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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers


tight, has good murders and a kicked my butt ending. The Shape is back and in good form; this is my favorite "Halloween" next to the first one." "IGN" declared ""Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" stands out as the second best film in the entire series." "Dread Central" said, ""Halloween 4" is a strong sequel, horror film and "Halloween" movie." "DVD Talk" said "Despite its flaws, "Halloween
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Halloween II (1981 film)


later refer to this plotline as "silly" and "foolish," though it would go on to shape the narrative arc of the series in the subsequent films. Film critic Roger Ebert, who praised the first film, notes that the plot of the sequel was rather simple: "The plot of "Halloween II" absolutely depends, of course, on our old friend the Idiot Plot, which requires that everyone in the movie behave at all times like an idiot. That's necessary because if anyone were to use
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Jordan Galland


was filmed in New York City in December 2007 and stars Ralph Machio, Jeremy Sisto, and Jake Hoffman. A 2009 Halloween launch party was held at "Wooleys" in New York. The movie is set to be released in June 2010 through "Indican Pictures". This movie is currently playing on Showtime (TV network) Alter Egos a movie about super heroes is set to be released in Fall of 2012. It stars Kris Lemche, Danny Masterson, and again involves a collaboration with Sean Lennon who both stars in
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Halloween II (1981 film)


to have compassion." Nancy Stephens, who played Loomis's nurse colleague Marion Chambers in the original, also reprised the character and was given a more important role, revealing to Loomis the family connection between Laurie and Michael. Stunt performer Dick Warlock played Michael Myers (as in "Halloween", listed as "The Shape" in the credits), replacing Castle who was beginning a career as a director. Warlock's previous experience in film was as a stunt double in films, such as "The Green Berets"
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Charles Cyphers


Cyphers in both "Assault on Precinct 13" and "Halloween". He then played the Secretary of State in Carpenter's popular 1981 film "Escape from New York", in which he appeared with Atkins and "Halloween" actress Nancy Stephens. He reprised the role of Sheriff Brackett in "Halloween II". In 2005, he appeared in the movie "Dead Calling", and in 2007 he appeared as a Sheriff in Ethan Dettenmaier's forthcoming film, Sin-Jin Smyth, and in the film "Methodic
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Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween


Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween is the fourth and final addition to the Roxy Hunter movies, and is a direct sequel to the previous movie "Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid". The movie was first released on The N's Halloween Block in October 2008. This movie was instead aired on The N, but not the regular Nickelodeon. Roxy Hunter (Aria Wallace) walks out of school to find a new boy from Transylvania named Stefan (Connor Price) being bullied. Finally snapping, Stefan throws his
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List of Halloween television specials


This is a list of Halloween special episodes on television. The TV channel Freeform (formerly ABC Family) annually presents their special "13 Nights of Halloween" with specialized Halloween episodes of regularly scheduled programs, as well as specified Halloween specials and movies to play for the 13 nights leading up to October 31. In the UK, Halloween has to compete with Bonfire Night, hence it is not as big as an occasion as in the United States. British Halloween-themed television programmes were historically few and far between, but
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Charles Cyphers


Precinct 13", in which he played Starker, one of the ill-fated police officers gunned down by gang members. He later appeared as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the 1978 hit horror movie "Halloween". Cyphers worked with Carpenter two years later, playing Dan O'Bannon in "The Fog", a 1980 horror film which also starred Tom Atkins, Cyphers's fellow "Halloween" cast member Jamie Lee Curtis, his "Assault on Precinct 13" co-star Darwin Joston, and Nancy Kyes, who worked with
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Halloween (1978 film)


written the role with her in mind. Soles's then-husband, actor Dennis Quaid, was considered for the role of Bob Simms, Lynda's boyfriend, but was unable to perform the role due to prior work commitments. The role of "The Shape" — as the masked Michael Myers character was billed in the end credits — was played by Nick Castle, who befriended Carpenter while they attended the University of Southern California. After "Halloween", Castle became a director, taking the helm of films such as
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Escape from New York


script-writing problems, Carpenter rejected it in favor of this project. However, Carpenter felt something was missing and recalls, "This was basically a straight action film. And at one point, I realized it really doesn't have this kind of crazy humor that people from New York would expect to see." He brought in Nick Castle, a friend from his film-school days at University of Southern California, who played "The Shape" in "Halloween". Castle invented the Cabbie character and came up
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List of Halloween characters


were still making payments on the house until it could be sold. There is nothing in the "Halloween" novel saying that he is the adoptive father of Laurie. It is only in the movie "Halloween II", that Laurie's adoption is explained. Appears in: "". Conal Cochran is played by Dan O'Herlihy. He is the owner of Silver Shamrock Novelties, and devises a plan to kill children using his popular Halloween masks. At the end of the film, he is vaporized by the Stonehenge rune
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Halloween with the New Addams Family


