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[description] => The internet used to come in the mail. You?d get those AOL sample CDs, load them on your bulky desktop, wait for your sister to get off the phone, suffer an endless stream of scree-oops and static, and boom, twenty minutes later, you were connected: a world of GeoCities and LiveJournals at your fingertips. Ah, ... Read more
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The internet used to come in the mail.
You?d get those AOL sample CDs, load them on your bulky desktop, wait for your sister to get off the phone, suffer an endless stream of scree-oops and static, and boom, twenty minutes later, you were connected: a world of GeoCities and LiveJournals at your fingertips.
Ah, the good old days.
Being a teenage girl online in the 90s and early 00s was wild. We had embarrassing screennames and bedazzled profiles with cheesy inspirational quotes, most likely surrounded by a collection of stars and swoopy digital symbols. We organized our buddy lists into meticulous friend groups?a hierarchy determined by who we were speaking to the most that week?and we did all of this while sporting blue eyeshadow and butterfly clips like it was our job.
Trends are cyclical, of course, so I?m not about to bash my questionable fashion choices, but as I stroll through the Target racks desperately searching for a shirt that?s not skin tight or cropped for my eight-year-old daughter, I can?t help but wonder if things have really changed that much since we said goodbye to chatrooms and dial-up. We livestream our outings and post food photos instead of angsty away messages, but the underbelly that made social media what it is today is still alive and well. Catfishing. Bullying. External pressures to conform to archaic beauty standards.
I?d argue that the era of As Ifs and What?s Your Favorite Scary Movies never ended.
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From reboots to revivals of sitcoms to the resurgence of boybands, it seems like we just?couldn?t let go. And sure, every generation wraps the past in a golden film of happiness, but there?s something different about 90s nostalgia?an edginess missing from the doo-wops of yore?and as I started writing Chloe Cates Is Missing, I asked myself how I could use that edge to explore the very real fears we have about social media today. Why does this neon-colored flashback create the perfect background for an of-the-moment thriller?
Part of it is undoubtedly the charm. We remember what relationships were like before friend requests and poking wars, when origami notes were a necessary life skill and going to the mall elicited an excitement that rivals taking a selfie with Chris Hemsworth. Unchaperoned, by the way, since?as many of my characters point out?this was also a time when we went out with our friends and weren?t expected home until the streetlights came on.
We also saw firsthand how addicting it could be to be connected. I lost count of how many hours I spent IMing (which feels totally wrong to type; when did DM become the norm?) when I was supposed to be sleeping. Being online opened many doors. Not all of them were good.
I was raised in a pop culture environment that built the Mean Girl. Not that there haven?t always been mean girls?I?m looking at you, infamous locker scene in Carrie?but this particular brand of MG outlasted them all: beautiful. Shallow. Popular. Rich. Thin. Sweet to people?s faces but cruel behind their backs, especially her Weird Girl counterpart/mortal enemy (who miraculously became Hot Girl? when she took off her glasses or slapped on some lip gloss, but that?s a discussion for another day). For years, I thought having a choreographed dance-off was an actual thing that happened at prom. Don?t roll your eyes at me; like I said, the 90s were wild. In a less cinematic sense, she was the one spreading rumors about you to everyone in her buddy list. Taking embarrassing pictures of you on her flip phone and circulating them around school. I?m glad we didn?t have smart phones. Or Twitter.
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Unfortunately for my characters, this is not the case.
Chloe Cates Is Missing focuses on an Insta-famous family and the search for their missing daughter. Jennifer, Chloe?s mother and momager extraordinaire, is a product of this 90s-era edge: shaped by the mean girl mentality and driven by her need to have likes and be liked. Chloe, on the other hand, doesn?t struggle with popularity, at least not online. She?s never known a world that existed outside of social media, but she daydreams about what her life would be like if she weren?t under the public spotlight.
Her carefully curated image is a sensational success, and Jennifer is determined to keep it that way.
And the truth is, even if I loathe her character and the choices she makes, I kind of understand the urge.
Even as I write this, I take mini breaks, aimlessly double-tapping cute pictures of dogs and snowy landscapes (and probably a gif or two of Jensen Ackles; I?m only human). It?s so ridiculously easy to get lost in the scroll, to feel like we know the person on the other side of the screen and deserve the inside scoop, and that?s the scary part. I love social media. And I hate social media. I want to share the things that make me happy, but I also want to throw my phone into the garbage when I read through some of the truly astounding comments people are capable of spewing.
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We don?t need Instagram, but shut it down for three hours and watch the collective digital community go into apocalypse mode. What are we supposed to do to have actual conversations, call each other? Sure, let me just load Dawson?s Creek on Netflix while I dig out my landline from the box of artifacts I keep in the basement.
The horror.
This gray area presents a breeding ground of genre-loving fear. Am I sharing too much? Am I obsessed? Is it even possible to set appropriate boundaries in a time when it?s stranger to not have a social footprint than have nine different handles and color-coded apps?
The answers may get lost in the hashtags, but what a way to go.
***
We would like to thank the author of this write-up for this incredible material
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[summary] => The internet used to come in the mail. You?d get those AOL sample CDs, load them on your bulky desktop, wait for your sister to get off the phone, suffer an endless stream of scree-oops and static, and boom, twenty minutes later, you were connected: a world of GeoCities and LiveJournals at your fingertips. Ah, ... Read more
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The internet used to come in the mail.
You?d get those AOL sample CDs, load them on your bulky desktop, wait for your sister to get off the phone, suffer an endless stream of scree-oops and static, and boom, twenty minutes later, you were connected: a world of GeoCities and LiveJournals at your fingertips.
Ah, the good old days.
Being a teenage girl online in the 90s and early 00s was wild. We had embarrassing screennames and bedazzled profiles with cheesy inspirational quotes, most likely surrounded by a collection of stars and swoopy digital symbols. We organized our buddy lists into meticulous friend groups?a hierarchy determined by who we were speaking to the most that week?and we did all of this while sporting blue eyeshadow and butterfly clips like it was our job.
Trends are cyclical, of course, so I?m not about to bash my questionable fashion choices, but as I stroll through the Target racks desperately searching for a shirt that?s not skin tight or cropped for my eight-year-old daughter, I can?t help but wonder if things have really changed that much since we said goodbye to chatrooms and dial-up. We livestream our outings and post food photos instead of angsty away messages, but the underbelly that made social media what it is today is still alive and well. Catfishing. Bullying. External pressures to conform to archaic beauty standards.
I?d argue that the era of As Ifs and What?s Your Favorite Scary Movies never ended.
Article continues after advertisement
From reboots to revivals of sitcoms to the resurgence of boybands, it seems like we just?couldn?t let go. And sure, every generation wraps the past in a golden film of happiness, but there?s something different about 90s nostalgia?an edginess missing from the doo-wops of yore?and as I started writing Chloe Cates Is Missing, I asked myself how I could use that edge to explore the very real fears we have about social media today. Why does this neon-colored flashback create the perfect background for an of-the-moment thriller?
Part of it is undoubtedly the charm. We remember what relationships were like before friend requests and poking wars, when origami notes were a necessary life skill and going to the mall elicited an excitement that rivals taking a selfie with Chris Hemsworth. Unchaperoned, by the way, since?as many of my characters point out?this was also a time when we went out with our friends and weren?t expected home until the streetlights came on.
We also saw firsthand how addicting it could be to be connected. I lost count of how many hours I spent IMing (which feels totally wrong to type; when did DM become the norm?) when I was supposed to be sleeping. Being online opened many doors. Not all of them were good.
I was raised in a pop culture environment that built the Mean Girl. Not that there haven?t always been mean girls?I?m looking at you, infamous locker scene in Carrie?but this particular brand of MG outlasted them all: beautiful. Shallow. Popular. Rich. Thin. Sweet to people?s faces but cruel behind their backs, especially her Weird Girl counterpart/mortal enemy (who miraculously became Hot Girl? when she took off her glasses or slapped on some lip gloss, but that?s a discussion for another day). For years, I thought having a choreographed dance-off was an actual thing that happened at prom. Don?t roll your eyes at me; like I said, the 90s were wild. In a less cinematic sense, she was the one spreading rumors about you to everyone in her buddy list. Taking embarrassing pictures of you on her flip phone and circulating them around school. I?m glad we didn?t have smart phones. Or Twitter.
Article continues after advertisement
Unfortunately for my characters, this is not the case.
Chloe Cates Is Missing focuses on an Insta-famous family and the search for their missing daughter. Jennifer, Chloe?s mother and momager extraordinaire, is a product of this 90s-era edge: shaped by the mean girl mentality and driven by her need to have likes and be liked. Chloe, on the other hand, doesn?t struggle with popularity, at least not online. She?s never known a world that existed outside of social media, but she daydreams about what her life would be like if she weren?t under the public spotlight.
Her carefully curated image is a sensational success, and Jennifer is determined to keep it that way.
And the truth is, even if I loathe her character and the choices she makes, I kind of understand the urge.
Even as I write this, I take mini breaks, aimlessly double-tapping cute pictures of dogs and snowy landscapes (and probably a gif or two of Jensen Ackles; I?m only human). It?s so ridiculously easy to get lost in the scroll, to feel like we know the person on the other side of the screen and deserve the inside scoop, and that?s the scary part. I love social media. And I hate social media. I want to share the things that make me happy, but I also want to throw my phone into the garbage when I read through some of the truly astounding comments people are capable of spewing.
Article continues after advertisement
We don?t need Instagram, but shut it down for three hours and watch the collective digital community go into apocalypse mode. What are we supposed to do to have actual conversations, call each other? Sure, let me just load Dawson?s Creek on Netflix while I dig out my landline from the box of artifacts I keep in the basement.
The horror.
This gray area presents a breeding ground of genre-loving fear. Am I sharing too much? Am I obsessed? Is it even possible to set appropriate boundaries in a time when it?s stranger to not have a social footprint than have nine different handles and color-coded apps?
The answers may get lost in the hashtags, but what a way to go.
***
We would like to thank the author of this write-up for this incredible material
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[description] => Some of the best horror films from the 1940s came out of RKO and were produced by Val Lewton. He was known for letting the viewer imagine their own horrors instead of being explicit, keeping everything in the shadows. RELATED: 10 Universal Monster Movies That Hammer Perfectly Re-Envisioned The Universal monsters were still shambling along, with ... Read more
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Some of the best horror films from the 1940s came out of RKO and were produced by Val Lewton. He was known for letting the viewer imagine their own horrors instead of being explicit, keeping everything in the shadows.
RELATED: 10 Universal Monster Movies That Hammer Perfectly Re-Envisioned
The Universal monsters were still shambling along, with the Wolf Man being added to the cast in 1941, but the series was running out of ideas and going somewhat stale. There might have been too many horrors in the world at the time for the monsters to keep up.
10 The Wolf Man (1941)
In The Wolf Man, Lawrence Talbot has returned to his ancestral home in Wales to reconnect with his family after years away. As he is settling in and falling for a young woman, he’s attacked by a wolf at night. Soon he discovers he was attacked not by a wolf, but by a werewolf. That night, he transforms into a Wolf Man and is now cursed for life.
This is one of Universal’s most atmospheric horror films, full of fog and the howls of wolves. Lon Chaney Jr., son of the silent film legend, stars as Talbot/Wolf Man, the part that made him a star. Bela Lugosi, arguably the best Dracula, plays the Gyspy fortune teller that transformed into a wolf, biting Talbot. Claude Raines plays the senior Talbot with his usual talent and style. This is a true horror classic.
9 Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Bud and Lou are two freight handlers, Chic and Wilber, tasked with delivering two very large man-sized crates to the new horror exhibit. They turn out to contain Dracula and Frankensteins’ monster. Dracula escapes, planning to put Wilber’s newer brain into the monster to fully revive him. Larry Talbot arrives to warn them but transforms into the Wolf Man before he can.
RELATED: 10 Other Universal Monsters That Should Get A Horror Reboot
The monsters are together again, with Lugosi back as Dracula for the first time since the original 1931 film. This is one of the best of the Universal monsters movie series and everything about it works. The monsters are treated with respect, not as jokes, the comedy is hilarious and the interplay between Bud, Lou, and the creatures are both frightening and funny. This started a series of horror comedies, with Bud and Lou “meeting” even more monsters.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY
8 Isle Of The Dead (1945)
7 Curse Of The Cat People (1944)
The heroine of the first movie died at the end, but she’s back as a ghost who befriends Amy, the daughter of her ex-husband and his new wife. The girl also makes friends with Julia Farren, an aging and near-forgotten Broadway actress who is estranged from her own daughter.
RELATED: 10 Ways Benicio Del Toro’s The Wolfman Is Underrated
This is the sequel to 1942’s The Cat People from RKO, produced by Val Lewton with direction by Robert Wise. This film is mostly unrelated to the previous film and has less to do with actual horror than with loneliness and the pull of the past. Ann Carter as Amy the little girl is quite good and the film is well-acted overall, making it a deserving entry for anyone looking for the best horror of the decade.
