20 Female Authors to Read This Halloween Season
It’s that time of year again where I tell you what spooky authors to read to go along with our 31 days of Halloween. This year, I’m bringing you a list of all female writers. Note that many of the most...
View ArticleCriterion of the Month: ‘Night of the Living Dead’
Spine #909 SPOILERS “Zombies, man! They creep me out.” These are the words uttered by Dennis Hopper’s character in Land of the Dead, the third official sequel to Night of the Living Dead. It is a bit...
View Article10 Recent Horror Movies You May Have Missed
It’s Halloween! And for some people it’s a good excuse to watch a bunch of horror movies. I don’t need an excuse though, I like me some spooky movies. If you’re not sure what to pick tonight, here’s...
View Article15 More Graphic Novels to Read This Halloween Season
It’s Autumn which means House of Geekery presents a spooky-filled reading list for the Halloween season. We’ve been doing this for many years now but luckily, the number of talented and entertaining...
View ArticleHalloween Review: Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Even those with only a passing knowledge of horror movies are familiar with the enigmatic slasher Michael Myers. Since debuting in 1978’s Halloween, the Boogeyman has become one of the most iconic...
View ArticleHalloween Review: Trick or Treats (1982)
In the early 1980’s the “slasher movie” saw a boom as Halloween and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre proved that with enough inventiveness you could make a successful film even on a low budget. Every...
View ArticleDisturbingly Realistic Horror Movie Killers
Maybe this Halloween you’ll watch Freddy or Jason or Samara or Pennywise stalking and murdering their victims, and then you turn off the movie safe in the knowledge that such a monster cannot exist in...
View ArticleMy Halloween Viewing Highlights 2020
As we all know the Halloween season is fully upon us and that means horror films should constantly be onscreen. However, this genre has been around literally since the dawn of cinema so there is no...
View ArticleDisney’s Masterclass in Animated Terror
One of the best parts of Disney+ is that we get access to all manner of little known animated classics that aren’t part of the Princess Collection, or lost to changing styles and tastes. It also gives...
View ArticleHalloween Marathon: 1978
We’re going to go through all the Halloween movies in a marathon and review them. We’re doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been...
View ArticleHalloween Marathon: 1988
I’m doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been about 20 odd years since I watched this original, so let’s delve back in… Previously...
View ArticleHalloween Marathon: 1995
I’m doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been about 20 odd years since I watched this original, so let’s delve back in…...
View ArticleHalloween Marathon: 2007
I’m doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been about 20 odd years since I watched this original, so let’s delve back in… Previously:...
View ArticleHalloween Marathon: 2018
I’m doing this because I haven’t seen them all and have a lot of work to do and need something to watch. It’s been about 20 odd years since I watched this original, so let’s delve back in… Retcon...
View ArticleHalloween Review: ‘Rocktober Blood’
Earlier this year while browsing through the “Newly Aquired Oddities” section of my local video store, Black Lodge, I saw that they had a DVD for a 1984 film that looked too cool to pass up. The owner...
View Article9 Horror Musicals to Jazz Up Your Halloween
Maybe you’re tired of the same selection of classic slasher movies being presented as ‘essential viewing’ every year. Perhaps you’re fed up with video essays about the ‘scariest found footage movie...
View ArticleMovie Review: ‘Halloween Kills’
Director: David Gordon Green Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle, Judy Greer, Andu Matichak, Will Patton, Anthony Michael Hall Plot: Picking up immediately after the previous...
View ArticleHalloween Review: ‘Dark Night of the Scarecrow’
A few nights before Halloween of 1981, the television network CBS decided to cash in on the season with a made for TV movie directed by the novelist Frank De Felitta. No doubt intended for a nice...
View ArticleBest Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Episodes
Ever since the second season of their approximately 78,903 seasons The Simpsons has treated viewers to the annual tradition of the Treehouse of Horror. Each episode sees the cast of Springfield...
View ArticleThe Texas Copy-Paste Massacre
When I sat down to write a review for the 2022 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I saw that not only had Darknite beaten me to the punch, but summed it up perfectly. Whilst I don’t need to retread the...
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