Baer and Vito Scotti, who both had recurring roles in the original series, also appeared in the movie, but as different characters than they had portrayed originally. In 1989 GoodTimes Home Video released "Halloween with the New Addams Family" to VHS where it can be occasionally found for purchase on sites like eBay. As of April 2019, the film is not available on DVD. As of May 2019, the film is available in the United States with the two seasons of the 1964 series on the streaming service Hulu.
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Halloween (franchise)


"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", released a "Halloween" game for the Atari 2600. In the game, the player is a babysitter who has to protect her children from Michael Myers, who has managed to get inside the house. Although the game is called "Halloween", and features the film's theatrical poster as its cover art as well as the movie's main music theme, the game itself never refers to any characters, including the killer, by their names in the film. The "Halloween"
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The Addams Family


. A complementary comic book series was produced in connection with the show, but it lasted only three issues. The show's theme music was completely different and had no lyrics and no finger snaps, although it retained a bit of the four-note score from the live-action show. A television reunion movie, "Halloween with the New Addams Family", aired on NBC on Sunday, October 30, 1977. It features most of the original cast, except Blossom Rock, who had played Grandmama. She was
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Go! Princess Precure the Movie: Go! Go!! Splendid Triple Feature!!!


story expressed in CG as mentioned above. Director and character design were handled by Hiroshi Miyamoto. Washio said that: According to Miyamoto, this work was originally not related to "Pretty Cure", and was planned to be created as an original work on the theme of Halloween with Refi as the protagonist, but since the release of the "Pretty Cure" movie was on the day of Halloween, Takeshi Himi, who was in charge of production management, asked if it would be merged with that movie. Also,
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Wasabi Tuna


screwball comedy of errors, that includes many over-the-top stereotypes, is set at Halloween against the backdrop of West Hollywood, California. Five friends, interior designer Evan (played by London); interior designer Harvey (played by Cheng); African American stockbroker Dave (played by Meadows); Latino spinning instructor Fredrico (played by Sabàto); and Emme (played by Ubach), a sassy young woman obsessed with style and classic movies, have all been anticipating the West Hollywood Halloween Parade on Santa Monica
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers


's protector. George P. Wilbur, who had portrayed The Shape in the previous film, did not express interest in returning to play the role (although he did work as a stunt player on the film). Don Shanks was cast to play the speech-less, white-masked murderer. Shanks had already played a similar character in the first two "Silent Night, Deadly Night" films. Shanks also played the Man in Black. Wilbur, who had to wear hockey pads to appear to have a bigger build
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Ken Weatherwax


entered the U.S. Army at seventeen, and at the age of 21, he reprised the role of Pugsley in the 1977 reunion film "Halloween with the New Addams Family". He established a career behind the camera as a movie studio grip and set builder, while making occasional appearances at "Addams Family"-related events with former costar Lisa Loring, who had played Pugsley's younger sister Wednesday Addams on the show. Weatherwax died on December 7, 2014, of a heart attack at his home in West Hills, California, at
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Charles Cyphers


Charles Cyphers (born July 28, 1939) is an American actor who has starred in many films and on television. He is known in the horror movie community for his work in the films of John Carpenter, especially his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in Carpenter's 1978 hit horror movie "Halloween". He reprised this role in the 1981 sequel "Halloween II". Cyphers's first feature film was the 1974 movie "Truck Turner", and he first worked with Carpenter in the 1976 action film "Assault on
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Michael Myers (Halloween)


Michael Myers is a fictional character from the "Halloween" series of slasher films. He first appears in John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978) as a young boy who murders his sister, Judith Myers, and then, fifteen years later, returns home to Haddonfield to murder more teenagers. In the original "Halloween", the adult Michael Myers, referred to as The Shape in the closing credits, was portrayed by Nick Castle for most of the film, with Tony Moran and Tommy Lee Wallace substituting in the
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Boo! A Madea Halloween


Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween is a 2016 American comedy horror film directed, written, starring and co-produced by Tyler Perry. The idea for the film originated from a fictitious Madea Halloween movie that was mentioned in Chris Rock's 2014 film "Top Five." It is the eighth film in the "Madea" series and the second to not be adapted from a stage play (the first being "Madea's Witness Protection"). The film was released on October 21, 2016 by Lionsgate and
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Nancy Kyes


into the television version of "Halloween", and filmed a brief cameo appearance as the now-deceased Annie for "Halloween II". Kyes had a small role in "" (1982) as the ex-wife of the lead character, played by Tom Atkins. This made her the first person to appear in the first three "Halloween" films, although Jamie Lee Curtis did return for a voice-only cameo as the voice of a telephone operator. Although she has starred in a few TV movies,
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Roller Boogie


