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With Now Showing , your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Michael Roffman, Justin Gerber, and McKenzier Gerber e

Together, they discuss recent fare like 28 Years Later, Jurassic World Rebirth, and Bring Her Back before dusting off older classics like Ghostkeeper, I Saw the Devil, and Eaten Alive.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify , RadioPublic , Acast , Google Podcasts , and RSS . New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween , A Nightmare on Elm Street , Friday the 13th , Scream , The Evil Dead , Chucky , and Alien .

You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind , for even more hilariously irreverent commentaries and one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals. Each month promises something new and unexpected from the wildest corners of the genre.

In the early ’90s, I rode my bike to Van Lee’s Video, a local video rental store. In the back of the shop, a darkened room housed the horror section and two arcade cabinets: Street Fighter II: Championship Edition and Mortal Kombat II. It’s where all the cool kids would hang out. Surrounded by familiar faces like Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, movies like Waxwork, Evil Toons, Phantasm, and others lined the slotted, mirrored walls. Among the collection was Kevin Tenney’s Witchboard, the type of horror movie you watched when your parents weren’t around. Today, The Avenue and Atlas Distribution Company are conjuring up a trailer and poster for Chuck Russell’s re-imagined Witchboard, starring Madison Iseman and Aaron Dominguez.

Here’s the official synopsis for Witchboard:

“From legendary director Chuck Russell, Witchboard resurrects the ’80’s horror classic with a chilling new vision. In present-day New Orleans,...

The 1980s may have been the decade of the slasher flick, but fans of vampires and werewolves had plenty to enjoy, too -- the classic creatures were having their biggest moment since the '30s and '40s heyday of Universal monster movies. Although bloodsuckers just about edged it in terms of quality and variety, there was some really good lycanthrope action around, most notably John Landis's "An American Werewolf in London" and Joe Dante's "The Howling." Elsewhere, you had Michael J. Fox's slam-dunking furball in "Teen Wolf;" Neil Jordan's dark take on Little Red Riding Hood in "The Company of Wolves;" and the Wolf Man teaming up with his old Universal buddies again in "The Monster Squad." Somewhat lost in the mix was "Silver Bullet," a creepy and underrated tale from the pen of Stephen King.

The author from Maine was just about everywhere in the mid-'80s.

It’s always exciting to get to share recommendations where one iconic filmmaker champions the work of another. Fortunately, I’ve got just such a scenario for you at present. That’s right, dear reader, I have a film recommendation from celebrated creator Guillermo del Toro. This pick sees the Mimic director singing the praises of Don Coscarelli’s John Dies at the End. As if that weren’t exciting enough already, del Toro adds a third beloved creator to the mix, likening Coscarelli’s undeniably trippy creation to the unflinching output of genre stalwart Sam Raimi.

Finding this recommendation took a little bit of digging, but it was well worth it. Way back in 2016, del Toro jumped on Twitter (it will never be X for this critic) to show some much-deserved love to John Dies at the End. His post reads: “Film: John Dies at the End by Don Coscarelli.

More terrifyingly free horror titles are now available on Vizio WatchFree+ for June, including Don Coscarelli’s horror classic Phantasm, Scott Derrickson’s terrifying Sinister, Rob Zombie’s slasher sequel Halloween II, and fan favorite The Collector.

WatchFree+ has thousands of free premium movies and shows that can be streamed on demand on Vizio TVs, or Anyone can enjoy titles like these and more using the Vizio mobile app! All you need is a free Vizio Account to start enjoying WatchFree+.

Here’s the full lineup of fresh horror arrivals on June 1, 2025…

Sinister

A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.

Cast: Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Juliet Rylance (American Gothic), James Ransone (The Black Phone)

The Descent...

With Now Showing , your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Justin Gerber and Rachel Reeves are joined by Bloody Disgusting writer Brian Keiper, who also co-hosts of Movies for Life and The Pod and the Pendulum.

Together, they discuss recent fare like Sinners, Frewaka, and The Rule of Jenny Pen before dusting off older classics like Dead Ringers, Phase IV, and Anguish.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify , RadioPublic , Acast , Google Podcasts , and RSS . New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween , A Nightmare on Elm Street , Friday the 13th , Scream , The Evil Dead , Chucky , and Alien .

