31 Days of Horror: Rob Zombie’s ‘Halloween’ and ‘Halloween II’ Family Values
Rob Zombie’s Halloween films were ahead of their time tales of psychological and physical trauma meshed with his stock-in-trade cinematic vision.
Rob Zombie’s Halloween films were ahead of their time tales of psychological and physical trauma meshed with his stock-in-trade cinematic vision.
The Curse of Michael Myers never had to be a bad movie and in fact there was a legendary work print that existed on a rough bootleg, which circulated among fans for years.
In a fun bit of personal serendipity, I finished the second, revised, and expanded edition of J.A. Kerswell’s The Teenage Slasher Movie Book the same day I got see John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween for the first time on the big screen, in the new 4k remaster, no less.
‘I’ll Take Your Dead,’ a Toronto After Dark Film Festival entrant, brings three seemingly disparate genres together by presenting powerhouse performances.
The Prince of Lies, The First of the Fallen, The Light Bringer, The Morning Star, The Lord of Hell…and one-time night-club owner heralds a brand new Vertigo Comics with a brand new first issue!
Tim Murr looks at the genesis, success, and failure of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, the beginning of the Thorn Trilogy.
When the collected edition of The New Mutants: Dead Souls came across my figurative desk for 31 Days of Horror I was a bit perplexed. How do the New Mutants, which I had always viewed as “the JV X-Men” or “that book that became X-Force”, relate to horror? Well, after I was a few pages I was convinced I was reading the right book.
One of the most anticipated video game of the season (and by that, I mean the Season of the Witch, Samhain, Halloween, ya dig?) is Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game.
Over the years, when films have come my way starring Michael Ironside, I’ve begged and pleaded (usual in a professional manner…usually) with our PR reps to let me interview the man. Finally, with Ironside starring in the new film Knuckleball, the opportunity came my way this week, and I jumped on it.
Halloween makes for perfect horror of the superhero type with an old-school shriek-fest featuring your favourite masks, capes and monsters!
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found the original Pet Sematary to be a damn frightening film, so I curious to see how this new version stacks up.
The main draw of the book is the BRAND NEW Swamp Thing tale by Brian Azzarello and Greg Capullo which is amazing.