back at the beach Terry and Bobby share a sad goodbye. Both promise to write each other as she heads off to New York City and he to the Olympics. "Roller Boogie" was written by Barry Schneider with Irwin Yablans, who is credited with creating the story. Yablans' Compass International Pictures, founded with Joseph Wolfe, would distribute the movie. Compass International Pictures had unprecedented success the previous year with John Carpenter's slasher "Halloween". In between "Halloween" and "Roller Boogie," the company
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Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)


and put on the shelf. Inspired by the March 9, 1994, episode of the newsmagazine "Turning Point" on Danny Rolling, a serial killer in Gainesville, Florida, who preyed on college students, Williamson wrote a horror movie script, originally titled "Scary Movie". Its characters had seen many classic horror movies (e.g. "Halloween", "A Nightmare on Elm Street" ) and knew all the clichés. Miramax bought the script for $400,000 for their new Dimension Films label in the spring of 1995
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History of Freeform (TV channel)


The 13 Days of Halloween," a two-week-long block beginning each year on October 19, leading into Halloween on October 31. This block – which was subsequently rebranded as the "13 Nights of Halloween" in 2002, under Disney/ABC ownership – introduced the original comedy series "The New Addams Family", the unscripted series "Scariest Places on Earth" (hosted by "Exorcist" star Linda Blair, focusing on places infamous for frightening urban legends) and some new movies such as "Casper
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Ana Alicia


Falcon Crest" as a replacement for actress Delores Cantú who had played Melissa for one episode in early 1982. Ana Alicia appeared in the 1983 TV-movie, "Happy Endings", opposite John Schneider and her former "Ryan's Hope" co-star, Catherine Hicks. In 1989, Ortiz appeared with Raúl Juliá in the movie "Romero", her only non-television film role, apart from "Halloween II" in 1981. Then in 1990, Ana Alicia appeared in the 1990 made-for-
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The Halloween Tree (film)


The Halloween Tree is a 1993 animated fantasy-drama television movie produced by Hanna-Barbera and based on Ray Bradbury's 1972 fantasy novel of the same name. The film tells the story of a group of trick-or-treating children who learn about the origins and influences of Halloween when one of their friends is spirited away by mysterious forces. "The Halloween Tree" stars Ray Bradbury as the narrator and Leonard Nimoy as the children's guide, Mr. Moundshroud. Bradbury also wrote the film's Emmy Award winning screenplay
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch


The Twilight Zone", only on a much larger scale, of course." Each year, a new film would be released that focused on some aspect of the Halloween season. Hill told "Fangoria" that the film was supposed to be "a 'pod' movie, not a 'knife' movie." As such, Wallace drew inspiration from another pod film: Don Siegel's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956). The fictional town of Santa Mira was originally the setting of "Invasion
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Halloween (1978 film)


film had its Los Angeles debut on October 27, 1978, playing on 232 screens for a total of four weeks. It opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the following month on November 22, 1978. The film grossed $47 million in the United States and an additional $23 million internationally, making the theatrical total $70 million, making it one of the most successful independent films of all time. On September 7, 2012, the official Halloween Movies Facebook page announced that the original "Halloween" would be theatrically
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List of Halloween characters


, Laurie tells them to go to the Mackenzies' house. She appears in "Halloween II" in a recap of the first film's final moments. She also appears in Rob Zombie's remake in a role much like the one she has in the original. She is played by Kyle Richards in the first and second films and Jenny Gregg Stewart in the 2007 remake. A character by the name of Lindsey appears in the fourth movie in a cameo played by Leslie L. Rohland, but it is uncertain if this is
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Haunted attraction (simulated)


a time when people were unaware of how these seemingly incredible tricks were done and it was a relatively new form of entertainment before the spread of the haunted attraction. Many of these spook shows doubled with horror movies and played at smaller movie theaters during the Halloween season or different parts of the year. Eventually these shows would incorporate bloody special effects and sometimes be referred to as Midnight Horror Shows. These shows were daring for their time, but would phase out by the end of the 1960s. A modern interpretation of the classic
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Mr. Vampire


to 31 October 2010 as part of a Halloween theme and New Vision Arts Festival. Tang Lok-yin is the music director/composer for this play with Pun Siu-fai as the choreographer. The inspiration for this play was that of the music directors in an interview he said that when he was a child he watch a lot of Lam Ching-Ying's movies with his younger brother. She also mentioned Lam had played a Taoist priest in the "Mr. Vampire" series and that is the inspiration behind the director
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Sky (New Zealand)


as extra channels. Movie channels are from 30 to 39 which includes Sky Movies Premiere (new releases), Sky Movies Extra (drama, romance and thriller), Sky Movies Action, Sky Movies Greats (modern classics), Sky Movies Classics, Sky Movies Vintage, Sky Movies Family Pop-Up (during school holidays only), Sky Movies Disney and select Sky Movies Pop-Up channels (such as Halloween or superhero movies). Rialto Channel (independent) is available as an extra channel. Sky Box Office
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A Life Less Ordinary (song)


