Horror Icons

5.0

IT: Chapter Two

September 7, 2019

This book-ending of King's mammoth novel further proves that some stories should remain on printed pages for the reader to envisage.

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by Sean Burton

8.0

7.6

Ring: 20th Anniversary Review

March 1, 2019

Curse be damned - Twenty years on and Hideo Nakata's landmark chiller continues to run, well, rings around the countless imitators that spawned from it.

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by Sean Burton

6.0

6.3

Forty years later, the supposed final showdown between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers is thirty minutes of a great redemption movie choked by an hour-long forgettable conventional slasher that lazily mimics the original.

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by Sean Burton

9.0

9.2

Halloween (1978)

October 10, 2018

With minimal blood or gore, Halloween is still one of the scariest films of all time thanks to its deliberate dread filled atmosphere and, of course, Michael Myers.

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by Sean Burton

5.0

4.2

The Predator

September 17, 2018

The hunt may have evolved, but Shane Black's The Predator is a regressive and unamusing misfire.

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by Sean Burton

7.0

Alien: Covenant

May 11, 2018

The Movie Bastard gives his reasons as to why he feels Alien: Covenant is a significant upgrade to Prometheus, but still dilutes a once great movie series.

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by The Movie Bastard

8.0

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

February 26, 2018

The Movie Bastard sinks his teeth into Francis Ford Coppola's sumptuous 1992 adaptation of the classic Bram Stoker novel, Dracula.

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by The Movie Bastard

6.0

Jigsaw

November 14, 2017

“This game is simple. The best ones are” Growls the voice of John Kramer, better known as the Jigsaw Killer, as two more of his victims are pitted against each other. It’s a sentiment which also sums up the eighth entry in the long-running franchise and while dubbing it ‘the best’ may be a stretch, it’s […]

by Sean Burton

Freddy vs. Jason: Exploring the Icons

October 21, 2015

Freddy vs. Jason: Exploring the Icons

In this special feature, Christopher Burton looks over the history of two iconic horror villains.

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by Christopher Burton

End of the line!