[Book Review] Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels

Last year, Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins treated us with their incredibly insightful and well-done book Taking Shape: Developing Halloween From Script to Scream.  If you missed my review, you can check it out HERE.  If you did yourself a great disservice and missed out on the book, grab it HERE. Just in time for Halloween…

Halloween Kills: Michael Myers Actor Teases New Film’s “Pumped Up”

Michael Myers actor James Jude Courtney says that Halloween Kills “pumped up” the action and horror compared to David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween. Read More on Screenrant.com

Artist Spotlight: Ed Edmunds (Distortions Unlimited)

Ed Edmunds is someone who needs absolutely no introduction in this hobby. He was kind enough to take time out of his busy day to chat with me, and I have to say that it was one of the most engaging interviews I’ve ever done. Ed is an incredibly sweet, funny, and intelligent man, so…

[Book Review] Taking Shape: Developing Halloween From Script to Scream

By Zac Crook Authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins have slung us a treat to soothe our post-Halloween blues this year. Their new book Taking Shape: Developing Halloween From Script to Scream tackles the entire franchise thus far, detailing the production of each film installment from John Carpenter’s original 1978 classic to last year’s hotly-anticipated…

Houses of Horror: Halloween 1978

Halloween is my all-time favorite Horror movie and being from Chicago, I was in awe of the fact that the movie took place in Illinois. I remember thinking, “Where is Haddonfield, Illinois? And if it doesn’t exist, in what Illinois town did they shoot this movie?” It wasn’t long before I discovered that the movie…