Author: Jacob Dressler

Guardians of the Galaxy made an interesting twist towards the end of the film, where the character Groot sacrificed himself for the other Guardians. While that version of Groot has since been left out of future Marvel films, his “offspring” has managed to take his place. Beginning in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, fans were given a chance to see what a younger version of Groot would be like with Baby Groot. By the time more recent Marvel Cinematic Universe films came around, Groot started to grow a bit older and closer to the age he was in the…

Now that the Halloween franchise is back on the big screen where it belongs, with the new sequel Halloween Kills coming later this year – it’s a great time to look back at some of the highlights from the iconic and beloved slasher film franchise. Now while the series’ trademark villain Michael Myers usually hides his face underneath a creepy array of haunting masks, there are several instances where he tends to go unmasked for short periods of time. We’ll be taking a look at these different versions of Michael Myers unmasked, and honestly, they usually don’t make him any…

We’re at a time when fans are desperate for the return of some of the horror genre’s biggest icons, and that includes Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street. The franchise has been dormant ever since the release of the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street remake, and it’s been difficult to determine where the franchise could go after that film flopped and Robert Englund seemingly retired from the role. Nevertheless, the property is now apparently back at the Wes Craven estate and star Robert Englund believes that they’ll be able to properly reboot the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise…

At this current stage of the Internet and the fan communities that inhabit its various domains, it’s become quite often now for horror fans to demonstrate their love of the genre with fan films. While fan films have almost always been a thing, it’s only been recently with the ease of modern digital technology that the quality of fan films has risen by quite a lot. In fact, they’ve gone great lengths to even get cast members from the actual films involved such as the case with Never Hike Alone: A Friday the 13th Fan Film which saw actor Thom…

COVID-19, otherwise known as the Coronavirus, has blown up into a global wide pandemic over the last few months. It’s spread increasingly fast over the last few weeks, and no doubt people are wondering just how this infectious virus can remain contagious. As it turns out, a new scientific study has revealed the amount of viability time in which the Coronavirus remains contagious in both the air and from surfaces. The study was performed by scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The scientists experimented by simulating…

Among the likes of Halloween and Friday the 13th, Wes Craven’s 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street is a notorious slasher film that’s been the basis for a multitude of sequels, reboots, and tie-in media. The franchise’s success is thanks heavily to the surprisingly creative and iconic visage of Freddy Krueger – nicknamed the Son of a Hundred Maniacs or the Springwood Slasher throughout the films. But where did Wes Craven come up with the idea for Freddy Krueger? It turns out the inspiration for the murderous and nightmarish villain is a lot more real than you’d expect. Wes…

The Conjuring is a movie that’s helped launch the history of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren into pop culture stardom. Interestingly, however, there is a case of theirs that rarely gets the publicity of those featured in the Conjuring movies. At one point, Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated a house in Bridgeport, Connecticut, which features a story just as terrifying as that in The Conjuring and its continuations. The house in particular where the incidents took place is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, at 966 Lindley Street. As it turns out, the house did at one point become a center…

In 2015, the Marvel Cinematic Universe started to expand in some rather interesting ways thanks to the introduction of several Netflix shows regarding some of the franchise’s more mature characters and storylines. Perhaps most famously adapted for Netflix was the first of these series, Daredevil, which focused on the titular superhero otherwise known as Matt Murdock. The character was played by Charlie Cox and many Marvel fans have been begging to see his return ever since the Netflix Daredevil series was cancelled. While he still hasn’t been officially confirmed for any new appearances, Kevin Smith did share one interesting theory…

Robert Englund is one of the horror genre’s most iconic actors. Aside from being the face of Freddy Krueger in nearly every incarnation of the franchise since it was first conceived in 1984 – he’s played a vast amount of horror characters both good and bad. Now he’s taking the part of host for the Travel Channel’s upcoming series True Terror with Robert Englund. And while promoting the series, he took the time to explain one of his biggest phobias. As it turns out, Robert Englund has a massive fear of snakes – and the reasoning is quite interesting. Here’s…

It goes without saying that The Texas Chain Saw Massacre released in 1974, directed by Tobe Hooper, is one of the greatest horror films ever made. Whether you like the film or not is one thing, but the movie has had an undeniable impact on the horror genre since its original release. The movie has maintained a high status on every horror fan’s radar, and the main antagonist Leatherface immediately became a cinematic icon. But what about the memorable farmhouse in which most of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre takes place? As it turns out, the farmhouse had a history…