First-person shooters entered the world of the macabre and gory in 1997’s House of the Dead. Sega’s frightfest offered all the usual light-gun action, but instead of soldiers, terrorists or aliens, this game pitted your shooting CONTINUE READING…
Released in 1989 in Japan and 1990 in North America, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse marked a triumphant return to form for Konami’s beloved vampire-hunting franchise. After the experimental RPG elements of Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, this third installment CONTINUE READING…
In the early 1990s, Scholastic took a gamble on a series of spooky chapter books aimed at middle-grade readers. What followed was a publishing phenomenon that would haunt bookstores, school libraries, and Scholastic Book Fairs CONTINUE READING…
In the mid-1980s, when board games were branching into three-dimensional designs and Halloween-themed fun was creeping into toy aisles, Ghost Castle emerged as a standout. Released by MB Games in 1985, Ghost Castle was more CONTINUE READING…
In the summer of 1999, moviegoers lined up for a horror film unlike anything they’d seen before, and many of them genuinely believed they were about to witness the final moments of three missing filmmakers. CONTINUE READING…
In the mid-1990s, when grainy VHS tapes and tabloid TV ruled the airwaves, one broadcast sent shockwaves through living rooms across America: Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? Airing on Fox in 1995, the special promised CONTINUE READING…
The 1950’s introduced us to Tales From the Crypt, a wry, sardonic E.C. Comics series that turned the saccharine theme of good versus evil on its head. Like its comic predecessor and the HBO horror anthology CONTINUE READING…
In the annals of professional wrestling, few matches are as gloriously over-the-top as WCW’s Chamber of Horrors bout at Halloween Havoc 1991. Held on October 27 at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the event CONTINUE READING…
From its cackling host to its blood-soaked morality tales, Tales from the Crypt remains one of the most iconic horror anthology series of the late 20th century. Airing on HBO from 1989 to 1996, the CONTINUE READING…
By the mid-1990s, horror movies had lost their bite. The slasher boom of the ’80s had fizzled into formulaic sequels and straight-to-video fare. Audiences were yawning at masked killers and recycled tropes. Then came Scream…a CONTINUE READING…
The Retro Network is proud to be giving away one free copy of The Boondock Saints: Blood Origin Audio Book to one lucky winner. Go to the bottom of this post to enter! They were CONTINUE READING…
In the early 1990s, when celebrity-backed restaurant chains were all the rage, one country music legend decided to bring his Southern charm to the dinner table. Kenny Rogers Roasters wasn’t just a clever branding move, CONTINUE READING…
An X-Men Age Of Apocalypse retrospective. Reliving X-Men Alpha #1 Age of Apocalypse is an X-Men crossover event that ran from February 1995 to June 1995 throughout various newly named X-Men titles. The regular ongoing CONTINUE READING…
When Mortal Kombat hit arcades across the country in 1992, it didn’t just enter the fighting game arena…it uppercutted its way into pop culture history. Developed by Midway, this gritty, digitized brawler stood apart from CONTINUE READING…
In the annals of pro wrestling history, few moments are as bizarre, or as gloriously ’90s, as the night RoboCop walked into a WCW ring. Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop, held on May 19, 1990, at CONTINUE READING…
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