Back in 2021, Netflix dropped a little summer surprise in the form of a three-part slasher saga that made horror fans sit up and pay attention. Fear Street wasn’t just a nod to the R.L. Stine paperbacks we devoured in middle school — it was a full-f…
What is old is new again when every year the clock strikes midnight on January 1 and with it brings a new slate of properties that are entering into the public domain. The holidays are over, but this is a gift that I excitedly unwrap every year to s…
Welcome to the first edition of Host Highlights! In this series, we’re taking a look at the history of our show and selecting memorable episodes from our catalogue that really showcase each host’s unique tastes. Our first article is a dive into the…
Dear creators of movie trailers: First of all, despite what I am about to say here, I’m a big fan of your work as a whole. I am one of those people who hustles to get to a movie early for the trailers. I will gladly sit through segments featuring …
Valentine’s Day isn’t just for lovers — it’s the perfect time to celebrate some of the most iconic actors who’ve tackled both romantic comedies and horror films. As we prepare for our episode reviewing the romantic comedy/slasher Heart Eyes (2025), …
Sometimes, love stinks. We’ve all had moments in our lives where every hint of love or Valentine’s Day spirit makes us want to swing a pickaxe at all those lucky enough to be in love. But before you decide to don a miner’s outfit and totally harsh …
Some of us have been in the horror movie space for so long that it may feel like nothing can surprise us anymore. We’ve seen the classics, the remakes, the requels, and analyzed them all down to their cinematic atoms. We’ve memorized the final gir…
Note: This article was originally written in 2022 in celebration of the release of Scream (2022), and it’s now being shared with Hack or Slash for the first time in honor of the movie’s 3 year anniversary. There are spoilers for the first 4 films in…
Steven LaMorte's upcoming twisted reimagining of Disney’s Steamboat Willie (which recently entered the public domain) is making waves — but not without some turbulence. Originally set to hit theaters in January, Screamboat has now been delayed to…
As someone who has a December birthday, the end of the year has always enveloped me in a double dose of reflection. Not only for the year that’s come and gone as we anticipate a new calendar to fill with personal ambitions, but also the contemplatio…
Everyone remembers their first. The heady cocktail of excitement and anxiety, the blood, the afterglow of doing something that feels wicked and wrong yet also, somehow feeling inexplicably in love. Yes, everyone remembers their first horror movie e…
It is not an entirely false generalization to say that remakes are a large portion of the media we consume and see advertised (sometimes ad nauseum) every cinematic year. Very few things nowadays sprout from original IP, and the horror genre is far …
The second season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon has come to an end, which also brings our character’s time in France to a close. Before looking ahead to the next season, I wanted to look back on my favorite character in the show.Spoilers ahead fo…
It seems almost too cliché to say that living through one “unprecedented historical event” after another feels like one long horror movie. There are villains who could win, heroes who could fall, seemingly inescapable scenarios, and a tinge of hopel…
I was raised in Florida for the first 5 years of my life. After that I moved around every 1-2 years until I moved back home in the early 2000’s. I was only home a few years before I left for the Navy, and I grew up — really became an adult — on the…
Long before the days of Stephen King’s Pennywise or Damian Leone’s Art the Clown, the clown has had a…complex relationship with our world. For centuries, even millenia, the clown; the jester; the fool; no matter what name it has held, has not only …
There is a stark difference in experience between sitting down on your couch or in a movie theater to watch a horror movie and immersing yourselves in those horror stories at a haunted attraction (colloquially called a ‘haunt” for short). When you’…
Do you have a scaredy cat in your life? They are the bewildering breed of humans who shudder at the thought of jump scares and immediately leave the room when you open the Shudder app on the TV. But just because you have those people in your life …
Every October, horror movie lovers of all preferences and experiences embark on the deeply personal journey of watching at least one horror movie during every day in October to get into the spooky Halloween spirit! For some it is an opportunity to e…
This month marks the 15th anniversary of Rob Zombie’s Halloween II releasing in theaters. Over the years, I’ve grown quite fond of Scout Taylor-Compton’s portrayal of Laurie Strode. In fact, I’d go as far as to say she’s personally my favorite Lauri…
The Spooky Season with Hack or Slash is back and better than ever for 2024, and we’re kicking things off with the Spooky Preseason starting August 1st. For those who are new, the Spooky Preseason is a month-long horror extravaganza within our Disco…
We’re thrilled to announce that Hack or Slash is celebrating its 7th anniversary, and what better way to commemorate this milestone than by connecting with the horror community at Spooky Empire: The Dark Side of Comic-Con! Last year, we had an incr…
(As written in October 2017) The 2017 coming of IT was 135 minutes of sheer modern-horror brilliance, and I don’t say that lightly. I saw the 2017 film within it’s first week in theaters, and in the time that’s passed I’ve tried to find even one q…
Each Spooky Season of our show's existence has marked a time of welcoming new listeners who have developed a taste for horror, are looking to get their fix of horror movie conversation, or are just discovering our show. We've celebrated the Spooky …