Archive for April, 2009
10 Classic Horror Novels You Can Read in One Night
April 30th, 2009 by Randy Ray | | 4 Comments »I was reading about a book titled 100 One Night Reads: A Book Lover’s Guide, and I thought it might be fun to have a list of horror novels you can read in one night. Here’s a list of 10 horror novels you can read in a single night. All of them are available at the store, and most of them are available in relatively inexpensive editions too:
Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus – Believe it or not, Mary Shelley was only 18 when she started writing Frankenstein. It’s considered the first science fiction novel, as well as being the…
New Horror Movie Trailers
April 29th, 2009 by Randy Ray | | No Comments »A couple of days ago I posted some classic horror movie trailers. Today I’m posting some new horror movie trailers, and I’m providing my predictions as to whether or not each of the movies here will be good or bad. Enjoy.
H2 Trailer – Rob Zombie’s Halloween Sequel Trailer
Rob Zombie’s H2 is coming out on August 28, 2009. We can only pray that it’s not as bad as Rob Zombie’s terrible remake of Halloween, but that’s probably just too much to hope for. I don’t think Malcolm McDowell is good at all as Loomis. I don’t like the…
Ted Dekker – Boneman’s Daughter
April 28th, 2009 by Randy Ray | | No Comments »Ted Dekker’s latest novel, Boneman’s Daughter, just came out this month. Boneman’s Daughter is about an Iraq war veteran who is searching for his daughter. She’s been abducted by a serial killer who breaks his victims’ bones without breaking their skin. We have copies of the book coming in this week. If you’re interested, then Ted Dekker is a great example of “Christian horror”, which is a popular subgenre of both types of books.
And who would be better qualified than Ted Dekker to write Christian horror novels? He was raised by missionaries, and he personally knew people who were…
55 Dracula Movies You Should See Before You Die
April 28th, 2009 by Randy Ray | | 9 Comments »Dracula is the most popular horror movie character of all time. According to Guinness Attraction, Dracula is featured in 161 movies, as contrasted with the 2nd most popular horror movie character of all time, Frankenstein, who is only in 115 movies. So we thought it would be fun to make a list of some of the more notable Dracula movies ever made. Here are 60 Dracula movies; please note that we’ve linked to interesting on-topic blog posts on other bloggers’ sites where possible. We like to support the blogging community that way.
The Death of Dracula – 1921 –…
Top 50 Horror Trailers – 50 Great Horror Movie Trailers
April 27th, 2009 by Randy Ray | | 8 Comments »Some of these horror trailers are meant for adults, so be warned ahead of time. I don’t think any of these horror movie trailers are gruesome or gory enough to be rated “R”, but just to be safe, let’s assume that they are.
You’ll probably notice that most of the horror trailers listed are from movies that came out a long time ago. There’s a pretty simple reason for that; most newer horror movies, (and newer horror movie trailers) just aren’t very good.
Where possible, I’ve linked the name of each movie to a fan site or blog article…