Halloween is my favorite time of the year The darkness, the spookiness, and oh, the horror! I've always been fascinated by themes of the unknown creeping in and terrifying us, or the repressed finally erupting into chaos One thing growing up that I always wanted, though, was to see more characters of color as the[...]
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This week's episode of Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship offered up one of my favorite themes, Grave Robbing "Gravely Delicious Desserts" had the contestants digging through dirt for… vegetables? Not exactly where I thought that was going: limbs, insects possibly, but not carrots, fennel, beats and sweet potatoes. Were they grave robbing or digging in[...]
Just in time for Halloween, here are some of the most unintentionally scary games out there that have terrified us to our very core.
This week's episode of Food Network's Halloween Wars "Other Holiday Mascots Go Trick-or-Treating" definitely didn't bring down the house in the "Small Scare" round Given a task like "Vampire Makeover," contestants created sculptures that ended up needing makeovers of their own Contestants did step up their game in "Spine Chiller," impressing host Jonathan Bennett as[...]
That said… their past marathons haven't always been super spot-on.
Luckily, TNT nails the roster this time… though that poster might need to go back to "Photoshopping 101":
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This line-up includes some of my long-time personal favorites – "Bad Day at Black Rock," "Monster Movie," "Changing Channels," "The French Mistake," "ScoobyNatural" and more!
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Halloween is my favorite time of the year The darkness, the spookiness, and oh, the horror! I've always been fascinated by themes of the unknown creeping in and terrifying us, or the repressed finally erupting into chaos One thing growing up that I always wanted, though, was to see more characters of color as the[...]
Mondo, the OG gallery of alternate movie posters, is currently celebrating Halloween during the entire month of October with its 31 Days of Halloween The gallery has a storied history when it comes to releases celebrating old school horror movies Tomorrow's drop is a big one.
First up is a gorgeous poster inspired by the 1931[...]
Halloween is my favorite time of the year The darkness, the spookiness, and oh, the horror! I've always been fascinated by themes of the unknown creeping in and terrifying us, or the repressed finally erupting into chaos One thing growing up that I always wanted, though, was to see more characters of color as the[...]
Have you ever wanted to assassinate targets while wearing a pumpkin head? Hitman 2 is offering that to you in their Halloween event Tomorrow, IO Interactive and WBIE will finish off the remainder of the October Roadmap for the game, giving you a new Halloween-themed Escalation Contract, and a number of other goodies You can[...]
This week's episode of Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship had me falling in love with John Henson His humoristic antics are becoming a much needed enjoyable treat throughout the episode "Creepy and Crusty Creations" starts off with Henson sitting on a couch Freud-style, reflecting about his "Mummy" issues to inspire our contestants on their "Pre-Heat"[...]
This week's episode of Food Network's Halloween Wars was definitely an improvement from last week Although the "Small Scare" challenge during "The Swarm" was uneventful, the contestants brought their serious "A-Game" in the "Spine Chiller" round Host Jonathan Bennett (with judges Shinmin Li and Todd Tucker and guest judge Harley Quinn Smith) were impressed by[...]
Digital comics purveyor and Amazon subsidiary ComiXology announced four new original comics to be published just in time for Halloween Four comics in total will launch on October 23rd and October 30th First, Dracula: Son of the Dragon by Mark Sable and Max Douglas and Josie and the Pussycats in Space by Alex de Campi[...]
It seems like every single game on the planet is getting a Halloween event, and Mortal Kombat 11 is no exception as they have one on the way The team at NetherRealm Studios will be dropping a week-long event next Friday on October 25th and running it until November 1st During that time you'll be[...]
They had a bit of a delay, but finally, Blizzard has revealed the full details of what's happening in Overwatch's 2019 Halloween Terror event The event coincides with the release of the game on the Nintendo Switch, which we have some details on here as well Check out all of the awesome additions and skins[...]
Niantic revealed today that Pokémon GO will be getting a Halloween event, which will kick off later this week on Thursday, October 16th Everything will kick off at 1pm PDT in North America, as we have the complete details of what you'll be doing Basically, because its Halloween, you'll be searching for Shadow Pokémon, and[...]
