Miramax is looking to take Halloween back to basics. During a recent Variety spread, Miramax TV Boss Marc Helwig revealed his plans for the new era on television. That’s when the conversation turned to the recent acquisition of Halloween under the Miramax umbrella. Helwig says the recent deal with Trancas to develop and co-produce a […]
Michael Myers goes mobile with new Halloween video game
Just as The Shape begins to haunt you in Fortnite, Michael Myers is also coming to slash on your mobile devices. The long-running slasher franchise Halloween is venturing out like never before. Not only will Michael Myers find himself on the small screen in an upcoming television series, but Halloween is now a video game. […]
Halloween at 45: Revisiting John Carpenter’s Iconic Horror Classic
45 years on from the night he came home, we revisit John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween… There is nary a person who is unfamiliar with John Carpenter’s seminal horror classic Halloween. From its infamous masked villain, iconic synth-wave score to the popularization of genre tropes, the movie has influenced many filmmakers over the years and […]
Who is the Best Final Girl in Horror?
EJ Moreno looks at ten influential and badass final girls… Did Carol J. Clover think we’d have endless discourse around the term she coined in her 1992 novel Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film? God, no, but thankfully she’s given horror fans endless conversations about who is the real screaming queen […]
Halloween TV series lands at Miramax, plans for cinematic universe
The horror industry has long been the mold for plenty of other genres. But now, the Halloween franchise will turn to the superhero landscape and attempt to build its version of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In a new report from Deadline, the bidding war for the television rights to Halloween is over, with Miramax stepping […]
Hated 2000s Horror Movies That Aren’t So Bad
EJ Moreno looks at overly-hated 2000s horror movies… For horror fans, the 2000s was a decade we often like to forget about. It’s far from the 80s heyday and still trying to find its unique voice within the genre. It felt like all we had were gory torture-filled movies or Platinum Dune-era remakes. But it’s […]
The future of the Halloween franchise looks to be in television as rights deal heats up
What would a televsion series filled with the murderous mayhem of Michael Myers feel like? That’s the question fans and studios are asking themselves right now as a new era of the Halloween franchise is upon us. Bloody Disgusting notes in their report that Malek Akkad’s Trancas International Films currently holds the rights for a […]
Halloween franchise up for sale as Miramax listens to offers for Michael Myers
Michael Myers is never really dead is he? Even following the definitively titled Halloween Ends, we all kinda knew that the Shatner-masked slasher would return, especially when you consider the fact that the David Gordon Green-directed Universal/Blumhouse trilogy earned almost $500 million at the worldwide box-office. Now that the rights have reverted back to Miramax, […]
Michael Myers stalks Riverdale on new Archie Horror Halloween prints
The Shape is heading to Riverdale as Archie Comics marks the 45th anniversary of the iconic Halloween franchise with two brand new limited edition art prints from Matt Talbot, both of which are set to go on sale at the upcoming H45 Convention in California. “Every so often, if you’re really fortunate, a dream project […]
David Gordon Green on Halloween Ends: “We never once considered making a Laurie and Michael movie”
In the wake of lacklustre reviews, a second weekend box-office capitulation which saw it slip -80% from it’s underperforming opening, and frankly ridiculous fan petitions, Halloween Ends director David Gordon Green has been speaking out about how they never intended his trilogy closer to be “final showdown-type brawl” between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode. Speaking […]
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