The horror genre’s transformation from early gothic tales to modern psychological thrillers has carved a bloody path through cinema history. Beginning with atmospheric classics like Nosferatu and ...

Let’s talk slasher films–their origins, their lasting impact, and why we love them so much! The 1974 movies Black Christmas and Texas Chain Saw Massacre gave rise to what would become one of cinema’s ...

William likes taking edibles, watching movies with his dogs, and then writing about those movies, because what else is there to do while the world burns? Slasher movies are a staple of the horror ...

American actress Vera Miles stars as Lila Crane in the horror classic 'Psycho', directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1960. “The call is coming inside the house.” “Don’t leave the group.” “Watch out, he’s ...

Happy Friday the 13th! If the unluckiest of days puts you in the mood to watch a classic slasher movie like Friday the 13th, we have some recommendations. Curl up with your favorite black cat, look ...

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 ...

For decades, one of the most prevalent subgenres in horror is the slasher. The barebones definition of a slasher, according to Merriam Webster, is a person who kills with an edged blade. Along with ...

To paraphrase John Huston’s villainous Noah Cross in “Chinatown,” politicians, old buildings, and disreputable movie genres all get respectable if they last long enough. Take the slasher film, for ...

Fifty years ago, two independent filmmakers named Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel had a gruesome vision for a new kind of film. Their idea involved merciless kills, a chainsaw, a group of youths and a ...

Austin is a list writer for Collider, focusing on television. Austin graduated from Florida International University with a degree in English Literature, where he assisted with teaching several film ...

Listen, I'm a grown man, a full-on adult. But if I'm home alone and I'm hopping in the shower, I am locking that bathroom door all because this scene from "Psycho" is imprinted in my mind. (SOUNDBITE ...