Seth Grahame-Smith’s perversely hilarious literary mash-ups have been destined for a Hollywood adaptation since their inception. The ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ author is crafts the kind of sharp, original and, most importantly, violent content that should have Studio execs drooling at the sheer utterance of one of his titles. With a relatively strong and [...]

You might recall, a little over ten years ago, the unprecedented success of an experimental, micro-budget horror film called ‘The Blair Witch Project’. Brilliantly marketed via cryptic websites (the internet at that point was still a high-tech mystery to many) and relentless word-of-mouth, the film became a phenomenon despite it’s unprofessional, stripped-down aesthetics. It was [...]

For anyone out there that isn’t familiar with any of the countless incarnations of ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ series, here is a quick overview. The films follow a group of teenagers who all share a common, horrifying bond: They are being haunted in their dreams a frighteningly disfigured man named Freddy Kruger. If they want [...]

There was something unto itself about the ‘Scream’ trilogy. It balanced grizzly kills, serious laughs and twist-a-minute plots more successfully than any franchise has attempted since. It polarized the essence of the American horror movie for a new generation.
Director Wes Craven seemingly laid the series to rest with ‘Scream 3′ back in 2000, but last [...]

I guess we can’t really fight it anymore: every horror from the 1970s is going to be remade. In the cases of films grizzlier, bloodier films like ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ and ‘The Crazies’, it’s easy to understand why they would want to capitalize on a new generation of desensitized youths.
In the case of rape-and-revenge [...]

Eli Roth (’Cabin Fever’, ‘Hostel’) is one of the filmmakers who helped turn Lionsgate into the mecca for hard-R horror in recent years. Fittingly, the studio has just purchased his latest exercise is in shock cinema, ‘The Last Exorcism’, a genre-bender about a minister named Cotton who allows a documentary crew to film his final [...]

A chainsaw is to horror movies what a bullwhip and a fedora is to action/adventure movies. It’s more than a trademark, it’s a cultural phenomenon. Had Tobe Hooper elected make ‘The Texas Sledgehammer Massacre’ back in 1974, the horror landscape from thereon out might have been very different.
So, in celebration of one of the blood [...]

I know our intention at Scificrush is to bring people together, but I couldn’t help posting this article from Scifiwire entitled, ‘14 Sci-fi Flicks to watch if you HATE Valentine’s Day’. At this point, with Valentine’s Day the movie pulling in massive numbers at the box office, I think we can admit there is something [...]

Bloody-Disgusting posted an exclusive set of clips that give a revealing behind the scenes look at Universal’s long-awaited remake of ‘The Wolfman’ starring Benicio Del Toro. Baker, a Hollywood legend, has his named linked to everything from ‘The Nutty Professor’ to ‘Hellboy’. His hand in bring the Wolfman back to life is instrumental to the [...]

Reports have been surfacing in the last day or so that the Weinstein brothers are in negotiations with Warner Bros have pulled out their wallets are likely to spend a huge wad of cash to get the Sundance sensation ‘Splice’ into as many theaters as possible by this summer. The latest number are somewhere in [...]