You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind , for even more hilariously irreverent commentaries and one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals.

Bubba Ho-Tep is a silly good time. It’s an unorthodox take on genre cinema that features a great showing from Bruce Campbell as an aging, undead Elvis. I like the film (and Campbell) so much that I once dedicated an installment of the Dread Central newsletter, The Harbinger, to the Don Coscarelli-directed effort. Though the picture has its fans, I think it’s actually a bit underrated. However, the feature has at least one high-profile fan. During a recent look at Mike Flanagan’s Letterbox profile, I learned that the Absentia director is also a die-hard Bubba Ho-Tep enthusiast.

That’s right; Flanagan added the flick to a Letterboxd list chronicling his favorite horror movies. Nice work, Mike.

The setup for this Mike Flanagan-approved horror-comedy goes like this:

After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident involving hip gyration, an aged Elvis Presley (Campbell) wakes up...

Fun fact: Stuart Gordon‘s Re-Animator turns 40 this year. Hold on to your heads because there’s a whole lotta celebrating going on, including a first-ever 4K release from Ignite Films due out April 4th. Well, as they’re wont to do, Bloody Disgusting kicked things off early with a rather-packed reunion panel at last month’s Creep I.E. Con in Ontario, California.

Hosted by Scare You to Sleep creator Shelby Novak and Halloweenies executive producer Michael Roffman, the hour-long panel featured Barbara Crampton, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Brian Yuzna, and Richard Band. Together, they shared stories from the set, how certain elements came to fruition, and why it remains a cult classic.

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If Fright-Rags‘ Phantasm collection doesn’t scare you… you’re already dead!

The Tall Man looms over new artwork by Justin Osbourn, Morningside Mortuary gets its own deadly design by Kyle Crawford, and the classic poster art is represented with a distressed design.

Super soft 4.5oz 100% pre-shrunk ringspun cotton T-shirts are $33. Osbourn’s design is also available on baseball tees for $40, while the poster art comes on zip-up hoodies for $55.

The collection also includes a souvenir cup featuring art by Matthew Skiff. The 32-ounce plastic cup costs $7.

Written and directed by Don Coscarelli, the 1979 horror cult classic stars A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, and Angus Scrimm.

If you’re a Phantasm phan, be sure to share your appreciation with Bannister by sending him mail while he’s in hospice care.

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With Tricks and Treats, the Halloweenies answer your questions.

In this installment — their first in nearly a year, mind you — co-hosts Justin Gerber, Michael Roffman, and Rachel Reeves share their favorite horror movies per decade, which new monster whould be added to the Universal Monster crew, Oscar what-ifs for horror, thoughts on Scream 7 and who they’d like to resurrect, and more.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Child’s Play/Chucky, and Alien!

This year? Universal Monsters!

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Phantasm franchise star Reggie Bannister is entering home hospice care, and he’d like to hear from you.

As anyone who ever met him at a convention or worked with him on a movie can attest, Bannister is a remarkably kind man who is truly grateful for his “phans.”

In his time of need, fans are encouraged to share their appreciation for Bannister by sending letters to:

Reggie Bannister

Po Box 4387

Crestline, CA 92325

The cult actor was diagnosed with dementia and Parkinson’s disease in 2016, which were stabilized until last week when he collapsed. Friend and colleague Russell “GreWolf” Mauck shared the update on Facebook:

“He’s still cognitive, so that’s good, but his body is failing. Reggie and Gigi [his wife] had planned ahead and made an advanced directive. As a result, Reggie will be going home from the V.A. soon, for home hospice care.

“There is no prognosis or time frame.

Ranking high on the list of the all-time greatest heroes in the horror genre is the badass ice cream man Reggie, who took on The Tall Man and the forces of evil in all five of the Phantasm films. Reggie was named after the actor who played him, Reggie Bannister – and some sad news about our hero has made its way online this morning. Bannister associate Russell GreWolf Mauck, who recently worked with Reggie and his wife Gigi Fast Elk Bannister on their fan fiction script-turned-novel Phantasm SurVIval (which is available for purchase on Amazon), has taken to social media to reveal that Reggie’s health has taken a turn for the worse and he will now be in home hospice care.

