Fright-A-Thon is a celebration of all things Halloween and horror. The Halloween season is already here with the calendar flipping from August 31st to September 1st. So to kick off the season of screamings, we've got a Halloween Movie Marathon for you with movies every day to follow along with from
Its been SIX years of Fright-A-Thon, with this year being the seventh. We all know seven is a special number, its a magic number to some. There's the myth of the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son after all. However, sometimes things need a bit of a reboot. Like Halloween (2018) or Scream (2022),
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Why do people say things like "Oh well Halloween was better in the 90s" or something like "Halloween sucks these days"? Other than nostalgia for an era bygone, I think there are several reasons why. Normally on Halloween, I like writing something that's uplifting or fun like a Top 10 Horror Movies
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By the time A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors rolled around in 1987, two things were on top of the goddamn world. Heavy metal and Freddy. So what did New Line Cinemas decide to do? Put the two together. Dokken is an American heavy metal band featuring Don Dokken and George Lynch. Both
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Like Halloween III: Season of the Witch, A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge was much maligned on its release and has since gained a cult following in the video/streaming era. The cult following is definitely for different reasons, but its a cult following all the same. As part of the
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Did you miss out on seeing John Carpenter live during his shows in Los Angeles or New York? Don't worry, a lot of people did. But, thanks to Veeps and Bloody Disgusting, they're putting the Master of Horror's concert out on streaming for the entire world to enjoy. On October 31st, for
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It's been a long time since John Carpenter made his way on stage to perform in front of a crowd. The master of horror for filmmaking is also a master of film scores. He's done work on his own films like Escape From New York, Big Trouble In Little China, Halloween, and plenty of other classic
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Halloween Horror Nights 2025 has been a resounding success for both Universal Studios and for fans. It might be super busy, but that's just because we had three main-event level haunted houses in Terrifier, Five Nights At Freddy's, and Jason Universe. In any previous year, those houses would easily
I remember seeing the trailer for The Dog Stars and having my eyes roll back in my head. Do we really need more post-apocalyptic stories when we're living in a real life apocalypse? Do we need another movie that has an analog for COVID-19 and the aftermath that had on our own society. Well,
We're in the era of liminal spaces, folks. Movies like Skinamarink, Backrooms, and Exit 8 have all proven that audiences, especially younger audiences, can't get enough of them. it Ends brings us really two liminal spaces in one movie. The film tells the story of four friends who are getting
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia both kicks up the action and ramps up the stakes with a very poisonous plotline in Ep. 9 "Tengri". In fact, this is the most amount of bloody action we've seen in this anime in a while. However, in terms of story, it still takes second fiddle to the very sudden
