Horror thrived in the 1980s with groundbreaking classics that shaped the genre, from slashers like Friday the 13th to masterpieces like The Shining.

As Halloween approaches, horror fans across the globe are ready to settle in to rewatch their favorite horror films, and ...

The 1980s were the heyday of the slasher movie, when dozens of films about masked killers slashing their way through unsuspecting, often teenage, victims made their way into theaters and onto video ...

The 1980s are very well known for their big hair, big shoulder pads, and high camp horror output. While older films have shown that there is a lot a filmmaker can do to build suspense if they have the ...

But the best slasher to come from Canada in the ’80s just so happens to be the very best one without Jason (or Pamela) Voorhees, Leatherface, Michael Myers, or Freddy Krueger involved. Specifically, ...

It’s always the right time to watch a good horror movie. But October is prime spooky season, and to stream a merely OK horror movie just seems wrong. To avoid doing the scariest month of the year ...

R ecently, I’ve gotten in the habit of watching lower-tier 1980s slasher movies as my version of late-night comfort viewing. There’s something soothing about the formulaic kil ...

Admittedly, there are also some really excellent ’80s horror movies that don’t feel like they would work today. For instance, Sleepaway Camp, the ending of which would not play at all these days but ...

Canadian filmmaker Brandon Christensen is not a big name in Hollywood, but fans of the horror genre are certainly familiar with his work on Shudder originals like The Puppetman, Superhost, and 2019's ...

As Halloween approaches slasher movies draw their biggest audiences as All Things Considered host Andrew Limbong talks with NPR's Brianna Scott and Ryan Benk about what keeps the genre alive and why ...

Recently, I’ve gotten in the habit of watching lower-tier 1980s slasher movies as my version of late-night comfort viewing. There’s something soothing about the formulaic killing sprees, and the ...