Halloween

Unleashed in 1984, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' gave everyone, well, nightmares with its horrific and instantly iconic villain Freddy Krueger -- a psychotic man who is burned to death by the parents of the children he murdered, and has returned to kill their teenagers in kind by terrorizing them in their sleep. The film gave us several sequels and a remake in 2010, but today we take a trip back to

John Carpenter's 'Halloween,' released in 1978, became an instant horror classic -- the film follows teenager Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) as she's stalked by a masked killer while babysitting on Halloween night. 'Halloween' has spawned numerous sequels, a remake (with its own sequel), and has inspired countless horror films in the 35 years since its initial release. We look back on the cast o

Though we got to see the sequence in full at Comic-Con 2013, Guillermo del Toro's contribution to 'The Simpsons'' upcoming Halloween special, "Treehouse of Horror XXIV," might make the episode the scariest yet. The visual horror master dug through the vaults to present an extended opening sequence chock full of classic monsters and those of his own design, so who made the cut?

I grew up going to theme parks. While most families were taking vacations to Hawaii, my family packed up the truck, threw us in the back with a camper shell as our only protection (seats belts?), and nothing but the road ahead of us as we trekked to Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm and Universal Studios every year. Seriously, this is all we did every single year. It's the reason why I love theme par

Audiences got their first taste of the 'Friday the 13th' franchise, which is now 12 films strong, when the original horror flick hit theaters in 1980. 'Friday the 13th' certainly wasn't a star-based film -- in fact its biggest name at the time was coming off an almost decade-long break from films. However, the cast did contain one actor who went on to have a long, successful career, and another wh

This Halloween, most of us will be doing one of two things (or both): Watching scary movies, and gorging ourselves with candy. But you needn't feel guilty after your third 'Friday the 13th' movie and your tenth fun size Snickers bar: a new study has found that watching horror movies can actually burn hundreds of calories! Fire up Netflix and break out the candy corn!

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the wickedest of them all? It takes a special something to make our list of the most wicked female movie villains -- we're talking really rotten ladies with evil motives who totally get under your skin. Some of them may be traditional villains, and some may just be rotten apples, but all of these women make the grade in our book...

It's easy to feel ambiguous about Halloween -- so much delight and so much excess, every sign of joy on the face of a true believer paid for with a grim, hobbled, hollow-eyed walk of shame home on one broken high heel -- in my case, a shame specifically because my "Sexy Ripley in 'Aliens'" costume was, like, totally both interpretive and respectful. But there can...

Even with films like 'Scream,' 'Behind the Mask' and 'The Cabin in the Woods' exposing horror's biggest tricks for all to see, horror films continue using them like proven liars yet again asking for trust. These horror cliches have relaxed over time, but we'll probably never get rid of them completely since they're largely what make most horror films possible...

If you're looking for a good scary movie, you can watch movies online or stream them directly to your TV this Halloween. We know that cable channels are still showing 'Green Lantern' for the 1,000th time and we know you want to watch good scary movie -- not just any old generic horror movie. So if you're ...