In 1974, Bob Clark crafted a progenitor to the slasher genre with Black Christmas. Gutter Garbs is celebrating the Canadian horror classic’s 50th anniversary with a collection of apparel and accessories. The line features four new shirts for $30 a piece: new artwork by Sam Coyne, two foreign designs, and the classic poster artwork. Coyne’s […]
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PBS series “Monstrum“ gets into the Halloween spirit this year with a special episode that breaks down the unspoken rules of a quintessential Halloween staple: Slasher movies. And you can watch this Halloween treat right now. “Monstrum” celebrates the world’s monsters, myths, and legends. The show, hosted by Emily Zarka, Ph.D., takes us on a […]
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Bitchin’ Barb. After kicking off October with discussions of David Fincher’s Gone Girl (listen) and Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (listen), we’re tackling another juggernaut of horror history with a look at Bob Clark‘s Black Christmas. Black Christmas follows sorority sisters Jess (Olivia Hussey), Barb (Margot Kidder) and Phyl (Andrea Martin) as they begin to […]
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The Black Christmas fan film It’s Me, Billy gets a sequel this coming Halloween season with It’s Me, Billy: Chapter 2, set to be the final installment of this particular fan film saga. Written, Produced, and Directed by Canadian filmmakers Dave McRae and Bruce Dale, It’s Me, Billy: Chapter 2 picks up immediately from the […]
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The fifth season of “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” is on hiatus for the holidays, set to resume airing on January 9, 2024. As a special treat to help with the wait, the Boulet Brothers bring unhappy holiday tidings with a selection of their favorite Christmas horror movies! Season five of the mainline series is currently […]
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Christmas is coming and we’re painting the snow red on SCREAMBOX. There are an absurd amount of presents under our tree, including the “Frankenstein”-inspired Santastein, the nasty Secret Santa hailing from the director of Jason Goes to Hell, and the awesomely creepy anthology Night of the Missing. But we also have our fair share of holiday classics, […]
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What do Black Christmas and Silent Night, Bloody Night have in common? Blurry first-person POV? Check. Mouth-breathing killer? Double check. Creepy phone calls? Triple Check. In both Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) and Theodore Gershuny’s Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), an unknown killer stalks their victims around the Christmas season, both striking terror and intrigue. […]
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It’s all about the color red for the 7th day of Creepmas; blood red, to be precise. Bloody Disgusting’s 12 Days of Creepmas continues the holiday horror revelry, this time with holiday slashers that aim to paint the snow red with arterial spray and carnage. These holiday slashers demonstrate that there’s more to the realm of holiday […]
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Tis the season to be scary and SCREAMBOX has got you covered with a trio of brand-spanking-new Christmas-themed horror movies that go perfectly with cookies and milk in front of a warm fire. Now streaming on SCREAMBOX from the director of Jason Goes to Hell is Secret Santa and the awesomely creepy anthology Night of the […]
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It may not officially be Winter just yet, but the temps are dropping and the snow has already arrived for some. The holidays are also rapidly approaching in the wake of Halloween. This week brings snowy holiday slasher It’s a Wonderful Knife to theaters, another reason to get cozy with wintry horror. There’s something magical […]
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November 1st is a tough day for horror hounds. The decorations are still up, the air remains crisp, but the spirit has seemingly moved on, perhaps vanquished by the sun. Alamo Drafthouse says to hell with all of that and has announced two month’s worth of genre joy that’ll take you from Dia de los […]
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The Black Christmas fan film It’s Me, Billy is getting a sequel with the upcoming It’s Me, Billy Chapter 2: A Black Christmas Fan Film, and we’ve got some big news this morning. Olivia Hussey (Romeo and Juliet, Black Christmas, Stephen King’s mini series IT, and Psycho 4) will return to her final girl roots […]
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In pursuit of the rare novelization of Bob Clark’s Black Christmas, Thomas Altman’s book of the same name is bound to come up sooner or later. Some might even purchase the 1983 novel, thinking it and Lee Hays’ adaptation of the 1974 screenplay are one and the same. Sadly, at least for fans of Clark’s […]
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Black Christmas is an inherently feminist franchise. Released in 1974, Bob Clark’s original film follows a group of sorority sisters who are stalked and dispatched by a mysterious killer over the holiday break between semesters. During a busy Christmas party in the full sorority house, the girls receive a call from someone they refer to […]
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“Up in the frat house shit went down, and I’m telling everyone in town…” It’s Christmas Eve and the Halloweenies are hanging out at Hawthorne College, where they’ve just been asked to attend the annual talent show at the Delta Kappa Omicron fraternity. Something is amiss, though, and it appears there’s a strange black liquid […]
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