Horror Aughts

Horror Aughts #8: 'Hostel' and The Chainsaw Politics of Comeuppance

In 2006, Eli Roth served up toxic masculinity and then gouged its eye out

Apr 4 •

Akos Peterbencze

Horror Aughts #7: ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ and the Boundary-Pushing Evolution of Schlock Horrors

Alexandre Aja’s 2006 remake isn’t nearly as shocking as it once was — why’s that?

Mar 10 •

Akos Peterbencze

Horror Aughts #6: ‘Vacancy’

And the coolest Hungarian director in Hollywood

Nov 26, 2024 •

Akos Peterbencze

Horror Aughts #5: ‘The Ring 2’ — Oh, Those Silly Little Kids

Rachel. Rachel! Racheeeel!

Oct 28, 2024 •

Akos Peterbencze

Horror Aughts: ‘Jeepers Creepers’ Aka the Campy Teen Horror Relic of the Early 2000s

Victor Salva’s darkly humorous classic is better than I ever gave it credit for

Oct 1, 2024 •

Akos Peterbencze

Horror Aughts: ‘Mirrors’s Unabashed Gore is Still a Delight

Alexandre Aja will Alexandre Aja

Sep 16, 2024 •

Akos Peterbencze

Horror Aughts: ‘Final Destination’ and The Bloody Good Time of Cheating Death

Revisiting the classic franchise starter in which accidents happened for a very gory reason

Aug 28, 2024 •

Akos Peterbencze

20 Years Later: ‘The Grudge’ and Its Mid-Aughts Nostalgia for Millennial Horror Buffs

Horror Aughts Issue #1 — A new column about forgotten scary movies from the 2000s that were big hits

Aug 16, 2024 •

Akos Peterbencze

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