By the time writer/director Michael Dougherty’s Halloween horror anthology Trick ‘r Treat was released in 2009, it had already become something of a legend. Due to the delay in release, a graphic novel adaptation and even an action figure of the main villain were available to purchase before the movie could actually be seen, and …
Released on home video this week, Tremors 5: Bloodlines is the first installment in the monster movie franchise in eleven years, coming in the wake of sequels that went straight-to-video in 1996 (Tremors 2: Aftershocks) and 2001 (Tremors 3: Back to Perfection), as well as a DTV prequel in 2004 (Tremors 4: The Legend Begins). …
One of the best television episodes this year was the Season 2 premiere of FX’s vampire series The Strain, which featured a pre-credits scene directed by Guillermo del Toro, co-writer of the novel trilogy the show is based on. The flashback sequence showed us the origin story of the so-called Master, who we learned was …
Each and every Halloween season is marked by all sorts of goodies for us humanoids to enjoy, from festive new horror movies to spooky television specials, awesome decorations to killer costumes. And then there’s all the wacky food and drink products that line store shelves, which seem to grow in popularity with each passing year …
The cool thing about the Halloween season is that EVERYONE suddenly embraces and celebrates the things we love all year round. Non-horror television shows have proven to be no exception to that rule over the years, often getting their horror on in the weeks leading into the greatest holiday of the year. No show did …
This week marks the beginning of October, which officially kicks off this year’s Halloween season. Of course, those of who are ride or die for the holiday have spent the past month celebrating the impending arrival of the big day – and those of us here on Halloween Love quite frankly spend the entire year …
By the end of the 1980s, Wes Craven had woven his name directly into the fabric of popular culture, firmly solidifying himself as a true master of horror. He shocked and horrified audiences with his debut feature, The Last House on the Left, and then single-handedly revitalized the genre with his crowning achievement, A Nightmare …
In the interest of full disclosure, it seems only fair that I start off this review by noting that I’m a total sucker for two specific types of movies: ones set on Halloween and ones starring the incomparable Nicolas Cage. Needless to say, when I heard that Cage was starring in a supernatural thriller that …
It’s often said that the TV series Roseanne was way ahead of its time, and the show’s many Halloween specials serve as a prime example of that. Airing in October of 1989, during the second season, Roseanne’s very first Halloween-themed episode was something that was practically unheard of on the small screen at the time, …
The cool thing about the Halloween season is that EVERYONE suddenly embraces and celebrates the things we love all year round. Non-horror television shows have proven to be no exception to that rule over the years, often getting their horror on in the weeks leading into the greatest holiday of the year. Of course, no …
