of innocent people (children included.) Many horror fans, including myself, are asking how we ended up here. When movie theaters closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, audiences switched to watchi ..read more