17 October
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TRYLON CINEMA PRESENTS: MOVIES SO GOOD THEY MADE EIGHT MORE You all know how much I love the Trylon. You may also know I love scary movies. Every October they have fantastic programming heading into Halloween, and this year is no different. I’m really excited about their October selections, especially their series “Movies So Good They Made Eight More”. Who doesn’t love a good, I mean, cheesy horror franchise. They’ve recently finished their renovation, and I cannot wait to get over there and see their new space. I’ve seen pictures and it looks fantastic. Head over there this weekend and have a scary good time.Read More →

30 October
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HALLOWEEN (2007)Director: Rob ZombieStarring: Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Sheri Moon Zombie, Daeg Faerch, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Dee Wallace Boy, the Myers family sure is dysfunctional. Ten year old Michael (Faerch) kills his pet mouse while his mom Deborah (Zombie) and her boyfriend Ronnie are having a massive fight in the kitchen. At school that day, Michael gets bullied in the bathroom and later gets his revenge by killing the boy in the park. The day doesn’t get any better for Michael. It is Halloween night and he has no one to go trick-or-treating with. His mother is at work at the stripRead More →

29 October
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HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION (2002)Director: Rick RosenthalStarring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks, Brad Loree, Bianca Kajlich, Sean Patrick Thomas, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Katee Sackhoff Rick Rosenthal is back to the series after having directedHalloween II. The eighth film in the franchise picks up a couple years after the night Michael Myers was reunited with his sister Laurie Strode (Curtis). She is now staying in a psychiatric care facility. It turns out the man that Laurie beheaded at the end ofHalloween H20 was not Michael. Laurie is now silent and only stares out the window. The orderlies believe she is a suicide risk. Michael (Loree) has trackedRead More →

28 October
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HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATERDirector: Steve MinerStarring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Josh Hartnett, Adam Arkin, Michelle Williams, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Adam Hann-Byrd, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, LL Cool J Like the title suggests, twenty years have passed since that fateful night where masked killer Michael Myers went on a killing rampage involving some babysitters, nurses, doctors, and other innocent bystanders as he made his way toward Laurie Strode (Curtis). She has since survived and is now living under the new identity of Keri Tate, the headmistress of Hillcrest Academy High School in California. The nightmares haven’t stopped as she knows Michael is still out there. The only personRead More →

27 October
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HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS (1995)Director: Joe ChapelleStarring: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Bradford English, Mitchell Ryan, J.C. Brandy, George P. Wilbur Michael Myers and his niece Jamie Lloyd (now played by J.C. Brandy) have disappeared after the events that ended the fifth film. She has been captured and impregnated by the Man in the Black and is being kept underground in his cultish layer. After giving birth, the baby is marked with the Thorn symbol that Michael and the Man in Black had on them. She is able to escape with her baby, and calls in to the radio station to getRead More →

26 October
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HALLOWEEN 5: THE REVENGE OF MICHAEL MYERS (1989)Director: Dominique Othenin-GirardStarring: Donald Pleasance, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Wendy Kaplan “I prayed that he would burn in hell, but I knew that hell would not have him.”Much like how Halloween II picked up with the ending of the first one, the fifth entry in the series picks up toward the end of the fourth film as we see Michael Myers being shot down a mine shaft. Despite Dr. Loomis (Pleasance) telling everyone he was dead, we should all know better than that. He slips out another exit of the shaft and floats down the creek. One yearRead More →

24 October
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HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (1982) Director/Writer: Tommy Lee Wallace Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O’Herlihy, Nancy Kyes A.K.A. The Halloween movie without Michael Myers. WHAAAAAATTTTTTT??? I’ll get to that in a bit. A deranged man clutching a Halloween mask announces “They’re coming. They’re coming” as he collapses into a gas station. The mask is from Silver Shamrock Novelties shop whose ads are running nonstop on television as a countdown to Halloween. They are quite creepy and disturbing. He is brought to the hospital where he is placed under the care of Dr. Andrew Challis (Atkins). The next string of events involving theRead More →

23 October
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HALLOWEEN IIDirector: Rick RosenthalWritten by John Carpenter and Debra HillStarring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, Charles Cyphers, Pamela Susan Shoop, Dick Warlock Even though it was released three years after the first film, the story picks up toward the ending of the first film when Laurie Strode tells Lindsay and Tommy to go get help at the McKenzie’s house. Despite being shot numerous times by Dr. Sam Loomis (Pleasance), Michael Myers (Warlock) has survived and is “on the loose”. The infamous John Carpenter score takes over as the opening credits roll. Laurie has survived the horror after being stabbed in the chest by Michael andRead More →

22 October
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This review was originally posted October 2012, but I have added some updates regarding the 2013 35th Anniversary Blu-Ray releaseHALLOWEEN (1978)Director: John CarpenterStarring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, Nick Castle “I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face and, the blackest eyes… the devil’s eyes.”A simple score of just a couple of notes plays as the opening credits roll.  The audience can start to feel the tension for the movie that is about the start.  Don’t let a simple score fool you.  The John Carpenter penned theme perfectly sets the mood for the openingRead More →

08 October
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V/H/S/2Directors: Simon Barrett , Adam Wingard , Eduardo Sánchez , Gregg Hale , Gareth Evans , Jason Eisener , Timo Tjahjanto Starring: Lawrence Michael Levine, Kelsy Abbott, Adam Wingard, Hannah Hughes, Jay Saunders After V/H/S received somewhat of a following, a sequel was naturally rushed into production. This should come as no surprise as we are talking about the horror genre. Like its predecessor,V/H/S/2 is comprised of “found footage” and is also part of the sub-genre of horror known as anthology films. Anthology films are typically made up of smaller short films/segments that may or may not center around the main storyline. Try not to get too confused orRead More →