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10.04.07 by Widge @ 7:00 pm  Day 5 of our 32 Days of Halloween celebration. For tonight's enjoyment: the 1957 sci-fi giant insect attack fest, The Deadly Mantis. It was a misunderstood ginormous "killer" mantis. All it ever wanted was sex and a decent beheading. And honestly, isn't that what we're all looking for, in a way? Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween
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10.04.07 by Widge @ 12:50 am  Now this is how you make a horror movie trailer. Hell, it's got bits of the ending in there, but the way the trailer's cut it doesn't give away much of anything. What a concept. Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween
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10.03.07 by Widge @ 7:00 pm  A movie that messed with the heads of many back when it was released in 1932, our pick for tonight's film is Tod Browning's Freaks. You read this site, which means you are pop culturally aware, so you knew even before you watched this for the first time that Browning used real people for the titular characters and not any sort of effects or costumes. An interesting list of cultural bits influenced by this film is on its Wikipedia entry. Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween
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10.03.07 by Widge @ 12:01 am  You know, when I first saw this trailer, I was wondering if it was some kind of prank faux-70s trailer. But no, it's the real deal: the last appearance of Lon Chaney Jr. from 1971. Also comes with a Forry Ackerman cameo. Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween
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10.02.07 by Widge @ 12:01 am  The original, naturally. Because the remake was a festering boil on the genre. This movie has got some excellent scares in it. And the book it's based on is a classic. If you haven't read it, you owe it to yourself to snag it. Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween
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10.01.07 by Widge @ 7:00 pm  For tonight's pick, our second night of 32 Days of Halloween, we go with the mother of all vampire movies (and I do mean that in the genealogical sense): the 1922 F. W. Murnau pic, Nosferatu. If you want to check out the classic Dracula movie, we actually posted that a while back here. Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween
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10.01.07 by Widge @ 12:01 am  This Roger Corman-helmed, Vincent Price-starring classic is based on the tale by Edgar Allan Poe. Just the trailer here, Update: It appears that they've got them in stock, so apparently it's in print after all. Excellent. You can find the text of the original story here. Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween
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09.30.07 by Widge @ 7:00 pm  32 Days of Halloween continue. Every night, we'll post a classic bit of horror for you. Here's The Killer Shrews from 1959. Oh, it's so damn terrible it's wonderful. Also, this is a long distance dedication from Dindrane to Leigh. Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween
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09.30.07 by Widge @ 12:01 am  That's right. Halloween has burst from the casements of October. I have decreed that thirty-one days is simply not enough to celebrate the coolest holiday out there. Thus, Halloween has invaded September and claimed September 30th for itself. We now have thirty-two days to celebrate. Thus begins the 32 Days of Halloween. It all begins here with this classic Mickey Mouse bit from 1929. Direct link for the feedreaders. Found via Mostly Ghostly Music Sharing Blaaahhhggg!!! Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween
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