Tag Archives: Friday the 13th

It has been fifteen years since Freddy vs Jason made its way into cinemas but, despite being much anticipated and long gestating, the apathy with which it was met on release remains. In fact, despite being moderately profitable for New ...

The late 1980s were a cornucopia of slasher films, with 1988 and 1989 featuring films that either launched or continued some of the most venerable horror franchises: Hellraiser, Pumpkinhead, Maniac Cop, Child’s Play, Poltergeist, and Return of the Living Dead, ...

You have sex and you die. You smoke weed, you drink, guess what? You’re going to die. That is, by and large, the general takeaway of the Friday the 13th series. Amazingly, it’s a sentiment widely shared by both hardcore ...

Episode 3 “SHOCK… SHOCK… SHOCK!!!” The Sound Of Fear looks at the world of gothic horror, taking in the music of James Bernard and Hammer horror, the Corman Poe cycle, and the approach to realist shock horror. Episode Credits: Narrated by ...

Episode 2 “IT COMES TO LIFE!” The Sound Of Fear continues its journey through the history of horror film music, looking at the age of Universal PIctures and its monsters. Episode Credits: Narrated by Lisa Brigden Written, Produced, and Directed by ...

Episode 1 “A SYMPHONY OF HORROR” The Sound Of Fear begins its journey through the history of horror film music, starting with silent film and the early sound era. Episode Credits: Narrated by Lisa Brigden Written, Produced, and Directed by Charlie ...

Contemporary slasher films use elements of pastiche and parody in order to appeal to their target audience, playing on the history of the genre to form references and relations through the media. While these forms seem to have grown in ...

If you’re a fan of the Friday the 13th franchise then the announcement that the team of Sean Cunningham, Kane Hodder and Tom Savini have been assembled to head back to Camp Crystal Lake is likely the type of news ...

In 1972, Sean S. Cunningham was looking for a way to transition out of the softcore porn industry and into Hollywood. Seeing that the market was moving towards horror, he took this as his next logical move. Teaming up with the co-editor ...

Actress Betsy Palmer, best known to horror film fans around the world as Jason Voorhees’ mother Pamela Voorhees, has passed away. She was 88-years old. Palmer died on Friday at a Connecticut hospice care center, according to her manager Brad Lemack. The ...