Mauck wrote, “My beloved Phantasm Phamily and Phriends. Most of you know, beloved Reggie Bannister was diagnosed with Dementia and Parkinson’s in June 2016. They were able to...

There's something sort of mythical about the state of Texas. It's one of the biggest states in the United States, both in terms of its geographical size and population, but it has an equally big reputation. Movies set in the state tend to be just as big, whether they're the laid-back ensemble comedies of Richard Linklater or one of the many gritty Westerns to which Texas has played host. But which among them is the best film set in Texas? Figuring that out is a pretty gargantuan task given the sheer number of truly great movies set in Texas, but I gave it my honest best. 

That being said, David Byrne's wacky musical comedy "True Stories," Ivan Reitman's farcical "Twins," Brian Robbins's soapy football drama "Varsity Blues," James L. Brooks's family tragicomedy "Terms of Endearment," and David Mackenzie's hard-boiled neo-western "Hell or High Water" all make the honorable mentions list.

The Halloweenies celebrate the 45th anniversary of an all-timer: Don Coscarelli‘s Phantasm.

Join co-hosts Michael Roffman, Dan Caffrey, McKenzie Gerber, and special guest Adam Carston of Windy City Ballyhoo/Make My Day: A Clint Eastwood Podcast as they revisit the 1979 DIY masterpiece. Together, they dig deep into its roots, try to make sense of the plot, marvel at the music, and chart how Coscarelli’s first two films — 1976’s Jim the World’s Greatest and Kenny & Co. — feel like precursors, making all three a perfect aesthetic trilogy of the ’70s. Both films are available to stream on YouTube, and we highly advise you watch them.

Note: This episode was recorded in February 2024 and is being unlocked for the holidays.

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In honor of Phantasm‘s 45th anniversary, the film’s original motion picture soundtrack is available on vinyl for $60 via Waxwork Records.

Drawing inspiration from Goblin‘s work in Suspiria and Mike Oldfield‘s “Tubular Bells” from The Exorcist, the synthesizer score is composed by Fred Myrow (Soylent Green) and Malcolm Seagrave.

The deluxe 3xLP album includes the expanded and complete score sourced from the original 1979 master tapes, never-before-released score cues from the Phantasm recording sessions, and the newly remastered original 1979 score album.

The records are pressed on “Silver Sphere” metallic silver colored vinyl and housed in a heavyweight triple gatefold jacket featuring artwork by Graham Humphreys and an 11×11 insert with liner notes by writer-director Don Coscarelli.

“I recently received notice that our long-term film storage vault in the basement of the historic Howard Hughes Headquarters building on the corner of Romaine and Sycamore in Hollywood was being permanently closed.

Now that they’ve set the year’s best film for a December 10 debut, the Criterion Channel have unveiled the rest of next month’s selection. John Waters’ films are inseparable from John Waters’ presence, making fitting Criterion’s decision to pair an eight-film retrospective (Multiple Maniacs to Cecil B. Demented) with his own “Adventures in Moviegoing” wherein the director extols virtues of Bergman, Chabrol, Barbara Loden, and Samuel Fuller. His own Polyester will have a Criterion Edition alongside the Bob Dylan doc Don’t Look Back, an iconic film in its own right and, I think, fitting companion to The Unknown with Lon Chaney, also streaming on Criterion. No Country for Old Men and Election receive likewise treatment; the latter appears in “MTV Productions,” a series featuring Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, The Original Kings of Comedy, and (coming close to Freddy Got Fingered for least-expected 2024 addition) Jackass: the Movie.

2005 saw the birth of a series whose time had come: Masters of Horror, a showcase for new work by the reigning kings of the genre. While they waited for new feature films, fans enjoyed hour-long tales of terror from the creators of classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Re-Animator, and many more. It was the perfect sandbox for the filmmakers who revolutionized horror in the late 20th century. However, since then, a new generation of innovators has arrived, and they need a place to play.

