All Articles
![The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2](https://www.dreadcentral.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Meat-Hanging-and-Head-Banging-in-The-Texas-Chainsaw-Massacre-Part-2.png)
In the latest Spins and Needles, R.C. Jara looks back at the punk rock soundtrack of Hooper's sequel 'The Texas…
![Black Christmas](https://www.dreadcentral.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=428,height=182,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/MV5BYWQ4ZDBlYmUtYWY3Zi00Mjg2LWFiYTItNjgzYTlhODc2ZGNmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzU4ODM5Nw@@._V1_.jpg)
In the name of the holiday spirit, R.C. Jara is ranking the needle drops in the divisive 'Black Christmas' (2006).
![Lost Highway](https://www.dreadcentral.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=720,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/losthighway_1280x720.png)
Late last month I caught a screening of Psycho and everything was perfect. Despite the hundreds of times I’ve watched…
![The Strangers music](https://www.dreadcentral.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=428,height=223,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Strangers-Banner.jpg)
R.C. Jara looks back at a year of their column and the everlasting power of the needle drop in horror…
![The Driller Killer](https://www.dreadcentral.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RPmjxJ6.png)
In the latest Spins and Needles, R.C. Jara looks at Abel Ferrera's video nasty 'The Driller Killer' and its trashy…
![The Hills Have Eyes](https://www.dreadcentral.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=428,height=223,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hills-Have-Eyes-2006.jpg)
RC Jara looks at Alexander Aja's 'The Hills Have Eyes', its use of country music, and how Aja's vision complements…
![Knife + Heart](https://www.dreadcentral.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=428,height=223,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/knifeheartbifan-scaled.jpg)
In the latest Spins and Needles, R.C. Jara looks at the pulsating score of queer slasher/giallo 'Knife + Heart'.
![The Strangers music](https://www.dreadcentral.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=428,height=223,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Strangers-Banner.jpg)
From Joanna Newsom to Merle Haggard, director Bryan Bertino constructs a horrific yet strangely sweet soundscape for 'The Strangers.'
![Sound of Violence](https://www.dreadcentral.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=428,height=223,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SOUND-OF-VIOLENCE-still.jpeg)
In the latest Spins and Needles, R.C. Jara looks at the beautiful symphony of violence in 'Sound of Violence.'