It's the season of witches, vampires and frankensteins, when the candy is passed out and we dress in our favorite Halloween costume. As the October days go by, we visit the Halloween stores, watch horror movies and check out the scary haunts around town.
Christina is a reporter based in Boise, Idaho. She's a veteran vegetarian, a political junkie and a huge grammar snob.
Throw in a centuries-old Book of the Dead and a mysterious audiotape, and you've got ... Evil Dead: The Musical . Beginning Friday, the audience favorite is back at the Valentine Theatre.
Genre fans were treated to an early Halloween fix this year, when the 5th annual "Mile High Horror Film Festival" kicked off October's Halloween festivities early this month at the Alamo Drafthouse in Littleton. Showcasing over 80 largely unreleased horror films from the up-and-coming directors of 17 different countries, MHHFF also featured a dark smorgasbord of festival treats that included the Mile High Monster Party, multiple panel discussions, live music, Tarot readers, artists, side-show performances, and specialized panel discussions with classic horror film actors and directors .
Gazette Visual Journalist Nick Dumont put 10 horror movies to the test , and Gazette Lifestyle reporter Andrea Honaker and Star Lifestyle reporter Wade Allen filled a caldron with popcorn and caught up on their favorite Halloween movies . Their list includes some suspense, some song and some spooks.
Half the fun of The Woman in Black was seeing what Daniel Radcliffe could do post- Harry Potter so when The Woman in Black: Angel of Death was announced and Radcliffe wasn't attached, I couldn't help but think, what's the point? Woman in Black is a fine film, but there's nothing particularly mind blowing about the Eel Marsh legend and, sure enough, the Woman in Black: Angel of Death trailers have failed to impress . However, we just got a brand new international edition and it actually suggests that the sequel might have some potential.
IKEA is getting into the Halloween spirit -- and reaching into the same bag of tricks that has turned recent promotional efforts into viral magic. After the furniture retailer skewered Apple's high-minded television ads with this satirical sketch , IKEA is back with another spoof -- this time of Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror classic The Shining .
Looks like Harry Potter won't be able to stop her this time. Despite the absence of original star Daniel Radcliffe, Hammer and Entertainment One have unveiled a startling new full UK trailer for their sequel The Woman in Black: Angel of Death that looks to pack the same old school punch that the 2012 chiller did.
Decades later, Living Dead's conclusion remains the same stinging slap in the face. Indeed, it all holds up remarkably well.