Horror anthologies usually operate according to a specific tone or theme, and Masters of Horror was the most ambitious of them all. The show platformed the pioneering directors who had broken new ground since the 1970s, showing more extreme sex and violence, and more profound psychological and political content. But horror has evolved yet again since 2006, and its new stars deserve a similar outlet for their achievements.

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Stephen King's body of literary work is astounding. While most adaptations of his literature enjoy widespread popularity (with a few evoking middling or downright unsatisfactory results), some end up flying under the radar despite being otherwise worthwhile. Dan Attias' "Silver Bullet," which is based on King's horror novella "Cycle of the Werewolf," suffered a similar fate: although generally enjoyable (it even made our rundown of the best Stephen King horror movies to watch during Halloween), this adaptation doesn't do justice to its source material at all and takes a stiff, uninspired approach to a tale about werewolf terrorizing a small town and how it affects the young protagonist, Marty Coslaw.

King was intimately involved with "Silver Bullet" once he was brought on board to supervise the first draft of the screenplay, but the film's failure to capture this conventional...

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One of the hardest parts of working in the film industry is the fact that your work, no matter how hard you've worked on it and/or how proud you are of it, can't move forward until you let other people pass judgment on it. That screenplay that you've poured every ounce of your creative energy into for months is finished, and now you've got to get notes from your friends, your agent, and anyone who might be interested in working on it. It's terrifying. And the situation gets more fraught when you're showing a cut of the film. You've been working with an editor to craft a compelling motion picture, and all that effort could come undone over two hours in a screening room.

When you've been through this, when you know how it feels to take a barrage of constructive criticism,...

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Put yourself into a 1987 state of mind, and imagine you're using the computer from "Weird Science" to create the perfect young actor. You want it all: A hunk with legitimate performing chops who can do finely composed drama as easily as he does zany comedy. He can be the world's sexiest man and its biggest blithering idiot. He's also got an athletic frame onto which you can pack layers of muscle. Can he sing and dance? Probably, but we're not trying to take roles away from our underserved musical theater stars, so let's not get greedy. All the other stuff you want a star to do, however, he does it.

So feed your snipped-from-magazine clippings of Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper and the like into the computer, and who do you come up with? Lorenzo Lamas?? You've got yourself a virus,...

Stephen King's It miniseries was one of the great horror releases of the 90s, and still terrifies audiences more than 30 years after release. Featured within In Search of Darkness 1990-1994, we have an exclusive clip with director Tommy Lee Wallace, who talks about the world's fear of clowns, and bringing Pennywise to life with Tim Curry!

Ready to explore the best of ‘90s horror films and TV? In Search of Darkness 1990-1994, a five-plus-hour documentary featuring brand-new interviews with the greatest line-up of horror icons and experts, is now available to pre-order exclusively at 90sHorrorDoc.com until Midnight Halloween (Pacific Time) on October 31st, 2024. Audiences will have their last chance to have their names alongside their favorite horror icons in the credits!

From Creatorvc, the creative minds behind the In Search of Darkness ‘80s horror trilogy and Aliens Expanded documentary, In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 delves into an...

The Halloweenies take inventory of all the masks work by Michael Myers. All of them.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify , RadioPublic , Acast , Google Podcasts , and RSS . New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween , A Nightmare on Elm Street , Friday the 13th , Scream , The Evil Dead , Chucky , and Alien .

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Horror movies are closely associated with rapid succession sequels than they are legacy sequels. (How many years did we have a new “Saw” and/or “Paranormal Activity” sequel to look forward to?) But there are still a fair amount of legacy horror sequels – follow-ups that take much longer to marinate than the traditional sequel – and these are the ones that were definitely worth the wait.

Universal “Psycho II” (1983)

The first true legacy horror sequel was a follow-up to perhaps the most celebrated horror movie ever, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 shocker “Psycho.” “Psycho II” was directed by Australian filmmaker Richard Franklin, whose previous movie “Road Games” is one of the greatest Australian thrillers ever, and was written by Tom Holland, who would go on to direct future classics “Fright Night” and “Child’s Play.”

The sequel sees Norman Bates (once again played by Anthony Perkins) finally released from prison and attempting to enjoy a normal life,...

