Halloween

Ghostface is back and this time he (she? they?) have a whole new playground.Image: ParamountThe ending of a Scream movie is always the best part. It’s what you’ve been waiting for: the reveal of who’s behind that now iconic mask and why they’retargeting the teenagers of Woodsboro. Scream VI, however, bucks that trend. It has an excellent ending to be sure (don’t worry, we won’t even come close to spoiling it) but what really stands out is that the rest of the movie is almost as good, if not better. There are at least…

Ruth Gordon as cinema’s nosiest, most Satanic neighbor.Screenshot: Paramount PicturesThere’s no topping Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castavet, but don’t you kind of want to see young Minnie rattling around the Bramford, gossiping while cultivating her international array of witchy friends, while she and her husband Roman—aka Steven Marcato—extend his dark family legacy? Or why not go even further back into the past, as described in the movie’s expository tome All of Them Witches, and show us the coven’s early days establishing a…

Image via Universal There’s a few horror franchises that feel like they’ll absolutely never, ever end. A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Friday the 13th, and perhaps the one with the greatest decline in quality: Halloween. With thirteen releases to its name as of 2023, you’d be hard-pressed to name more than maybe three of them which are actually good. Like good good. The excellent John Carpenter original, the cult favorite Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and 2018’s Halloween soft reboot. Even then,…

Screenshot: A24In a new oral history of the Raccacoonie scene in Everything Everywhere All at Once, producer Jonathan Wang shared his own deep connection to the standout moment—and how his film made it “Pixar” without, you know, getting sued by Pixar. It all starts when Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh) is trying to explain to her husband Waymond (Ke Huy Quan) and daughter Joy (Stephanie Hsu) that she’s been visited by multiverse versions of them, hacking into their bodies to puppet them in a battle to fight an all-powerful version…

When it comes to romantic movies, most folks can content themselves with swooning over The Notebook or taking a trip on the Titanic. But but nerdy genre film fans appreciate a little time-jumping or severed limbs or robots to spice up their love stories. We’ve scoured all the streaming services to find this master…Read more... When it comes to romantic movies, most folks can content themselves with swooning over The Notebook or taking a trip on the Titanic. But but nerdy genre film fans appreciate a little time-jumping…

Horror platform Alter first added horror short Laboratory Conditions for Halloween viewing—but it’s so good we wanted to share it anyway. Spider-Man’s Marisa Tomei stars as a doctor whose hunt for a missing patient leads her to discover an unusual experiment being conducted in a remote corner of her hospital.Directed by Jocelyn Stamat and written by Terry Rossio, Laboratory Conditions also stars Minnie Driver (The Witcher: Blood Origin) and Paolo Costanzo (The Expanse).Horror Sci-Fi Short Film “Laboratory Conditions” |…

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has had a long and wildly successful career, starting with John Carpenter's original 1978 Halloween movie. She’s killed it on the small and silver screens, and recently earned her first Oscar nomination at the age of 64 for Everything Everywhere All at Once. And Curtis recently talked about aging, and breaking the box office with the release of Halloween Ends.While Jamie Lee Curtis has played plenty of characters throughout the years, her name is perhaps most synonymous with playing Halloween…

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE - Official Trailer (HD)Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (June 2)It can’t actually happen, right? Sequels are almost always inferior to the originals, especially when the original was a film sent down from the heavens and presented to the world as a stone-cold superhero masterpiece. But Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse could actually live up to the impossible expectations of following up one of the best superhero movies ever. Strays (June 9)When you think “adult animation” you…

John Carpenter has always been a more visionary director. Known for films such as The Thing, Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13 and many more, he’s scored almost all of his movies. Steadfast in his vision and still a huge drawcard into his 70s, there’s always been one oddity in his career. Namely, the Halloween sequels. The original Halloween is an absolute horror masterpiece. So many have tried to emulate it, but nobody has ever done it as well as him. Following up was a much trickier task, with Carpenter revealing he…

John Carpenter performs on August 26, 2016 in Turin, Italy. Photo: Awakening/Getty Images for City of Turin (Getty Images)Much-beloved genre director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York) turns 75 this month, and in a new interview he casually mentions that sure, he’d be up for making another feature film someday—if certain conditions were met, that is.“I’m open to it, given that it’s honestly budgeted and there’s plenty of time to do it—and that people allow for the basketball season and the…