6 Cat People (1942)
The Serbian national Irena Dubrovna arrives in NY and falls for Oliver Reed. They marry, even though she has reservations. She believes she is descended from an evil woman who turned into a panther when sexually aroused and killed her lover. She is afraid of intimacy and that she will kill her husband.
This is a film with a surprising sexual undertone for 1943. With Val Lewton films, the viewer usually doesn’t get to see an actual monster, so there is no one running around in a cat-person costume. The horror in The Cat People is more psychological, with terrors kept to the shadows and not explicit. There is an expectant unease about the film, with the horrors always just off-screen.
5 The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945)
Dorian Gray is a beautiful young man, much praised for his looks and purity. While getting his portrait painted, he meets the wastrel, Lord Henry Wotton. Lord Henry corrupts Dorian telling him to seek only pleasure in life. As he gives in to the corruption, Dorian finds those around him age, but he never does, maintaining his youth. He slowly realizes that his portrait has taken on all the foulness his life has become and that he has lost his soul.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s classic tale of the corruption of a young man and the cruel aftermath he leaves in his wake. George Sanders is great here, playing an even more explicit version of his usual cad. Angela Lansbury plays Dorian’s wife, whom he drives to take her own life, and her performance is heartbreaking. This is Hurd Hatfield’s second film and he’s very good and gets better as he turns evil.
4 The Seventh Victim (1943)
Mary Gibson is forced to leave her school when her sister disappears. Traveling to New York to look for her, she finds her sister was involved in a satanic cult that is now pursuing the sister for exposing them.
This is a grim thriller with a surprising satanic bent for a film from the ’40s. The Seventh Victim is more film noir than true horror and has an atmosphere that is intensely creepy. The cult presented here is made even more unsettling by how calm and reasonable they seem. The viewer and the main character only slowly realize what is happening, and then it’s too late.
3 Dead Of Night (1945)
Dead of Night centers around a group of guests that are invited to an English manor house. An architect has been asked there to look at proposed renovations but seems to know all the guests at the manor, even though they’ve never met, and he can also predict what will happen next. The guests each tell a tale of supernatural horror.
What follows is are five tales of terror told by guests, including the most famous one, “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy.” It stars Michael Redgrave as a ventriloquist convinced that his dummy may actually be alive. The ultimate reveal of the architect’s nightmare is chilling and was innovative at the time, proving highly influential to later British horror.
2 I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
Betsy, a young nurse, comes to the West Indies to help a plantation manager care for his wife, Jessica. Jessica had suffered a fever and now is in a trance-like state no one can snap her out of. Even though she has fallen for Paul, Betsy is determined to bring Jessica out of her trance, even if she has to use “voodoo” to do it.
RELATED: 10 Other Universal Monsters That Should Get A Horror Reboot
I Walked With A Zombie is another from Producer Val Lewton, set in the West Indies, and it has been called the zombie Jane Eyre for its love triangle plot. Despite many elements of the film not aging well, the film is truly eerie, with a genuinely frightening zombie. There’s even a sister folk singer that shows up to sing a threatening song to the main character.
1 The Body Snatcher (1945)
Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane runs a medical school in Edinburgh in 1831. The school is doing well, except for one thing, it has a lack of bodies for dissection. He hires a resurrectionist, John Gray, to supply him with corpses. When Gray runs out of the freshly dead, he makes his own.
The story of Burke and Hare is a famous one, and here they’re combined into a character played by the best Frankenstein, Boris Karloff. Karloff is great, as the sneering, arrogant cabman/body snatcher with a hold over the doctor, and Bels Lugosi is also very good as the doctor’s dim assistant, Joseph.
NEXT: 10 Universal Classic Monster Movies, Ranked
Next 10 Star Wars Legends Characters That Deserve Screen Time
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[summary] => Some of the best horror films from the 1940s came out of RKO and were produced by Val Lewton. He was known for letting the viewer imagine their own horrors instead of being explicit, keeping everything in the shadows. RELATED: 10 Universal Monster Movies That Hammer Perfectly Re-Envisioned The Universal monsters were still shambling along, with ... Read more
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Some of the best horror films from the 1940s came out of RKO and were produced by Val Lewton. He was known for letting the viewer imagine their own horrors instead of being explicit, keeping everything in the shadows.
RELATED: 10 Universal Monster Movies That Hammer Perfectly Re-Envisioned
The Universal monsters were still shambling along, with the Wolf Man being added to the cast in 1941, but the series was running out of ideas and going somewhat stale. There might have been too many horrors in the world at the time for the monsters to keep up.
10 The Wolf Man (1941)
In The Wolf Man, Lawrence Talbot has returned to his ancestral home in Wales to reconnect with his family after years away. As he is settling in and falling for a young woman, he’s attacked by a wolf at night. Soon he discovers he was attacked not by a wolf, but by a werewolf. That night, he transforms into a Wolf Man and is now cursed for life.
This is one of Universal’s most atmospheric horror films, full of fog and the howls of wolves. Lon Chaney Jr., son of the silent film legend, stars as Talbot/Wolf Man, the part that made him a star. Bela Lugosi, arguably the best Dracula, plays the Gyspy fortune teller that transformed into a wolf, biting Talbot. Claude Raines plays the senior Talbot with his usual talent and style. This is a true horror classic.
9 Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Bud and Lou are two freight handlers, Chic and Wilber, tasked with delivering two very large man-sized crates to the new horror exhibit. They turn out to contain Dracula and Frankensteins’ monster. Dracula escapes, planning to put Wilber’s newer brain into the monster to fully revive him. Larry Talbot arrives to warn them but transforms into the Wolf Man before he can.
RELATED: 10 Other Universal Monsters That Should Get A Horror Reboot
The monsters are together again, with Lugosi back as Dracula for the first time since the original 1931 film. This is one of the best of the Universal monsters movie series and everything about it works. The monsters are treated with respect, not as jokes, the comedy is hilarious and the interplay between Bud, Lou, and the creatures are both frightening and funny. This started a series of horror comedies, with Bud and Lou “meeting” even more monsters.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY
8 Isle Of The Dead (1945)
7 Curse Of The Cat People (1944)
The heroine of the first movie died at the end, but she’s back as a ghost who befriends Amy, the daughter of her ex-husband and his new wife. The girl also makes friends with Julia Farren, an aging and near-forgotten Broadway actress who is estranged from her own daughter.
RELATED: 10 Ways Benicio Del Toro’s The Wolfman Is Underrated
This is the sequel to 1942’s The Cat People from RKO, produced by Val Lewton with direction by Robert Wise. This film is mostly unrelated to the previous film and has less to do with actual horror than with loneliness and the pull of the past. Ann Carter as Amy the little girl is quite good and the film is well-acted overall, making it a deserving entry for anyone looking for the best horror of the decade.
6 Cat People (1942)
The Serbian national Irena Dubrovna arrives in NY and falls for Oliver Reed. They marry, even though she has reservations. She believes she is descended from an evil woman who turned into a panther when sexually aroused and killed her lover. She is afraid of intimacy and that she will kill her husband.
This is a film with a surprising sexual undertone for 1943. With Val Lewton films, the viewer usually doesn’t get to see an actual monster, so there is no one running around in a cat-person costume. The horror in The Cat People is more psychological, with terrors kept to the shadows and not explicit. There is an expectant unease about the film, with the horrors always just off-screen.
5 The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945)
Dorian Gray is a beautiful young man, much praised for his looks and purity. While getting his portrait painted, he meets the wastrel, Lord Henry Wotton. Lord Henry corrupts Dorian telling him to seek only pleasure in life. As he gives in to the corruption, Dorian finds those around him age, but he never does, maintaining his youth. He slowly realizes that his portrait has taken on all the foulness his life has become and that he has lost his soul.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde’s classic tale of the corruption of a young man and the cruel aftermath he leaves in his wake. George Sanders is great here, playing an even more explicit version of his usual cad. Angela Lansbury plays Dorian’s wife, whom he drives to take her own life, and her performance is heartbreaking. This is Hurd Hatfield’s second film and he’s very good and gets better as he turns evil.
4 The Seventh Victim (1943)
Mary Gibson is forced to leave her school when her sister disappears. Traveling to New York to look for her, she finds her sister was involved in a satanic cult that is now pursuing the sister for exposing them.
This is a grim thriller with a surprising satanic bent for a film from the ’40s. The Seventh Victim is more film noir than true horror and has an atmosphere that is intensely creepy. The cult presented here is made even more unsettling by how calm and reasonable they seem. The viewer and the main character only slowly realize what is happening, and then it’s too late.
3 Dead Of Night (1945)
Dead of Night centers around a group of guests that are invited to an English manor house. An architect has been asked there to look at proposed renovations but seems to know all the guests at the manor, even though they’ve never met, and he can also predict what will happen next. The guests each tell a tale of supernatural horror.
What follows is are five tales of terror told by guests, including the most famous one, “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy.” It stars Michael Redgrave as a ventriloquist convinced that his dummy may actually be alive. The ultimate reveal of the architect’s nightmare is chilling and was innovative at the time, proving highly influential to later British horror.
2 I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
Betsy, a young nurse, comes to the West Indies to help a plantation manager care for his wife, Jessica. Jessica had suffered a fever and now is in a trance-like state no one can snap her out of. Even though she has fallen for Paul, Betsy is determined to bring Jessica out of her trance, even if she has to use “voodoo” to do it.
RELATED: 10 Other Universal Monsters That Should Get A Horror Reboot
I Walked With A Zombie is another from Producer Val Lewton, set in the West Indies, and it has been called the zombie Jane Eyre for its love triangle plot. Despite many elements of the film not aging well, the film is truly eerie, with a genuinely frightening zombie. There’s even a sister folk singer that shows up to sing a threatening song to the main character.
1 The Body Snatcher (1945)
Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane runs a medical school in Edinburgh in 1831. The school is doing well, except for one thing, it has a lack of bodies for dissection. He hires a resurrectionist, John Gray, to supply him with corpses. When Gray runs out of the freshly dead, he makes his own.
The story of Burke and Hare is a famous one, and here they’re combined into a character played by the best Frankenstein, Boris Karloff. Karloff is great, as the sneering, arrogant cabman/body snatcher with a hold over the doctor, and Bels Lugosi is also very good as the doctor’s dim assistant, Joseph.
NEXT: 10 Universal Classic Monster Movies, Ranked
Next 10 Star Wars Legends Characters That Deserve Screen Time
About The Author
Tom Stewart (54 Articles Published)
Tom Stewart is an actor, playwright, and writer living in Seattle, WA.
More From Tom Stewart
We would love to say thanks to the author of this write-up for this incredible web content
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[description] => After much speculation about whether the Oscars would go host-less for the fourth year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to return to its host-having tradition with not one, but three of them: as Variety reports exclusively, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, and Regina Hall are going to guide us ... Read more
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After much speculation about whether the Oscars would go host-less for the fourth year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to return to its host-having tradition with not one, but three of them: as Variety reports exclusively, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, and Regina Hall are going to guide us through the event, which is set to take place on March 27.
The decision comes from an age-old problem regarding viewership: how to get more people tuning in for Hollywood?s most important night? In 2019, Kevin Hart withdrew stepped down as host just days before the event. Since then, the Oscars have gone hostless because it made a television event, which is long by its very nature, run a little shorter, which pleased audiences. However, the decision has not improved the ceremony?s ratings, so apparently, we?re going back to square one ? betting on viewer?s curiosity to check out how the trio of emcees will handle the challenge.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY
Sykes is a well-established comedian whose career has taken her to participate in several major comedy shows such as The Other Two, Black-ish, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and many others. Nominated at the Emmys 14 times, Sykes has hosted her own talk show and comedy specials, co-hosted a number of them, and guest-starred in several others. She is also the creator of the Netflix comedy The Upshaws, which was recently renewed for Season 2.
Image via Netflix
RELATED: ?Belfast? Director Kenneth Branagh Sets Oscars Record With Seven Nominations in Seven Categories
Amy Schumer rose to prominence after writing, producing, and starring in her sketch comedy show Inside Amy Schumer. Known for debunking female stereotypes built and perpetuated by movies and TV shows, Schumer made her feature film debut with hit comedy Trainwreck, which got her a WGA nomination. The multiple Emmy nominee has an upcoming series, Life & Beth, set to debut at Hulu in mid-March.
Hall became a fan-favorite of the Scary Movie franchise ever since debuting as Brenda back in the early aughts. Since then, she has starred in numerous comedy movies, including Death at a Funeral, Vacation, and the surprise hit Girls Trip. Recently, she joined the cast of Hulu?s Nine Perfect Strangers and Showtime?s Black Monday. She also stars in the dark comedy Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul, which received high praise earlier this year at Sundance.
This year?s Oscars ceremony is produced by Emmy winner Will Packer (Girls Trip), who was brought in to come up with different scenarios after last year?s botched ceremony. Packer?s main challenge is to make the Oscars as fun and charismatic as possible since it?s virtually impossible to rush the event ? who?s going to interrupt Frances McDormand from asking all the women in the room to stand up? The all-female trio of hosts might help make the ceremony dynamic and highly entertaining since Sykes, Hall, and Schumer are all great at improvisation, and a change in format might ease the pressure on each of them.
