Horror Arks

Why are the Letterboxd ratings for John Carpenter's Halloween and Friday the 13th and The Exorcist and other classic horror movies dropping points every year when other movies like DePalma's Carrie and Carnival Of Souls are seeing their ratings rise? Movies are arks that travel through time carrying all their scares and performances and visuals and writing to future generations. Some are smooth sailing, some are hitting the rocks. Let's talk about it!Join our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age

The Science of Scare Project is an annual research experiment that measures the physiological impact of horror movies to rank the scariest films ever made. Their results this year are... interesting. Controversial! Surprising! Infuriating! Let's talk about it. Happy Halloween!Join our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age

Boorman and the Devil is a 2025 American documentary film about John Boorman's 1977 horror film Exorcist 2: The Heretic, which almost ended his career. BATD is produced, edited, and directed by David KittredgeJoin our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age

It's time to talk about a book and not movies but... it's a book about movies, so we might be cheating.Join our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age

POV: a woman waits for a man at a deserted railroad station somewhere in northern New England. It is the middle of winter. Snow is falling and strange figures start to appear... and you are having an encounter with Walter Ungerer's obscure, ghostly mini masterpiece The Animal. Join our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age

This documentary is a great way to get ideas for your spooky season/Halloween watchlists! Let's get trashy and weird. Join our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age

Elevated horror is a very popular (and controversial) label, but it begs the question - what qualifies as de-elevated horror these days? Let's talk about it.Join our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age

Call em 'threequels' or just third entries in franchises, it's hard enough to make a good horror sequel but by part 3 the quality can really drop - except when it doesn't! Then you have some gems. Let's find out which gems are gem-iest. Join our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age

Adam Wingard is back to the film territory of The Guest and You're Next: horror/action/slashers/thrillers with decent budgets and he gets to make the movie without studio interference. Sounds good right? Let's see how it worked out... Join our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age

It's Buddy! What happens when an orange unicorn with a big heart and a big axe goes all Night Of The Hunter on you? Let's find out!Join our community and support us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wearehorrorweeklyIntro music by Nicholas Savard L'HerbierOutro Music by Gregg Schwartz of The Atomic Dream Age