One of the horror genre’s many low budget indie classics is the 1979 film Phantasm (watch it Here), which was made on a budget of around $300,000 by writer/director Don Coscarelli when he was in his early twenties. Shot on weekends with rented equipment, Phantasm took almost two years to complete… and the result was a box office success that is now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made. 2024 marks the 45th anniversary of Phantasm – and it also happens to mark the 10th anniversary of author Dustin McNeill’s book Phantasm Exhumed: The Unauthorized Companion… so this seemed like the perfect time to dig up an interesting story from McNeill’s book, where he reveals that Don Coscarelli’s mom wrote a script for Phantasm II years before her son got around to working on the sequel!

Released in March of 1979, Phantasm had the following synopsis:...

With Now Showing , your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Michael Roffman and Rachel Reeves are joined by Sammie Kuykendall of The Lady Killers: A Feminine Rage Podcast. Together, they discuss recent fare like ‘Salem’s Lot , Beetlejuice Beetlejuice , Alien on Stage before dusting off older classics like Hell High , Curfew , and The Forever Purge

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify , RadioPublic , Acast , Google Podcasts , and RSS . New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween , A Nightmare on Elm Street , Friday the 13th , Scream , The Evil Dead , Chucky , and Alien .

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In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to filmmakers Toby Poser & John Adams about their 3rd horror movie Where the Devil Roams and “3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life,” which includes:

Toby Poser’s choices:

Bad News Bears (1976) Rebel Without A Cause (1955) Jaws (1975)

John Adams’ choices:

Barry Lyndon (1975) Phantasm (1979) First Blood (1982)

“3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life” is about those films that made you fall in love with film. The guest selects their trio of movies and we talk for 5 minutes, against the clock. When the alarm goes off for five minutes we move on to the next film.

Where the Devil Roams is available to watch now on Tubi.

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The Halloweenies deliver their final transmission on the Alien franchise. No, really. This is the season finale that sees the gang rank the entire series — from Ridley Scott‘s Alien to Fede Alvarez‘s Alien: Romulus. It’s their most divisive ranking yet.

Bonus: They also announce next season! It’s a swerve, alright.

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Somehow, ‘Lil Cinephile has returned.

The book series, a spin-off of the wildly successful Cinephile: A Card Game, returns with a new volume of books designed to make your baby the coolest kid at day care. “My Fist Sci-Fi Movie,” “My First Kung Fu Movie” and “My First Midnight Movie,” represents the next chapter of the book series, with installments that “take readers on a cinematic journey of filmmaking styles from around the world,” according to the official synopsis.

These new books were written by Cory Everett and illustrated by Julie Olivi and cover everything from “2001: A Space Odyssey” to “Enter the Dragon” to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” This might be the greatest set of ‘Lil Cinephile books yet. Expect your budding to cineaste to have some new favorites.

Independently made and produced, “My First Sci-Fi Movie,” “My First Kung Fu Movie,” and “My First Midnight Movie,” will be available from lilcinephile.

As Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2024 brings the horror community together once more, one film that promises to deliver both nostalgia and gore is Mutilator 2. Directed by Buddy Cooper, this long-awaited sequel to the 1984 cult classic The Mutilator arrives nearly four decades after the original shocked and thrilled audiences with its grisly kills and unapologetic approach to the slasher genre. The original film, also known as Fall Break, became a cult favorite among horror enthusiasts for its inventive deaths and the terrifying figure of Big Ed, a grief-crazed maniac with a penchant for nautical-themed weapons. Now, with Mutilator 2, the legacy continues as the story picks up in a modern setting, blending horror and humor while bringing back both original and new characters for another bloody round.

The significance of Mutilator 2’s premiere at FrightFest cannot be overstated. FrightFest has long been a champion of horror cinema, giving a platform...

Alien: Romulus is out and conquering the box office. For months now, the Halloweenies have been anticipating this moment, covering every entry in the Alien franchise — from Ridley Scott’s 1979 original to his 2017 sequel Alien: Covenant. As promised, the gang has seen Fede Álvarez’s new film, and they’ve returned with their review.

