David J. Skal: 1952-2024
The January 1, 2024 demise of David John Skal, whose car was struck by a drunk driver in Glendale, CA, started off 2024 on a tragic note
The January 1, 2024 demise of David John Skal, whose car was struck by a drunk driver in Glendale, CA, started off 2024 on a tragic note
The aesthetic qualities of John Carpenter’s films are certainly worth enumerating. My interest here is in how those films and their maker transformed Hollywood
A 1980s collection that’s become a classic in its field
A history of “horror’s most misunderstood film,” written by that film’s own writer-director
My 20 favorite Halloween movies (no, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS and HOCUS POCUS aren’t on it)
Purportedly the most controversial telefilm ever broadcast by the BBC, a mock documentary about ghosts that aired on Halloween night, 1992
An 83 minute, Baltimore-lensed 2013 video project made to play like a VHS recording of a fictitious 1987 Halloween TV special
A novella that united two of the late Peter Straub’s major passions: jazz and horror, contained in an engaging Halloween tale
In this 2018 film Hollywood’s war on originality reached new heights
This short film is simply too ambitious for its budget (which was quite scant) and runtime (13 minutes), but I do recommend it