Welcome to my latest look at some classic horror and monster advertising from THE GOOD OLD DAYS! This week we travel back to the early 90s and dust off some adverts that were found within copies of the UK Aliens and Terminator monthly comic magazine. Each issue featured a warning on the cover confirming it …
Halloween confession time – I actively avoided carrying a modern phone for years, but eventually I started to notice people pointing and laughing each time I answered my Nokia 3310 in public. I was mercilessly mocked because my phone could only receive phone calls! So six months ago I wiped the spit off my face …
Don’t you just LOVE that feeling you get when you know an awesome parcel is very close to reaching your doorstep! I personally start this emotional roller-coaster by trying not to think about the item in question too much because it still has a LONG way to travel. Then I gradually begin to worry about …
If you’ve been following Halloween Love over the last year or so, you may have noticed that many of my posts focus on art and the individuals who create it. Art in all of its many wonderful forms is probably my biggest passion (after watching horror movies), so it’s always felt natural to write about …
Is the next great horror movie director out there right now? Making a zero budget short film in his or her backyard that will be good enough to propel them to fame and fortune! New BBC3 show The Fear certainly thinks so, and for the next few weeks it will be showing a selection of …
Sunday has once again arrived all too quickly and here at Halloween Love that means one thing (ignore the recent hiatus!) – it’s time for another batch of incredible poster images from the thriving alternative art community! So far I’ve revealed my personal favorite posters that pay tribute to: Jaws – Stephen King’s IT – …
“Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!” It’s official! I will forever remember the 2015 Halloween season as the Ghostbusters candy season! The number of new products that have appeared on shelfs to tempt those of us with a nostalgic sweet tooth is simply incredible, and just when I thought I couldn’t possibly get anymore …
This past weekend saw my home town once again welcome the ONLY convention that reaches this corner of the UK – Dev-Con. It’s primarily a Sci-Fi and comic book gathering with plenty of dealers and the occasional guest who appeared in Star Wars for about ten seconds, but to a horror fan like myself there …
The UK is going Ghostbusters mad this Halloween season, and I LOVE it! Considering the 30th anniversary of this legendary movie was LAST year, it feels slightly strange to be seeing SO many new candy creations in the shops over the last few weeks, but it just proves how popular this franchise continues to be. …
The Challenge: Find seven unique and hand-crafted horror collectables to present as gifts to my good friends when we all meet up for our once a year weekend of reminiscing, talking, movie watching and beer drinking. Previous gatherings had seen some incredible items being handed out and this year it was my turn to deliver …
