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  • The 21 Best Horror Movie Villains Ever, Ranked

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    Jason Voorhees didn’t start out as much of a horror villain; after all, in the initial “Friday the 13th” (released 35 years ago this week, on May 9, 1980), he had to have his mother do all his dirty work. But over the course of countless sequels, the seemingly unkillable, hockey-masked slasher worked hard, paid his dues, and became one of the all-time greats.

    What does it take, after all, to be a great horror movie villain? A franchise helps, since you get to rack up the body count, but it should really be about quality, not quantity. Are you scary? Do you haunt the dreams of moviegoers after they leave the theater? Do they yearn for you to return and scare them again? Those ought to be the tests.

    With that in mind, here’s our ranking of the best horror movie villains. Aspiring ghouls reading this who want to become the next Jason: you’ve got your work cut out for you.best horror movie villains

  • 23 Horror Movie Mistakes That Will Haunt Your Dreams

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    Part of the appeal of horror movies is that scares are the top priority. But that can mean quality comes second.

    Horror movies are sometimes filled with cheesy sub-plots, low production value, and, at times, some seriously questionable acting, but as long as the movie delivers that thrill or shock you came to see, all is forgiven. Right? We’ve assembled a few on-screen errors — from movies such as “The Shining” and “Scream” — to see if that holds true.

    As usual, all photos are courtesy of MovieMistakes.com.
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  • The 19 Best Horror Movie Sequels Ever Made

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    Horror sequels have long seemed, like weeds or mosquitoes, something we just have to put up with, part of Hollywood’s natural ecosystem. We tend to think of them as superfluous because it’s hard to scare audiences a second time (or third, or tenth) when they know the premise and can anticipate what’s coming.

    But it was not always so. The first major horror sequel, “Bride of Frankenstein,” was released 80 years ago this week (on April 22, 1935), and it was actually good, scary, and clever and surprising in a way that amplified the story told in 1931’s “Frankenstein.”

    In the eight decades since, only a few horror sequels have lived up to that standard. Here they are, the best return frights.best horror movie sequels

  • 23 Horror Movie Mistakes That Will Give You Nightmares

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    Part of the appeal of horror movies is that scares are the top priority. But that can mean quality comes second.

    Horror movies are sometimes filled with cheesy sub-plots, low production value, and, at times, some seriously questionable acting, but as long as the movie delivers that thrill or shock you came to see, all is forgiven. Right? We’ve assembled a few on-screen errors — from movies such as “The Shining” and “Scream” — to see if that holds true.

    As usual, all photos are courtesy of MovieMistakes.com.horror movie mistakes

  • Character Actor Tom Towles, Star of Horror Films, Dies at 65

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    Character actor Tom Towles, who starred in a number of horror films, including those produced by musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie, has died. He was 65.

    Zombie announced Towles’s death on Facebook on Sunday, writing that he had just learned of the actor’s passing. No details about Towles’s death were made available.

    “He was such a great guy and I am so grateful that we got to work together several times,” Zombie wrote on Facebook. “He will be really missed.”

    I just got word that our buddy Tom Towles has died. He was such a great guy and I am so grateful that we got to work together several times. He will be really missed.

    Posted by Rob Zombie on Sunday, April 5, 2015

    Towles and Zombie collaborated on several horror flicks, including “House of 1000 Corpses,” “The Devil’s Rejects,” and the 2007 “Halloween” remake. The late actor also starred in “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “Night of the Living Dead,” and “Grindhouse,” among many other film roles.

    Towles was also known for prolific television work, including spots on “Seinfeld,” “ER,” “L.A. Law,” “NYPD Blue,” “Firefly,” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”

    [via: Facebook, h/t CinemaBlend]

    Photo credit: Rob Zombie/Facebook

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  • Now You Have No Excuse to Miss ‘It Follows’

    It FollowsThe creepiest kid on the block right now is “It Follows,” the low-budget, high-quality horror movie being distributed by Radius-TWC. The critically acclaimed movie stars Maika Monroe as a young woman who discovers she’s been given a sort of supernatural STD that involves being slowly but surely followed around by a shambling horror in various guises. If she doesn’t pass it on to a future paramour, the “it” in “It Follows” will catch her and kill her.

    “It Follows” opened in four theaters on March 13 and was scheduled to hit VOD on March 27. Instead, the movie proved its mettle at the box office, and Radius-TWC expanded it to 32 theaters during its second weekend of release. Then it jumped to 1,215 theaters the weekend after that, and now it’s in 1,655 theaters. Radius-TWC’s plans to send it to VOD at the end of March have been put on hold.

    Writer/director David Robert Mitchell has been praised for the interesting teen characters and effective atmosphere of lingering dread, as well as a look and sound heavily influenced by movies like “Halloween” and “Nightmare on Elm Street.”

    [Via Variety]

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger Protects His Zombie Daughter in the ‘Maggie’ Trailer

    MaggieArnold Schwarzenegger is joining the Dadcore movement of action heroes with the upcoming horror drama “Maggie.”

    Schwarzenegger stars as an everyday guy in the Midwest whose daughter Maggie, played by Abigail Breslin, is infected with a deadly virus. It will take a few weeks for Maggie to turn into a full-on “Walking Dead” zombie with a taste for brains, at which time Wade (Schwarzenegger) is supposed to turn her over to be quarantined. It looks like Wade’s got other ideas, though. Does he have a special set of skills that will keep his undead daughter in check? We’ll have to tune in to find out!

    “Maggie,” which is the directorial debut of Henry Hobson, premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will open in theaters on May 8.

    [Via The Playlist]
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  • Nightmares Are Real in This Trailer for ‘Before I Wake’ (VIDEO)

    Before I WakeTwo new foster parents find out the hard way why their new charge has insomnia – and it’s not exactly what they assumed. In Mike Flanagan’s “Before I Wake,” Jessie (Kate Bosworth) and Mark (Thomas Jane) are excited to foster Cody (newcomer Jacob Tremblay), who seems really sweet. They’re still mourning their dead son, but hey, now is as good a time as any to move on, right?

    As soon as Cody moves in, strange things start happening around the house, but only at night when he’s asleep. When Jessie and Mark start digging a little deeper into Cody’s past, they find out he has a very particular talent that he can’t control. His dreams come true, which can be very cool if he’s dreaming of sweet things like butterflies and your dead son, but if he has a nightmare… Well, you get the idea.

    Other than the pills Cody hoards under his bed to keep him awake, there doesn’t seem to be much of a solution to their dilemma. Can their little family stay alive long enough for Jessie and Mark to make sure Cody’s bad dreams go bye bye?

    “Before I Wake” opens May 8.

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