The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) is one of the first US Slasher films, and remains amongst the most beloved horror movies in cinema. If you watched and enjoyed this low budget 70’s Slasher film, here are a few more movies similar to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre that you should watch next. A similar age, a similar theme. Similar in many ways really. And that’s no accident. Whilst the largest chunk of Friday the 13th’s DNA is a copy-paste of the vastly successful Halloween (1978), but there are definite traces of the original US Slasher TCM running through it’s veins too. The Slasher formula of ..read more

If you’re a newbie to the horror genre - dipping your toes into the blood filled pool, maybe clinging to an intestine pool noodle, then it can be difficult to know where to start with such an eclectic genre. In the first place, I generally turn to Amazon to see what’s available, and what other people are watching. Netflix is generally a little lacklustre when it comes to horror content, but since you can buy directly through Amazon, it gives you a much broader scope of what you can choose to give yourself nightmares with. With that in mind, here are the 6 best horror films that you can current ..read more

Oh man, it’s that time again. Now, I know not long ago I made a post setting out a plan for how I was going to post every week on the Darkened Corridor, but that very clearly did not happen. Life gets in the way, and alongside my full time job, I started a second blog, over at ,,www.freshlysquatched.com. It’s about Bigfoot exclusively - something i’ve touched upon here before, but that I want to explore in much, much more detail. So, where does that leave this blog? There’s a simple answer which is, I will be spending much more time on here. It’s been over a year since I started, and the blog ..read more

Ghost hunting can be a costly business - a quick search through Amazon highlights the problem, with equipment such as night vision cameras and K2 meters carrying hefty price tags. What options then exist for the budget-conscious ghost hunter? It’s either a case of buying second hand, using old fashioned ‘knock once for yes’ methods or, the more patient ghost hunter (and let’s be honest they by definition most be very bloody patient) could take to our old friend Wish.com. For those who don’t know, Wish.com is a juicy hotbed for super cheap, rather suspect items which perplex and bemuse the worl ..read more

Is there a correlation between the lockdown and the appearance of our ethereal friends from the other side? On my semi-frequent trawl of the internet, I stumbled ,,upon a story about reports of paranormal activity increasing in lockdown. Perhaps the 5G towers have been promoting spooky activity… (disclaimer - joking, please don’t burn down 5G masts). The CBS local story claims that there has been a significant increase of people experiencing paranormal activity in their households during the lockdown. So, why could this be the case, and will we ever get back to a normal level of spooky in our ..read more

From the world of the paranormal in 2020, it’s hard to think of anything which has had the impact of the ,,Pentagon UFO video releases. Although, from where i’m sitting, it’s not entirely clear why. The Pentagon is one of the big names that come up with UFO research for a couple of reasons. Firstly, they’re widely reported as having a programme that specifically aims at ,,investigating UFO claims which, naturally, makes them a go to source for the extraterrestrial interlopers who whizz about the skyline. The hoover up material, collecting it and looking at what is going within each photo, repo ..read more

To whom it may concern, Wow, it’s been a long time. When I started TheDarkenedCorridor back in 2018, I intended to do daily, or at longest weekly blog posts about subject I love the most; horror movies and the paranormal. The observant among you may indeed realise that it has been around about 5 months since I actually managed to put pen to paper - or rather chubby fingers to keyboard about anything. The last thing I managed to scrape together was ,,this whimsical little piece on Saw films - a favourite and returning topic of mine. Despite this, the blog has been as active as ever from the vie ..read more

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) is one of the first US Slasher films, and remains amongst the most beloved horror movies in cinema. If you watched and enjoyed this low budget 70’s Slasher film, here are a few more movies similar to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre that you should watch next. A similar age, a similar theme. Similar in many ways really. And that’s no accident. Whilst the largest chunk of Friday the 13th’s DNA is a copy-paste of the vastly successful Halloween (1978), but there are definite traces of the original US Slasher TCM running through it’s veins too. The Slasher formula of ..read more

If you’re a newbie to the horror genre - dipping your toes into the blood filled pool, maybe clinging to an intestine pool noodle, then it can be difficult to know where to start with such an eclectic genre. In the first place, I generally turn to Amazon to see what’s available, and what other people are watching. Netflix is generally a little lacklustre when it comes to horror content, but since you can buy directly through Amazon, it gives you a much broader scope of what you can choose to give yourself nightmares with. With that in mind, here are the 6 best horror films that you can current ..read more

Oh man, it’s that time again. Now, I know not long ago I made a post setting out a plan for how I was going to post every week on the Darkened Corridor, but that very clearly did not happen. Life gets in the way, and alongside my full time job, I started a second blog, over at ,,www.freshlysquatched.com. It’s about Bigfoot exclusively - something i’ve touched upon here before, but that I want to explore in much, much more detail. So, where does that leave this blog? There’s a simple answer which is, I will be spending much more time on here. It’s been over a year since I started, and the blog ..read more