Samuel Lowery
Contributing since April, 2022
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About Samuel Lowery
I'm a film lover and a horror fanatic with a Bachelor's Degree in English who loves to write about, review, theorize, and analyze all types of movies!
Latest Articles
How Evil Dead 2 Secretly Started The Requel Trend In The '80s
Modern cinema is full of reboots, sequels, and now requels, but long before the latest trend, Raimi's Evil Dead 2 set out ahead of the curve.
The Brutal Horror Movie Friday The 13th Copied (Not Halloween)
You likely know about Friday the 13th's American influences, but an earlier Italian horror movie called A Bay of Blood also inspired the 1980 slasher.
Prey Makes 1 Arnold Schwarzenegger Predator Trick Even Better
Prey goes back to the basics of the Predator franchise and improves on 1 trick used by Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch from the original Predator.
Scream 3 Did The 2022 Requel's Smartest Trick 20 Years Ago
Scream 2022 brought a real-world inspired motivation to Ghostface, but Scream 3 did this smart trick 20 years ago in a much riskier way.
Pearl Trailer Makes X's Most Brutal Kill So Much Worse
Ti West's X featured many gruesome kills, and the upcoming prequel Pearl features a callback to one of X's kills while making it even more brutal.
How Friday The 13th Part 8 Secretly Had A Jason Vs Jason Fight
A brief scene in Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan features a satisfying face off against two actors who played Jason Voorhees.
The Italian Horror Movie That Secretly Influenced Tarantino's Death Proof
Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof was inspired by many different '70s car chase movies, but it also drew heavily from one classic Italian horror movie.
How Censors Accidentally Improved Friday The 13th Part 7's Best Kill
The MPAA cracked down on violence in '80s slasher horror movies, but this kill in Friday the 13th Part 7 was actually improved by the censors.
The Terminator Reboot Should Copy This 2014 Horror Movie
With The Terminator franchise spiraling into convoluted sequels, a franchise reboot would benefit from taking a page from this 2014 horror film.
Hateful Eight Proved How Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Could Work
The Hateful Eight's extended Netflix cut could give hope for a release of the elusive cut of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.
Shocking Halloween Ends Theory Reveals Laurie Strode Is The Villain
Halloween Kills left off on a cliffhanger that will resolve in Halloween Ends, and the time gap between the movies could make Laurie the new villain.
Friday the 13th: Roy Twist Killed The Franchise (Not Jason In Space)
While it is often said that sending Jason to space in Jason X was when Friday the 13th jumped the shark, it was actually much earlier in the series.
Evil Dead Made The Same Mistake As George Lucas In 2010
Evil Dead is a masterclass in low-budget horror, but it's Blu-ray followed the same mistakes that George Lucas made with his Star Wars re-releases.
Rob Zombie's The Munster's Reboot Can Continue One Genius Horror Trend
While Rob Zombie is primarily known for his R-rated horror efforts, his new reboot of The Munsters gives him the chance to branch out into PG horror.
How Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Secretly Defied Nintendo
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare's creators secretly included a Nintendo product in the film without the video game company's permission.
Why Stephen King Has So Many Horror Movies About Cars
Stephen King had conjured scares from many different sources, but he has a strong connection to cars and frequently uses them in his horror stories.
Blair Witch Reboot Should Hire Host's Perfect Director
Director Rob Savage's quarantine horror movie Host proves that he would be the perfect candidate to helm a reboot of the Blair Witch franchise.
Rambo 6 Would Risk Killing What Makes The Character Special
Continuing the Rambo franchise with Rambo 6 could reach for fresh ideas but also risk killing what makes the character of John Rambo special.
Why The Terminator Franchise Should Return To Its Slasher Horror Roots
The Terminator franchise's reliance on recreating the success of T2 has robbed the series of the original Terminator film's slasher movie roots.
Why Dario Argento Agreed to Act in Gaspar Noe's Vortex
Italian filmmaker Dario Argento agreed to act in Gaspar Noe's new film Vortex under one slightly strange condition about his character.