When I was young, the only way for me to see a horror film was by watching it on network television, edited, commercials and all. Although I didn’t see it until Halloween night in 1982, John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) debuted on NBC-TV on Friday, October 30, 1981, the same day that Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween II was released theatrically. I always …

Author Lisa Morton has a career that most of us horror fans would love to have.  She is an award-winning writer who is rightly considered to be one of the world’s leading authorities on the yearly holiday of Halloween. Her books include 2003’s The Halloween Encyclopedia and 2008’s A Halloween Anthology: Literary and Historical Writings Over the Centuries which received …

John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN (1978) has been released on Blu-ray for the second time in an all-new high definition transfer supervised by the film’s cinematographer, Dean Cundey, with extras. To celebrate the film’s 35th anniversary since its initial theatrical release, HALLOWEEN is being shown theatrically this month prior to the titular holiday. HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS and HALLOWEEN …

Greg McLean’s 2005 film WOLF CREEK is one of the most frightening films that I have seen of late.  It is not one that I expected to see followed up by a sequel.  The trailer for WOLF CREEK 2 is reportedly going to premiere on Monday, October 21, 2013.  In the meantime, here is a look at the official Australian …

Horror film actor Joe Zaso, the author of the well-received and original publication CAFE HIMBO, has just released a new cookbook entitled CAFE HIMBO: COOKBOOK II. The new book features dozens of new recipes from such film personalities as: Adrienne King of FRIDAY THE 13TH Barbara Magnolfi of SUSPIRIA Bart Mastronardi Belinda Balaski of THE HOWLING Catherine Mary Stewart of …

Paracinema Magazine is a beautiful publication on genre films that is published four times a year. Marketed as “The film magazine for people who love genre movies,” its breadth is wide-ranging in its love of independent and foreign cinema. Since the autumn of 2007, it has amassed an impressive array of articles and interviews that cover cult cinema from many …