The show for me captures the spirit of Halloween perfectly – with Freakshow Cakes topping my list of fav holiday food competition series.
On this week's Food Network Freakshow Cakes, contestants brought us horrors in snake handling gone seriously wrong The carnival allure of the backdrop, the creepy music and the enthusiasm for all things abnormally[...]
Star Wars and Disney Parks have announced that there will be a new exclusive Halloween themed droid that is coming to a park near you There are already three Star Wars R2 Astromech droid units that have released with a new one getting a 2019 debut The original series kicked off in 2016 with the[...]
I was very excited for this week's episode of Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship, although a bit thrown off by the title "All Things Weird and Wonderful" was inspired by The Addams Family, and made me nostalgic for the time I won best Halloween costume as Wednesday Addams in elementary school – so there's that[...]
This week's episode of Food Network's Halloween Wars "Zombie Dating Show" had a comedic Halloween twist to it but seriously lacked in overall skill sets, a huge contrast to last week It's as if most of the contestants took part in some body-snatching experience prior to the show and were replaced with amateurs Host Jonathan[...]
As part of Food Network's overall celebration of the culinary creeps that make up the Halloween season, sister network Cooking Channel premiered Freakshow Cakes on Friday, October 4th – and it actually made me want to scream a little From all of the shows I've screened so far, this episode best exemplified Halloween.
Granted, I might[...]
This week, Blizzard revealed the details of the Halloween-themed event coming to Hearthstone as we all experience Hallow's End: Doom In The Tomb The short version of the event is that you and whatever heroes or E.V.I.L villains you can muster together to uncover Uldum's precious secrets and escape the doom in the aforementioned tomb[...]
This iconic Disney Tim Burton classic combines two of the best holidays, Halloween and Christmas Beast Kingdom has recently announced a new and upcoming Jack Skellington Nightmare Before Christmas statue The statue stands roughly 15.6 inches and the showcase is Jack singing on top of the hill The statue shows off the animated style in[...]
This week edition of Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship brought us spirit guides, Dia de los Meurtos, and Zac Young dressed like a flamingo, John Henson doing his best Spanish impression, and judges Carla Hall, Katie Lee, and Young tasted alcohol-infused bee hives, mermaid tails and Zeus tarts.
At the start of the episode, the competitors[...]
In honor of the ninth season premier of Food Network's Halloween Wars, I sat down with my daughter to carve a pumpkin – and to be completely transparent, our "cat" came out looking more like "possum roadkill" Regardless, every year I look forward to being shocked and frightened by the imagination of the contestants My[...]
They are releasing a Halloween Micheal Myers Life-Size Bust The Bust comes with two separate versions of the horror icon The first one is the standard edition that just features Micheal Myer's iconic Mask with a jumpsuit body The base shows off the Halloween title as well as a pumpkin etched on there too The[...]
This week, Halloween Baking Championship scared up a fifth season – with host John Henson (Wipeout!, Talk Soup) and judges Carla Hall, Katie Lee, and Zac Young jump-started our Halloween spirit like Leatherface revving up his old chainsaw – except with edible skeleton secrets and monsters that live under the bed.
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While some of the[...]
In the following new trailer for Sudder's upcoming 6-episode horror anthology "Creepshow," viewers are treated to a fresh look at a horrific season...
I start looking forward to and prepping for Halloween in June (too soon?), eyeing ideas for costumes, home decorations, and ways to top last year's "Trick or Treat" extravaganza One of my major "can't wait moments" is my watch list Being a lover of baking and cooking shows and feeling that Halloween should be celebrated[...]
Food Network and Cooking Channel released their Halloween schedule of all things creepy, crawly and yummy The lineup is expected to spook our aprons off with promises of bloodcurdling sculptures, cadaver-like cake creations, and possibly some decomposing pumpkins Including a considerable variety of cakes, cookies and treats, it will start us "trick-or-treating" as early as[...]
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Lots of Halloween Comicfest comics – DCeased may be the big one.
Big news about Deodato this week with a new JMS book, Savage Avengers and Berserker Unbound? #5[...]