Halloween

‘Halloween’ – How Rob Zombie Made a Horror Classic Entirely His Own [Revenge of the Remakes]

Matt Donato Editorials, featured, Halloween, John Carpenter, Movies, Revenge of the Remakes, Rob ZOmbie, topnews

In discussions about slasher infamy, all roads lead to Haddonfield. The Halloween franchise has amassed a convoluted franchise canon since the late 1970s, filled with retcons and redos as recently as Halloween Ends — including Rob Zombie‘s universally divisive 2007 remake. Countless horror screenwriters, including Josh Stolberg (no stranger to “Revenge of the Remakes”), attempted […]

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10 of the Scariest Moments in Horror Movies Set Around Halloween

Meagan Navarro Editorials, featured, Ghostwatch, Halloween, Hell House LLC, House 1000 Corpses, Sinister, Slugs, something wicked this way comes, The Blair Witch Project, The Changeling, topnews

“It’s Halloween. I guess everyone’s entitled to one good scare,” Sheriff Brackett says in John Carpenter’s Halloween. While the seminal slasher delivered no shortage of creepy moments and well-placed scares, the Halloween movies aren’t the only ones to embrace holiday frights. Whether through subtle moments, gross-out gags, potent jump scares, or phobia-inducing chills, Halloween-set horror offers […]

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‘Halloween Ends’ and Ten of the Worst Babysitting Gigs in Horror Movies

Meagan Navarro Annabelle Comes Home, Better Watch Out, Bloody Birthday, Editorials, Halloween, The Gate, The House by the Cemetery, The House of the Devil, The Innocents, Trick or Treats, When a Stranger Calls

Of all the jobs depicted in horror movies that are hazardous to your well-being, babysitting ranks high among the most dangerous. The low hourly rate doesn’t compensate for the utter terror a babysitter will endure from masked intruders or worse. Halloween Ends opens with a life-altering tragedy of babysitting gone wrong, a shocking twist on […]

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The 20 Best Scenes from the ‘Halloween’ Franchise

Bee Scott Editorials, featured, Halloween, Movies, topnews

Halloween as we know it has finally come to an end. No longer will The Boogeyman be haunting the streets of Haddonfield. With the release of Halloween Ends, and before the series is inevitably rebooted again, it’s time now to take stock of the franchise and its best moments. Over the course of 44 years, […]

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3 Under-the-Radar Horror Movies for Your Halloween Watchlist

Tyler Eschberger Editorials, Fender Bender, Halloween, Movies, Spook Warfare, Vampyr

Every Halloween, horror fans curate lists of holiday appropriate horror films and TV specials to immerse themselves in. The genre has given us plenty to choose from. The options range from the obvious – such as the Halloween films to new classics like Trick r’ Treat to beloved family friendly staples like Hocus Pocus and […]

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Spooky Fun for the Family: 15 Great Halloween Movies for Scaredy Cats

Brian Keiper Arsenic and Old Lace, Casper, Editorials, featured, Fun Size, Halloween, Hocus Pocus, Hubie Halloween, Kenny & Company, Lady in White, Monster House, Movies, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The Halloween Tree, topnews

Many of us have people in our lives who just aren’t as into horror as we are. Come October, it is tempting to simply hide away, shunning them for a month as we indulge in our favorite genre, as we no doubt will do at least some of the time. But then, they may be […]

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Celebrating ‘Halloween III: Season of the Witch’ with Darcy the Mail Girl [Halloweenies Podcast]

Michael Roffman Darcy the Mail Girl, Halloween, Halloween 3, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Podcasts, Shudder, Tom Atkins

It’s time. It’s time. Time for the big giveaway. Halloween has come. All you lucky kids with Silver Shamrock masks, gather ’round your TV set, put on your masks, fire up those iPhones with their Apple Podcasts apps, and watch. All witches, all skeletons, all Jack-O-Lanterns, gather ’round and watch. Watch the magic pumpkin. Watch… […]

