CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980)

Four years before parents across America lost their collective shits over the axe-wielding Kris Kringle in 1984’s Silent Night, Deadly Night, director Lewis Jackson crafted a hidden little festive gem called Christmas Evil. Low on budget yet high on promise of delivering a seasonal horror film that could run with the likes of Halloween and…

THE BLOB (1988)

When it comes to sifting through the countless horror remakes that dot the genre’s history, one that is often overlooked is 1988’s The Blob. Directed by Chuck Russell and co-written by Frank Darabont, this gooey reimagining of the 1958 science-fiction classic has flashes of Spielberg-like cosmic awe crossed with plenty of head-crunching carnage that makes…