It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown [31 DVDs of Halloween]
Today's DVD pick shouldn't really be surprising to anyone. If you've been following along with the countdown, you know I've teased it several times already. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is the definitive animated Halloween special and its appearance on my...
Beetlejuice [31 DVDs of Halloween]
Okay, I promise this time; Beetlejuice will be the last Tim Burton movie on my countdown. That makes four altogether. I could have kept going as there's still a wealth of Halloween-appropriate Tim Burton movies to draw from, but I gotta end the madness somewhere...
Rob Zombie’s Halloween [31 DVDs of Halloween]
I take it back. Earlier I said Lady in White was the most underrated film on this countdown. That was before I decided to include Rob Zombie's 2007 reboot of Halloween. 21% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. 6 out of 10 according to 56,000 people on IMDB. According to...
‘The Green Ruby Pumpkin’ Enchanting Halloween Short Film
I discovered this brilliant little gem of a short film this morning, which tells a Halloween fairy tale of sorts called "The Green Ruby Pumpkin." It was created by visual effects artists Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma who say this film was their passion project, which...
ShezCrafti’s Halloween Mixtape Volume 1 – 80s Halloween Dance Party
Welcome to your soundtrack for the rest of October. It's an all-80s mixtape that's a little bit Thriller, a little bit Ghostbusters, a little bit Teen Wolf, a little bit Karate Kid, several parts Nightmare On Elm Street, a whole lot of songs you've probably...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show [31 DVDs of Halloween]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is one those movies you either love or hate. There is no in between. (Kind of like candy corn.) I've chosen to feature it on my countdown, so it should be fairly obvious which category I fall into. In my defense (because for some...
I challenge you not to cry at Henry Thomas’s screen test for E.T.
I already cry like a little bitch every time I watch E. T. (which I'm pretty sure stands for "Extra Tissues"). I feel no shame in admitting that. Now, thanks to this recently-surfaced clip of Henry Thomas's screen test for the role of Elliott, I will now also cry...
Nice to see the Sega CD getting some (belated) birthday love.
Hey, guess what? October 15th was Sega CD's 20th birthday! (Don't worry, I forgot too. I didn't even get a card.) Yes, twenty years ago, Sega gave us its CD add-on for Genesis with its 512 kilobytes of RAM, 320 x 224 display resolution, 64 max displayable colors...
Halloween is Grinch Night [31 DVDs of Halloween]
Every year around Christmas, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas is broadcast on network televsion--sometimes even in 24-hour marathons--without fail. It's a pity that its prequel Halloween is Grinch Night doesn't get the same treatment around Halloween....
Freddy, Jason, Michael & Chucky Together on One Awesome Retro-tastic Poster
If I had an extra $45 to blow (or I guess technically it would be $48 with shipping & handling) I would so buy this limited edition poster by The Dude Designs which pays glorious homage to the artwork on classic 80s horror movie VHS tapes: Oh how I miss the...
The Midnight Hour [31 DVDs of Halloween]
I love Halloween. I love the 80's. There is not a more perfect marriage between these two things than the 1985 made-for-TV movie, The Midnight Hour. It is the Holy Grail of 80's teen Halloween horror. Despite all that, this movie lives in relative obscurity. The...
Corpse Bride [31 DVDs of Halloween]
What's this? Another Tim Burton movie on my Halloween Countdown? Yes, after The Nightmare Before Christmas and Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride makes three. I can't even promise that this will be the last Tim Burton movie to appear on this countdown, but I do hope...
