Reviews

Reviews, anecdotes, and the like related to Halloween, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, or the bizarre.

[Books and Comics]

Review: Monsters and Breakfast Collide in ‘Cereal Killers’ Coffin Table Book

‘If there’s a common bond that ties our generation together, it’s the shared magic of waking up on a Saturday morning and watching six hours of cartoons while eating bowl after bowl of sugary cereal, then going to bed and having hideous sugar-induced nightmares.’ This is the first thing you’ll read when you open up

[Costumes and Masks]

Halloween is on the Way: More Cheap Mask Mayhem!

For the past two Halloween seasons I have found myself start to collect and adore cheap and weird Halloween masks, ESPECIALLY the endless unofficial Ghostface masks that seem to populate every store I enter like a tempting plague. What once were items I would walk past without a moments consideration … are now items I

[Reviews]

Movie Review: The Houses October Built (2014)

Found footage movies have acquired a pretty lousy reputation over the years. In many ways, the sub-genre has come to represent the absolute pinnacle of creative bankruptcy within the horror genre, as each new one feels like an exact replica of the last. The problem with this rampant horror fan hatred of all things found

[Bite-sized Horror]

My Favorite Horror Movie Moments of All Time: Number 39 — The Omen

To celebrate the journey toward Halloween 2014 I’m going to do something I’ve wanted to attempt since I first started writing here on Halloween Love … put together a definitive list of my personal favorite horror movie moments and scenes. I hope you will agree with some, maybe raise an eyebrow at others and fingers

[Movies]

All 10 Halloween Films: Rated from Worst to Best

Just finished watching the Complete Collection (Limited Deluxe Edition) of all the Halloween films to date, and all the special features and commentaries. I have to say this is one the best box set experiences I’ve ever had. While I’ve of course seen all of the movies many times over and over through the years

[Bite-sized Horror]

My Favorite Horror Movie Moments of All Time: Number 40 — Scream

To celebrate the journey toward Halloween 2014 I’m going to do something I’ve wanted to attempt since I first started writing here on Halloween Love … put together a definitive list of my personal favorite horror movie moments and scenes. I hope you will agree with some, maybe raise an eyebrow at others and fingers

[Bite-sized Horror]

My Favorite Horror Movie Moments of All Time: Number 41 — Psycho

To celebrate the journey toward Halloween 2014 I’m going to do something I’ve wanted to attempt since I first started writing here on Halloween Love … put together a definitive list of my personal favorite horror movie moments and scenes. I hope you will agree with some, maybe raise an eyebrow at others and fingers

[Reviews]

Movie Review: Annabelle

There’s a dialogue exchange in American Beauty that I’ve never forgotten, between Ricky and Angela. “You’re boring,” Ricky tells her. “And you’re totally ordinary. And you know it.” At the moment, I can’t think of a more perfect way to describe how I feel about Annabelle, fresh off of viewing enduring it at my local

[Reviews]

The Strain Season 1 Finale: Recap and Thoughts

It feels like just yesterday that a plane full of undead passengers landed in New York, and long-tongued vampires began ravaging the city. And yet, it was nearly three months ago that The Strain premiered on FX, the show wrapping up its inaugural season with last night’s 13th episode. Throughout the course of the season,