Spanning nearly four hours, the much-anticipated episode discusses the road to Romulus, Álvarez’s beautiful and practical direction, the new crew, and all those great graphics. They also discuss the navel gazing nostalgia, the callbacks, and the resurrection of a very familiar face. Warning: This episode is a nest of spoilers, so proceed with caution.

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Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus hits theaters this weekend. If you’ve been following along to the Halloweenies all year, you’re no doubt a scholar of the franchise and ready to roll with Romulus. But, if you haven’t been following along, you’re in for a little hardcore history on the series — a deep dive into the depths of hell nearly 9 months in the making.

Spanning over 20 hours, the Halloweenies have dissected every entry in the Alien franchise. Some even have multiple episodes: There are three dedicated to Ridley Scott’s 1979 original and David Fincher‘s Alien3 and two for James Cameron‘s Aliens, Jean-Pierre Jeunet‘s Alien: Resurrection, and Scott’s Prometheus. The rest are just as exhaustive with very little left on the Medlab floor. They even included both 2004’s Alien vs. Predator and 2007’s AvP: Requiem in the midst of online ranking erasure.

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A work of Phantasm cosplay brings the iconic Batman villain to life, capturing the dark and spooky visage with faithful accuracy. Andrea Beaumont, Bruce Wayne's lost love turned vigilante, made her DC Comics debut in 2020's Batman/Catwoman #1. Phantasm's mission of vengeance is closely tied to the Joker, adding depth to the Batman mythos in both animation and comics.

Recent cosplay brings the Batman villain Phantasm to life, effectively translating the Angel of Death from the Dark Knights past into three dimensions. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm introduced the villain into the Bat-mythos in 1993, but it wasnt until 2020 that the character made her DC Comics debut in Batman/Catwoman #1.

Shared via Instagram by Allornothingcosplay, the cosplay faithfully recreates Phantasms dark and spooky visage. The cloak has the appropriate tattered and ratty feel, and Allornothingcosplay also perfectly captures Phantasms distinctive scythe-hand.

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With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Michael Roffman, Justin Gerber, and Dan Caffrey discuss M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap, Oddity, and The Devil’s Bath before revisiting Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, and Unlawful Entry.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? Alien.

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There was a time when most genre fiction was lumped together as a single collection of unserious literature by both critics and magazines. This is why weird fiction often shared an audience with sword and sorcery (and why writers like Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft could connect over their stories), with both genres influencing each other as they evolved.

There’s a similar inter-genre connection in the world of film, as many scholars have noticed a pattern where horror filmmakers eventually move onto bigger and more expensive fantasy projects. From Cannibal Holocaust’s Ruggero Deodato directing 1987’s The Barbarians to B-movie maestro Peter Jackson helming the Lord of the Rings trilogy, it seems like the horror genre somehow produces the best fantasy storytellers. However, today I’d like to discuss a particularly strange sword and sorcery flick directed by none other than Phantasm’s Don Coscarelli. Naturally, I’m...

After surviving the Engineers on Lv-223, the Halloweenies make their way to Origae-6 for a new life in a new frontier. Along the way, they receive a strange distress signal from the year 2017. What they uncover is Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus sequel, Alien: Covenant.

Together, the gang discuss the lost sequels that would back up into 1979’s Alien, Michael Fassbender‘s fantastic dual roles as David & Walter, the design of the Neomorphs for better or worse, deleted scenes, the tough-looking finale, and whether they wanted this arc to continue.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? Alien.

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Longlegs is one of the scariest horror movies of 2024. Notably, the film doesn't employ an array of jump scares, which has been a staple of the genre for quite some time. The movie's success proves horror doesn't need to stick to old tropes to captivate audiences.

The most highly anticipated horror film of the year is here, and it has debuted with a bang. Featuring an unforgettably chilling performance from Nicolas Cage, Oz Perkins' unsettling psychological thriller Longlegs (2024) lives up to the hype; its a spine-tingling mystery that immediately gets under the skin of the viewer and stays there. The narrative takes shape as a dark crime drama, following FBI agent Lee Harker as she tries to solve the grisly cases tied to a serial killer known only as Longlegs. Her keen intuition and knack for connecting dots no one else could leads her down a sinister road that reveals...

