halloween
Seven of the Most Blatantly Obvious Halloween Rip-Offs
Halloween was not the first slasher movie, there’s no real point in arguing that. We had many similar efforts before it, notably films like Black Christmas, Psycho and Peeping Tom. But what Hal...
Ernest Scared Stupid: A Look Back at the Campy Kiddie Horror (That Traumatized Me as a Child)
For anyone not familiar with the Ernest films, they were a comedy series aimed at children that presented a lovable idiot hick getting himself into increasingly baffling situation that simultaneously ...
Four Horror Sequels That Cursed Their Own Franchise
When a horror movie is hugely successful, sequels are an inevitability. Quickly after that, it can blossom into a franchise. Typically, it doesn’t take long for the films that follow ...
Five Horror Sequels that are Better the Second Time
Everyone goes into certain movies with a set of expectations. This is especially true for horror sequels. The Friday the 13th series has some entries that are unjustly maligned simply because what peo...
Weedjies! Halloweed Night is More Ditch Than Dank
Before we get too deep into this review of Full Moon’s Weedjies! Halloweed Night, I’ve got a confession to make to you kids. At the ripe old age of 33, I have never smoked what many of y...
Rob Zombie’s Halloween II is a Product of Its Time With a Surprisingly Modern Twist [Retrospective]
Halloween II was not a film Rob Zombie wanted to make. Industry suggests he was coerced into doing so by the Weinsteins, who promised him that magnum opus Tyrannosaurus Rex would be next. A decad...
Rob Zombie’s Halloween II is Way Better Than You Remember
I always have a problem trying to understand the automatic resistance so often accompanying a remake. Let alone a follow-up to a remake such as Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (which is celebrati...
Rejoice! Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer’s Halloween-Themed Slasher Trick Finds a Home!
Back in March, we reported that production had begun on Trick, an upcoming, Halloween-themed slasher from beloved director Patrick Lussier and co-written by another horror hero, Todd Farmer. Now it ap...
Two New Halloween Sequels (and Release Dates) Announced
To the delight of fans everywhere, Universal Pictures has announced not one, but two upcoming sequels in the Halloween series. It seems the battle between The Shape and Laurie Strode is not over....