Alternate HalloweeN Scenes Exist (Part 1)

The HALLOWEEN film franchise has produced one of the most loyal fan bases ever witnessed in movie history.  We the fans watch these films repeatedly, enjoying and scrutinizing over each and every detail. What is unbeknownst to many fans is that a whole catalog of alternate cuts of these movies exists.   These alternate cuts often include…

John Carpenter HalloweeN Autographs

From the collection of Andrew (maverick96) comes two items signed by a man who needs no introduction – John Carpenter. John Carpenter’s film HalloweeN and his character Michael Myers are the reasons why most of us are a part of this community. For some of us, though, it goes deeper than that. Some of us…

Was Keeping Michael Myers The Right Decision?

As a lot of horror film and Halloween fans know, John Carpenter, creator of the Halloween series took the third instalment in a completely different direction to the previous two films. Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981) are a back-to-back double feature in their structure, as the sequel continues the events of one Halloween night. But Carpenter wanted to…

Handling The ‘Remake’ Issue…

A remake or re-imagining of a classic old horror film hits cinemas, as well as a remake of a film not many people know about. The DVD charts in your local store are sprinkled with straight-to-DVD scary movies, featuring a cameo from Robert Englund or another, similar classic horror icon. You look around and wonder……

HALLOWEEN 1978 (the holiday) FLASHBACK!

It’s hard to imagine the Halloween holiday without thinking of Michael Myers and the night he came home. John Carpenter’s “little film” shot in just three weeks in the spring of 1978 and with very limited resources has made the holiday and the movie forever after synonymous with each other. It’s inconceivable today for October…