Intro: What is the first movie that comes to mind when you hear the name Elisabeth Shue? Do you think of her as the Karate Kid’s love interest? The babysitter who went on an adventure through downtown Chicago? The Oscar-nominated prostitute from Leaving Las Vegas? Chances are, the movie that comes to mind is not Link. A horror movie where Shue shares the screen with a homicidal orangutan that’s passed off as being a chimp. Link isn’t very well known, but it should be. If you haven’t seen it, it’s the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw.

Creators / Cast: Link (watch it Here) was directed by Alfred Hitchcock devotee Richard Franklin, an Australian filmmaker who, for a while, looked like he could be one of the best sources for new Hitchcockian thrillers once the Master of Suspense had passed away. Franklin had even been friends with Hitchcock,...

With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Rachel Reeves and McKenzie Gerber are joined by editor and Lady Killers co-host Mae Schults. Together, they discuss Longlegs, MaXXXine, Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever, Onibaba, Stripped to Kill, and Lisa and the Devil.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? Alien.

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With Killer Klowns from Outer Space back in the headlines, thanks to its video game, the Halloweenies decided to unlock their 35th anniversary episode from last year. The three-hour engagement sees the gang head to Crescent Cove to discuss the Chiodo Brothers’ eclectic resume across Hollywood history, debate whether they’re Team Dave or Team Mike, digress on why the Terenzis are the unsung heroes, and share some experiences at the carnival.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? Alien.

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“It is New Year’s Day, the year of our Lord, 2094. We are Halloweenies, last survivor of the Prometheus. And we are still searching.” The gang continues and concludes their coverage of Ridley Scott‘s 2012 prequel, picking up where they left off last week on Lv-223.

In the second episode, the Halloweenies discuss the cast, the great graphics, their favorite scene, and more. Conversations range from Peter Weyland’s impeccable track record as a humanitarian, to fan theories involving Vickers, to Michael Fassbender‘s range as an actor.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? Alien.

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The Halloweenies follow a map to Lv-223 in search of our creators. In the first of two episodes dedicated to Ridley Scott’s 2012 prequel Prometheus, the gang charts the development and its ensuing production. They also discuss the confusing ties to the Alien franchise and whether or not this works as a prequel. Stay tuned for Pt. 2 due out next Monday.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? Alien.

You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for even more hilariously irreverent commentaries and one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals. Each month promises something new and unexpected from...

With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Michael Roffman, McKenzie Gerber, and Justin Gerber shoot the shit about all kinds of spooky stuff, specifically I Saw the TV Glow, Infested, Tarot, Hardcore, The Visit, and Bad Moon.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky. This year? Alien.

You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for even more hilariously irreverent commentaries and one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals. Each month promises something new and unexpected from the wildest corners of the genre.

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Despite being hailed by Martin Scorsese as one of the best Italian films of the 1990s, Cemetery Man is criminally underseen. Also known as Dellamorte Dellamore, the 1994 cult classic has been hard to come by in the US since Anchor Bay’s 2006 DVD went out of print, but Severin Films has revived it with a 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray edition.

Dario Argento protégé Michele Soavi directs from a script by Gianni Romoli, based on the 1991 novel Dellamorte Dellamore by Tiziano Sclavi — itself a precursor to Sclavi’s influential Italian horror comic Dylan Dog. Rupert Everett (My Best Friend’s Wedding), on whom the Dylan Dog character was visually based, takes on the lead role as Francesco Dellamorte.

As he explains in the noir-esque opening narration, Dellamorte is the watchman for a small town cemetery wherein “some people, on the seventh night after their death, come back to life.” He and his slow-witted but genial assistant,...

“Look Mister, there are some rules that you’ve got to follow…”

That’s bad news for the troublemakers within the Halloweenies. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Joe Dante’s creature classic Gremlins, the gang has unlocked their 2020 commentary track, which is just as manic and unpredictable as the titular critters.

Join Michael Roffman and McKenzie Gerber as they discuss the film’s ties to Back to the Future, why Phoebe Cates reminds them of their neighbors, the Breaking Bad connection, and the psychological makeup of the gremlins. You’ll laugh, you’ll howl, you’ll … pee your pants.

