Chad Collins
Location
Ponte Vedra, Florida
School
Flagler College, University Of Central Florida
Expertise
The Scream Franchise, Slasher Films, International Horror
- In 2023, Chad was a member of the Sundance Film Festival Press Inclusion Initiative.
- Chad has interviewed several members of the horror community, including Chloe Okuna, Mick Garris, and Julien Maury, and Alexandre Bustillo.
- He can quote Scream. Seriously, the entire movie.
Experience
Chad Collins has been writing professionally about film, especially horror films, since 2020. He started as a contributor for Dread Central and later branched out with pieces for Gayly Dreadful, Rue Morgue, Certified Forgotten, Anatomy of a Scream, and several others. In 2021, Chad was welcomed on as both a staff writer at Dread Central and a features writer at /Film. Since then, he has been fortunate enough to better enmesh himself into the genre, attending the Sundance Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, South by Southwest, and several others. For /Film, he has even assembled a lengthy list on the 95 best horror movies ever made.
Education
Chad Collins received his B.A. in Media Studies from Flagler College and his M.A. in Interpersonal Communication from the University of Central Florida. He is especially interested in the way media shapes the way people connect and share with others.
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Stories By Chad Collins
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Creepy castles and Gothic manors have been staples of horror cinema from the beginning. These 21st century films carry on the grand and ghostly tradition.
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These theories make some of the scariest horror movies ever made even more terrifying. You've been warned!
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Looking for a survival movie that will really get your blood pumping? These underrated survival movies will surely increase your heart rate.
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If you enjoyed director Luc Besson's "Lucy," then these films are sure to quench your thirst for weird science and superhuman action.
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Profound performances in horror films are typically ignored by the Academy. Here are 14 horror movie performances arguably deserving of an Oscar nom, ranked.
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If you loved the bittersweet poignancy of Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast," here are more coming-of-age classics every cinema fan should see.
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The 1980s may have been horror's heyday, but the Millenium ushered in a new era of fear. These are the bloody best slasher movies of the 21st century.
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Looking to watch one of the most terrifying horror movies ever made? Well, dim the lights, grab the popcorn, and settle in. It's about to get very scary.
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"Mare of Easttown" was an instant hit with fans of crime procedurals. If you like your murders mixed with high drama, you need to binge these shows now!
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There's one movie genre that has avoided the "January dump" trend time and again. These are the 12 best January horror releases of all time, ranked.
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We're taking a look at the 12 best years for horror movies, ranging from the early 1920s all the way to 2021. These standout years changed horror cinema.
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As one of the longest-running TV shows of all time, "Law & Order: SVU" has seen hundreds of characters come and go. None of them are better than these 15.
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Greenland is inventive, but like these films, it's still working in the disaster movie tradition, with big spectacles, big crises, and even bigger emotions.
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Remember the J-horror remake craze of the early aughts? The Japanese filmmakers behind the originals almost certainly do.
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Almost 25 years after its debut, Good Will Hunting still packs a big emotional punch, as do these other inspirational movies. Don't forget to grab your tissues!
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HBO's murder mystery series Sharp Objects, based on the novel by Gillian Flynn, is a dark tale with an even darker twist ending. Let's dig into it.
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Sure, Freddy, Jason, and Michael are scary, but these mythological creatures have been terrifying people for centuries. Why should moviegoers be any different?
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How does one go about ranking the efforts of a director who never, ever misses? Carefully.
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The power of Christ compels you ... to check out this ranking of our 15 favorite exorcism movies.
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The French do not mess around when it comes to horror, as evidenced by the 14 nightmare-inducing films on this list. Don't say we didn't warn you.
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While his visions don't work for everyone, there's no denying Rob Zombie is a filmmaker with a legacy all his own.
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Considerably more grounded than most slasher outings, "Scream" nonetheless delivered its fair share of metatextual, ooey-gooey deaths.
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As the specters in the Conjuring series have increased in size and stature, so too have its inaccuracies. Ghosts or not, these things simply make no sense.
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"Halloween Kills" is the perfect way to ease into the Halloween spirit. But if you want even more terrifying fun, check out these movies next.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, along comes our list of the 18 very best shark movies ever made.
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In David Fincher's twisty thriller Gone Girl, marriage is a war - and the ending will leave you questioning who really won, if anyone.
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In celebration of Halloween Kills and its fresh batch of victims, we've ranked the 20 best Michael Myers slayings from across the Halloween franchise.