The Top Ten Horror Flicks for Chicks

Once upon a time, horror-movie fandom was a Boys’ Club: No cootie-ridden girls allowed. But we’ve come a long way, baby, as today, every dark-and-scary night is ladies’ night with women making up a solid half of the audience for fright flicks. Remember the thrill of seeing Halloween’s Laurie Strode (the inimitable Jamie Lee Curtis) stand up to the bogeyman with a knitting needle? Well, there’s more where that came from.

The Flick: The Descent (2005)
The Chicks: Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) and Juno (Natalie Jackson Mendoza)
The Reason Why Chicks Love It: Take a pack of estrogen-fueled thrill-seekers, drop them in an unmapped cave somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, unleash something super-nasty on them, and, rest assured, they won’t run and scream: They’ll bring it on. Even in this dude-free zone, Sarah has the final-girl look; and who doesn’t love to hate Juno, the alpha bitch who gets them into this mess? The Descent knows that women’s friendships are complicated. Read more …

31 Days of Halloween 31 Movies To Watch by ray

Here’s the films I’ll be watching through the month of October. Unlike others, I’m mainly watching films I’ve already seen and love, with a few exceptions. I’m not so great at writing reviews, but I’ll put in my two cents.

Let’s do this thing.. Light this candle..

01. Halloween (1978)
02. Suspiria (1977)
03. The Evil Dead (1981)
04. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
05. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
06. Frankenstein (1931)
07. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
08. Ginger Snaps II (2004)
09. the Bat (1959)
10. Phantom of the Opera (1925)
11. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)
12. White Zombie (1932)
13. Dementia 13 (1963)
14. Werewolf of London (1935)
15. Carnival of Souls (1962)
16. Nosferatu (1922)
17. a Shriek in the Night (1933)
18. Doomed to die (1940)
19. Halloween III (1982)
20. the Bad Seed (1956)
21. Dracula (1931)
22. the Thing (1982)
23. Zombi 2 (1979)
24. the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
25. the Wolf-Man (1941)
26. the Killer Shrews (1941)
27. Alien (1979)
28. the Mist (2007)
29. the Fly (1986) Read more …