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Freddy, Pinhead, Jason…on Tinder?
YES! It’s true… …well, sort of. Pop culture website www.Mandatory.com just unleashed this nifty series of phony baloney Tinder profiles featuring some of cinema’s most beloved baddies, beasts and...
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10 Things That Rock About TV’s BATES MOTEL
SHOCK’s Amy Seidman runs down her 10 favorite things about TV’s BATES MOTEL. Full disclosure: This show is my all-time favorite television show. Indeed BATES MOTEL is so all-consuming that I sometimes...
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SHOCKing Sonnets: Showering with PSYCHO
Our resident poet Nigel Parkin delivers another paralyzing poem. I – Driving Into the Shower Her hands tighten on the wheel as the world Closes in, cars looming, headlights reaching Into the...
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Book Review: Norman Bates Returns in PSYCHO: SANITARIUM
SHOCK reviews the excellent PSYCHO sequel PSYCHO: SANITARIUM. Close your eyes and picture Norman Bates. What do you see? Lean, broad-shouldered, boyishly handsome and nervously twitchy Anthony...
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9 Totally Toxic Mother and Son Relationships in Horror
A look at some of horror cinema’s most unhealthy mother and son relationships. It must be hard being a mother. Their eternal burden. First to grow a human being inside them. A living,...
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Pussy Stabs Back: On Slashers
Writer Jessica Ferri muses on one of the pre-eminent horror sub-genres: Slashers. It’s a stab-tastic tutorial with a feminist spin. Read on… “Do you like scary movies?” Most of us, even those who...
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Ink and Obsession: Remembering 1981’s Tattoo
A look back on the controversial and lurid erotic psycho-thriller Tattoo starring Bruce Dern While re-watching Quentin Tarantino’s magnum 65mm, locked-door mystery/giallo/western/morality tale The...
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Interview: Showrunner Kerry Ehrin Talks Bates Motel Season 5
An exclusive interview with Kerry Ehrin, the mind behind TV’s hit macabre soap opera Bates Motel With A&E’s Bates Motel currently stabbing into its 5th season (the show airs Monday nights at 10pm...
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Beyond the Darkness Blu-ray Review
Beyond the Darkness: Notorious Italian horror film is the ultimate mix of art and trash I challenge you to cite a more stomach-churning and revolting motion picture than maverick Italian sleazemeister...
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10 Horror Remakes That Should Never Have Happened
Look, we get it — Hollywood loves sequels, prequels, and remakes. When there is a bankable franchise with a ready-made audience, it’s easy to see why these films get made. Especially in the horror...
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The Top 10 Horror Movie Slashers
Top 10 Horror Movie Slashers You know their names. You know their history and the names of their victims. Freddy. Jason. Michael. Chucky. These names are as synonymous with the horror genre as Dracula,...
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5 Classic Horror Movies That Were Books First
People enjoy being scared. Of this, we have no doubt. There is just something about the night that beckons us. This has been the case for years and years, before movies, before television, before...
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The 7 Best Janet Leigh Movies
There are “scream queens,” and then there is Janet Leigh. Almost entirely due to a single incredible classic, Leigh is the godmother of them all, even her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, a bonafide scream...
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10 Best Slasher Film Final Girls
In the hierarchy of horror movies, there are three aspects that take precedence over any other. These are the things that will make or break a horror movie. They are The Killer, The Kills, and The...
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The 5 Most Unsettling Horror Movie Twists
Obviously Spoilers. Turn back now if you haven’t yet seen these decades-old movies. There’s something to be said about “the art of the twist.” When done right, a twist can take an exceptional film and...
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American Horror Story: 1984 Goes Psycho in New Teaser
FX has released a brand new teaser for American Horror Story: 1984, paying homage to the iconic shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Check out the video in the player below! RELATED: Pick Your...
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Barbie Movie House Was Based on Psycho
Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures A house in the Barbie movie was inspired by Alfred Hitckcock’s famous thriller Psycho. Greta Gerwig’s new fantasy comedy movie stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan...
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The Most Iconic Horror Movie Villains Ranked
Everyone loves a great villain. Luckily, Hollywood seems to conjure up a new iconic killer/monster every decade and provides them with at least a dozen movies to strut their stuff. Sure, every good...
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Ed Gein Movies: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Silence of the Lambs & More
Photo Credits; Bettmann via Getty Images Edward Theodore Gein AKA Ed Gein was not an ordinary serial killer. His methods of killing and overall behavior are often considered absurd and abnormal. Not...
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Psycho – The Story Continues 4k UHD Set Brings Norman Bates Sequels Together
Arrow Video has revealed it will release a new Psycho boxset titled Psycho – The Story Continues on 4K UHD Blu-ray next year. The story set up by one of the most iconic horror movies and villain of...
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