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…
Michael Myers and his Quick Massacre Technique
The Quick Massacre is a Michael Myers rampage that lasts a relatively short while and results in at least 3 on-screen casualties. Excluded from this category are: longer sprees (such as Michael’s killings in the hospital throughout HalloweeN II); bloodbaths with an unknown death toll (e.g. Michael’s assault on the police station in Halloween 4); and…
Katee Sackhoff Autographs from HalloweeN Resurrection
For this writer, Katee Sackhoff is known mainly as Jen from Halloween: Resurrection. Years after filming H8, Katee went on to find worldwide fame as Kara Thrace a.k.a. Starbuck on the television series Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009). Katee’s work on Battlestar earned her critical praise and awards. I never watched Battlestar Galactica. I’m also culpable of…
Haddonfield Citizens: Tim Strode of Halloween 6
Tim Strode had genius level IQ (compared to the rest of the Strode family, that is). He was the son of John Strode and Kim Darby. Tim had a penchant for copying other people’s work at Junior College (he was denied entry to Haddonfield University because Professor Mixter said that Tim wasn’t Penske material). Though…