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Dean (6926 KP) rated Tales of Halloween (2015) in Movies

Feb 21, 2018 (Updated Feb 21, 2018)  
Tales of Halloween (2015)
Tales of Halloween (2015)
2015 | Horror
6
6.5 (10 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Good Horror Anthology
A good mix of various Halloween tales told over one night in a small town. If you like @Trick 'r Treat (2007) you should enjoy this.
  
Adam & Evil (Halloween Camp 2)  (2004)
Adam & Evil (Halloween Camp 2) (2004)
2004 | Horror
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Known as Halloween Camp 2 in the UK. Not a bad sequel, although doesn't follow on from the first at all. It's a bit like Friday the 13th, but watchable.
  
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Dean (6926 KP) rated Countdown (2019) in Movies

Oct 29, 2019 (Updated Jun 3, 2022)  
Countdown (2019)
Countdown (2019)
2019 | Horror, Thriller
Good mix of scares and humour (0 more)
Surprise Halloween treat
This looked OK from the trailer so gave it a go without expecting much. It was better than expected with a good mix of scares, creepiness and some funny moments. It had a feeling similar to @Final Destination (2000) and @Lights Out (2016) as people using a death predictor app try to cheat their fate. Well worth checking out this Halloween.
  
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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) created a poll

Oct 25, 2020 (Updated Oct 30, 2020)  
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Halloween Countdown

Frankenweenie
The Lodgers

0 votes

The Lords of Salem

0 votes

Before I Wake
Stoneheast Aslyum

0 votes

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

0 votes

The Prodigy

0 votes

Lights Out
The Babadook
Fright Night (2011)
Absentina

0 votes

     
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
1993 | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Campy fun, reminiscent of my high school days. Great one liners. This is a holiday Halloween classic at my house. Another glorious morning...makes me sick. (0 more)
Campy, cheesy acting at times. (0 more)
Classic
  
Halloween II (1981)
Halloween II (1981)
1981 | Horror
7
7.4 (23 Ratings)
Movie Rating
The original Halloween was never supposed to become a franchise, John Carpenter only ever wanted to make one film. Naturally, after the movie’s success, a sequel was greenlit soon after and was rushed into production with a massively increased budget.

Halloween II remains a troubled film. Cleverly set on the same night as its predecessor, it lacked the trademark stalk and kill sequences that made its forbearer such an impeccable addition to the genre.

Upping the budget also meant upping the gore and from here the series started to rely heavily on brutality rather than outright terror. Still, it’s a great film anchored by Jamie Lee Curtis’ brilliant performance as Laurie Strode.

https://moviemetropolis.net/2017/10/28/halloween-movies-top-5/
  
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
1995 | Horror
4
5.5 (17 Ratings)
Movie Rating
To it's credit, this sixth installment in the Halloween franchise is proper batshit. Its out of place quick edits and completely incoherent plot weirdly complement the bizarre performances. At one point, Paul Rudd walks away with a baby in his arms, hunched over like a suspicious child snatcher. Characters inexplicably know where to find eachother without prior contact. Nine of them behave like actual human being. Michaels blood is now green apparently? And they leaned hard into the cult stuff introduced in the previous movie. Its a shame because it eliminates most of Michaels mystique.

Halloween 6 is 100% a bad film, but I automatically rate it more than Halloween 5 just because of how nuts it is. Not quite the worst, miles away from the best.
  
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Sep 25, 2017
As Halloween nears, here's a selection of top scares from 2016.

The competition was fierce, and the line between horror and dark fantasy may be blurred. So did your picks make the list?

Not only did genre fans see new books from established heavy hitters, they welcomed a grandmaster’s novel back into print after 52 years in 2016. Here's Barnes and Noble's selection:


The Hidden People

The Hidden People

Alison Littlewood

5.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

In 1851, within the grand glass arches of London's Crystal Palace, Albie Mirralls meets his cousin...


Horror
The Empty Ones

The Empty Ones

Robert Brockway

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Book

Overview The Empty Ones: A Novel by Robert Brockway Following on the heels of Robert Brockway's...


Horror comedy
Mr. Splitfoot

Mr. Splitfoot

Samantha Hunt

7.0 (3 Ratings) Rate It

Book

Ruth and Nat are seventeen. They are orphans. And they may be able to talk to the dead. Enter Mr....


Horror
The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories

The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories

Robert Aickman

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Book

An omnibus collection featuring some of the finest works of a master of weird fiction One of the...


Horror
The Fisherman

The Fisherman

John Langan

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

Book

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan...


Horror
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