Reviews

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

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Review: The Night Before Easter

I love spring. Not as much as fall, as that is the time most associated with horror, but spring is enjoyable. Flowers bloom, things start to warm up and, of course, Easter. Not too many horror films take place during the season, but a new one has been added into the fold. The Night Before

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Wes Craven’s Other Movies: Summer of Fear (aka Stranger in Our House)

As we’ve mentioned several times in the recent past here on Halloween Love, this year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of A Nightmare on Elm Street, which really solidified Wes Craven’s status as a bonafide master of horror. Sure, he had made several noteworthy films prior, including The Last House on the Left

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To Stream or Not to Stream? Toad Road (2012)

With so many horror movies available for instant streaming on Netflix, it can be hard to decide which ones to watch and which ones to ignore. Believe me, I feel your pain, and it’s never fun to waste your night on a movie that totally sucks. In this new feature here on Halloween Love, we

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The Defining Scene: The Strangers

Whenever I think about any given horror movie that I’m a big time fan of, there’s always one scene/moment that immediately comes to the forefront of my mind, and essentially defines that particular movie for me. In Friday the 13th, for example, it’s that jump scare of an ending that gave us our first introduction

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Five Kick Ass Horror Apps

A few years ago when I received my first smart phone I immediately searched for horror apps. Naturally. Who wouldn’t? I stumbled upon some apps that were fun, some that were silly and some that I will never delete from my phone. I present to you a list of the five horror apps that I

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Review: Don’t Go to the Reunion

Scott Rantzen (Brady Simenson) is a horror movie loving misfit who is teased by the popular students in school. When a date with the very popular and very beautiful Erica Carpenter (Stephanie Leigh Rose) backfires, he feels as though his life is ruined. Ten years later, the gang reunite for their class reunion. Little do

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A Very Cold War: Threads 1984

Threads was a Documentary / Drama partly produced by the BBC that was first aired in 1984. It would go to win four BAFTA awards and almost unanimous critical acclaim. Even now, 30 years after it was made, many still consider it to be the most genuine, harrowing and uncompromising look at a full-scale Nuclear

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Can’t Avoid it Any Longer: The Friday the 13th Movies Get Ranked

If you’ve been following my posts here on Halloween Love over the last couple of months you will have probably noticed I’m a bit of a Friday The 13th nut. I love Freddy and Michael as much as the next guy but when it comes to the Horror Icons Jason is my main man. Over

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Elephant in the Room — Christine Elise McCarthy

Elephant in the Room is a series of interviews with people made famous by their roles in horror movies. But we’re not going to talk about that. Nope. We’re not going to mention those horror movies. We’re going to take a slight departure from asking the typical questions and instead delve into what their lives