ABC broadcasts the Oscars on March 27. Check out the complete list of nominees here at Collider.
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[summary] => After much speculation about whether the Oscars would go host-less for the fourth year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to return to its host-having tradition with not one, but three of them: as Variety reports exclusively, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, and Regina Hall are going to guide us ... Read more
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After much speculation about whether the Oscars would go host-less for the fourth year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to return to its host-having tradition with not one, but three of them: as Variety reports exclusively, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, and Regina Hall are going to guide us through the event, which is set to take place on March 27.
The decision comes from an age-old problem regarding viewership: how to get more people tuning in for Hollywood?s most important night? In 2019, Kevin Hart withdrew stepped down as host just days before the event. Since then, the Oscars have gone hostless because it made a television event, which is long by its very nature, run a little shorter, which pleased audiences. However, the decision has not improved the ceremony?s ratings, so apparently, we?re going back to square one ? betting on viewer?s curiosity to check out how the trio of emcees will handle the challenge.
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Sykes is a well-established comedian whose career has taken her to participate in several major comedy shows such as The Other Two, Black-ish, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and many others. Nominated at the Emmys 14 times, Sykes has hosted her own talk show and comedy specials, co-hosted a number of them, and guest-starred in several others. She is also the creator of the Netflix comedy The Upshaws, which was recently renewed for Season 2.
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Amy Schumer rose to prominence after writing, producing, and starring in her sketch comedy show Inside Amy Schumer. Known for debunking female stereotypes built and perpetuated by movies and TV shows, Schumer made her feature film debut with hit comedy Trainwreck, which got her a WGA nomination. The multiple Emmy nominee has an upcoming series, Life & Beth, set to debut at Hulu in mid-March.
Hall became a fan-favorite of the Scary Movie franchise ever since debuting as Brenda back in the early aughts. Since then, she has starred in numerous comedy movies, including Death at a Funeral, Vacation, and the surprise hit Girls Trip. Recently, she joined the cast of Hulu?s Nine Perfect Strangers and Showtime?s Black Monday. She also stars in the dark comedy Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul, which received high praise earlier this year at Sundance.
This year?s Oscars ceremony is produced by Emmy winner Will Packer (Girls Trip), who was brought in to come up with different scenarios after last year?s botched ceremony. Packer?s main challenge is to make the Oscars as fun and charismatic as possible since it?s virtually impossible to rush the event ? who?s going to interrupt Frances McDormand from asking all the women in the room to stand up? The all-female trio of hosts might help make the ceremony dynamic and highly entertaining since Sykes, Hall, and Schumer are all great at improvisation, and a change in format might ease the pressure on each of them.
ABC broadcasts the Oscars on March 27. Check out the complete list of nominees here at Collider.
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[description] => It’s hard to knock classic films or films that have really resonated with people. However, absolutely no movie out there will be for everyone. Film is a form of art and art is of course always highly subjective. Most people know this but still, fans get protective over the reputation of their favorites. To put ... Read more
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It’s hard to knock classic films or films that have really resonated with people. However, absolutely no movie out there will be for everyone. Film is a form of art and art is of course always highly subjective. Most people know this but still, fans get protective over the reputation of their favorites.
To put it plainly, some beloved horror films are just overrated. Whether it’s down to how well they aged or to the substance of a film, it’s just the way it is and that’s okay. To be clear, no films on this list are blatantly badly made or going down in history as terrible movies. That being said, it’s likely not everyone feels they deserve the immense praise that they get.
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This is a big one, it’s important to a lot of people and is potentially the most loved movie on this list. Of course, viewing at the time of release or as a child would probably be very effective. Unfortunately upon rewatch, The Exorcist is mostly just pretty boring.
Often seen as one of the most disturbing films of all time, The Exorcist made waves when it was released. There were many stories of people fainting or vomiting in the cinemas, and it’s even rumored that the more intense scenes caused heart attacks and miscarriages in at least one case.
To give the film credit, its most famous scenes hold up very well, and they can be disturbing and scary. Linda Blair gives a stellar performance in the role of the young possessed child. It also deserves credit for its influence on the horror genre as a whole. However, this film is over two hours long. The majority of it is not spent with its most famous moments and the rest of it is somewhat lackluster.
Robert Eggers rose to prominence in 2015 with his film The Witch, a subtle and terrifying horror film that brought folk horror to the forefront. He came around again in 2019 with The Lighthouse, which is extremely divisive. While it has a really high score among critics and is undoubtedly beautifully made, it’s a strong style over substance situation.
The Lighthouse looks really stunning with its black-and-white coloring and nearly square aspect ratio. The scenery shots are beautiful, the acting is fantastic, and there are some haunting visuals. But what about a story to get invested in? Ultimately, while there is somewhat of an underlying story, it doesn’t stand out as much as the technical filmmaking aspects. It makes the movie kind of boring, and hard to get invested in if the viewer isn’t only there for the pretentious aspects.
James Wan is a brilliant horror creator, and probably the most important horror director to come out of this century. It feels like everything he does turns to gold. After the success of Saw and Insidious, he really ignited the haunted house genre again with The Conjuring.
This film is a solid watch with some terrifying moments and its ties to real people and allegedly real events are interesting. With that being said, there are too many problems with The Conjuring Universe as a whole and its source material to fully get behind this movie anymore. The quality of this franchise has really declined since its first few additions, and more problematic information has come out about Ed and Lorraine Warren as well as the cases they worked on.
It also hasn’t aged massively well because this film now reads as a little generic. While that might not be the fault of the film as it is one that reinvigorated a genre, the market is now so saturated it doesn’t seem too enticing to go back to The Conjuring.
This will be controversial because Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is so often seen as somewhat of the birth of modern horror. Groundbreaking at the time and iconic in some short moments, it doesn’t necessarily hold up the way it should for new viewers.
The shower scene is absolutely incredible and chilling. The big reveal is also still very effective. There are also of course some plot points that went on to set horror trends and really caught audiences off guard. Was Psycho the first mainstream slasher? Many would say yes. However, it’s kind of hard to get into this film.
It’s very rare for people to go into Psycho knowing nothing because it’s so iconic. Unfortunately, that means, it doesn’t usually end up being what new viewers expect– and often not in a good way. The pacing at the beginning is quite slow, to the point where it almost seems like a different movie altogether. It takes a long time to get to the parts viewers want to see, and it’s just not all that scary anymore.
2020’s Host is certainly not as well known or beloved as others on this list, but it did make more waves than one might think. It was released towards the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on horror streaming service Shudder and is filmed entirely on a Zoom call, which was relatable to people at the time (and probably still is today). It also holds the record as statistically the scariest film of all time, beating out Scott Derrickson’s Sinister.
Host doesn’t suck by any means, it’s a solid story with good characters and some decent scares. But to receive the level of praise and attention that it did feels more like a sign of the times than anything in hindsight. In reality, the film is a little generic and remains forgettable. It’s one that comes up in a lot of conversations about the best horror films in the last few years, but there doesn’t seem to be many reasons outside its timely setting. Ultimately, this one might not age very well.
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[summary] => It’s hard to knock classic films or films that have really resonated with people. However, absolutely no movie out there will be for everyone. Film is a form of art and art is of course always highly subjective. Most people know this but still, fans get protective over the reputation of their favorites. To put ... Read more
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It’s hard to knock classic films or films that have really resonated with people. However, absolutely no movie out there will be for everyone. Film is a form of art and art is of course always highly subjective. Most people know this but still, fans get protective over the reputation of their favorites.
To put it plainly, some beloved horror films are just overrated. Whether it’s down to how well they aged or to the substance of a film, it’s just the way it is and that’s okay. To be clear, no films on this list are blatantly badly made or going down in history as terrible movies. That being said, it’s likely not everyone feels they deserve the immense praise that they get.
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RELATED: 5 Nostalgic ’90s Kids Horror TV Shows
This is a big one, it’s important to a lot of people and is potentially the most loved movie on this list. Of course, viewing at the time of release or as a child would probably be very effective. Unfortunately upon rewatch, The Exorcist is mostly just pretty boring.
Often seen as one of the most disturbing films of all time, The Exorcist made waves when it was released. There were many stories of people fainting or vomiting in the cinemas, and it’s even rumored that the more intense scenes caused heart attacks and miscarriages in at least one case.
To give the film credit, its most famous scenes hold up very well, and they can be disturbing and scary. Linda Blair gives a stellar performance in the role of the young possessed child. It also deserves credit for its influence on the horror genre as a whole. However, this film is over two hours long. The majority of it is not spent with its most famous moments and the rest of it is somewhat lackluster.
Robert Eggers rose to prominence in 2015 with his film The Witch, a subtle and terrifying horror film that brought folk horror to the forefront. He came around again in 2019 with The Lighthouse, which is extremely divisive. While it has a really high score among critics and is undoubtedly beautifully made, it’s a strong style over substance situation.
The Lighthouse looks really stunning with its black-and-white coloring and nearly square aspect ratio. The scenery shots are beautiful, the acting is fantastic, and there are some haunting visuals. But what about a story to get invested in? Ultimately, while there is somewhat of an underlying story, it doesn’t stand out as much as the technical filmmaking aspects. It makes the movie kind of boring, and hard to get invested in if the viewer isn’t only there for the pretentious aspects.
James Wan is a brilliant horror creator, and probably the most important horror director to come out of this century. It feels like everything he does turns to gold. After the success of Saw and Insidious, he really ignited the haunted house genre again with The Conjuring.
This film is a solid watch with some terrifying moments and its ties to real people and allegedly real events are interesting. With that being said, there are too many problems with The Conjuring Universe as a whole and its source material to fully get behind this movie anymore. The quality of this franchise has really declined since its first few additions, and more problematic information has come out about Ed and Lorraine Warren as well as the cases they worked on.
It also hasn’t aged massively well because this film now reads as a little generic. While that might not be the fault of the film as it is one that reinvigorated a genre, the market is now so saturated it doesn’t seem too enticing to go back to The Conjuring.
This will be controversial because Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is so often seen as somewhat of the birth of modern horror. Groundbreaking at the time and iconic in some short moments, it doesn’t necessarily hold up the way it should for new viewers.
The shower scene is absolutely incredible and chilling. The big reveal is also still very effective. There are also of course some plot points that went on to set horror trends and really caught audiences off guard. Was Psycho the first mainstream slasher? Many would say yes. However, it’s kind of hard to get into this film.
It’s very rare for people to go into Psycho knowing nothing because it’s so iconic. Unfortunately, that means, it doesn’t usually end up being what new viewers expect– and often not in a good way. The pacing at the beginning is quite slow, to the point where it almost seems like a different movie altogether. It takes a long time to get to the parts viewers want to see, and it’s just not all that scary anymore.
2020’s Host is certainly not as well known or beloved as others on this list, but it did make more waves than one might think. It was released towards the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on horror streaming service Shudder and is filmed entirely on a Zoom call, which was relatable to people at the time (and probably still is today). It also holds the record as statistically the scariest film of all time, beating out Scott Derrickson’s Sinister.
Host doesn’t suck by any means, it’s a solid story with good characters and some decent scares. But to receive the level of praise and attention that it did feels more like a sign of the times than anything in hindsight. In reality, the film is a little generic and remains forgettable. It’s one that comes up in a lot of conversations about the best horror films in the last few years, but there doesn’t seem to be many reasons outside its timely setting. Ultimately, this one might not age very well.
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[description] => As new innovations in horror films continue to emerge, audiences are beginning to grow accustomed to images of gore and death. With directors like Jordan Peele and Ari Aster revolutionizing the genre, horror films are more popular than ever, thus making blood and guts a normal occurance on the big screen. Gore is morphing from ... Read more
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As new innovations in horror films continue to emerge, audiences are beginning to grow accustomed to images of gore and death. With directors like Jordan Peele and Ari Aster revolutionizing the genre, horror films are more popular than ever, thus making blood and guts a normal occurance on the big screen.
Gore is morphing from a taboo topic into something viewers have come to expect, especially in horror films. Crime scenes, disembodied heads, violent murders, all of these things are the new normal. People are watching characters in films get their heads split open from the comfort of their living rooms and not thinking twice about how abnormal that would?ve seemed less than 10 years ago.
A fourth year student at Sonoma State University, Nicole Jester, said, ?I am able to tell when the films are fake, however over the years filmmakers have gotten better at making it seem real. However, I am very sensitive to blood when I see it in person, but I have become enthralled in the thrilling violence horror films bring.?
Jester is a horror fanatic and would consider it to be one of her favorite genres. The genre seems to have built an almost cult following over the past few years, and nobody seems to mind the gore much anymore. Society is so used to seeing demonic activity, brutal murders, and blood on the big screen that people are not reflecting on how this exposure affects themselves. Desensitization is a scary thing because people are no longer reacting to violence and gore as once before.
An anonymous student said, ?When I was younger, I was very fearful of the gore and demonic activity typically shown in this genre of film, but when growing up my friends would force me to watch horror.?
This student also explained that they felt peer pressured into liking these films, because all of their friends liked horror movies. They said, ?I no longer think twice about the film after it?s over, it does not scare me anymore.?
