Horror Features

‘The Walking Dead’ season 4 shambles out its fourth entry with Sunday’s “Indifference,” but how does it hold up to the comic book continuity? Rick finds himself faced with a difficult decision while out on a supply run with Carol, while Daryl leads Tyreese, Michonne and Bob on their dangerous mission to the veterinary college, so what’s next for ‘The Walking Dead’ as the fourth season continues...

In 1980, visionary director Stanley Kubrick released 'The Shining,' a psychological horror film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. 'The Shining' follows writer Jack Torrance as he takes his family up to an isolated hotel to work on completing his novel. While there, his son discovers he has psychic powers, and Jack himself begins a descent into murderous madness. It's been 33 yea

When 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' hit theaters in 1974, it sent a wave of panic and terror through audiences, who believed, as the film suggested, that what they were watching was a depiction of events as they actually took place. The film itself was merely somewhat inspired by serial killer Ed Gein, but 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' left an everlasting mark on horror cinema, paving the way for

Long before he wrote 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' and 'Iron Man 3,' Shane Black helped write the script for the 1987 horror-comedy 'The Monster Squad' -- which was released the same year as Black's first big film, 'Lethal Weapon.' Co-written with director Fred Dekker, 'The Monster Squad' finds a group of kids going toe to toe with the classic Universal monsters, led by Count Dracula. Twenty-six years aft

‘The Walking Dead’ season 4 shambles out its third entry with Sunday’s “Isolation,” but how does it hold up to the comic book continuity? Disease continues to ravage the prison, while Daryl and the others encounter a deadly mass of walkers on a mission for supplies, and Rick makes a shocking discovery about Karen’s killer, so what’s next for ‘The Walking Dead’ as the fourth season continues... Rea

When 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' first hit American theaters in 1975, it didn't perform very well at the box office, save for one Los Angeles theater. The subversive camp-horror musical film -- based on Richard O'Brien's original stage show -- became a cult classic when a theater in New York City began running midnight showings of it the following year. Since then, the film has become a Saturd

Forget 'Twilight' -- the 1987 film 'Near Dark' is leaps and bounds a better vampire film with a romantic twist. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the Western-flavored film followed a young man in a small Midwestern town who gets mixed up with a group of vampire drifters when one of them, a beautiful woman, bites him on the neck. 'Near Dark' wasn't a huge hit in its time, but has subsequently found a cu

The first 'Friday the 13th' film was released in 1980 and introduced the world to Jason Voorhees. 'Friday the 13th' spawned nine sequels, a remake, and a crossover film with 'Nightmare on Elm Street' boogeyman Freddy Krueger. 33 years since the release of the horror classic, we take a look back at some of your favorite cast members from the first nine 'Friday the 13th' movies and see where they ar

Released in 1990, 'Ghost' starred Patrick Swayze as Sam Wheat, a man who dies as a result of a mugging gone awry, but his love for his fiance allows him to remain on Earth as a ghost. With the help of a psychic, Sam tries to avenge his death and reconnect with his fiance to resolve lingering issues before he moves on to the afterlife. Twenty-three years later, we revisit the cast of the film and s

Released in 1993, Disney's horror comedy 'Hocus Pocus' wasn't well-received, though it eventually became a cult Halloween classic. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy play a trio of ancient witch sisters who are accidentally resurrected by a teen boy and his sister. The witches won't rest until they've absorbed the life force of all the town children to keep themselves young forev