What's achieved through noose-tight tension and unrelenting dread informs an entire subgenre of horror that, in turn, would ...

The second remake of a 1980s cult classic slasher movie earns a Rotten Tomatoes audience score that breaks a major ...

This delightfully trashy entry in the seasonal subgenre follows a killer Santa with a heart, and a case of blood lust.

'Freaky' filmmaker Christopher Landon's films show that horror isn't just about bleeding, it's also about healing. By Richard Newby “The world is a totally evil place. It’ll kill you. It doesn’t ...

The showrunner of the new Crystal Lake TV series says the Friday the 13th prequel isn't a slasher. Huh. Okay. That sure is a ...

Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' (Columbia Pictures) A couple weeks ago I completely blew somebody’s mind. We ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

The slasher genre needs to evolve if it wants to survive another 40 years. Here's a good place to start. Nobody truly believes “Halloween Ends” is the actual end of the “Halloween” movies — the only ...

The true test of the slasher movie’s continued relevancy and evolution will come on Friday, when Michael Myers returns to theaters in David Gordon Green’s Halloween. By Richard Newby The slasher makes ...

Although the Voorhees family is returning to the screen, don't expect 'Crystal Lake' to feature a machete-wielding bloodbath.

The Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake "I tried to think about Crystal Lake and a Friday the 13th prequel as, 'What ...