All 11 ‘Psycho’ and ‘Bates Motel’ movies, TV shows and books, ranked
Rankings list: From books to films to TV, and from Anthony Perkins to Freddie Highmore, RFMC ranks the classy and creepy horror saga.
Horror Movies
All 24 John Carpenter movies and TV episodes, ranked
Movie and TV list: This master of horror has also directed sci-fi, dark comedy and even a biopic. Here are my rankings of his work.
‘Milk & Serial’ (2024) demonstrates Barker’s skill before turning sour
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Though it doesn’t stick the landing, the “Obsession” wunderkind’s debut is only an hour long, so give it a taste.
I’m obsessed with how good ‘Obsession’ is
Movie review: Writer-director Curry Barker delivers a “Be careful what you wish for” horror masterpiece chock full of real-world commentary.
Script oddities keep ‘Hokum’ short of ‘Oddity’
Movie review: But McCarthy’s direction and the Irish setting make for impeccable horror sequences.
Carpenter’s resume recovers in ‘The Ward’ (2010)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): The best thing about this Sixties-set mental-ward horror film is it replaces “Ghosts of Mars” as his last film.
‘Ghosts of Mars’ (2001) will have Carpenter fans seeing red
Frightening Friday (Movie review): The director finds no signs of life among his lead actors in this sci-fi riff on “Assault on Precinct 13.”
If you like your stake medium-well, check out ‘Vampires’ (1998)
Frightening Friday (Movie review): In a decade of bloodsuckers, John Carpenter checks in with his own respectable vampire-Western.
‘Undertone’ makes small scares into a big deal
Movie review: This Canadian film gets a lot out of a little, with new angles into supernatural horror and cinematographic cliches.
Horror-comedy ‘Deadstream’ (2022) doesn’t sacrifice scares or laughs
Frightening Friday (Movie review): Joseph Winter’s found-footage parody threads a needle by being funny and spooky in equal measure.