Halloween night until finally reuniting with his friends at the end of the song. The track was originally called "Happy Halloween". The famous directors Hammer & Tongs directed the video for the single, which consists of the band playing on a race-track inside a heart-shaped area marked with crash barriers. Four cars appear and crash into the band. The cars race forward with the band still playing the song on the bonnets of the cars. Towards the end, the cars crash into each other throwing one over
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Frank Zappa


"A movie about people who do stuff that is not normal". The 2 hour and 40 minutes movie was based on footage from concerts in New York around Halloween 1977, with a band featuring keyboardist Tommy Mars and percussionist Ed Mann (who would both return on later tours) as well as guitarist Adrian Belew. It also contained several extraordinary sequences of clay animation by Bruce Bickford who had earlier provided animation sequences to Zappa for a 1974 TV special (which became available on the 1982 video "The Dub Room Special").282 The
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers


but with a synthesizer twist. Howarth also included new tracks such as "Jamie's Nightmare", "Return of the Shape", and "Police Station". The soundtrack was released to Compact Disc on September 28, 1988. "Halloween 4" opened in 1,679 theaters on October 21, 1988 and grossed $6,831,250 in its opening weekend, achieving a total domestic gross of $17,768,757 in the United States, becoming the fifth best performing film in the "Halloween" series. The film received negative critical reception.
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Moustapha Akkad


, Patricia Al Akkad and their sons, Taric and Malek, who helped produce most of the "Halloween" movies, as well as his widow, Suha Ascha Akkad, and their son Zaid. He was honoured by his native city of Aleppo, and the Aleppo City Council has renamed a school and a street after Moustapha Akkad. In 2008, a street in downtown Beirut was renamed after Moustapha Akkad. The 2007 remake of "Halloween" was dedicated to Moustapha Akkad. The 2018 film "Halloween", a direct
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers


orange. "One of the obvious challenges in making a part four of anything is to interest a contemporary audience in old characters and themes," said director Dwight H. Little. "What I'm trying to do is capture the mood of the original "Halloween" and yet take a lot of new chances. What we're attempting to do is walk a fine line between horror and mystery. "Halloween 4" will not be an ax-in-the-forehead kind of movie." Paul Freeman agreed.
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List of Halloween characters


's "Halloween" (2007) and Rob Zombie's "Halloween II" (2009), as well as in the novel "Halloween" (1979) by Curtis Richards (pseudonym used by author Dennis Etchison) Sheriff Leigh Brackett is a recurring character in the "Halloween" franchise. He first appears in the original "Halloween", played by Charles Cyphers. He is the Haddonfield sheriff who is contacted by Dr. Loomis about his former patient Michael Myers, who has escaped from Smith's Grove and returned home.
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Halloween (2018 film)


in the sequels "Halloween II" (1981), "" (1998), and "" (2002). The following October, Judy Greer entered negotiations to play Laurie's daughter, Karen Nelson. On December 7, 2017, Andi Matichak was cast to play Laurie's granddaughter Allyson. Danielle Harris, who played Jamie Lloyd in the original continuity's "Halloween 4" and "Halloween 5", contacted Blumhouse with the offer to reprise her role in some way, but the studio went with a different
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The Halloween Tree


, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Medieval Paris, and The Day of the Dead in Mexico. Along the way, they learn the origins of the holiday that they celebrate, and the role that the fear of death, ghosts, and the haunts has played in shaping civilization. The Halloween Tree itself, with its many branches laden with jack-o'-lanterns, serves as a metaphor for the historical confluence of these traditions. The novel originated in 1967 as the screenplay for an unproduced collaboration with animator Chuck Jones. In 1993,
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Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie


, Lumpy calls for him, but a loud thunder blocks it, prompting him to break his way out of the trap. The group finally goes trick-or-treating, and Kanga, who was the mysterious figure that Tigger mistook for the Gobloon, throws a Halloween party for the friends, complete with Jack-o'-lanterns she had carved in everyone's likenesses. She explains that she must have accidentally dropped Lumpy's Jack-o'-lantern—a mistake that sparked the entire adventure. With Lumpy's first Halloween being successful,
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Halloween (The Office)


in a deleted scene during "Diversity Day". Devon is later seen in a deleted scene on "Valentine's Day", when Michael passes by a homeless Devon in New York. Devon then chases Michael, presumably still angry over the events of "Halloween". Guest stars in this episode included Devon Abner, Hugh Dane, George Gaus, Annabelle Kopack, Ava Nisbet and Alec Zbornak. Due to the presence of Halloween, many of the employees costumes reflect movie and literary characters. Kelly is dressed as Dorothy Gale
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Doctor Madblood