Some films in the genre take gore to an almost comical level, and that?s another factor that contributes to desensitization. If the blood and guts aspect of a film is so over the top that it?s borderline laughable, people no longer take the concept seriously and wouldn?t blink twice at a disemboweled body on the screen in their living room.
Second year student Serena Hayes was very excited for the new Scream movie to come out, because this series is her favorite. She said, ?I want to be a mortician, and I attribute my fascination with forensic science to horror films because of all of the dead bodies I?ve seen.?
She understands that these movies are not real, but the interest with dead bodies emerged nonetheless. Hayes said, ?I know I am desensitized because of the comfort I feel working in this profession of how normal death has become from these films.?
People often do not think twice when they pass a bad car wreck or hear about a murder, because horror films have made it so common. It is too easy nowadays for people to consume violent media because of how prevalent society makes it, even college students are realizing this at a young age, early on in life.
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[summary] => As new innovations in horror films continue to emerge, audiences are beginning to grow accustomed to images of gore and death. With directors like Jordan Peele and Ari Aster revolutionizing the genre, horror films are more popular than ever, thus making blood and guts a normal occurance on the big screen. Gore is morphing from ... Read more
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As new innovations in horror films continue to emerge, audiences are beginning to grow accustomed to images of gore and death. With directors like Jordan Peele and Ari Aster revolutionizing the genre, horror films are more popular than ever, thus making blood and guts a normal occurance on the big screen.
Gore is morphing from a taboo topic into something viewers have come to expect, especially in horror films. Crime scenes, disembodied heads, violent murders, all of these things are the new normal. People are watching characters in films get their heads split open from the comfort of their living rooms and not thinking twice about how abnormal that would?ve seemed less than 10 years ago.
A fourth year student at Sonoma State University, Nicole Jester, said, ?I am able to tell when the films are fake, however over the years filmmakers have gotten better at making it seem real. However, I am very sensitive to blood when I see it in person, but I have become enthralled in the thrilling violence horror films bring.?
Jester is a horror fanatic and would consider it to be one of her favorite genres. The genre seems to have built an almost cult following over the past few years, and nobody seems to mind the gore much anymore. Society is so used to seeing demonic activity, brutal murders, and blood on the big screen that people are not reflecting on how this exposure affects themselves. Desensitization is a scary thing because people are no longer reacting to violence and gore as once before.
An anonymous student said, ?When I was younger, I was very fearful of the gore and demonic activity typically shown in this genre of film, but when growing up my friends would force me to watch horror.?
This student also explained that they felt peer pressured into liking these films, because all of their friends liked horror movies. They said, ?I no longer think twice about the film after it?s over, it does not scare me anymore.?
Some films in the genre take gore to an almost comical level, and that?s another factor that contributes to desensitization. If the blood and guts aspect of a film is so over the top that it?s borderline laughable, people no longer take the concept seriously and wouldn?t blink twice at a disemboweled body on the screen in their living room.
Second year student Serena Hayes was very excited for the new Scream movie to come out, because this series is her favorite. She said, ?I want to be a mortician, and I attribute my fascination with forensic science to horror films because of all of the dead bodies I?ve seen.?
She understands that these movies are not real, but the interest with dead bodies emerged nonetheless. Hayes said, ?I know I am desensitized because of the comfort I feel working in this profession of how normal death has become from these films.?
People often do not think twice when they pass a bad car wreck or hear about a murder, because horror films have made it so common. It is too easy nowadays for people to consume violent media because of how prevalent society makes it, even college students are realizing this at a young age, early on in life.
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[description] => In 1999, a well-written, perfectly acted, and fascinating horror movie was released. In Stir Of Echoes, Kevin Bacon played a regular guy named Tom Witzky who lives and works in Chicago. He’s happily married to Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and they share a son named Jake (Zachary David Cope). Everything seems to be well in his ... Read more
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In 1999, a well-written, perfectly acted, and fascinating horror movie was released. In Stir Of Echoes, Kevin Bacon played a regular guy named Tom Witzky who lives and works in Chicago. He’s happily married to Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and they share a son named Jake (Zachary David Cope). Everything seems to be well in his world… until Tom realizes that he has a connection to the supernatural that will change everything. And he just might be able to figure out a mystery that took place in his very neighborhood.
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While Stir Of Echoes has a big star in Kevin Bacon, it was released in September 1999, one month after a huge horror movie came out that definitely overshadowed it. Stir Of Echoes is an impressive, horror movie that suffered from bad timing.
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On August 6th, 1999, The Sixth Sense was released and it became a massive hit. The movie grossed $293,506,292 domestically, according to Box Office Mojo, and critics loved it. It has a 90% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes and 86% on the Tomatometer. The Sixth Sense received six Oscar nominations, which is definitely impressive. With one of the best horror movie twists ever, when it turns out that Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is really dead, it’s no wonder that this movie did so well with critics and audiences. Unfortunately for Stir Of Echoes, it’s also a horror movie about the supernatural, and it was released on September 10th, 1999, getting lost in the shadow of The Sixth Sense.
If The Sixth Sense and Stir Of Echoes hadn’t hit theaters around the same time, it’s easy to imagine that Stir Of Echoes would have made a bigger impression among horror fans. The story is definitely there: after Lisa, Maggie’s sister (Illeana Douglas), hypnotizes Tom, Tom realizes that he can see Samantha Kozac (Jennifer Morrison), a teenage girl from the area who went missing. Tom’s visions are fascinating and show that he can access another world besides this one.
The movie takes a compassionate approach to the missing girl trope. Tom wants to help find out what happened, and when he ends up finding Samantha’s body in the walls of a house in the neighborhood, he realizes that his instincts have been right all along. Tom learns that Kurt and Adam, two boys from the neighborhood, attempted to assault Samantha and then murdered her. It’s a horrible story that the movie doesn’t dwell on for too long.
In an interview with The A.V. Club, director David Koepp shared that while the book that Stir Of Echoes is adapted from is in California, Koepp thought that a Chicago setting would be better for the movie. Koepp explained, “I liked the working-class setting, so I tried to think of another city with older architecture and some working-class neighborhoods that I was personally familiar with. I grew up in Wisconsin, and my mother is from the South Side of Chicago. I liked the way Chicago looked, and I felt like I hadn’t seen a ghost story set in that kind of setting before.” This works well as Tom, Maggie, and the other families on the street just want a good, honest life and they are traumatized by the horror that took place in the neighborhood. It’s a nice, quiet block where bad things aren’t supposed to happen.
Stir Of Echoes is an underrated 1990s horror film and also shares some things in common with The Sixth Sense. Both movies feature main characters who feel a duty to solve a mystery and help people. They’re also tied to the spirit world and can see and hear things that others can’t. Both films also have child characters, as Haley Joel Osment became famous for portraying the role of Cole Sear. While Cole and Jake aren’t scary horror movie kids, they do make quite the impression. The movies also each have a famous actress playing a young adult character: Jennifer Morrison does a good job as Samantha in Stir Of Echoes and Mischa Barton famously played Kyra, a young girl whose mother poisoned her in The Sixth Sense.
Stir Of Echoes joins horror movies with endings that aren’t spelled out. While Tom and Maggie decide to move away, which is a great idea since this neighborhood has bad, creepy vibes, Jake can hear the static and sounds of the supernatural, suggesting that he will continue to see and hear strange things even when the family is in a new location. While there could have been a sequel, as it would be cool to follow Jake’s journey, the conclusion does feel right. If Stir Of Echoes had been released at another time, it definitely would have more fans. There’s a lot to appreciate here.
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[summary] => In 1999, a well-written, perfectly acted, and fascinating horror movie was released. In Stir Of Echoes, Kevin Bacon played a regular guy named Tom Witzky who lives and works in Chicago. He’s happily married to Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and they share a son named Jake (Zachary David Cope). Everything seems to be well in his ... Read more
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In 1999, a well-written, perfectly acted, and fascinating horror movie was released. In Stir Of Echoes, Kevin Bacon played a regular guy named Tom Witzky who lives and works in Chicago. He’s happily married to Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and they share a son named Jake (Zachary David Cope). Everything seems to be well in his world… until Tom realizes that he has a connection to the supernatural that will change everything. And he just might be able to figure out a mystery that took place in his very neighborhood.
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While Stir Of Echoes has a big star in Kevin Bacon, it was released in September 1999, one month after a huge horror movie came out that definitely overshadowed it. Stir Of Echoes is an impressive, horror movie that suffered from bad timing.
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On August 6th, 1999, The Sixth Sense was released and it became a massive hit. The movie grossed $293,506,292 domestically, according to Box Office Mojo, and critics loved it. It has a 90% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes and 86% on the Tomatometer. The Sixth Sense received six Oscar nominations, which is definitely impressive. With one of the best horror movie twists ever, when it turns out that Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is really dead, it’s no wonder that this movie did so well with critics and audiences. Unfortunately for Stir Of Echoes, it’s also a horror movie about the supernatural, and it was released on September 10th, 1999, getting lost in the shadow of The Sixth Sense.
If The Sixth Sense and Stir Of Echoes hadn’t hit theaters around the same time, it’s easy to imagine that Stir Of Echoes would have made a bigger impression among horror fans. The story is definitely there: after Lisa, Maggie’s sister (Illeana Douglas), hypnotizes Tom, Tom realizes that he can see Samantha Kozac (Jennifer Morrison), a teenage girl from the area who went missing. Tom’s visions are fascinating and show that he can access another world besides this one.
The movie takes a compassionate approach to the missing girl trope. Tom wants to help find out what happened, and when he ends up finding Samantha’s body in the walls of a house in the neighborhood, he realizes that his instincts have been right all along. Tom learns that Kurt and Adam, two boys from the neighborhood, attempted to assault Samantha and then murdered her. It’s a horrible story that the movie doesn’t dwell on for too long.
In an interview with The A.V. Club, director David Koepp shared that while the book that Stir Of Echoes is adapted from is in California, Koepp thought that a Chicago setting would be better for the movie. Koepp explained, “I liked the working-class setting, so I tried to think of another city with older architecture and some working-class neighborhoods that I was personally familiar with. I grew up in Wisconsin, and my mother is from the South Side of Chicago. I liked the way Chicago looked, and I felt like I hadn’t seen a ghost story set in that kind of setting before.” This works well as Tom, Maggie, and the other families on the street just want a good, honest life and they are traumatized by the horror that took place in the neighborhood. It’s a nice, quiet block where bad things aren’t supposed to happen.
Stir Of Echoes is an underrated 1990s horror film and also shares some things in common with The Sixth Sense. Both movies feature main characters who feel a duty to solve a mystery and help people. They’re also tied to the spirit world and can see and hear things that others can’t. Both films also have child characters, as Haley Joel Osment became famous for portraying the role of Cole Sear. While Cole and Jake aren’t scary horror movie kids, they do make quite the impression. The movies also each have a famous actress playing a young adult character: Jennifer Morrison does a good job as Samantha in Stir Of Echoes and Mischa Barton famously played Kyra, a young girl whose mother poisoned her in The Sixth Sense.
Stir Of Echoes joins horror movies with endings that aren’t spelled out. While Tom and Maggie decide to move away, which is a great idea since this neighborhood has bad, creepy vibes, Jake can hear the static and sounds of the supernatural, suggesting that he will continue to see and hear strange things even when the family is in a new location. While there could have been a sequel, as it would be cool to follow Jake’s journey, the conclusion does feel right. If Stir Of Echoes had been released at another time, it definitely would have more fans. There’s a lot to appreciate here.
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[description] => Love can drive people to do the most foolish things. This is especially true when that love is unhealthy, ensuring the relationship was doomed from the start. Of course there is no stopping someone who is so determined to possess the object of their affection; they cross moral lines and break more than hearts. As ... Read more
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Love can drive people to do the most foolish things. This is especially true when that love is unhealthy, ensuring the relationship was doomed from the start. Of course there is no stopping someone who is so determined to possess the object of their affection; they cross moral lines and break more than hearts.
As evident in this set of horror stories from television, romance is nowhere to be found as the characters seek love in all the wrong places, or they find themselves on the receiving end of someone else?s sick infatuation. Cruelty, deceit and jealousy line these five distinct tales of deadly attractions from horror anthology television shows.
Night Gallery (1969-1973) The Caterpillar
Starting things off is a notable episode about unrequited love. The second season of Rod Serling?s Twilight Zone follow-up, Night Gallery, came to a close with one of the series? most warped stories. Even famed genre filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has nothing but kind words to say on the episode?s commentary track.
Jeannot Szwarc?s adaptation of Oscar Cook?s ?Boomerang? is set in Borneo during the rainy season. Laurence Harvey plays Steven Macy, a British expatriate staying at the secluded home of John Warwick (Tom Helmore) and his much younger wife, Rhona (Joanna Pettet). Steven, who cannot fathom why a beautiful twenty-something like Rhona is married to a man in his sixties, quickly turns lovesick. He then seeks help from a local named Tom Robinson (Don Knight); the handyman can have someone implant a deadly earwig in John?s ear canal. Unfortunately for Steven, a grave error is made.
