The 40 Best Zombie Movies Ever Made: Part 1
You asked for it and we’re delivering the goods. We’ve watched over 150 zombie movies in order to compile this list. Our minds are lost. And yes, this includes many different types of zombies. Whether they’re infected with a virus, or turned undead by a voodoo curse or radioactive goo, as long as they resemble [...]
The Changeling (1980): Subtle Horror Masterpiece
A ghost story is a hard one to manage. As far as concocting a scary story for a horror movie, it’s easy for a movie about a haunting to slip into utter ridiculousness as each scare, by formulaic definition, must top the last one until, at the very end of the movie, anything that once [...]
The Citadel (2012): Feral Children for Agoraphobics
Everyone wants to be scared when we’re watching a horror movie, but why? Why do we crave the worst? Why do we want to see movies where the unspeakable things only our imaginations could create will be lurking in the darkness to jump out at us? My theory is that we go to the movies [...]
Evil Dead Remake: Bloodlust, Gore, and A Dog Named Grandpa
There’s something decidedly un-scary about a horror movie with a plot that eschews mystery in order to lay out a diabolical, supernatural plan. In Evil Dead, the remake of the beloved cult classic original, The Evil Dead (dropping the titular “The” is about the closest this film gets to original deviation), it’s made clear that [...]
6 Tragically Horrifying Romance Movies
Instead of flowers or chocolates, for Valentine’s Day this year we decided to get our readers something from the heart…a list of demented romance movies that will make for slightly uncomfortable but ultimately rewarding dates on this day of Cupid’s fatal arrow. Let the Right One in This Swedish vampire movie was everything that Twilight [...]
The 25 Coolest VHS Horror Movie Covers From Back in the Day
Horror movie VHS covers…it gives us nostalgic chills just thinking about how awesome they were. Was there a kid on this planet during the 80s and 90s who didn’t sneak away from their parents to steal a quick glimpse of the horror movie section nestled in the back of the video store? As youngsters, seeing [...]
The Shining: Behind the Scenes Photos
In celebration of one of the greatest horror movies of all time, we decided to put together some behind the scenes photos of the making of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. We here at The Ghost Diaries can never get enough insight into Kubrick’s brilliant filmmaking process, especially in The Shining. We study every ingenious frame [...]
Top 15 Found Footage Horror Movies of All Time Pt. 2
It’s time to finish what we began in PART ONE. Few things are harder for film critics than to list the very best movies of a particular genre. Fortunately, we’re not film critics here at the Ghost Diaries–just dudes who like to be scared and then talk about it afterwards. So without further ado, here [...]
Top 15 Found Footage Horror Movies Of All Time
Those of us here in the Ghost Diaries’ underground cave are avid fans of the found footage horror genre, so much so that we’ve seen virtually every offering put out there–the good, the bad and the ugly. We decided to put out our own list of the best found footage horror movies ever made. Keep [...]
Must-See Horror Movies Of 2013
The Ghost Diaries recently rated the best horror films of 2012. Now that a new year is upon us, it’s time to look forward, into the darkness. So far, 2013 looks like it’s going to be a mind-blowing year for horror films. This is the most excited we’ve been in years to see what Hollywood [...]