. Following a two-season run, the show continued in weekly syndication on six cable outlets in New England throughout the 1980s. The Doctor also returned to Tidewater television screens with a prime-time Halloween special on WAVY-TV in 1984, "Doctor Madblood's Halloween Howl," which wrapped around the 1960 Hammer Studios film "The Brides of Dracula." For the first time, this special incorporated Doctor Madblood and other characters from the vignettes into the movie itself. Another Halloween special on WAVY-TV followed in
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Halloween (franchise)


and it does not contain any characters—other than Michael—from the films. The four issues are titled, "A Shape in the Void", "The Silent Clown", "A Rainbow in One Color", and "When the Stars Came Crashing Down". The first issue, "A Shape in the Void", takes place on October 31, 2000, so that it falls between "Halloween H20" and "Halloween: Resurrection". Issue one follows Michael as he stalks Lisa, an
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Amir Blumenfeld


the Sacramento Film and Music Festival, the LA Shorts Fest, the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival and the Portable Film Festival. In 2011, Blumenfeld appeared in comedian Louis C.K.'s television series "Louie", during the 10th episode of its second season, entitled "Halloween/Ellie". He played a writer hired to improve a movie script in the second half of the episode. "Better With Popcorn" George Prax said that he played "the 'unfunny' guy who actually ends up coming off as the funniest
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WNUF Halloween Special


The WNUF Halloween Special is a 2013 comedy horror film directed primarily by Chris LaMartina, who also helped to co-write the film. Parody commercials are shown throughout the film, some of which were written and directed by persons other than LaMartina. Its plot follows a television personality that decides to investigate strange supernatural occurrences at a house purported to be haunted. The film presents itself as an off-air recording of television station WNUF's Halloween special that aired on October 31, 1987. The movie's main plot centers upon
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List of Halloween (film series) characters


only in the movie "Halloween II", that Laurie's adoption is explained. Appears in the novel: "Halloween" (1979) by Curtis Richards Deirdre was a 15-year-old Celtic princess who lived in northern Ireland during the time of the ancient Celtic race. She was the third and youngest daughter of the druid king Gwynwyll and an unnamed queen. She was said to have been very beautiful as she had sand coloured hair, sea green eyes, white cream skin and lips as red as wild rose. She
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Friday the 13th (1980 film)


suspense, and characterization. It's not very original or very scary, but it is very low-budget." Dick Shippy of the "Akron Beacon Journal" similarly suggested that Carpenter's "Halloween" played "like Hitchcock when compared to Cunningham's dreadful tale of butchery." "The Burlington Free Press"s Mike Hughes wrote that the film "copies everything, that is, except the quality" of "Halloween", concluding: "The lowest point of the movie comes near the end, when it exploits the
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers


while The Shape was after her. This idea was rejected by the studio and Akkad, who brought in Michael Jacobs to write the script. After reviewing the script, director Dominique Othenin-Girard added some new aspects like Jamie's inability to speak and her visions. Veteran actor Donald Pleasence had disagreements with Akkad and Othenin-Girard, citing that Jamie should have been portrayed as "all-evil" after stabbing her stepmother. Akkad disagreed, thinking that fans wanted to see more of The Shape. In an interview,
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers


convention, theatrical trailer, "Halloween 4" Final Cut – a "behind-the-scenes" documentary, a commentary with Danielle Harris and Ellie Cornell, and another commentary by Alan B. McElroy and Anthony Masi. "Halloween 4", along with "Halloween 5", and a Blu-ray, standard DVD and extended edition of "Halloween", was released with the first disc of the documentary, "Halloween: 25 Years of Terror", and The Shape's mask in 2008 in a limited 30th
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Marianne Hagan


2006 she appeared in the horror film "Dead Calling" alongside fellow "Halloween" cast members, "Ellie Cornell" of "" & "", P.J. Soles of "Halloween", Charles Cyphers of "Halloween" & "Halloween II", and Brad Loree of "". Most recently she has appeared in horror films "Stake Land", which stars Danielle Harris also of "Halloween 4" & "Halloween 5", and "BreadCrumbs". She has also appeared in "Dinner and a Movie
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Nathan Kress


aimed at tweens, and catapulted Kress to international fame among adolescents. Kress' performance on the show has been characterized by one reviewer for "Variety" as "sweetly nerdy". In 2008, Kress starred in the Nickelodeon television movie "". In the movie, Kress played "Roland", a decidedly uncoordinated student who transfers to a new school and must be whipped into shape by his ambitious gym teacher, Dave Stewie (Christopher Meloni). Later that same year, he starred as Freddie Benson in the television
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers


, would later portray the Shape again in the next installment, "". Shanks did not have to wear the hockey pads because he already had a larger build. Max Robinson would play Maxwell Hart, the doctor who assists Jamie when she is having one of her nightmares in the beginning of the film. Betty Carvalho appears as his assistant, Nurse Patsey, who has a "motherly" feel to Jamie. Jeffrey Landman portrayed Billy Hill, Jamie's best friend, who has a stuttering problem. Landman worked with a
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Halloween II (1981 film)