Earwigs have a false reputation for consuming brains if they somehow reached the inside of someone?s ear. Since they cannot supposedly reverse themselves, earwigs would have no choice but to go forward in the canal until they reach the brain. Back in the day when this episode first aired, audiences were more likely to believe such a fearsome creature exists. The earwig is indeed real, but they certainly do not chow down on brains. Does any of this matter? Unless someone is a stickler for the details, this revelation has little bearing on the story. That goes to show how powerful ?The Caterpillar? really is.
Steven is done in by his own entitlement, and the consequences of his gross behavior catch up with him in the most horrifying manner. Much like the earwig, this episode?s twist stays on the brain.
Darkroom (1981-1982) Who?s There?
The short-lived horror anthology series Darkroom was hosted by James Coburn. It came and went with little attention, but there are some memorable stories to be found among the seven episodes aired. A segment from the finale fits the theme of soured romance.
?Who?s There?? is a short story wedged between two others; those being ?Exit Line? and ?The Rarest of Wines?. Here a concerned neighbor named Steve (Grant Goodeve) has the misfortune of hearing his neighbors, a married couple, argue every day in the apartment unit above his. Their quarreling is put on hold once the husband and wife (Michael Lembeck, Dianne Kay) leave town; Barry has an interview in Chicago, and Claire is visiting her mother. What should have been a break from the domestic din ends up being a night Steve will never forget after he hears a strange noise in the couple?s apartment.
The middle portion of Darkroom?s last episode stands out because of the mark it leaves behind. As it turns out, the noise heard upstairs is Barry returning early from his trip. Now he sits in his kitchen, waiting for Claire to come home as well. He confesses to his neighbor what ails his heart and marriage, and Steve does his best to fix things. The story then takes a turn that viewers might have suspected all along. Even so, ?Who?s There?? packs a big punch in spite of its small runtime.
This masterful episode is the combined work of director Paul Lynch and screenwriter Brian Clemens. Slasher fans recognize Lynch as the director of Prom Night, whereas ardent fans of British TV know Clemens from Thriller and The Avengers.
Grimm?s Fairy Tale Classics (1987-1989) Bluebeard
Fairy tales in their purest form are not known for having the most wholesome relationships when viewed through a modern lens. Knowing that, their themes and morals still hold up after all these years. Reaching those lessons, however, often involves a journey fraught with grisly imagery and bizarre plot turns.
The Brothers Grimm provided most of the source material for a late-1980s anime called Grimm Masterpiece Theater. When the series was dubbed into English, it was retitled Grimm?s Fairy Tale Classics. The English dub was considered all but lost until recently when Discotek Media restored and released the entire series. Now fans can relive this unique adaptation of their favorite fairy tales.
Even though Grimm?s Fairy Tale Classics is not primarily horror, anyone familiar with old fairy tales, fables and myths knows these stories have their scary moments. One such example is ?Bluebeard? (?Ao hi ge? in Japanese), a retelling of a famous French folktale. This anime interpretation sees a young woman named Josephine accepting the hand of a prince she has not even met. Her three brothers are wary and move their woodworking business closer to the prince?s castle so they can keep an eye on their sister. The prince, who is identified by his ?blue? beard, tests his new wife?s obedience by forbidding her to open a locked room while he is away. When Josephine defies his order, she makes a horrible discovery.
This early example of domestic horror boasts a warning about greediness while also telling women not to abide by patriarchal rules. Disobeying her husband at first welcomes danger and fear, yet later Josephine is free from Bluebeard?s control.
Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996) Loved to Death
The third season of HBO?s horror anthology classic Tales from the Crypt opened with ?Loved to Death?, a popular episode about one-sided love. The basis can be found in issue 25 of EC?s Tales from the Crypt, and it is based on John Henry Collier?s ?The Chaser?. A vintage adaptation of Collier?s short can be found in the classic Twilight Zone show.
?Loved to Death? shadows an aspiring screenwriter named Edward (Andrew McCarthy), who has developed an unshakable crush on his neighbor, Miranda (Mariel Hemingway). When Edward cannot win her heart the old-fashioned way, he accepts a love potion from the reclusive landlord (David Hemmings). What seems like a dream at first swiftly turns into a nightmare after Miranda becomes Edward?s insatiable lover.
The episode is regarded for its shocking ending, where Hemingway?s Miranda pursues Edward in the afterlife. Her gruesome visage, the result of jumping out the window upon Edward?s death, is unique to Tom Mankiewicz and Joe Minion?s version. This new aspect of the story underscores the fact that Edward never loved Miranda; he only loved her looks.
Stories like ?Loved to Death? leave a bad taste in the mouth, but Tales from the Crypt never had much interest in playing nice.
The Twilight Zone (2002-2003) Fair Warning
The 2002 The Twilight Zone has been disregarded by audiences and critics since it first aired, but looking back, the revival had value even if it never reached the great heights of the original series. What it lacked in groundbreaking insight it made up for in sheer entertainment.
Tina, Taryn Manning?s character in ?Fair Warning?, finds herself threatened by a stranger (Devon Gummersall) one night. The assailant, George, comes to Tina?s flower shop and says he is going to kill her unless she stops him. When the cops check the suspect out, alibis and a lack of physical evidence suggest the accuser is mistaken. Just as Tina starts to believe she is imagining everything, it becomes clear what is really going on here.
Although there is a shortage of doozies in this Twilight Zone, and a lot of other stories could be considered duds, ?Fair Warning? floats closer to the middle than the bottom. The episode is engaging if not ridiculous.
What helps make this one more enjoyable than others is its reveal at the end. Is it absurd? Yes. Is it original? Maybe. Stalker laws are frustrating enough without the offender having a supernatural edge.
Series of Frightsis a recurring column that mainly focuses on horror in television. Specifically, it takes a closer look at five episodes or stories ? each one adhering to an overall theme ? from different anthology series or the occasional movie made for TV. With anthologies becoming popular again, especially on television, now is the perfect time to see what this timeless mode of storytelling has to offer.
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[summary] => Love can drive people to do the most foolish things. This is especially true when that love is unhealthy, ensuring the relationship was doomed from the start. Of course there is no stopping someone who is so determined to possess the object of their affection; they cross moral lines and break more than hearts. As ... Read more
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Love can drive people to do the most foolish things. This is especially true when that love is unhealthy, ensuring the relationship was doomed from the start. Of course there is no stopping someone who is so determined to possess the object of their affection; they cross moral lines and break more than hearts.
As evident in this set of horror stories from television, romance is nowhere to be found as the characters seek love in all the wrong places, or they find themselves on the receiving end of someone else?s sick infatuation. Cruelty, deceit and jealousy line these five distinct tales of deadly attractions from horror anthology television shows.
Night Gallery (1969-1973) The Caterpillar
Starting things off is a notable episode about unrequited love. The second season of Rod Serling?s Twilight Zone follow-up, Night Gallery, came to a close with one of the series? most warped stories. Even famed genre filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has nothing but kind words to say on the episode?s commentary track.
Jeannot Szwarc?s adaptation of Oscar Cook?s ?Boomerang? is set in Borneo during the rainy season. Laurence Harvey plays Steven Macy, a British expatriate staying at the secluded home of John Warwick (Tom Helmore) and his much younger wife, Rhona (Joanna Pettet). Steven, who cannot fathom why a beautiful twenty-something like Rhona is married to a man in his sixties, quickly turns lovesick. He then seeks help from a local named Tom Robinson (Don Knight); the handyman can have someone implant a deadly earwig in John?s ear canal. Unfortunately for Steven, a grave error is made.
Earwigs have a false reputation for consuming brains if they somehow reached the inside of someone?s ear. Since they cannot supposedly reverse themselves, earwigs would have no choice but to go forward in the canal until they reach the brain. Back in the day when this episode first aired, audiences were more likely to believe such a fearsome creature exists. The earwig is indeed real, but they certainly do not chow down on brains. Does any of this matter? Unless someone is a stickler for the details, this revelation has little bearing on the story. That goes to show how powerful ?The Caterpillar? really is.
Steven is done in by his own entitlement, and the consequences of his gross behavior catch up with him in the most horrifying manner. Much like the earwig, this episode?s twist stays on the brain.
Darkroom (1981-1982) Who?s There?
The short-lived horror anthology series Darkroom was hosted by James Coburn. It came and went with little attention, but there are some memorable stories to be found among the seven episodes aired. A segment from the finale fits the theme of soured romance.
?Who?s There?? is a short story wedged between two others; those being ?Exit Line? and ?The Rarest of Wines?. Here a concerned neighbor named Steve (Grant Goodeve) has the misfortune of hearing his neighbors, a married couple, argue every day in the apartment unit above his. Their quarreling is put on hold once the husband and wife (Michael Lembeck, Dianne Kay) leave town; Barry has an interview in Chicago, and Claire is visiting her mother. What should have been a break from the domestic din ends up being a night Steve will never forget after he hears a strange noise in the couple?s apartment.
The middle portion of Darkroom?s last episode stands out because of the mark it leaves behind. As it turns out, the noise heard upstairs is Barry returning early from his trip. Now he sits in his kitchen, waiting for Claire to come home as well. He confesses to his neighbor what ails his heart and marriage, and Steve does his best to fix things. The story then takes a turn that viewers might have suspected all along. Even so, ?Who?s There?? packs a big punch in spite of its small runtime.
This masterful episode is the combined work of director Paul Lynch and screenwriter Brian Clemens. Slasher fans recognize Lynch as the director of Prom Night, whereas ardent fans of British TV know Clemens from Thriller and The Avengers.
Grimm?s Fairy Tale Classics (1987-1989) Bluebeard
Fairy tales in their purest form are not known for having the most wholesome relationships when viewed through a modern lens. Knowing that, their themes and morals still hold up after all these years. Reaching those lessons, however, often involves a journey fraught with grisly imagery and bizarre plot turns.
The Brothers Grimm provided most of the source material for a late-1980s anime called Grimm Masterpiece Theater. When the series was dubbed into English, it was retitled Grimm?s Fairy Tale Classics. The English dub was considered all but lost until recently when Discotek Media restored and released the entire series. Now fans can relive this unique adaptation of their favorite fairy tales.
Even though Grimm?s Fairy Tale Classics is not primarily horror, anyone familiar with old fairy tales, fables and myths knows these stories have their scary moments. One such example is ?Bluebeard? (?Ao hi ge? in Japanese), a retelling of a famous French folktale. This anime interpretation sees a young woman named Josephine accepting the hand of a prince she has not even met. Her three brothers are wary and move their woodworking business closer to the prince?s castle so they can keep an eye on their sister. The prince, who is identified by his ?blue? beard, tests his new wife?s obedience by forbidding her to open a locked room while he is away. When Josephine defies his order, she makes a horrible discovery.
This early example of domestic horror boasts a warning about greediness while also telling women not to abide by patriarchal rules. Disobeying her husband at first welcomes danger and fear, yet later Josephine is free from Bluebeard?s control.
Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996) Loved to Death
The third season of HBO?s horror anthology classic Tales from the Crypt opened with ?Loved to Death?, a popular episode about one-sided love. The basis can be found in issue 25 of EC?s Tales from the Crypt, and it is based on John Henry Collier?s ?The Chaser?. A vintage adaptation of Collier?s short can be found in the classic Twilight Zone show.
?Loved to Death? shadows an aspiring screenwriter named Edward (Andrew McCarthy), who has developed an unshakable crush on his neighbor, Miranda (Mariel Hemingway). When Edward cannot win her heart the old-fashioned way, he accepts a love potion from the reclusive landlord (David Hemmings). What seems like a dream at first swiftly turns into a nightmare after Miranda becomes Edward?s insatiable lover.
The episode is regarded for its shocking ending, where Hemingway?s Miranda pursues Edward in the afterlife. Her gruesome visage, the result of jumping out the window upon Edward?s death, is unique to Tom Mankiewicz and Joe Minion?s version. This new aspect of the story underscores the fact that Edward never loved Miranda; he only loved her looks.
Stories like ?Loved to Death? leave a bad taste in the mouth, but Tales from the Crypt never had much interest in playing nice.
The Twilight Zone (2002-2003) Fair Warning
The 2002 The Twilight Zone has been disregarded by audiences and critics since it first aired, but looking back, the revival had value even if it never reached the great heights of the original series. What it lacked in groundbreaking insight it made up for in sheer entertainment.
Tina, Taryn Manning?s character in ?Fair Warning?, finds herself threatened by a stranger (Devon Gummersall) one night. The assailant, George, comes to Tina?s flower shop and says he is going to kill her unless she stops him. When the cops check the suspect out, alibis and a lack of physical evidence suggest the accuser is mistaken. Just as Tina starts to believe she is imagining everything, it becomes clear what is really going on here.
Although there is a shortage of doozies in this Twilight Zone, and a lot of other stories could be considered duds, ?Fair Warning? floats closer to the middle than the bottom. The episode is engaging if not ridiculous.
What helps make this one more enjoyable than others is its reveal at the end. Is it absurd? Yes. Is it original? Maybe. Stalker laws are frustrating enough without the offender having a supernatural edge.
Series of Frightsis a recurring column that mainly focuses on horror in television. Specifically, it takes a closer look at five episodes or stories ? each one adhering to an overall theme ? from different anthology series or the occasional movie made for TV. With anthologies becoming popular again, especially on television, now is the perfect time to see what this timeless mode of storytelling has to offer.