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Infectious Evil: How ‘Halloween Ends’ Finally Does Something the Franchise Has Long Been Teasing

Nat Brehmer Editorials, Halloween, Halloween Ends, michael myers

On Halloween night, 1988, as Michael Myers lay still on the ground, his young niece touched his hand either out of curiosity, or sympathy, or some unknowable kinship. As her foster sister warned the little girl to stand back, Jamie Lloyd jumped out of the way as a firing squad blasted Michael down a mineshaft […]

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Living in a Fanbase Divided: An Analysis of ‘Halloween Kills’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Anthony Michael Hall, David Gordon Green, Halloween, Halloween Ends, Halloween Kills, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Jamie Lee Curtis, michael myers, Podcasts, slasher

Halloween Stinks. After closing out September with a discussion on one of the best horror remakes and a candid chat with Chucky creator Don Mancini, we kicked off spooky season by checking in with an infamous psychopathic bisexual and reevaluating the controversy surrounding that film’s release. Now, just after Halloween Ends (review) divided fans, we’re […]

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‘Halloween Ends’ With a New Beginning [Halloweenies Podcast]

Michael Roffman David Gordon Green, Halloween, Halloween Ends, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, michael myers, Podcasts

“It all ends now.” It certainly does! Yes, folks, it’s that time of the year again, when the Halloweenies return to the streets of Haddonfield, Illinois for a little trick or treating. This time around, though, there’s a new Shape in town, one that has traded in a station wagon for a motorcycle and a […]

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Must Be the Season of the Witch: ‘Halloween III’ Turns 40

Brian Keiper Editorials, Halloween, Halloween III, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Movies

This is not another “Halloween III is good actually” article. After forty years, its reappraisal as a genre classic seems to be more or less complete. It is true that for years the absence of Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, and Dr. Loomis led many fans of the Halloween movies to confusion, rejection, or outright rage […]

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Copycat Killers: 10 Slashers Inspired By the Original ‘Halloween’!

Paul Lê alone in the dark, Blood Rage, Editorials, Frayed, Halloween, Happy Hell Night, Lovers Lane, Movies, nightmare, Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, Offerings, Sorority House Massacre, The Initiation, Trick or Treats

No movie fundamentally changed the horror genre as much as the original Halloween. The Shape’s iconic debut inspired — and continues to inspire — countless other slashers. And while most of these movies are only vaguely similar to Halloween, such as Friday the 13th, others were more blatant in their design and execution. The flicks in […]

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‘Halloween: Resurrection’ – 7 Things We Learned from the New 4K Ultra HD Special Features

Alex DiVincenzo Editorials, Halloween, halloween: resurrection, Movies

General consensus among Halloween fans typically ranks Halloween: Resurrection last out of the eight original films, which is perhaps why efforts have rarely been made to produce special features for the film. 20 years later, defenders of the oft-maligned sequel finally have some new insight into the production. Scream Factory’s The Halloween 4K Collection (1995-2002) […]

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Bloody Disgusting Online Shop Now Open With T-Shirts and Limited Halloween Merchandise!

John Squires Bloody Disgusting, featured, Halloween, The Further, topnews

This year has been a huge one for Bloody Disgusting, and we cannot thank each and every one of you enough for all the support. Every “like,” every social share, and every article read is more appreciated that we could ever possibly express, and believe me when I say that we’re well aware of the […]

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Ranking the Halloween Scores from Worst to Best [Halloweenies Podcast]

Michael Roffman Alan Howarth, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Halloween, John Carpenter, John Ottman, Podcasts, Tyler Bates

To borrow from Thunderclap Newman, there is something in the air. No, not pumpkin spice lattes. Not those Yankee Candles your mother bought. No,it’s the cozy and creepy tones of John Carpenter‘s signature Halloween score. Hell, if you put your ear to the ground, you might even hear the pulsing, 5/4 beat that gets our […]

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