Many years ago I picked up a first edition copy of Norman Partridge’s soon-to-be-award-winning novel “Dark Harvest” (Cemetery Dance Publications, 2006) because (a) it looked like a fun/horrific story set on Halloween and (b) this particular edition used one of the first fonts I ever designed (Cenobyte). I read and absolutely loved the tragic tale… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Halloween Movies
The Witching Season II: A Halloween Anthology
Contribute to The Witching Season II’s Indigogo here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-witching-season-ii-a-halloween-anthology#/ In 2015, Witching Season Films brewed its first project The Witching Season, an award-winning five-episode Halloween anthology that has been seen by viewers around the world. The series was directed by Witching Season Films founder Michael Ballif and longtime collaborator James Morris and had several viral hits online. It went… Read more »
“They Live Inside Us” from Witching Season Films – Available on October 6th!
If you love Halloween and you haven’t already heard of Witching Season Films, today is your lucky day! For the last few years WSF has been releasing fantastic Halloween and horror content via their YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkM-cHuMWrOQN1QnBYIpw6Q (Halloween Atmospheres I-III, scored by Slasher Dave, are particularly enchanting this time of year). On October 6th,… Read more »
10/31 Part II Now Available to Order on Blu Ray
Creatures of the night awaken for this years Halloween Monster Marathon hosted by Malvolia: The Queen of Screams. Strap in for more freaky flicks with a new batch of indie directors. Spooky tales such as a Halloween celebration turned deadly in “A Samhain Liturgy”, and something unholy in the basement desires a nun in “Sister… Read more »
John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies – 2018 Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available for Pre-Order
When the new Halloween movie hits theaters in October 2018, it will have the distinction of being the first film in the canon with creator John Carpenter’s direct involvement since 1982’s Halloween III: Season of the Witch. Carpenter serves on the new David Gordon Green-directed installment as an executive producer, a creative consultant, and, thrillingly, as a soundtrack composer, alongside… Read more »
Dana Gould: Comedian, Writer, Halloween Lover
Dana Gould has been one of my favorite writer/comedians for quite a while – I caught a show he did in San Francisco in 1992 and was blown away, been a fan ever since. I knew that he was a writer (most people seem to know him from The Simpsons), but I only found out… Read more »
Beware The BUNNY
Here at the Cult of the Great Pumpkin, we’re… not what you’d call “big fans” of Easter. After all, it is pretty much the antithesis of Halloween in almost every way, up to and including its celebratory color palette (pastels? Blech!). Even worse, unlike Creepmas, we don’t even have an ironic horror movie to watch… Read more »
Digging Up the Marrow
It’s no secret that the Cult of the Great Pumpkin loves Halloween- and monster-obsessed director Adam Green, so when I heard he was making a movie inspired by the demented artwork of Alex Pardee, I knew we were in for a treat. The film has been touring the festival circuit for the last month or… Read more »
HELLIONS Coming from Pontypool Director Bruce McDonald
From Pontypool director Bruce McDonald comes Hellions: STRANGE TRICK-OR-TREATERS PLAGUE CONFLICTED TEENAGER DORA VOGEL AT HER ISOLATED HOME ON HALLOWEEN. Under siege by forces she can’t understand, Dora must defend both body and soul from relentless Hellions, dead-set on possessing something Dora will not give them. Set in a visually haunting landscape, Hellions redefines the… Read more »
The Trick or Treaters Don’t Want Candy
During a mellow pre-Halloween night of drinks, pranks and old horror films, Amy and Jake film a last minute schedule video for their school’s annual Halloween fundraiser, but they are quickly interrupted by a strange group of trick or treaters, also equipped with a video camera. Dismissing it as a prank by their friends, they… Read more »