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John Squires

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[Documentaries]

Five Upcoming Documentaries to Be Excited About

The past few years have seen the birth and rise of fan-made documentaries about iconic horror films, docs like Never Sleep Again, Crystal Lake Memories and More Brains: A Return to the Living Dead digging a whole lot deeper into our favorite movies than your typical DVD bonus features ever possibly could. It’s a trend

[Movies]

A Chronological Brush-Up Course on the Paranormal Activity Franchise

After going over a year without an installment in the franchise, Paranormal Activity returns to theaters today with The Marked Ones, a Latin American spin-off that’s centered around a brand new character, but ties into the events of the previous four films in the series. I don’t know about you, but whenever a new Paranormal

[Books and Comics]

R.L. Stine Bringing Fear Street Back from the Dead

Before he gave us Goosebumps, he frightened us on Fear Street. Launched in 1989, three years before Goosebumps came onto the scene and made him a household name, R.L. Stine created a lesser known series of books called Fear Street. It was just a few years earlier that Stine made the transition from comedy to

[Reviews]

Catching Up on 2013: Black Rock

One of the ironic things about writing about horror movies for a living is that I spend so much time writing about them that I oftentimes find myself with little time to actually sit down and watch them – go figure! It is for this reason that I almost always begin every new year with

[Movies]

Awesome Vintage Videos: Godzilla 1998 Original Teaser Trailer

I’ve never formally introduced myself since joining the Halloween Love team a few weeks back, and I’m thinking right about now is the absolute perfect time to do so. My name is John Squires and that little avatar at the bottom of this post is me. But don’t scroll down there just yet. It can

[TV]

Tonight, Beware the Grither!!

Holy shit, is it really Christmas already?! Though December the 25th is of course the most joyous day of the year, a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ that brings families together and bestows presents on all the good boys and girls, even the most sacred of all holidays isn’t without its dark side.

[Blu-ray and DVD]

Christmas Horror: The 9 Most Awesome Foreign Home Video Cover Arts

Today, I invite you on a journey. Where are we going, you ask? Where aren’t we going, would be the more appropriate question. Because like Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, we’re (virtually) traveling the globe this afternoon, on the hunt for the most totally awesome home video cover arts that Christmas horror movies have ever

[TV]

Lizzie Borden Takes an Axe to Lifetime

Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty one. It’s not just a popular (and highly disturbing) children’s nursery rhyme, but also an account of one of the most notorious murder cases in the annals of American history. It was