halloween Archives

It's the most wonderful time of the year… It's Halloween-ish, people! Which means during the season when visions of ghouls, goblins, "baby deer" in NYC's Penn Station at 2 am (some of you will get that), and odd selections of "sexy BLANK" costumes dance in our heads, it only helps the spirit of the holidays (and[...]

At last- we complete our 2018 Halloween Retrospective with the brand-new reboot movie Halloween This is a long episode where we go deep into where this movie stands in context with the rest of the films, how it compares with Jamie Lee Curtis' last return, and more This is a SPOILER-FILLED discussion, so be warned! Listen[...]

Who woulda thought 40 years after the initial release of John Carpenter's classic Halloween starring Jamie Lee Curtis in 1978 we'd be seeing a [true] sequel breaking records?!? As Curtis tweeted on Sunday October 21st, the 2018 Halloween directed by David Gordon Green is enjoying some very interesting firsts and record-breaking status. She points out in her TOTALLY DESERVING boast post[...]

Let's talk about Netflix's spoopy seasonal series "The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell", a fabulous kooky show worth watching.

As a huge Halloween fan, any version of Michael Myers is going to be one I have to own, but even I had some trepidation on this one Dolls are what creep me out to this day, and while I know that they won't come alive and attack me because that is silly But on[...]

The cast and creative team behind Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina offered their thoughts on the series at the occasion of its season 1 premiere.

Halloween collectors can admit that this is a golden age for Michael Myers collectibles The Shape has so many quality items around right now that fans can hardly keep up This however is one that they should seek out immediately The Mezco Toyz One:12 Collective Halloween Michael Myers sold out when it went up for[...]

Halloween is now in theaters, after what seemed like the longest wait of all-time Well, to me anyway I very much enjoyed the film, especially after repeat viewings this week (check out my review here) They have also helped solidify some things that I thought after the first showing From here on out: there be[...]

Halloween is now in theaters, and there is a ton of figures, tiki mugs, and limited edition posters and prints everywhere right now One of the best artists in the game (and of all-time in my book) Bill Sienkiewicz created an exclusive print for SDCC this past July, which is right here: You had to find[...]

Halloween is a franchise that represents one of the pillars of the modern era of horror films Introducing us to the William Shatner mask-wearing Michael Myers, it laid the groundwork that would later bring us the likes of Jason and Freddie Like the other series, while the originals continue to be lauded as touchstone classics[...]

While not released just yet, the Riftstalker behemoth will emerge on the Shattered Isles soon as part of the Dark Harvest in-game Halloween event The event is live as of today and will run through November 1st, but the Riftstalker is slowly meandering his way into the festivities, so he isn't there just yet That[...]

Halloween opens in theaters tonight, the horror masses will pack the theaters, and Michael Myers will reclaim his slasher throne that he richly deserves The film is excellent (check out our review here), and should mean lots and lots of repeat business over the coming weeks But as we all know, the only number that[...]

Halloween roars into theaters tonight To help celebrate the occasion, Sacred Bones has uploaded the entire John Carpenter score online for you to enjoy before visiting Haddonfield once more The score, by Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies is brilliant, and it is a great sonic sequel to the original's iconic score itself (Check out[...]

[rwp_box_recap id="0"] It is not an envious position to try and revive a franchise like Halloween Fans of the series are very passionate, and they haven't exactly been treated with the proper respect over the years Sequel after sequel came and went with Michael Myers history and lore becoming more and more convoluted and bastardized[...]

Pearl Abyss revealed their plans for their Halloween event on Black Desert Online by bringing in two bosses who will surely wreck your good times Aside from being able to craft costumes to wear in the game, the company has introduced a new boss named Spook who looks like an Apothecary doctor that will attack anyone[...]

We continue our Halloween Retrospective, focusing on the strangest continuity of the Halloween franchise, with Halloween: The Curse of Michael Meyers AKA Halloween 6 or Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers. The movie features the screen debut of Paul Rudd— who gives a truly odd performance as the obsessed Tommy Doyle–  and the final screen[...]