, all of that." In an interview with Luke Ford, Rosenthal explains: The decision to include more gore and nudity in the sequel was not made by Rosenthal, who contends that it was Carpenter who chose to make the film much bloodier than the original. Wallace explains: "Since the release of "Halloween", horror movies had changed. There was inflation involved in terms of violence and gore and what you saw onscreen, to the point that John [Carpenter] felt like he was in a boxhe could
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch


York" (1981). Atkins guest starred in television series such as "Harry O", "The Rockford Files" and "Lou Grant". Atkins told "Fangoria" that he liked being the hero. As a veteran horror actor, he added, "I wouldn't mind making a whole career out of being in "just" horror movies." After "Halloween III", Atkins continued to play supporting roles in dozens of films and television series. Stacey Nelkin co-starred as Ellie Grimbridge,
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Halloween II (1981 film)


Eileen Harbitz, an elderly couple in Fullerton, California, leading to the trial "People v. Boyer" (1989). The couple were stabbed 43 times by Boyer. According to the trial transcript, Boyer's defense was that he suffered from hallucinations in the Harbitz residence brought on by "the movie "Halloween II", which defendant had seen under the influence of PCP, marijuana, and alcohol." The film was played for the jury, and a psychopharmacologist "pointed out various similarities between its scenes and the
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Halloween (2007 film)


in an interview suggesting the theme would be ditched). Production officially began on January 29, 2007. Shortly before production began, Zombie reported that he had seen the first production of Michael's signature mask and commented, "It looks perfect, exactly like the original. Not since 1978 has The Shape looked so good". Filming occurred in the same neighborhood that Carpenter used for the original "Halloween". On December 19, 2006, Zombie announced to "Bloody-Disgusting" that Daeg Faerch would play the part
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Shape-Up


while patiently waiting to get your overdue shape-up. Discussions about politics, sports, movies and your occasional gossip. Movies and often television shows would depict this counsel of men. Such as rapper Ice Cube's production of the movie "Barbershop". This entailed a story of barbers and their faithful clients who would come get their shape-up and vent. 1.[Horne, Madison. “A Visual History of Iconic Black Hairstyles.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 28 Feb. 2018, www.history.com/news/black-hairstyles-visual-history-in-photos. 2.[Gabbara, ByPrincess.
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Laserblast


previously in his 1977 films "Crash!" and "End of the World". The film was distributed by the Irwin Yablans Company, and released on March 1, 1978. Irwin Yablans, who later produced the first three "Halloween" films, specialized primarily in distributing B movies and low-budget horror films. "Laserblast" was advertised in conjunction with "End of the World", which was released the previous year and still playing theaters. At the time that "Laserblast" was released, audience interest
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The Tigger Movie


$15 million and $30 million. Disney released various theatrical and direct-to-videos in the years that followed. There were two theatrical animated films: "Piglet's Big Movie" in 2003 and "Pooh's Heffalump Movie" in 2005. Two direct-to-video animated films also followed, "Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo" in 2004 and "Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie" in 2005. The songs for "The Tigger Movie" were written by Robert and Richard Sherman who had not
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Halloween (2018 film)


strength of the original". "Forbes" Scott Mendelson thought the film is "not very good or tightly-directed, and it fails as a character play and a scary movie". Christopher Stewardson from Our Culture Mag wrote "Raising some interesting questions about indifference to escalating horror, Halloween draws Michael Myers in the modern world with consideration and calculated frights." The film was the runner-up for at this Toronto International Film Festival in 2018. The film received four "Fangoria" Chainsaw Award nominations: Best Wide
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge


This game was released at the same time in North America as "". A year after the events of the movie, a town meeting announcing awards gives Jack Skellington an award "for most spines tingled by a non-corporeal being". After the curtains close Jack reveals that, once again, he feels disappointed with this year's Halloween. However, having learned his lesson from before, he talks with Dr. Finkelstein about a "new Halloween", with new scares and discoveries. The doctor gives Jack the "
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Graham Wardle


as part of its 2013 "31 days of Halloween". Wardle has also produced movies. In 2012, he produced "The Vessel" with friends and Capilano Alumni as part of the Crazy 8's project. He is a writer, a photographer and a film maker. In the summer of 2013, Wardle co-founded Lone Maverick, a Movie Production and Entertainment Company. Lone Maverick is in the process of releasing its first movie "Cold Lights", with Wardle playing Sam Ross, a character that is abducted
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Dump months


of Screams says studios are finding holidays with horror associations elsewhere in the year, like Friday the 13th, regardless of season. "" had actually opened well on that weekend in September. "That weekend actually played as a bigger movie weekend than Halloween is this year," she told "USA Today". In July, "The Conjuring" had also done well amidst the summer movies. "A lot of people are moving [horror movies] everywhere," said "Mama" producer Guillermo del Toro. Some
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch