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[description] => The Phantom of the Opera (2004) One of the great Gothic horror romances ever conceived for the page, Gaston Leroux?s The Phantom of the Opera novel from 1911, lived on to haunt the whole 20th century with various adaptations and chillers. But the best to set hearts aflutter?and then tear them asunder with glorious tragedy?is ... Read more
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The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
One of the great Gothic horror romances ever conceived for the page, Gaston Leroux?s The Phantom of the Opera novel from 1911, lived on to haunt the whole 20th century with various adaptations and chillers. But the best to set hearts aflutter?and then tear them asunder with glorious tragedy?is the rather gaudy 2004 big screen adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical.
It?s not the best film version of this tale (that would likely be the 1925 silent classic starring Lon Chaney Sr.), nor is it technically the best way to experience Webber?s music when it?s so much more luscious on stage. And yet, Joel Schumacher?s sumptuous adaptation for the screen is the most romantic Phantom film, not least of all because it is the first movie to keep Leroux?s tragic ending in which a love that cannot be between a disfigured musical genius and his ingenue muse redeems, if not saves, a life. Plus, the songs are still pretty ear-wormy and Emmy Rossum makes a compelling leading lady debut as the young soprano, Christine Daeé. ? David Crow
The Fly (1986)
David Cronenberg?s The Fly has more Love Story DNA than it does from the 1958 B-Movie classic it is based on. Body-horror has never been more tender, or more effective as an allegory for losing a loved one to terminal illness. Released at the height of the AIDS crisis, the sci-fi horror film is a moving tale of courtship, honeymoon, and tragedy. It begins as a rom-com. Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) is a reporter for a science journal looking for a story. Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) is a socially awkward scientist who thinks he can change the world. He tries to flirt as best as a scientist can. He brags about his motion sickness, which can cause a nosebleed at the slightest velocity change, shows her his closet of identical suits, and introduces her to his baboon friends.
Finally, he pulls out the big guns, basically inventing the teleporter from Star Trek. He should have watched the episode ?The Enemy Within,? because soon he is as reliable as a housefly. Seth proposes, by their second date, that Veronica should have exclusive book rights to the mechanism?s development, and the characters are on screen together for almost the entire film. Alone with a bottle of champagne and Chinese takeout for two, Seth gets jealous and shoots himself through the telepod. Veronica knows something is different from the first kiss after his breakthrough. Later he picks up a strange woman in a bar and shoots her through the machine. Throughout, Veronica understands and forgives. She loves him as his hair falls out, she loves him as his ears fall off. She loves him when he?s manic, and no matter how disgusting it is to watch him eat sugar. Even as he becomes unrecognizable, they never give up on each other. ? Tony Sokol
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
John Landis? horror classic is known for being one of the few movies to totally nail it in two genres ? it?s both very funny and really scary ? but it?s less often celebrated for also being a moving love story. David Naughton and Griffin Dunne play best buds David and Jack, a couple of US backpackers visiting the Yorkshire Moors, when they are attacked by a mysterious beast, which kills Jack and maims David. Weeks later David wakes up in a hospital in London under the care of pretty nurse Alex (Jenny Agutter), who David soon forms a relationship with. As David begins his full moon transformations and is urged to kill himself by visions of an undead Jack and the rest of David?s victims, it?s the love between David and Alex that marks the heart of the movie. It?s why we care. Werewolf David transforms over two nights of carnage ultimately finding himself trapped in an alleyway, surrounded by police. In a tragic final beat, Alex runs to calm him, telling him she loves him. For a second we wonder if love might truly be able to calm the beast. But it is not to be. The final moments turn the funny, gory, scary werewolf movie into a heartbreaking tragedy. ? Rosie Fletcher
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Simon Pegg wanted to make fun of rom-coms. So, Edgar Wright created the zom-rom-com. Shaun of the Dead is a real, old-style zombie movie, the kind George A. Romero used to make. It shrouds social commentary in horror, saying we are already such zombies, in our day-to-day ruts, we wouldn?t notice a zombie invasion. It?s also funny as hell boiled over. But the bleeding heart of the film lies in true romance. Shaun is a loser. He likes to drink, plays video games, can?t keep promises, and will never get his shit together. He can?t even remember where he and his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) met. All her friends cheer when she packs him off to ?live a little.? But he comes to life when the undead come to town.
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[summary] => The Phantom of the Opera (2004) One of the great Gothic horror romances ever conceived for the page, Gaston Leroux?s The Phantom of the Opera novel from 1911, lived on to haunt the whole 20th century with various adaptations and chillers. But the best to set hearts aflutter?and then tear them asunder with glorious tragedy?is ... Read more
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The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
One of the great Gothic horror romances ever conceived for the page, Gaston Leroux?s The Phantom of the Opera novel from 1911, lived on to haunt the whole 20th century with various adaptations and chillers. But the best to set hearts aflutter?and then tear them asunder with glorious tragedy?is the rather gaudy 2004 big screen adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical.
It?s not the best film version of this tale (that would likely be the 1925 silent classic starring Lon Chaney Sr.), nor is it technically the best way to experience Webber?s music when it?s so much more luscious on stage. And yet, Joel Schumacher?s sumptuous adaptation for the screen is the most romantic Phantom film, not least of all because it is the first movie to keep Leroux?s tragic ending in which a love that cannot be between a disfigured musical genius and his ingenue muse redeems, if not saves, a life. Plus, the songs are still pretty ear-wormy and Emmy Rossum makes a compelling leading lady debut as the young soprano, Christine Daeé. ? David Crow
The Fly (1986)
David Cronenberg?s The Fly has more Love Story DNA than it does from the 1958 B-Movie classic it is based on. Body-horror has never been more tender, or more effective as an allegory for losing a loved one to terminal illness. Released at the height of the AIDS crisis, the sci-fi horror film is a moving tale of courtship, honeymoon, and tragedy. It begins as a rom-com. Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) is a reporter for a science journal looking for a story. Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) is a socially awkward scientist who thinks he can change the world. He tries to flirt as best as a scientist can. He brags about his motion sickness, which can cause a nosebleed at the slightest velocity change, shows her his closet of identical suits, and introduces her to his baboon friends.
Finally, he pulls out the big guns, basically inventing the teleporter from Star Trek. He should have watched the episode ?The Enemy Within,? because soon he is as reliable as a housefly. Seth proposes, by their second date, that Veronica should have exclusive book rights to the mechanism?s development, and the characters are on screen together for almost the entire film. Alone with a bottle of champagne and Chinese takeout for two, Seth gets jealous and shoots himself through the telepod. Veronica knows something is different from the first kiss after his breakthrough. Later he picks up a strange woman in a bar and shoots her through the machine. Throughout, Veronica understands and forgives. She loves him as his hair falls out, she loves him as his ears fall off. She loves him when he?s manic, and no matter how disgusting it is to watch him eat sugar. Even as he becomes unrecognizable, they never give up on each other. ? Tony Sokol
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
John Landis? horror classic is known for being one of the few movies to totally nail it in two genres ? it?s both very funny and really scary ? but it?s less often celebrated for also being a moving love story. David Naughton and Griffin Dunne play best buds David and Jack, a couple of US backpackers visiting the Yorkshire Moors, when they are attacked by a mysterious beast, which kills Jack and maims David. Weeks later David wakes up in a hospital in London under the care of pretty nurse Alex (Jenny Agutter), who David soon forms a relationship with. As David begins his full moon transformations and is urged to kill himself by visions of an undead Jack and the rest of David?s victims, it?s the love between David and Alex that marks the heart of the movie. It?s why we care. Werewolf David transforms over two nights of carnage ultimately finding himself trapped in an alleyway, surrounded by police. In a tragic final beat, Alex runs to calm him, telling him she loves him. For a second we wonder if love might truly be able to calm the beast. But it is not to be. The final moments turn the funny, gory, scary werewolf movie into a heartbreaking tragedy. ? Rosie Fletcher
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Simon Pegg wanted to make fun of rom-coms. So, Edgar Wright created the zom-rom-com. Shaun of the Dead is a real, old-style zombie movie, the kind George A. Romero used to make. It shrouds social commentary in horror, saying we are already such zombies, in our day-to-day ruts, we wouldn?t notice a zombie invasion. It?s also funny as hell boiled over. But the bleeding heart of the film lies in true romance. Shaun is a loser. He likes to drink, plays video games, can?t keep promises, and will never get his shit together. He can?t even remember where he and his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) met. All her friends cheer when she packs him off to ?live a little.? But he comes to life when the undead come to town.
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For lovers of all things scary and fans of chills and thrills, there are many horror movies on Hulu, and quite the assortment of films awaiting you on the massive streaming platform. Whether you?re looking for an iconic slasher, supernatural spectacle, or pulse-pounding survival flick, Hulu is jam-packed with an array of some of the most frightening and heart-racing horror movies. With February being the month of love and everything sappy and romantic, it can be refreshing to zig instead of zag and dive into a good ol? scary movie; Hulu?s library is brimming with both classic and new releases that are sure to fulfill your horror needs.
From beloved cinema staples like Friday the 13th and Invasion of the Body Snatchers to modern day pictures such as the zombie-driven World War Z and paranormal thriller Lights Out, the streaming giant has all the frightening content at your disposal. Some of Hollywood?s brightest talent headline these blood-chilling flicks, with stars like Brad Pitt, Ethan Hawke, Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones all appearing in the terrifying genre. Let?s take a closer look at some of the best horror movies on Hulu.
8 The Crazies
Overture Films
Breck Eisner?s 2010 remake of the George A. Romero sci-fi horror classic The Craziestakes place in the fictional town of Ogden Marsh, Iowa that becomes afflicted by a biological agent which turns those infected into bloodthirsty killers. Following a bizarre and unexplainable plane crash, residents of a quaint farming town start to exhibit psychopathic tendencies: a husband locks his wife and son in a closet and sets the house on fire, and a respected local shows up to a baseball game wielding a shotgun. When authorities blockade the town in an effort to contain the disturbing virus, Sheriff David Dutton tries to protect his wife and two other survivors from the violent lunatics. Eisner wanted to make sure the makeup design for the infected was realistic and researched medical books and consulted medical professionals to design an authentic look. The edgy and heart-pumping horror flick stars Justified‘s Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, and Danielle Panabaker, and was well-received by critics and moviegoers.
7 Friday the 13th
The iconic 1980 independent slasher film Friday the 13thintroduced the world to the machete-wielding, hockey mask-wearing psychopathic killer Jason Voorhees and kicked-off a lucrative and enduring horror franchise. Directed and produced by Sean S. Cunningham, the beloved picture came to fruition due to John Carpenter?s Halloween; Cunningham collaborated with screenwriter Victor Miller and wanted to create a shocking and visually stunning film that would put viewers on the edge of their seats. Miller loved the idea of inventing a serial killer who turns out to be somebody?s mother and whose only motivation was the love for her child, having said, ?I took motherhood and turned it on its head and I think that was great fun. Mrs. Voorhees was the mother I?d always wanted ? a mother who would have killed for her kids. Jason was dead from the very beginning. He was a victim, not a villain.? Friday the 13th follows a group of teenage camp counselors who are picked off one-by-one by an unknown killer as they attempt to reopen the infamous Camp Crystal Lake.
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6 Lights Out
David F. Sandberg?s 2016 directorial debut Light Outsis a supernatural horror movie that follows a young woman who must confront her childhood fears in order to protect her brother from a vengeful spirit attached to their mother. Featuring Teresa Palmer, Billy Burke, and Mario Bello, the fright-filled flick puts viewers on the edge of their seats with non-stop jump scares and is sure to make you sleep with the light on. It is based on Sandberg?s 2013 short film of the same name that went on to become a viral sensation, garnering millions of views. Palmer had not actually seen the design of the malevolent entity Diana prior to filming her first scene, as Sandberg wanted to provoke a genuine reaction of fear with the chilling reveal. Lights Out was a massive success at the box office and amongst reviewers, with Empire magazine proclaiming it, ?A lean, mean scare-machine, and a surprise contender for horror of the year. Seek it out. Then, for God?s sake, buy a bedside lamp.?
5 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Allied Artists Pictures
The 1956 cult classic sci-fi horror flick Invasion of the Body Snatchersstars Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles Bennell, who discovers that the residents in his small town of Santa Mira are being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates, also known as ?pod people.? It?s up to Bennell, his friend Jack (King Donovan) and ex-girlfriend Becky (Dana Wynter) to put an end to the frightening invasion and figure out a way to defeat the threatening extraterrestrials. The Don Siegel-directed picture is adapted from the Jack Finney novel and was shot in black-and-white in a film noir style. Many commentators believed the horror flick was an allegory on the dangers of turning a blind eye to McCarthyism, but Siegel argued, ?I felt that this was a very important story. I think that the world is populated by pods and I wanted to show them. I think so many people have no feeling about cultural things, no feeling of pain, of sorrow. The political reference to Senator McCarthy and totalitarianism was inescapable, but I tried not to emphasize it because I feel that motion pictures are primarily to entertain and I did not want to preach.? Interestingly, each new remake of the film tackles a different sociopolitical theme.
