Friday the 13th

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Countdown to Friday the 13th: My Top Five Posters – Wednesday

We’ve reached Wednesday and it’s only two more days until another Friday The 13th! To celebrate this important date in the world of horror I’ve been counting down my five favorite posters from the legendary movie franchise and todays choice is the stylish and eye-catching design they used to promote Part 7: the New Blood.

[Bite-sized Horror]

Countdown to Friday the 13th: My Top Five Posters — Tuesday

Monday has come and gone and we are three days away from another Friday The 13th! … Each day this week I’m paying tribute to this legendary date by revealing my top five favorite Friday posters, and in fourth place I’ve chosen the classic and memorable poster for Part 4: The Final Chapter. This image

[Bite-sized Horror]

Countdown to Friday the 13th: My Top Five Posters — Monday

We are at the start of a week that ends with a Friday The 13th … and to celebrate I’m going to countdown my favorite five Friday posters, starting today with Jason Takes Manhattan. Part 8 is very much a guilty pleasure for me. It has energy, a solid cast and some excellent kills. Budget

[Movies]

Reader’s Choice: Michael James Aspinwall Slices Open His Horror Top Ten

You know the drill. These are the articles that open up the floor to you, the Halloween Love readers and allow you to reveal your favorite horror movies and most importantly explain WHY they are your favorites. I’ve been overwhelmed with responses and I’m thrilled that the readers wanting to be involved have felt comfortable

[Interviews]

Wall Worthy: Keeping Horror Posters Special with Adam Rabalais

What happened to movie posters? Did Hollywood executives just sit down one day and decide that posters no longer needed to capture your imagination and be something you would be proud to display on a wall in your home? In my youth I had posters everywhere: Several from the Elm Street movies, posters for Friday

[Art]

Take it Outside: Horror Figure Photography That Looks Dangerously Real

This week my horror photography spotlight has fallen on some awesome pictures by Ben Sottak. Ben’s photos bring something a bit new and very cool to the table because he is the first photographer I have featured who uses mother nature to help him create striking and amazingly lifelike images. He doesn’t construct intricate indoor

[Movies]

The Library Ghost and Beyond: My Top Ten Favourite Jump Scares!

I’ve noticed in recent years that I seem to have become less susceptible to a good jump scare which is either due to the poor quality of the scares or simply because I’m getting older. They still catch me off guard from time to time but when you watch as much horror as I do

[Movies]

Enough with the Stunt Casting, Horror Filmmakers

I’ve been attending horror conventions for nearly a decade now and one of my most memorable con experiences was at Monster Mania a few years back, when I met Stu Charno. Stu played loveable goofball Ted in Friday the 13th: Part 2, and though I initially just wanted to say hi and grab a quick

[Interviews]

Hitting the Wall: Street Art Meets Horror and a Chat with JPS

One of my biggest missions here on Halloween Love has been to seek out and make contact with as many talented and artistic people as possible. I love art … and I love horror … so when I see someone combine the two in interesting, unusual or just smile-inducing ways it makes me want to

[Art]

Cut Down to Size: Lego & Horror Combining to Make Miniature Magic

Whenever I think about Lego and creating things out of Lego I tend to think BIG, it’s just an automatic go-to setting my brain has which probably originates from my youth when I would try to build huge vehicles or a tall tower that would inevitably sway then come crashing down. But today I want