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John Squires

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[Costumes and Masks]

An Early Look at Trick or Treat Studios’ 2015 Halloween Masks

We’re just about eight and a half months away from October, so you may be thinking that it’s a tad bit too early to start talking Halloween 2015. Nonsense, we say. Because it’s truly never too early, especially not here on Halloween Love. Formed in 2010, Trick or Treat Studios has quickly become the leading

[Reviews]

Movie Review: The Canal (2014)

There’s no 2014 horror film that was more critically acclaimed than The Babadook, which used tragedy-induced madness as the springboard for a truly effective horror story. It’s a shame that so few seem to have seen it, because The Canal does much the same thing, and is every bit as impressive as last year’s horror

[Reviews]

The Guest: A Badass Cinematic Tribute to John Carpenter’s Halloween

One of the films that has been popping up on many horror fans’ Top 10 of 2014 lists is The Guest, directed by Adam Wingard (You’re Next). And while it’s not quite a horror film, it’s hard to disagree with that genre classification. *If you haven’t yet seen the movie you might want to avoid

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images of the Week: 1/5-1/9

We’ve reached the end of another week – thank god! – which means it’s time to once again take a look at the coolest, weirdest and/or most awesome images I’ve stumbled across on the internet this week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! There are some guys who make fatherhood seem really, really

[Something More]

In Response to New Republic’s Gross Misunderstanding of Horror Fans

Those on the outside of our little horror community seem to have an inherent fascination with looking in, and they also tend to get off on the idea of analyzing us and our viewing habits. For many, trying to even fathom why anyone would choose to watch horror movies is impossible, and because it’s not

[Reviews]

To Stream or Not to Stream? Beneath (2013)

Location, location, location. The importance of location in a horror movie cannot be overstated, as the good ones understand that the setting can be a character in and of itself. The Shining, for example, had the Overlook Hotel, while Halloween had the small, atmospheric town of Haddonfield. Like The Descent and last year’s As Above,

[Reviews]

Movie Review — [REC] 4: Apocalypse

The [REC] series is quite an interesting one, one that doesn’t quite play by the rules of franchise horror. While the first two films were exceptional-yet-similar found footage affairs, the third installment completely shed the filmmaking style and went in a totally (and tonally) different direction, trading in the horror for horror-comedy. Just released onto

[TV]

My Favorite Horror TV Episode of 2014

Just as it was for indie horror, 2014 was also a great year for horror on TV, thanks to shows like Hannibal, The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Bates Motel and The Strain. Whether you like all those shows or not, there’s no denying that it’s a great time to be a horror fan with

[Reviews]

Movie Review — The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2015)

Legendary British production company Hammer Films has had a pretty respectable resurgence over the course of the past eight years, films like Let Me In and Wake Wood showing that they’re still a force to be reckoned with. In 2012, the company hit another home run with The Woman in Black, a remake of the

[Reviews]

Movie Review: New Year’s Evil (1980)

After the success of Halloween, the slasher sub-genre capitalized big time with other holiday-themed body count flicks, films like My Bloody Valentine, April Fool’s Day and Mother’s Day coming along to ensure that every big date on the calendar had a horror movie of its very own. Released in 1980, New Year’s Evil is unique