Lunch Links: SKULL BOY TELLS A JOKE (by Miller)
It’s spooky season! And while a talking skeleton may be scary, is there anything more…
It’s Halloween For Children, Charlie Brown
October is horror month. This is treated in such a matter-of-fact way that even I,…
Year of the Month: Dixon Cashwell on Halloween
To call John Carpenter’s Halloween “rarified” is a laughable understatement. Near forty years after its…
Year of the Month: The Nightmare Before Christmas
In the twenty-four years since its release, The Nightmare Before Christmas has gone from weird…
Lunch Link: “Halloween Safety”
Halloween Safety (1977) dir. Unknown But here’s the scariest monster of all… This little witch…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 8: THE HOUR OF THE WOLF
It’s long been standard practice to write music for horror films that features an evilly…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 7: WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
Nightmares have a strange kind of beauty. Perhaps that’s why we’re fascinated by horror films.…
Not to Mention a Bunch of Minions
This weekend was my son’s third Halloween. And, for the third time, he was dressed…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 6: PERFORMANCE
What’s a Halloween-appropriate film without a bracing dose of the occult? How about a 1970…
Halloween Psych-Out – Part 5: HEART OF GLASS
Picking up from where I left off last year, during the Halloween season, I write…