Carrie was released on October 18, 2013. It stars Chloe Grace Moretz in the title role, with Julianne Moore as Margaret White and Judy Greer as Miss Desjardin. Once again, Carrie is a bullied outcast with telekinetic powers, and they come out in full force after her classmates play an awful prank on her at…… Continue reading CARRIE (2013)
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PROM NIGHT (1980)
Prom Night was released on July 18, 1980. Four high school seniors are stalked on their prom night by a masked axe-wielding killer as revenge for being involved in the accidental death of a classmate six years earlier. Jamie Lee Curtis is also there. Prom Night was filmed in and around Toronto. I didn’t get…… Continue reading PROM NIGHT (1980)
POLTERGEIST (2015)
The Poltergeist remake was released on May 22, 2015. Pretty much a straight remake of the original, it follows a family having to rescue their youngest daughter from the spirit world after pesky ghosts invade their house. Unlike the original which was filmed in California, the remake was filmed in Canada. The main house is…… Continue reading POLTERGEIST (2015)
READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME (2026)
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come was released on March 20, 2026. It once again stars Samara Weaving as Grace, the newlywed still being hunted in a deadly game of hide and seek, this time with Kathryn Newton as her younger sister in tow. Like the first Ready or Not, the sequel was filmed…… Continue reading READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME (2026)
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
Black Christmas was originally released in Canada on October 11, 1974. A US release followed in May 1975 under the title Silent Night, Evil Night before being released again as Black Christmas. It also aired on TV under the title Stranger in the House. It stars Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, and Andrea Martin as sorority…… Continue reading BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
THE BLACK PHONE (2021)
The Black Phone premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2021 and was released to theaters on June 24, 2022. It is based on the 2004 short story of the same name by Joe Hill. A boy named Finney Blake is kidnapped by The Grabber, and receives phone calls from past victims. It was filmed…… Continue reading THE BLACK PHONE (2021)
FIRESTARTER (1984)
Firestarter was released on May 11, 1984. It is based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Stephen King. A young girl with pyrokinetic powers and her father are pursued by government agents. It was filmed in North Carolina around Wilmington. Many of the locations from Firestarter have been demolished or are not…… Continue reading FIRESTARTER (1984)
SILVER BULLET (1985)
Silver Bullet was released on October 11, 1985. It is based on the 1983 novella Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King. It was filmed in North Carolina, around Wilmington and Burgaw. I’ve been to Wilmington a couple of times for locations, but somehow never did any of the numerous Stephen King locations. I decided…… Continue reading SILVER BULLET (1985)
WEAPONS (2025)
Weapons was released on August 8, 2025. As soon as I saw the first trailer, I recognized Georgia and I immediately got to work. The school looked like the one in The Exorcist: Believer so I started looking around Tucker and found the school that way. I also looked at some of the nearby streets…… Continue reading WEAPONS (2025)
FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM (1987)
From a Whisper to a Scream was released under the alternate title The Offspring on September 4, 1987. Vincent Price stars as the town historian of Oldfield, a cursed Tennessee town that has seen all kinds of horrors in its history, and we get to see several of them in anthology form. It was filmed…… Continue reading FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM (1987)