Read more horror flims stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15865/horror-flims.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T00:29:41http://www.newser.com/story/73436/fourth-kind-not-real-not-scary.htmlThe Fourth Kind attempts to combine dramatization of true events and fake-documentary alien abductions in Alaska, and falls horribly flat. Here's what critics are saying: The ludicrousness of the grainy archival footage, presented as "real," and a lousy performance by Milla Jovovich, whose "notion of serious acting seems to be...http://www.newser.com/story/73436/fourth-kind-not-real-not-scary.html2009-11-06T20:30:25http://www.newser.com/story/72980/scorseses-favorite-horror-flicks.htmlMartin Scorsese wants to give you a Halloween treat: The legendary director, writing for the Daily Beast, lists his top 11 fright-fests. The Haunting: “You may not believe in ghosts but you cannot deny terror!” The Isle of the Dead: "There’s a moment in this picture that never fails to...http://www.newser.com/story/72980/scorseses-favorite-horror-flicks.html2009-10-30T21:07:52http://www.newser.com/story/72771/the-best-horror-movies.htmlStanley Kubrick's the Shining is the best horror film ever made, say the editors of TotalSciFi.com. The film's ''expansive sets, surreal visuals, and an intense performance from Jack Nicholson add up to a film guaranteed to give viewers a sleepless night." The top 10: The Shining (1980) Rosemary's Baby...http://www.newser.com/story/72771/the-best-horror-movies.html2009-10-28T22:34:33http://www.newser.com/story/72705/gentlemen-prefer-zombies.htmlGive a guy a good, old-fashioned zombie any day over a vampire. "Dudes don't dig bloodsuckers because vampires pretty much look like girls," writes John DeVore in The Frisky . "We prefer zombies, because we love chainsaws, flamethrowers, and samurai swords." But primarily, guys realize their "genetic imperative is to defend...http://www.newser.com/story/72705/gentlemen-prefer-zombies.html2009-10-28T08:39:00http://www.newser.com/story/68058/halloween-ii-a-gory-dud.htmlDimension Films refused to screen Rob Zombie's Halloween II for critics—which is looking like a wise move based on the reviews coming out: "Creatively comatose, even by the standards of a sequel to a remake," writes Rob Nelson in Variety . "Zombie's hatchet job on the series he revived so...http://www.newser.com/story/68058/halloween-ii-a-gory-dud.html2009-08-28T22:42:31http://www.newser.com/story/44568/sci-fi-guru-forrest-ackerman-dead-at-92.htmlFright-film magazine writer and editor Forrest J Ackerman—credited with coining the term "sci-fi"—died this week of heart failure, the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 92. Ackerman introduced new generations to horror films with his magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland; he was also known for his massive collection...http://www.newser.com/story/44568/sci-fi-guru-forrest-ackerman-dead-at-92.html2008-12-06T15:42:28http://www.newser.com/story/27788/being-hated-is-all-but-an-art-for-uwe-boll.htmlUwe Boll is either the world’s worst filmmaker or its most-targeted whipping boy. Either way, the 42-year-old German, who bases his over-the-top gore films on video games, is unlikely to stop anytime soon. “The art form is, almost, in being hated,” one actor told the New York Times . “It’s his...http://www.newser.com/story/27788/being-hated-is-all-but-an-art-for-uwe-boll.html2008-05-18T18:25:00http://www.newser.com/story/24373/prom-night-nabs-weekend-crown.htmlProm Night scored at the box office this weekend, opening in first with $23 million, Variety reports. It easily shot down Keanu Reeves’ cop thriller Street Kings ($12 million) and trumped gambling flick 21 , which banked $11 million in third . Dennis Quaid’s Smart People proved a no-brainer for audiences: The...http://www.newser.com/story/24373/prom-night-nabs-weekend-crown.html2008-04-13T23:55:00http://www.newser.com/story/16111/orphanage-a-cut-above.htmlSo excruciating is the tension in the Spanish supernatural thriller The Orphanage that "you'll have to calm yourself by saying, 'It's only a movie,' " writes Time's Richard Corliss. But the horror film, centering on the dark secrets inside a woman's childhood home, is about as far from a blood-soaked...http://www.newser.com/story/16111/orphanage-a-cut-above.html2008-01-11T15:43:20