4 47 Meters Down
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
Johannes Roberts? 2017 survival horror film 47 Meters Downstars Mandy Moore and Claire Holt as two sisters who are invited to cage dive in Mexico and find themselves trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With air supply running low and great whites stalking nearby, the pair must find a way to survive before it?s too late. The nerve-wracking and phobia-driven premise and deeply convincing performances by Moore and Holt help make 47 Meters Down a tense and thrilling rollercoaster ride for audiences. It was shot almost entirely underwater and became the highest grossing independent movie of 2017, earning $65 million at the box office. The terrifying picture was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, and its success led to the 2019 sequel, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged.
3 Sinister
Lionsgate
The 2012 supernatural horror movie Sinister features Ethan Hawke as true crime writer Ellison Oswalt, who stumbles upon a box of super-8 home videos depicting gruesome murders in the attic of his new home. His chilling discovery puts his family in danger when he realizes that the murder he is researching for his new novel is the work of a serial killer dating back to the 1960s. Writer C. Robert Cargill says he came up with the premise of the film after having a nightmare caused by watching The Ring, in which he discovers a video in the attic depicting the hanging of an entire family. He used that criteria for the plot of Sinister, and crafted a new take on the Bogeyman, making the flick?s villain a pagan deity named Bughuul. Sinister premiered at the SXSW festival in 2012, debuting to positive reviews for its atmosphere, direction and talented performances. A sequel was released in 2015, simply entitled Sinister 2.
Related: Why We Love Stories Set in Haunted Houses
2 The Haunting
DreamWorks Pictures
Based on the Shirley Jackson novel The Haunting of Hill House, 1999?s horror picture The Hauntingfollows a group of people who gather at a grand Massachusetts estate for an apparent volunteer study on insomnia, only to discover the home is plagued by supernatural forces connected to its grim history. The Jan de Bont film features some of cinema?s greatest, including Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Owen Wilson, with Neeson portraying Dr. David Marrow, the leader of the nefarious sleep study. Despite a lackluster response from critics, The Haunting was a box-office success, raking in over $180 million. The movie?s stunning set design and top-notch visuals did earn praise, with Roger Ebert writing, “the special effects are original and effective, evoking a haunted house in unexpected ways…to enter these rooms, to move among them, to feel their weight and personality, is an experience.” The spooky and eerie picture is the second adaptation of the source material, with Robert Wise?s 1963?s The Haunting being the first and the smash hit Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House being the third.
1 World War Z
The dynamic Brad Pitt stars in the 2013 action horror flick World War Z, portraying a former United Nations investigator who travels the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is threatening humanity?s existence. The blockbuster is based on the Max Brooks novel and depicts the zombies as fast-running, feral creatures who spread the lethal virus through a single bite. The epic picture was praised for Pitt?s performance and for its realistic revival of the zombie genre, with Variety calling it a ?surprisingly smart, gripping and imaginative addition to the zombie movie canon.? Though it diverges from the source material, the movie still won the Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film. Due to the success of World War Z at the box office, a sequel was previously announced and greenlit but was ultimately shelved largely due to the Chinese government?s ban on films featuring ghosts or zombies, a fact which is haunting enough on its own.
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[summary] => For lovers of all things scary and fans of chills and thrills, there are many horror movies on Hulu, and quite the assortment of films awaiting you on the massive streaming platform. Whether you?re looking for an iconic slasher, supernatural spectacle, or pulse-pounding survival flick, Hulu is jam-packed with an array of some of the ... Read more
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For lovers of all things scary and fans of chills and thrills, there are many horror movies on Hulu, and quite the assortment of films awaiting you on the massive streaming platform. Whether you?re looking for an iconic slasher, supernatural spectacle, or pulse-pounding survival flick, Hulu is jam-packed with an array of some of the most frightening and heart-racing horror movies. With February being the month of love and everything sappy and romantic, it can be refreshing to zig instead of zag and dive into a good ol? scary movie; Hulu?s library is brimming with both classic and new releases that are sure to fulfill your horror needs.
From beloved cinema staples like Friday the 13th and Invasion of the Body Snatchers to modern day pictures such as the zombie-driven World War Z and paranormal thriller Lights Out, the streaming giant has all the frightening content at your disposal. Some of Hollywood?s brightest talent headline these blood-chilling flicks, with stars like Brad Pitt, Ethan Hawke, Liam Neeson and Catherine Zeta-Jones all appearing in the terrifying genre. Let?s take a closer look at some of the best horror movies on Hulu.
8 The Crazies
Overture Films
Breck Eisner?s 2010 remake of the George A. Romero sci-fi horror classic The Craziestakes place in the fictional town of Ogden Marsh, Iowa that becomes afflicted by a biological agent which turns those infected into bloodthirsty killers. Following a bizarre and unexplainable plane crash, residents of a quaint farming town start to exhibit psychopathic tendencies: a husband locks his wife and son in a closet and sets the house on fire, and a respected local shows up to a baseball game wielding a shotgun. When authorities blockade the town in an effort to contain the disturbing virus, Sheriff David Dutton tries to protect his wife and two other survivors from the violent lunatics. Eisner wanted to make sure the makeup design for the infected was realistic and researched medical books and consulted medical professionals to design an authentic look. The edgy and heart-pumping horror flick stars Justified‘s Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, and Danielle Panabaker, and was well-received by critics and moviegoers.
7 Friday the 13th
The iconic 1980 independent slasher film Friday the 13thintroduced the world to the machete-wielding, hockey mask-wearing psychopathic killer Jason Voorhees and kicked-off a lucrative and enduring horror franchise. Directed and produced by Sean S. Cunningham, the beloved picture came to fruition due to John Carpenter?s Halloween; Cunningham collaborated with screenwriter Victor Miller and wanted to create a shocking and visually stunning film that would put viewers on the edge of their seats. Miller loved the idea of inventing a serial killer who turns out to be somebody?s mother and whose only motivation was the love for her child, having said, ?I took motherhood and turned it on its head and I think that was great fun. Mrs. Voorhees was the mother I?d always wanted ? a mother who would have killed for her kids. Jason was dead from the very beginning. He was a victim, not a villain.? Friday the 13th follows a group of teenage camp counselors who are picked off one-by-one by an unknown killer as they attempt to reopen the infamous Camp Crystal Lake.
Related: The Top 5 Creepiest Horror Movie Villains Of All Time, Ranked
6 Lights Out
David F. Sandberg?s 2016 directorial debut Light Outsis a supernatural horror movie that follows a young woman who must confront her childhood fears in order to protect her brother from a vengeful spirit attached to their mother. Featuring Teresa Palmer, Billy Burke, and Mario Bello, the fright-filled flick puts viewers on the edge of their seats with non-stop jump scares and is sure to make you sleep with the light on. It is based on Sandberg?s 2013 short film of the same name that went on to become a viral sensation, garnering millions of views. Palmer had not actually seen the design of the malevolent entity Diana prior to filming her first scene, as Sandberg wanted to provoke a genuine reaction of fear with the chilling reveal. Lights Out was a massive success at the box office and amongst reviewers, with Empire magazine proclaiming it, ?A lean, mean scare-machine, and a surprise contender for horror of the year. Seek it out. Then, for God?s sake, buy a bedside lamp.?
5 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Allied Artists Pictures
The 1956 cult classic sci-fi horror flick Invasion of the Body Snatchersstars Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles Bennell, who discovers that the residents in his small town of Santa Mira are being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates, also known as ?pod people.? It?s up to Bennell, his friend Jack (King Donovan) and ex-girlfriend Becky (Dana Wynter) to put an end to the frightening invasion and figure out a way to defeat the threatening extraterrestrials. The Don Siegel-directed picture is adapted from the Jack Finney novel and was shot in black-and-white in a film noir style. Many commentators believed the horror flick was an allegory on the dangers of turning a blind eye to McCarthyism, but Siegel argued, ?I felt that this was a very important story. I think that the world is populated by pods and I wanted to show them. I think so many people have no feeling about cultural things, no feeling of pain, of sorrow. The political reference to Senator McCarthy and totalitarianism was inescapable, but I tried not to emphasize it because I feel that motion pictures are primarily to entertain and I did not want to preach.? Interestingly, each new remake of the film tackles a different sociopolitical theme.
4 47 Meters Down
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
Johannes Roberts? 2017 survival horror film 47 Meters Downstars Mandy Moore and Claire Holt as two sisters who are invited to cage dive in Mexico and find themselves trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With air supply running low and great whites stalking nearby, the pair must find a way to survive before it?s too late. The nerve-wracking and phobia-driven premise and deeply convincing performances by Moore and Holt help make 47 Meters Down a tense and thrilling rollercoaster ride for audiences. It was shot almost entirely underwater and became the highest grossing independent movie of 2017, earning $65 million at the box office. The terrifying picture was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, and its success led to the 2019 sequel, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged.
3 Sinister
Lionsgate
The 2012 supernatural horror movie Sinister features Ethan Hawke as true crime writer Ellison Oswalt, who stumbles upon a box of super-8 home videos depicting gruesome murders in the attic of his new home. His chilling discovery puts his family in danger when he realizes that the murder he is researching for his new novel is the work of a serial killer dating back to the 1960s. Writer C. Robert Cargill says he came up with the premise of the film after having a nightmare caused by watching The Ring, in which he discovers a video in the attic depicting the hanging of an entire family. He used that criteria for the plot of Sinister, and crafted a new take on the Bogeyman, making the flick?s villain a pagan deity named Bughuul. Sinister premiered at the SXSW festival in 2012, debuting to positive reviews for its atmosphere, direction and talented performances. A sequel was released in 2015, simply entitled Sinister 2.
Related: Why We Love Stories Set in Haunted Houses
2 The Haunting
DreamWorks Pictures
Based on the Shirley Jackson novel The Haunting of Hill House, 1999?s horror picture The Hauntingfollows a group of people who gather at a grand Massachusetts estate for an apparent volunteer study on insomnia, only to discover the home is plagued by supernatural forces connected to its grim history. The Jan de Bont film features some of cinema?s greatest, including Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Owen Wilson, with Neeson portraying Dr. David Marrow, the leader of the nefarious sleep study. Despite a lackluster response from critics, The Haunting was a box-office success, raking in over $180 million. The movie?s stunning set design and top-notch visuals did earn praise, with Roger Ebert writing, “the special effects are original and effective, evoking a haunted house in unexpected ways…to enter these rooms, to move among them, to feel their weight and personality, is an experience.” The spooky and eerie picture is the second adaptation of the source material, with Robert Wise?s 1963?s The Haunting being the first and the smash hit Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House being the third.
1 World War Z
The dynamic Brad Pitt stars in the 2013 action horror flick World War Z, portraying a former United Nations investigator who travels the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is threatening humanity?s existence. The blockbuster is based on the Max Brooks novel and depicts the zombies as fast-running, feral creatures who spread the lethal virus through a single bite. The epic picture was praised for Pitt?s performance and for its realistic revival of the zombie genre, with Variety calling it a ?surprisingly smart, gripping and imaginative addition to the zombie movie canon.? Though it diverges from the source material, the movie still won the Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film. Due to the success of World War Z at the box office, a sequel was previously announced and greenlit but was ultimately shelved largely due to the Chinese government?s ban on films featuring ghosts or zombies, a fact which is haunting enough on its own.
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With over 25 years since its original outing, Ghostface has had its fair share of modifications. That’s to be expected with so many incarnations of the slasher icon over the years. Not only were there a mass of sequels to the original Scream movie, the masks were also modified for each incarnation. Haddonfield?s autumn mascot Michael Myers and Camp Crystal Lake?s key resident Jason Voorhees went through various revamps of their own. The theatrical releases of Halloween Kills and Candyman, along with Chuckyon SYFY, made 2021 a big year for the revival of slasher icons. Leatherface will soon get his Texan welcome back party on Netflix as well, but to start off 2022, Ghostface came in hot and fast.
In a 2015 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Wes Craven spoke on the signature face in Scream. ?In general, we didn?t mess with the mask at all,? he stated. ?With Freddy [Krueger] and the New Nightmare, I felt that I probably should have stuck with the original face. [With Scream,] we just let Ghostface be Ghostface.? With that said, there was a time when the masked killer could have looked different. Due to copyright issues, there was a bit of trial and error on the first film that can be seen in several scenes. Fun World, without even knowing it, had a slasher icon in its stock of Halloween merch. Then Scary Movie took it up a notch.
From, ?What?s your favorite scary movie?? to ?Wazzup?,? it?s been a trip in perfecting and purposely un-perfecting Ghostface. How well does the new Scream Ghostface hold up to the original?
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5. Scary Movie (2000)
How can you make fun of a movie that was already making fun of itself? You hire the Wayans brothers and dial up the level of ridiculousness. It also works as a parody in a range of genres, not just horror. Scream meets The Matrix meetsShakespeare in Loveand so on. Iconic set pieces designed to scare are now remade, either as darkly funny, stupidly funny, or both.
