Horror
Rod Lott
Earlier this week, I lambasted writer/director Deon Taylor’s execrable “Nite Tales: The Series” collection on DVD — a trouncing it absolutely deserves — so I approached his feature “Chain Letter” with extreme caution. 

Horror
Rod Lott
I don’t know what it is about Angela Bettis, but stick her in a horror movie — doesn’t matter what, “May” or “The Toolbox Murders” — and I’m instantly interested.

Horror
Rod Lott
To make you feel old, Wes Craven’s “Scream” will turn 15 this year.

Horror
Rod Lott
To place "Scream 4" within its franchise, let's talk superlatives: It's the bloodiest, the shortest and the least satisfying.

Horror
Rod Lott
Anyone who says the 1978 original is the only good movie in the Halloween franchise is kidding himself. While none of the succeeding chapters may match the power, there's plenty of fun to be had beyond that one night he came home.

Horror
Rod Lott
Members of cleaning services expect to find the unexpected. For Elvis (Erlend Nervold) and Leo (Jon Sigve Skard) of the No Shit Cleaning Service, that means uncovering a naked woman submerged in a basement bathtub, yet alive, in shock and with tubes down her throat.

Horror
Rod Lott
It speaks to the strength of The Burning’s reputation among cult-film fans that what’s most memorable about the 1981 slasher is not that it was written by the Weinstein brothers, nor that it represents early appearances of the likes of Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter and Fisher Stevens. It’s that its Cropsy is just a damned good villain.