Stream the commentary below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, and Chucky.

Robert Pattinson was cast as the seventh iteration of a live-action Batman in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Set during the early years of Bruce Wayne’s vigilantism, the film saw the character investigating several murders of high-profile men of power in Gotham. The film was released in 2022 and earned $722 million at the box office.

Though Ben Affleck was still playing the role of the Caped Crusader in the Dceu at the time, he stepped down from a solo Batman film, which allowed Reeves to explore a younger Batman with Pattinson. The Twilight star mentioned that the film was different from previous iterations of the character as it focused on the inner turmoil of Bruce Wayne. According to him, the only other film that achieved the feat was Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

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You play a good game, boy, but the game is finished. Now you…pop? Funko will be adding a crucial figure from horror history to its lineup, as Phantasm’s The Tall Man has been announced to receive the Pop! treatment. This is a real treat for fans for a number of reasons, the primary one being that there are actually very few licensed Tall Man properties on the market.

Funko is certainly no stranger to giving horror icons their Pop! due, with genre staples like Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Chucky, Leatherface, and more all part of the vinyl toy collection. With Phantasm’s The Tall Man joining the Funko family soon, it shows the company going for a deeper cut aimed at a less marketable series.

While Phantasm has seen five movies released from 1979 to 2016, there has only been one notable figure of The Tall Man in that time.

The majority of the big franchise horror icons have gotten their own Funko toys by now, but one icon you haven’t yet been able to add to your collection is the Tall Man from Phantasm, played by the late Angus Scrimm across four movies between 1979 and 2016. For the 45th anniversary of the original horror classic, the Tall Man is finally getting his own Funko toy!

The upcoming Phantasm collectible has been previewed by Funko this week, the toy capturing Angus Scrimm’s iconic visage and even coming complete with a silver death sphere.

Preview the Tall Man toy below and expect it to hit toy shelves soon.

The only other official Tall Man toy we’ve gotten over the years was from Neca’s Cult Classics line of figures, part of the second series that was released way back in 2005.

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Mark Hamill has been known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy. However, he has also been synonymous with the voice of the Joker as he rendered his vocal talents to the DC villain in Batman: The Animated Series and other films and shows of the Dcau. Hamill was also nominated for Annie Awards for the show and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.

Hamill also played the role in one of the finest Batman films of all time. He reprised the role in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, which has been regarded as one of the best animated Batman films of all time. Hamill’s Joker was a secondary villain in the controversial film and the actor was reportedly grateful that the character was positioned that way.

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45 years ago, writer/director Don Coscarelli delivered one of the best horror films ever made: Phantasm, a film which spawned three sequels that Coscarelli wrote and directed himself, then a fourth that he wrote with director David Hartman. Earlier this year, we learned that Coscarelli would be celebrating the 45th anniversary of Phantasm by expanding the franchise with a book called Phiction: Tales from the World of Phantasm, which was initially only available as a limited edition hardcover. Now paperback and Kindle editions of Phiction are available as well, and you can pick up a copy on Amazon!

With a page count of 171, Phiction contains the following six stories:

· In Life and Death in the ‘Nam, we explore the origin story of our favorite ice cream vendor hero Reggie and his first encounter with the supernatural forces of evil in the jungles of the Vietnam war. It’s a two-fisted...

This year marks the 45th anniversary of Don Coscarelli’s horror classic Phantasm, and Coscarelli returns to that iconic universe with his brand new book Phiction: Tales from the World of Phantasm. Phiction explores characters and stories from the Phantasm universe, with an introduction by best-selling author Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep).

In the wake of a hardcover limited edition version of Phiction being put up for grabs at a special event back in March, the paperback version of the book is now available.

You can grab your paperback copy from Amazon today!

Coscarelli notes within the pages of the book that his days of directing Phantasm movies are behind him, but Phiction is without question the next best thing. What you’re getting here are Six brand new stories written by Coscarelli himself, each of them expanding upon characters from the movies. The stories wonderfully add to the lore of the Phantasm Universe,...