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John Squires

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[Movies]

A Special Appearance on Elm Street: Five Fun Franchise Cameos

Hey, did you know that this year marks the 30th anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street‘s original theatrical release, back in 1984?! Oh right, we already mentioned that here on Halloween Love, at least 14 times. Well, 15 now. Our year-long celebration of the anniversary continues today with a look at five fun Elm

[Interviews]

Exclusive Interview: One Way Static Records’ Sebastiaan Putseys

As I sit here writing up this post, my house is filled with the soothing sounds of Roberto Donati’s soundtrack to the insanely gory 1981 Italian horror flick Cannibal Ferox, a.k.a. Make Them Die Slowly. It’s the latest vinyl offering from One Way Static Records, one of the leading companies in the recent resurgence of

[Blu-ray and DVD]

Five Things I Love About: Silent Night, Deadly Night

Over the weekend, news broke that the 1984 holiday horror flick Silent Night, Deadly Night is finally headed to Blu-ray, courtesy of a special 30th Anniversary release that’s set to hit retailers on September 16th of this year. Though no details about the release have yet been revealed, the mere fact that the film is

[TV]

True Blood Season 7 Premiere: Recap and Thoughts

After nearly a year without the vamps, wolves and sweet southern mind-reader in our lives, True Blood made its return to HBO last night for the show’s seventh season, which is the last hurrah for Sookie and the gang. Once the 10-episode season comes to an end, so too does the series as a whole,

[Art]

The Most Awesome Images Found on Social Media: 6/16-6/20

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?! This awesome recreation of the iconic Friday the

[Reviews]

Movie Review: Death Bed

As much as I dig it when home video companies give slick new releases to old favorites that we all know and love, I dig it even more when they give that special treatment to lost films from the past, which many of us have never seen or even heard of. Such is the case

[TV]

Five X-Files Episodes That Were Never Made

It was over 20 years ago that the very first episode of The X-Files premiered on Fox, which was followed up by a whopping 201 more. The popular show ran for an impressive nine seasons, making it – at the time – the longest running consecutive science fiction series ever on U.S. broadcast television. Naturally,

[Interviews]

Exclusive Interview: ‘Found Footage 3D’ Director Steven DeGennaro

Several months back, I jokingly made a remark on Twitter that someone should make a found footage movie in 3D, due to the recent surge in popularity of both storytelling devices – or gimmicks, if you prefer. What I didn’t realize, and what I was soon informed of, was that pre-production had at the time

[Books and Comics]

Five Upcoming Books You Might Want to Pre-Order

Looking to beef up your book collection and do a little reading this year? Here are five upcoming horror-themed books that we can guarantee you’ll want on your shelf! FANGORIA: COVER TO COVER – AUGUST 26TH It was way back in 1979 that the first issue of Fangoria hit newsstands, which means that the magazine