No popular genre has proven more reflective of America's unpredictable cultural mood swings than the horror movie. At the same time, no popular genre has proven more conducive to the expression of idiosyncratic nightmare visions than the horror...

Horror films are films of the horror genre that are designed to elicit fright, fear, terror, or horror from viewers. In horror film plots, evil forces, events, or characters, sometimes of supernatural origin, intrude into the everyday world. Horror film...

VIRGINIA ROHAN, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-20-2004 Humanizing a horror film -- Andre Braugher says 'Salem' roles avoid usual curse By VIRGINIA ROHAN, STAFF WRITER Date: 06-20-2004, Sunday Section: ENTERTAINMENT Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday The problem with most horror...

Every horror movie has its sequel, and this is no exception. Dr. Bernard Nathanson, the producer, is at it again. He has put together Silent Scream II, or what he has titled "Eclipse of Reason." Last time out, the right-to-lifers' favorite film maker...

An audience expecting to watch a family film was stunned to get an glimpse of a horror movie, which left some parents shaken and the theater chain apologizing for the movie mix-up.The moviegoers were expecting to see "The Last Mimzy," the PG-rated tale of a...

Omar Ali Khan has added a quirky dimension to the description of Pakistan as a front line of the war on terror _ a Hollywood-inspired movie that's sparking surprising interest at home and abroad."We had zero expectations," says the director of "Zibahkhana," the country's first...

Why do people pay to attend a horror movie and be scared out of their wits? In addition to the entertainment value, the horror movie satisfies certain primordial needs of people. It enables the movie-goer to confront his or her own fears, phobias, and personal demons, and to leave the movie with a new affirmation of life.