Horror as a genre has long relied on singular, lead characters to tell stories. From the moment F.W. Murnau filmed a pointy-eared, fanged Max Schreck as Count Orlock in 1922's Nosferatu, horror's focal characters have almost exclusively been the very monsters audiences are meant to fear. Dracula. Wolf-Man. Michael Myers. Jason Voorhees. Freddy Krueger. Their…
Social unrest provided a cornerstone in the various boom periods for horror cinema. For example, the genre's Golden Age in the first half of the 1930s coincided with the worsening of the Great Depression. Hollywood's Pre-Code era and the genuine anxiety of the time produced classics like Freaks, and the various Universal Studios monster franchises,…
How fortuitous that the second installment in The Open Man October FRIGHT-Day falls on Friday the 13th! That's a Yahtzee for all horror movie buffs. The month in which Halloween falls also having a Friday the 13th combines the two most famous entries into the slasher genre. For those unfamiliar with the nomenclature, the label…
How I Would Script is a weekly column at The Open Man by Joseph Nardone. In it, our favorite, most handsome Internet Scribbler maps out how he would recreate whatever TV show or movie that is on his mind. Have a suggestion? Hit him on Twitter @JosephNardone. When is the last time you actually enjoyed one of the eight…
Every Friday in October, The Open Man is spotlighting genres and themes of horror cinema. This is FRIGHT-Day! For the faint of heart, remind yourself: It's only a blog. Much of the thrill of horror is the unknown. Likewise, the genre lends itself to creativity; the best works are completely unique concepts, no matter if…
