High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewHorror Movies Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/horror-movies/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Weekend Roundtable: Movies That Actually Scared You https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-scary-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-scary-movies/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:00:50 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=81061 We were perhaps a little too negative about horror movies in last week’s Roundtable topic. Let’s head into the final weekend before Halloween by calling out some horror flicks that actually did their job and scared us. Mike Attebery ‘The Ring‘ scared the ever-loving shit out of me! I don’t ever want to see it...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-scary-movies/feed/ 41 Weekend Roundtable: Overrated Horror Movies https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-overrated-horror-movies/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-overrated-horror-movies/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2016 19:00:26 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=80888 Halloween is almost upon us, which makes now a great time to binge on horror movies. Sadly, some famous horror flicks, even a few considered classics, don’t live up to the hype around them. What popular horror movies let you down when you finally watched them? M. Enois Duarte The horror series that annoys me...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-underrated-horror-movies/feed/ 28 The Trailer Park: Treats or Tricks? https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/movie-trailers-victor-frankenstein-the-witch-paranormal-activity-final-girls/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/movie-trailers-victor-frankenstein-the-witch-paranormal-activity-final-girls/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:00:52 +0000 M. Enois Duarte http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=72181 Tis the season for blood-curdling screams, buckets of gory guts and a thick air of spine-chilling creepiness. Well, we’re not technical there yet, but with summer quickly coming to a close, it’s time to start preparing for the spookiest time of the year with trailers for the latest horror movies. ‘Victor Frankenstein’ I’m a bit...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/movie-trailers-victor-frankenstein-the-witch-paranormal-activity-final-girls/feed/ 10 ‘The Babadook’ Review: Bedtime Horrors https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/the-babadook-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/the-babadook-review/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:00:19 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=66624 In an age filled with loud screeching horror movies and gore-wielding gross-outs, along comes a welcome film like ‘The Babadook’ to return the genre to its surrealistic and psychological roots. The debut feature of Australian writer/director Jennifer Kent plays like an old-fashioned fairy tale for adults, one that takes relatable real-world fears and projects them...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/the-babadook-review/feed/ 2 Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Horror Movie Franchises https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-horror-movie-franchises/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-horror-movie-franchises/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:00:09 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=66039 Happy Halloween! This time of year, horror fans often indulge in marathon viewings of their favorite scary movies. For our holiday Roundtable, we thought it would be fun to list off our favorite horror movie franchises. To be clear, we’re defining “franchise” as any movie series with at least two entries. A horror movie without...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/netflix-halloween-films/feed/ 17 Horor Movie Haiku Contest Results! https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/horror-haiku-contest-results/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/horror-haiku-contest-results/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:00:56 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=5986 Last week, we offered you the chance to win ‘The Evil Dead’ and ‘Hatchet’ on Blu-ray. All you had to do was write a haiku on the theme of horror movies. Follow us after the break to find out the winners. We received a ton of great responses to the contest. Really, every comment deserves...

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