John Carpenter is back home, and my god is it good to have him. Sacred Bones Records has posted a full track from this week's new halloween film, featuring a new score by the master himself, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies Delivering on his promise to both keep things familiar and modernize the iconic and familiar[...]

Halloween is now less than a week away, and fans are giddy with excitement A new featurette has been released taking a look at the process horror icon John Carpenter and his team went through writing the score for the new film Hearing some of that new score along with seeing some new little snippets[...]

Robert Englund will be reprising his most iconic role as Freddy Krueger this Halloween on the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs, as we previously told you However, we now have a few on-set pics and stills from the episode, titled 'Mister Knifey-Hands' It is set to air on Wendesday, October 24. This is the first time Englund[...]

Blizzard has officially kicked off the third Overwatch Halloween event, and they've thrown in some awesome content to keep you occupied. Junkenstein's Revenge has been added back into the arcade with two modes: the Classive version and Junkenstein's Revenge: Endless Night, which is basically a gauntlet match You can choose from ten heroes this time around with[...]

This week on Castle of Horror, we continue our countdown to the Halloween reboot with the second part of the continuity-crazed "Thorn Trilogy" of the original series: Halloween 5, which continues the strange psychic connection between Michael Meyers and his young niece. For the first time since Halloween II, the cast from the previous film returns unchanged–[...]

If you'd like to get a look at what Blizzard has in store for the Overwatch Halloween event this year, all you need to do is visit Twitter Like they do with every event, the company is slowly rolling out the new skins they have planned this year The first two are for Moira as[...]

For this weekend's NYCC, he has drawn an exclusive poster for the new Halloween film, and if it is anything like this year at SDCC, it will be fun to get The poster is all black and white, featuring Michael Myers and his creepy face, staring back at us with that blank expression and the[...]

This week sees the release of the last in their series of Halloween soundtracks: the soundtrack to the original 1978 classic, Halloween! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Hello all! Our HALLOWEEN vinyl series comes to a close this week with the release[...]

This week we kick off a return to our Halloween Retrospective with Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Meyers In anticipation of the 2018 reboot which we'll be covering when it comes out, we're doing the deepest cut in Halloween continuity– the so-called "Thorn Trilogy" of Halloween 4, 5 and 6 Join us! Listen here: http://audio.voxnest.com/stream/6f142deca77f468b96afa07d21684af0/traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/halloween_iv_rev.mp3   Listen on[...]

HBO HBO is ready to find some of that old-time (shady) religion with a full-season order to comedy pilot The Righteous Gemstones, starring Danny McBride (Halloween, Vice Principals), John Goodman (The Big Lebowski, The Connors), Edi Patterson (The Last O.G., We Bare Bears), and Adam Devine (Modern Family, Workaholics)[...]

It was only a matter of time before we would see the return of Overwatch Halloween Terror event this month, and Blizzard revealed it will happen next week Along with the usual assortment of previous year's costumes and events in the game, you'll be getting a new set to collect as you'll shoot your way through[...]

More from our Halloween trip to Disneyland, this time taking a look at the offerings in Disney's California Adventure side of the Anaheim park, and the seasonal offerings at the newly re-opened Pixar Pier. The area that was previously used for the Lunar New Year event that we told you all about back in February was[...]

We talk about the David Cronenberg Retrospective they're hosting which will feature live Q&As with Cronenberg and luminaries such as Debbie Harry and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Halloween Day featuring the new film plus a free tattoo, and more. Listen here: http://audio.voxnest.com/stream/6f142deca77f468b96afa07d21684af0/traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/Beyond_Fest_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lbo8yC-kg0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: CASTLE TALK: Beyond Fest Founders Christian Parkes[...]

For >this< writer, 2018 marks the first time attending the annual Halloween festivities at Disneyland in Anaheim, California While no stranger to the park, the separate ticket event Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party changes the lay of the land with lighting, treat trails, and a pretty amazing parade. Here's this year's parade, which features some[...]