Our special four-part series examining the past, present and future of the horror genre continues this week with Part II: The Lost Boys — How the most promising writer-directors in the field stopped making horror movies.

This month, we bring you a special four-part series examining the past, present and future of the horror genre, with a new article to be posted each week. This special feature debuts with Part 1: What Ever Happened to Rosemary’s Baby? — A Manifesto Regarding The Slow, Suspenseless Death Of Horror.

De Niro and Pacino are unquestionably a part of that top one percent with unparalleled talent — which is why it’s so baffling how unbearably bad they both are in ‘Righteous Kill’.

How marketers turned the idea of a target audience back on themselves, creating a unique feedback loop whose reverberations may be partly responsible for the show’s success.

A review in two parts: a look at how the latest Batman supersedes the superhero mold, and as a counterpoint, a piece on how The Dark Knight’s hype weighs down an otherwise great movie.

A genre full of predictably ‘unpredictable’ scare moments is given a refreshing jolt of real emotion.