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John Squires

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[Interviews]

HL Exclusive Chat: ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Poster Designer Burt Kleeger

A few weeks back here on Halloween Love I reviewed the 30th anniversary Silent Night, Deadly Night Blu-ray, a disc that was unfortunately devoid of the special features you’d expect to find on a big anniversary release of a fan-favorite movie. Not long after posting the review, I was chatting with the film’s executive producer

[TV]

The Walking Dead Season 5 Premiere: Recap and Thoughts

Intensity. Action. Drama. Horror. Extreme gore. CRAZY. ASS. ZOMBIES. These are just a handful of things we’ve come to expect from The Walking Dead, the reigning king of horror television whose feet, perhaps now more than ever, all of us fans should be bowing before and kissing. Because all of these things were packed into

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images Found on Social Media: 10/6-10/10

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 that I’ve stumbled across on social media this past week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! Though another Halloween is passing by without the

[Collectibles]

Slimer Wants YOU… to Bring Ecto Cooler Back from the Dead!

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ghostbusters, a classic film that has spawned all sorts of spin-offs and product tie-ins over the years. To list them all off would require more words than anyone in their right mind would care to read, so let’s skip ahead to the one that matters most… ECTO. FUCKING.

[TV]

Halloween TV Specials: Halloween is Grinch Night

There are a few traditions that are an essential part of my annual Halloween experience, which include drinking enough pumpkin beer to turn part-gourd and, of course, carving at least one terrible looking jack o’lantern that just begs to be smashed on my porch by trick or treaters who don’t appreciate the finer things in

[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

[Haunted Houses and Rides]

Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 24: Ranking the Houses!

If there’s one thing on this planet that every horror fan must experience before making the transition from functioning member of society to worm food, it’s Universal Studios’ annual Halloween Horror Nights extravaganza. This is something that several horror fans have told me throughout the years, and it’s something that I’m happy to say that

[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,

[Reviews]

The Strain Season 1, Episode 12: Recap and Thoughts

One of the strongest aspects of The Strain‘s inaugural season has been the decades-spanning story of good vs. evil, reflected in the relationship between Abraham Setrakian and The Master’s right hand man, Thomas Eichorst. If Eichorst is Dracula then Setrakian is Van Helsing, and it’s of course no coincidence that the latter shares a first

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images Found on Social Media: 9/22-9/26

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 that I’ve stumbled across on social media this past week. So let’s get right to it, shall we?! For the past couple weeks, website Jack’s Attic