Horror Film Aesthetics

I’ve written previously about the importance of actors in creating a character . One example of how recasting an actor can change our feelin...

I am asked, "How does summer horror differ from winter horror in lighting and color?" I don't think there's a consistently...

It's been said that "90% of directing is casting." Every actor has a specific persona . A certain "look," presence, ...

Historically, horror anthology films were written by the same writer and helmed by the same director. The wraparound and individual tales we...

House of Death (1982, aka Death Screams ) is an obscure slasher films from the 1980s, and thus many people might not notice if a distributo...

It's become a cliché. The overhead drone shot of a car driving along a highway or through a forest. Despite some minor variations, I...

Horror filmdom has suffered a rash of remakes these past few decades. It's one of the more disheartening trends in modern horror. What w...