Irwin Yablans and Moustapha Akkad, who had produced the first two films, filmed "Halloween III" on a budget of $2.5 million. Special effects artist Don Post of Post Studios designed the latex masks in the film which included a glow-in-the-dark skull, a lime-green witch and an orange Day-Glo jack-o'-lantern. Hill told Aljean Harmetz, "We didn't exactly have a whole lot of money for things like props, so we asked Post, who had provided the shape
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown


public at Spring Lake Park near Halloween. It is the last film shown for "Movies in the Park", which plays a film on each Thursday during May and October. The showing of the film, which has been a tradition since 2003, is a free event sponsored by the Texarkana, Texas Department of Parks & Recreation. "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" is mentioned by a character in the 1996 film "Scream". In "Seven Psychopaths" (2012), a short scene shows a couple who
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List of Witch Hunter characters


killed by his sister. As such, he treasures Halloween above all else, but he does occasionally shoots it or mistreats it in a comical fashion. During the fight with Ryuhwan, Tasha broke one of Halloween's seals before Ryuhwan's Halloween could kill it, reverting his Halloween's shape back to its original form of a young girl, greatly surprising him. As a result, Halloween received an increase in her speed and strength with the release of the first seal, and it is hinted that she will be able to
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Geography of Halloween


is a major celebration, with the Friday and Saturday nearest 31 October hosting many costume parties. Other popular activities are watching horror movies and visiting haunted houses. Total spending on Halloween is estimated to be $8.4 billion. Many theme parks stage Halloween events annually, such as Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando, Mickey's Halloween Party and Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Disneyland Resort and Magic Kingdom respectively, and Knott's Scary Farm at Knott's Berry Farm. One of the more
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers


a year after "", producer Moustapha Akkad put the series on hold to re-evaluate its potential. Akkad felt "Halloween 5" had strayed too far from "Halloween 4" and the box office response was much lower than expected. In 1990, screenwriter and long-time "Halloween" fan Daniel Farrands set out to write the sixth entry in the "Halloween" series. Farrands gave his horror movie scripts to the producer of "Halloween 5", Ramsey Thomas; impressed by his writing, Thomas set
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Psycho (Puddle of Mudd song)


. Upon further inspection it is seen that the man is Michael Myers from the "Halloween" movies played by local actor Mike Watkins. As the group gathers around him to see if he's all right, Leatherface (also played by Mike Watkins) from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" movies jumps out and grabs two of the girls, taking them back into the woods without the rest of them knowing. Michael Myers then proceeds to get up, revealing he was only pretending to be hurt, and begins chasing the group
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Elvira's Movie Macabre


Movie Macabre", Knott's Theme Parks hired Elvira to replace Seymour as the host of its annual Halloween Haunt during October. Elvira appeared nightly at the park, live on stage with a Halloween-themed musical comedy revue similar to her "Mamma's Boys" act from the 1970s. The Elvira character rapidly evolved from obscure cult figure to a lucrative brand name and "Mistress of all Media", spawning many products throughout the 1980s and 1990s, including Halloween costumes, comic books, action figures, trading cards, pinball
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch


one saving grace" in the film. Ebert explained, "She has one of those rich voices that makes you wish she had more to say and in a better role . ... Too bad she plays her last scene without a head." Prior to her role as Grimbridge, Nelkin was one of the main characters in the 1980 "Mad Magazine" movie "Up the Academy", which also starred Ralph Macchio. After "Halloween III", Nelkin continued working as a character actress on television. Veteran Irish actor
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Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie


Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie is a 2005 American animated direct-to-video film produced by DisneyToon Studios, featuring the characters from Winnie the Pooh franchise and the sequel to "Pooh's Heffalump Movie". This is voice actor John Fiedler's final appearance as Piglet, as he died three months before release. Travis Oates (Piglet's future voice actor) replaces Fiedler in some scenes. It was followed by a television film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Polygon Pictures, "Pooh's Super Sleuth Christmas Movie"
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Kiss Kiss Cabaret


reading the announcements, acknowledging the VIPs, and explaining the etiquette of burlesque. Verner and Velma Von Claptrap are The Claptrap Family Orchestra, who play dirty songs and add rimshots with a children’s drum set. The Kiss Kiss Cabaret showcases traditional "evening wear" and "balloon dance" type shows where the performer begins elaborately clothed or covered and ends in a thong and pasties or tassels. The show adopts a theme every year like movies, or mobsters, as well as Halloween. and Christmas In 2013, it was
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P. J. Soles


