CARRIE (1976) AT 50: Stephen King, Sissy Spacek, & The Prom From Hell

CARRIE (1976) d. Brian De Palma (USA)
THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 (1999) d. Katt Shea (USA)
CARRIE (2002) d. David Carson (USA)
CARRIE (2013) d. Kimberly Peirce (USA)

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Based on Stephen King’s first published novel, 1976’s Carrie holds the distinction for being the first filmed adaptation of one of his works. A truly landmark American horror movie that combines supernatural terror with a powerful story about adolescence, cruelty, repression, and revenge, the film stars Sissy Spacek as the titular and telekinetic Carrie White, a shy, awkward high-school student bullied by her classmates and controlled by her extremely religious mother, Margaret White, indelibly played by Piper Laurie.

HAMMER HORROR 1966 (PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES, THE REPTILE, ONE MILLION YEARS BC, THE WITCHES)

THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (1966) d. John Gilling (UK)
THE REPTILE (1966) d. John Gilling (UK)
ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (1966) d. Don Chaffey (UK)
THE WITCHES (1966) d. Cyril Frankel (UK)

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For nearly a decade, Hammer had built its reputation on sumptuous Gothic horror, with mysterious castles, suspicious villagers, and iconic monsters, usually with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing topping the bill. But by 1966, Hammer was looking outward, experimenting with new monsters, new settings, and even entirely new genres.

CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH (1986) and POULTRYGEIST (2006) - Bad Taste Tastes Great!

CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH (1986) d. Richard W. Haines / Lloyd Kaufman (USA)
CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH PART II: SUBHUMANOID MELTDOWN (1991) d. Eric Louzil (USA)
CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH PART III: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE SUBHUMANOID (1994) d. Eric Louzil (USA)
RETURN OF CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH (2013) d. Lloyd Kaufman (USA)
RETURN TO RETURN OF CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH (2017) d. Lloyd Kaufman (USA)
POULTRYGEIST: NIGHT OF THE CHICKEN DEAD (2006) d. Lloyd Kaufman (USA)

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Few independent film companies have cultivated a cinematic identity as unmistakable—or as gloriously unhinged—as Troma Entertainment. Founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, the New York-based outfit built its reputation by giving audiences the movies Hollywood wouldn’t touch: outrageous, irreverent, low-budget spectacles that mixed horror, comedy, sex, punk attitude and social satire.

"Hello, Sidney." | CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF WES CRAVEN'S SCREAM (1996)

SCREAM (1996) d. Wes Craven (USA)
SCREAM 2 (1997) d. Wes Craven (USA)
SCREAM 3 (2000) d. Wes Craven (USA)
SCRE4M (2011) d. Wes Craven (USA)
SCREAM (2022) d. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin/Tyler Gillett (USA)
SCREAM VI (2023) d. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin/Tyler Gillet (USA)
SCREAM 7 (2026) d. Kevin Williamson (USA)

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Released in 1996, Scream arrived at a crucial moment for horror cinema. Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, the film helped rescue a genre that many believed had run out of ideas. By the mid-1990s, the slasher cycle that had produced Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street had become increasingly formulaic, with audiences being fed a stream of quote/unquote “psychological thrillers.” True horror was, in many respects, considered “dead.”