13 Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween
As All Hallows Eve draws near, it’s time to dim the lights, grab a bowl of popcorn, and dive into 13 of the most spine-chilling horror movies that will make your skin crawl and heart race. Here Are 13 Classic Horror Films To Watch this October 31st Psycho (1960) No horror movie list is complete without this Alfred Hitchcock classic. The chilling performance of Anthony Perkins as the disturbed Norman Bates has haunted movie-goers for decades. The Exorcist (1973) This tale of demonic possession and the struggle of two priests to save a young girl stands as one of the… Read more »
Black Bear Visits The Stanley Hotel
Black Bear Decides to Visit The Shining Hotel A curious Stephen King fan decided to check out the hotel known as “The Shining Hotel,” aka The Stanley Hotel. Ghosts are not the only thing you might be wary of when staying at the iconic Stanley Hotel. Recently a very sizable black bear decided to pay a visit during the wee hours of the morning when most guests were asleep. This black bear must have been curious about Room 237 because he opened the door and strolled right into the lobby. After taking a break and enjoying the hotel lobby furniture, he… Read more »
Stephen King and “The Shining” Hotels that Gave Us The Overlook Hotel
What Hotels Inspired The Shining? In late 1974, Stephen King was emerging as a wildly successful young author. His two bestsellers, Carrie and Salem’s Lot, were enjoying multiple printing editions. For such an overnight success, the spotlight was beginning to shine on King, who previously worked as an English teacher at a Maine high school and sometimes moonlighted at a local laundry. Little did he know, a short-lived move to Boulder, Colorado would bring a new setting for many of his stories to come. One night, he found himself at the birthplace of The Shining in Estes Park, Colorado where… Read more »
The Shining 2, AKA Doctor Sleep, in Progress
The past couple of years have been incredibly kind to Stephen King fans, with 2017 bringing no fewer than three of King’s classics to film and television, and if you’re a fan of the horror King, you’ll be pleased to learn that there’s seemingly no slowing down this train of terror. And one of the most recent King novels to get a green light for the big screen? None other than Doctor Sleep, the fan-requested 2013 sequel to The Shining that Stephen King originally dreamt up while staying at the haunted Stanley Hotel. What is the Doctor Sleep Plot? Doctor Sleep… Read more »
“Do Not Fear.” The Mist Will Appear June 22
Stephen King’s world continues to expand with another classic retelling of The Mist. Much like the upcoming It 2-part theatrical remake, The Mist’s “reimagining” will take on a new format as it comes to us as a series on Spike. The Mist series trailer The Mist trailer almost has a post-puberty Stranger Things feel to it. As an unsettling mist falls over a small town, another storm brews below. What to expect from The Mist The “re-imagining” of Stephen King’s classic The Mist is almost here, and with the release of new images from the set this past week, we can’t help but… Read more »
Tuberculosis, Stephen King and The Haunted History of The Iconic Stanley Hotel
Freelan O. Stanley may not be a household name for many but his technological and (inadvertent) horror contributions likely ring some bells. Following the successful sale of a dry plate photography manufacturing plant (to the founder of what is now Kodak), Freelan and his brother Francis gained true business notoriety as the creators of the best-selling steam powered automobile, the Stanley Steamer. A haunting diagnosis Unfortunately, Freelan’s success and financial standing did not guard against health maladies of the time. After becoming afflicted with tuberculosis, he along with his wife Flora loaded up their Stanley Steamer wagon, waved goodbye to… Read more »
Netflix’s Stranger Things: An Homage to the Greats
So you haven’t quite wrapped up Game of Thrones and are only half way through Orange is the New Black. We get it. You have a lot of options these days and you can watch just about any show, anywhere, with the click of a button. However, if you love great storytelling, and especially if you’ve been alive in the last 50 years, stop what you’re doing and go watch Netflix’s Stranger Things. You heard us right, after reading this article, go watch Netflix’s Stranger Things! Seriously. It’s full of everything you love from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and even… Read more »
Great Horror Kisses
It’s #InternationalKissingDay so give me some sugar baby! Here are a few of our favorite horror smooches, leading off with good ol’ Jack’s memorable kissing scene in The Shining. The Shining Kiss Scene Does anyone else have the song to The Little Mermaid going through their head right now? There you see her. Sitting there across the bathroom. She don’t got a lot to say. But there’s something about her…. And you don’t know why, but you’re dying to try. You want to kiss the girl…. Trust me, Jack. You don’t want to kiss zee girl. You can watch the full… Read more »
Top 10 Horror Films of All-Time
We know, we know. Everybody has an opinion on the best horror films. How do you even begin to rank them? Are they the scariest? The bloodiest? The most shocking? The most jump scares? We choose to rank them based on the films themselves. The story. The acting. The directing. The cinematography. And yes, fear factor. A horror film should be called great because of all these elements. One thing that makes movies scary is how old you were when you first saw them. The Exorcist is scary at any age, but is Poltergeist? Carrie? Even Psycho? Many of these… Read more »