A group of horny and pretty dumb teens accidentally runs over a fisherman. They get rid of the body, despite the man not being dead, by throwing him in the trunk. Soon a killer is on the loose. Could it be the fisherman out for revenge? Or someone else with a complicated motive? Whoever it is, he’s taking out each of the teens, one by one.
A much more wrinkled and stretched out Ghostface mask is worn in this parody where anything goes. When the killer calls up Shorty (Marlon Wayans), the mask contorts, even revealing a tongue. And when the killer gets stoned, the scene literally shows how high the killer is with its eyeholes. In spoofing I Know What You Did Last Summer, the killer?s weapon of choice changes, too. The hunting knife that made Ghostface so threatening in Scream is swapped out for a big ol? hook. This killer was never about being scary, it was all about having a good time.
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4. Scream: Seasons 1 & 2
It might have been a controversial move but when the franchise moved to MTV, Ghostface was going to look different. Instead of Woodsboro, it?s Lakewood that became targeted by a masked killer. Emma (Willa Fitzgerald) and her friends deal with horror movie rules and real world issues like cyber-bullying that start up the killings.
The iconic ghoulish expression of Ghostface was swapped out for something more human. Seen in the first two seasons of the MTV show, the mask was a surgical mask worn by bullied town resident, Brandon James, to help with his facial surgery. James went on a killing spree and for two seasons another killer has taken it to continue the legacy. The bigger question might not be the motive to the killings, but in giving an already ostracized individual a mask like this and expecting it to not damage the person?s psyche further.
Not only is the mask different, the Lakewood Slasher wears a raincoat instead of a cloak like in the films. And that makes sense. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and the survivors of Woodsboro don?t exist in this timeline. Season 3, a complete departure of the storyline established in the past two seasons, included the traditional look of the killer but even that season?s storyline never saw a continuation. Sometimes being different for the sake of change doesn?t work. But in this MTV version, Ghostface was never a Halloween costume; it was something put together from the show?s own mythology. That deserves some credit.
3. Stab 8
Starting off in Scream 2, the franchise introduced audiences to an even deeper level of meta with the movie-in-a-movie franchise, Stab. There was no subtlety to the title and that was the point. It?s based on the ?real-life? Woodsboro killing spree, so it might be fair to say the Stab movies are in poor taste.
Then came Stab 8. From clips shown of the universally panned entry in the Stab movies, the movie within Scream (2022), the killer has some major switch-ups. For starters, the Ghostface mask is metallic, ideal for reflecting the glow of a flamethrower being used on a victim instead of a plain old knife. If that?s not enough, whoever is behind the mask is showing off big, buff arms.
It?s ridiculous and over-the-top but what can?t be denied is that it’s a pretty cool visual. Because Ghostface is a Halloween costume in the Scream universe (that for some reason no one has thought to discontinue), having a different version of the iconic mask would be interesting and make a certain amount of sense. This was the safer way to test that theory. But in remembering Wes Craven?s words from THR, maybe it?s best to not change what already works so well.
2. Scream (1996)
There is a reason the first Scream is still so highly regarded. It remains the most original out of the entire franchise. With all the praise, you might think it’s overrated, but it holds up well after all this time. Along with a script by Kevin Williamson that gives influence to the genre and enjoys playing with its tropes, the cast is an additional selling point. When once it was career hell to star in a horror film, Scream made it cool. The premise alone is playfully aware that it sounds familiar. A killer has watched one too many scary movies and even if you have all the horror movie knowledge in the world, it might not save you. There?s a reason the face of the killer joined the slasher arena.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary, writer Alan Siegel put together an oral history of the first film for The Ringer. A later section touched upon how two masks were used during production. KNB EFX created a stunt mask that got in few appearances, due to uncertain copyrights with its trademark at Fun World. It?s seen in Casey Becker?s (Drew Barrymore) murder and the surprise kill of Principal Himbry (Henry Winkler). If you look closely, the mask?s eyeholes are more curved and puffy than they are in other scenes.
Then there was the classic mask, which looks a bit loose. In other words, it appears as if someone is wearing it and taking it off. The eyes are not always dark; at times it?s obvious someone is looking out from behind the rubber material. The cloak worn is very glittery, something toned down in later sequels, but it catches the garage light well during the death of Tatum (Rose McGowan). The dark boots worn are another intimidating element. And although in-film it?s supposed to be packaged as a ?Father Death? costume, the name ?Ghostface? stuck.
1. Scream (2022)
When Scream 4 didn?t perform well at the box office, it seemed Ghostface wasn?t going to be back on the big screen anytime soon. For 10 years, that was true. With this fifth film, legacy sequels and prequels was the name of the game. Sidney, Gale (Courteney Cox), and Dewey (David Arquette) were back, but this time, Ghostface had a new focus. A new teen friend group is targeted, each with relations to the past.
The classic mask is used, very much polished up. It doesn?t look worn out like in the first film. The white of the face is practically pristine and the grooves are well-defined. Any shimmer to the cloak is more subtle. It was a fun touch but with it downplayed, Ghostface more easily blends in with the shadows. This time around, the voice changer that always channeled Roger L. Jackson?s raspy vocals is snug inside the mask, with just a finger click to activate it.
Even though the jagged arm hang-offs aren?t clearly seen, it plays an additional part in the menacing quality of the killer. At times, the cloak completely hides the arms (check out the hospital attack), giving more focus to the white mask and truly making the killer appear like a phantom. Maybe it’s due to a decade absence on the big screen, but Ghostface looks better than ever, making for a scary good time in the slasher?s return.
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[summary] => With over 25 years since its original outing, Ghostface has had its fair share of modifications. That’s to be expected with so many incarnations of the slasher icon over the years. Not only were there a mass of sequels to the original Scream movie, the masks were also modified for each incarnation. Haddonfield?s autumn mascot ... Read more
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With over 25 years since its original outing, Ghostface has had its fair share of modifications. That’s to be expected with so many incarnations of the slasher icon over the years. Not only were there a mass of sequels to the original Scream movie, the masks were also modified for each incarnation. Haddonfield?s autumn mascot Michael Myers and Camp Crystal Lake?s key resident Jason Voorhees went through various revamps of their own. The theatrical releases of Halloween Kills and Candyman, along with Chuckyon SYFY, made 2021 a big year for the revival of slasher icons. Leatherface will soon get his Texan welcome back party on Netflix as well, but to start off 2022, Ghostface came in hot and fast.
In a 2015 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Wes Craven spoke on the signature face in Scream. ?In general, we didn?t mess with the mask at all,? he stated. ?With Freddy [Krueger] and the New Nightmare, I felt that I probably should have stuck with the original face. [With Scream,] we just let Ghostface be Ghostface.? With that said, there was a time when the masked killer could have looked different. Due to copyright issues, there was a bit of trial and error on the first film that can be seen in several scenes. Fun World, without even knowing it, had a slasher icon in its stock of Halloween merch. Then Scary Movie took it up a notch.
From, ?What?s your favorite scary movie?? to ?Wazzup?,? it?s been a trip in perfecting and purposely un-perfecting Ghostface. How well does the new Scream Ghostface hold up to the original?
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5. Scary Movie (2000)
How can you make fun of a movie that was already making fun of itself? You hire the Wayans brothers and dial up the level of ridiculousness. It also works as a parody in a range of genres, not just horror. Scream meets The Matrix meetsShakespeare in Loveand so on. Iconic set pieces designed to scare are now remade, either as darkly funny, stupidly funny, or both.
A group of horny and pretty dumb teens accidentally runs over a fisherman. They get rid of the body, despite the man not being dead, by throwing him in the trunk. Soon a killer is on the loose. Could it be the fisherman out for revenge? Or someone else with a complicated motive? Whoever it is, he’s taking out each of the teens, one by one.
A much more wrinkled and stretched out Ghostface mask is worn in this parody where anything goes. When the killer calls up Shorty (Marlon Wayans), the mask contorts, even revealing a tongue. And when the killer gets stoned, the scene literally shows how high the killer is with its eyeholes. In spoofing I Know What You Did Last Summer, the killer?s weapon of choice changes, too. The hunting knife that made Ghostface so threatening in Scream is swapped out for a big ol? hook. This killer was never about being scary, it was all about having a good time.
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4. Scream: Seasons 1 & 2
It might have been a controversial move but when the franchise moved to MTV, Ghostface was going to look different. Instead of Woodsboro, it?s Lakewood that became targeted by a masked killer. Emma (Willa Fitzgerald) and her friends deal with horror movie rules and real world issues like cyber-bullying that start up the killings.
The iconic ghoulish expression of Ghostface was swapped out for something more human. Seen in the first two seasons of the MTV show, the mask was a surgical mask worn by bullied town resident, Brandon James, to help with his facial surgery. James went on a killing spree and for two seasons another killer has taken it to continue the legacy. The bigger question might not be the motive to the killings, but in giving an already ostracized individual a mask like this and expecting it to not damage the person?s psyche further.
Not only is the mask different, the Lakewood Slasher wears a raincoat instead of a cloak like in the films. And that makes sense. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and the survivors of Woodsboro don?t exist in this timeline. Season 3, a complete departure of the storyline established in the past two seasons, included the traditional look of the killer but even that season?s storyline never saw a continuation. Sometimes being different for the sake of change doesn?t work. But in this MTV version, Ghostface was never a Halloween costume; it was something put together from the show?s own mythology. That deserves some credit.
3. Stab 8
Starting off in Scream 2, the franchise introduced audiences to an even deeper level of meta with the movie-in-a-movie franchise, Stab. There was no subtlety to the title and that was the point. It?s based on the ?real-life? Woodsboro killing spree, so it might be fair to say the Stab movies are in poor taste.
Then came Stab 8. From clips shown of the universally panned entry in the Stab movies, the movie within Scream (2022), the killer has some major switch-ups. For starters, the Ghostface mask is metallic, ideal for reflecting the glow of a flamethrower being used on a victim instead of a plain old knife. If that?s not enough, whoever is behind the mask is showing off big, buff arms.
It?s ridiculous and over-the-top but what can?t be denied is that it’s a pretty cool visual. Because Ghostface is a Halloween costume in the Scream universe (that for some reason no one has thought to discontinue), having a different version of the iconic mask would be interesting and make a certain amount of sense. This was the safer way to test that theory. But in remembering Wes Craven?s words from THR, maybe it?s best to not change what already works so well.
2. Scream (1996)
There is a reason the first Scream is still so highly regarded. It remains the most original out of the entire franchise. With all the praise, you might think it’s overrated, but it holds up well after all this time. Along with a script by Kevin Williamson that gives influence to the genre and enjoys playing with its tropes, the cast is an additional selling point. When once it was career hell to star in a horror film, Scream made it cool. The premise alone is playfully aware that it sounds familiar. A killer has watched one too many scary movies and even if you have all the horror movie knowledge in the world, it might not save you. There?s a reason the face of the killer joined the slasher arena.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary, writer Alan Siegel put together an oral history of the first film for The Ringer. A later section touched upon how two masks were used during production. KNB EFX created a stunt mask that got in few appearances, due to uncertain copyrights with its trademark at Fun World. It?s seen in Casey Becker?s (Drew Barrymore) murder and the surprise kill of Principal Himbry (Henry Winkler). If you look closely, the mask?s eyeholes are more curved and puffy than they are in other scenes.
Then there was the classic mask, which looks a bit loose. In other words, it appears as if someone is wearing it and taking it off. The eyes are not always dark; at times it?s obvious someone is looking out from behind the rubber material. The cloak worn is very glittery, something toned down in later sequels, but it catches the garage light well during the death of Tatum (Rose McGowan). The dark boots worn are another intimidating element. And although in-film it?s supposed to be packaged as a ?Father Death? costume, the name ?Ghostface? stuck.
1. Scream (2022)
When Scream 4 didn?t perform well at the box office, it seemed Ghostface wasn?t going to be back on the big screen anytime soon. For 10 years, that was true. With this fifth film, legacy sequels and prequels was the name of the game. Sidney, Gale (Courteney Cox), and Dewey (David Arquette) were back, but this time, Ghostface had a new focus. A new teen friend group is targeted, each with relations to the past.
The classic mask is used, very much polished up. It doesn?t look worn out like in the first film. The white of the face is practically pristine and the grooves are well-defined. Any shimmer to the cloak is more subtle. It was a fun touch but with it downplayed, Ghostface more easily blends in with the shadows. This time around, the voice changer that always channeled Roger L. Jackson?s raspy vocals is snug inside the mask, with just a finger click to activate it.
Even though the jagged arm hang-offs aren?t clearly seen, it plays an additional part in the menacing quality of the killer. At times, the cloak completely hides the arms (check out the hospital attack), giving more focus to the white mask and truly making the killer appear like a phantom. Maybe it’s due to a decade absence on the big screen, but Ghostface looks better than ever, making for a scary good time in the slasher?s return.
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Chris Sasaguay is a Horror Features Writer for Collider. His passion in all the dark thrills of scary movies is thanks to a spooky childhood. Growing up, he visited family who lived in the Headless Horseman territory of Sleepy Hollow. Furthermore, if he should ever meet the iconic Jamie Lee Curtis, he?ll swiftly update his profile pic with the encounter. Stay tuned.
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