halloween
Five Soundtracks That Completely Made the Movie
Music is incredibly important to a horror film. It helps set up the scares, pace out the action and sets the mood of the piece overall. When horror is at its best, the images and soundtrack work in pe...
Why John Carpenter Should Be Allowed to Quit
John Carpenter is widely considered one of the all-time masters of horror, and for good reason. He’s a director who has proven he can work in any genre. He’s mastered incredible tim...
Moments in Horror Novelizations That Change the Way We See the Characters
Back in the day, every movie got a novelization. They were mostly seen as great for people who didn’t want to commit fully to reading or for children who needed to coast through a book report. E...
Five Great Horror Movies That Were Critical Disasters When First Released
There are many horror films in the genre’s long history that are now lauded as classics. But they weren’t always. Some movies that are beloved now were critical disasters when they w...
Horror Movie Monsters Caught Out of Character
It’s easy to forget that the monsters in horror movies boil down to nothing more than actors and make up, especially if you were terrified of them as a child. But there is nothing like a be...
Two Generations of Scream Queens Come Together for New Series
Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween) and Emma Roberts (Scream 4) have both signed on to a new project from American Horror Story executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Dante ...
See John Carpenter’s Haddonfield Then and Now in this Video
This Haddonfield then and now video – while it isn’t anything that hasn’t been done before – is pretty cool, nonetheless. It provides a then and now look at the Pasadena locat...
Halloween Complete Collection 10-Disc Edition Product Review
[soliloquy id=”10045″] I was fortunate enough to get a copy of the Halloween 10-disc complete collection in the mail from our Anchor Bay rep and since we have already covere...
Saw Re-Release Does Embarrassingly Poor Box Office Numbers
I cannot say I’m entirely surprised that Saw did’t produce a big box office draw. Seeing as how most of the target audience either owns or has access to the film on DVD...