Must be the Season of the Witch - the season of Halloween now stretches across October in stores, decor, and entertainment with everything from the most abstract children's commercial tie-ins to horror to genuine intimations of the beyond stirring in the chill dead of night.
As usual we will survey the scene and report on the doings of the undead, the unnatural, and candy corn across the culture as the season progresses:
Halloween: Where Have We Gone Wrong?
I walk through the halls of my high school, watching people in costume go by. The general conversation is about the big Halloween party after school, or trick or treating with friends. The occasional comment is made about it being...
Posted to Culture by Hannah Yanega on October 31, 2006 10:49 PM
Blogcritics Goodie Bag: The Nativity Story, Speed Racer, Wrestling With Angels, Tales of the Rat Fink Soundtrack, Borat Soundtrack, and AOL Halloween Videos
From humble beginnings, great things can emerge. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown) from a screenplay by Mike Rich (The Rookie, Finding Forrester), The Nativity Story tells the extraordinary tale of two common people, Mary and Joseph, a...
Posted to Video by Anna Creech on October 31, 2006 09:44 PM
DVD Review: A Halloween Treat in Heroes of Horror
The Grand Finale (part 3) When last we left Iloz Zoc, Steve Brown, and Glenor Glenda, they were waiting for a chance to rescue Zombos from the Shudderites, those dastardly invaders from the Eighth Dimension. With Halloween fast approaching, the...
Posted to Video by Iloz Zoc on October 31, 2006 03:58 PM
You Think That's Scary? Try This!
Halloween, the night spirits walk the earth. Death and evil surround me as bloodcurdling screams echo from far too close. Horror, trembling hands, the bile rising in my throat as footsteps approach from behind, naked fear grips my chest. Halloween? No,...
Posted to Culture by Donnie Marler on October 31, 2006 03:52 PM
Which Witch Is Which?
Well darn it all, I went and missed it and I was so looking forward to it. Yesterday the Globe and Mail was featuring an online interview with someone claiming to be a Wicca priestess and I was dying...
Posted to Culture by Richard Marcus on October 31, 2006 03:45 PM
Movie Review: Saw III
One advertisement for Saw III declared, “If it’s Halloween, it has to be Saw!” This self-proclaimed statement from Lions Gate Films and Twisted Pictures is difficult to refute. For the third time in three years, a film from...
Posted to Video by Brandon Valentine on October 31, 2006 10:16 AM
Scary Movies of 2006
"Spine-tingling!" "Toe-curling!" "Keeps you on the edge of your seat!" Apparently, watching a scary movie, as opposed to any other genre, is a very physical spectator sport. In the spirit of Halloween and with only a few more...
Posted to Video by Don Baiocchi on October 31, 2006 09:48 AM
Article comments
1 - A.L. Harper
They have the Christmas things up here already. I bought my christmas cards yesterday.
2 - Phillip Winn
I bought my Christmas cards last January. Now *that's* early. :-)
3 - Scott Butki
i'm submitting a new halloween short story right now.