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‘Treehouse of Horror XXXV’ Spoofs ‘Venom’ and ‘Pacific Rim’ in Mixed Bag Halloween Special [Review]

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The Simpsons’ annual “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween specials were a seasonal highlight and a strong opportunity for the animated series to truly let loose and explore radical riffs on celebrated horror touchstones like The Shining, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and even classic genre archetypes like King Kong and The Twilight Zone. It’s appreciated that […]

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‘Solar Opposites: The Hunt for Brown October’ Creatively Combines Two Holiday Classics [Review]

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‘Solar Opposites’ returns for a transformative Halloween special that gets to the crux of the spooky season by riffing on a Christmas classic. “Stop celebrating Halloween? Oh no, my pretty. I think you’ll find that you ARE Halloween.” Halloween specials have become a long and storied tradition in television and they’re a great opportunity for […]

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The “Solar Opposites Halloween Special” Brings Back John Kassir as the Cryptkeeper!

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John Kassir returns as the infamous Cryptkeeper, who dispenses puns and helps save Halloween, as Solar Opposites pays tribute to this horror icon. A lot of horror anthology series have made their mark on the medium, but one of the reasons that HBO’s Tales From the Crypt remains such a perennial favorite is because of […]

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