School". In 2005, Soles played the victim, Susan, of a family on a murderous rampage in the Rob Zombie movie "The Devil's Rejects". In 2012, she starred alongside Barbara Steele, Heather Langenkamp, Camille Keaton and Adrienne King in "The Butterfly Room". In 2018, Soles was cast in a spoken cameo role as a teacher in the direct sequel, "Halloween", directed by David Gordon Green. She married J. Steven Soles in 1973, when she resided in New York,
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Wednesday 13


the original "Night of the Living Dead" horror movie. Following the album's release, the group embarked on a tour of the United Kingdom, entitled "Tour from the Crypt". Also in 2005, they played on the main stage of Download Festival at Donington, and opened some shows for Alice Cooper around Halloween. Poole parted ways with Roadrunner Records before signing a new deal with Rykodisc, with whom he released "Fang Bang", the follow-up to "Transylvania 90210", on September 12,
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Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold


seen, depicted and referenced in popular culture through movies, television shows, video games, music, stage plays, documentaries and books. Many killers since the Columbine massacre have taken inspiration from the two, hailing them as heroes and icons. Harris and Klebold also have a fanbase who call themselves "Columbiners", who make blog posts, fan fiction and fan art on them. Some people have even been known to dress as Harris and Klebold for Halloween and cosplaying purposes. Eric David Harris was born in Wichita, Kansas
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CineMagic (Sirius XM)


. Ziemer would often personally respond to emails and song requests when on-the-air. Additionally, the channel maintained seasonal playlists for holidays. Halloween was a particular favorite of the Cinemagic staff. It was celebrated via the "Annual Halloween Horror Festival", first held in 2004, and "Big Scare", an uninterrupted horror movie soundtrack marathon taking place on Halloween night (also started in 2004). Starting in 2009, the channel's Halloween festivities also included "Cinemagic's Halloween Horror Score Chopdown", a
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Phish festivals


"at the crack of noon" the following day. Before the acoustic set, the crowd was served free coffee and figure-8-shaped donuts. The festival was filmed in HD 3D and portions of the festival were released in movie theaters across the United States as "Phish 3D." Members of the band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings joined the band on Halloween night to perform a number of songs. Attendance figures for Festival 8 were estimated at 40,000 people. Super Ball IX took place at the Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen
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List of Scream (TV series) characters


to be working for the new killer in "The Orphanage" and orchestrates a party at the abandoned children's home. After a brief encounter with what appears to be her "boyfriend", she is stabbed to death and hung below the party banner. Gina Mclane is a character who appears in the second-season Halloween special episodes. She is Audrey's girlfriend who works as the manager at the Zenith Theatre. Much like Audrey, Gina is shown to be a fan of horror movies. She later follows the group
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Halloween II (1981 film)


a razor blade lodged in his mouth, a reference to the urban legend of tainted Halloween candy. According to Rogers, "The "Halloween" films opened in the wake of the billowing stories about Halloween sadism and clearly traded on the uncertainties surrounding trick-or-treating and the general safety of the festival." The main cast of "Halloween" reprised their roles in the sequel with the exception of Nick Castle, who had played the adult Michael Myers in the original. Veteran English actor Donald Pleasence continued the role
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This Is Halloween


used as the background music for the Halloween Town world in the video game "Kingdom Hearts". The song is featured in the video game "Just Dance 3". Differently from the vast majority of Disney movies, in several countries "The Nightmare Before Christmas" was released only with subtitles, since the movie was originally thought to be "too dark and scary for kids", and was thus released as a product for adults. However, some countries did rerecord the song anyway, along with the whole movie,
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List of events held at Warner Bros. Movie World


The following is a list of events that have been held at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia. In 2006, Warner Bros. Movie World decided to run a single Halloween Family Fun Night on 31 October with a Scooby-Doo theme. Due to the event being sold out, the park extended the event to become a 3 night event. This format remained until 2009 when Movie World decided to re-theme and rename the event to Halloween Fright Nights in an attempt to target an older audience. In
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Mickey's Halloween Party


Gardens" brand, meet and greet chances with the Princesses from Disney's animated movies, Mickey and Minnie in Halloween costumes and Disney villains plus coloring activities for the younger guests and dance parties. For the activities starting in 2010, Disneyland's Halloween Time events - such as Haunted Mansion Holiday, Space Mountain's "Ghost Galaxy" layout and the Halloween themed fireworks show, called "Halloween Screams", featuring the voice of Chris Sarandon as Jack Skellington from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" - were added into the mix.
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House Hunting


previously performed in one of Hurt's earlier films and had impressed Hurt. Gioiosa sustained an injury during the filming of the movie, as she had burst a blood vessel in her eye during a scene that required she scream. "Ain't It Cool News" named the movie one of their "best horror films on AICN HORROR since last Halloween", as they felt that it was "original and well made". "Starburst" gave the movie 7 out of 10 stars and remarked that while the movie was "
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List of Halloween (film series) characters


"Halloween" (1979) by Curtis Richards (pseudonym used by author Dennis Etchison) Sheriff Leigh Brackett is a recurring character in the "Halloween" franchise. He first appears in the original "Halloween", played by Charles Cyphers. He is the Haddonfield sheriff who is contacted by Dr. Loomis about his former patient Michael Myers, who has escaped from Smith's Grove and returned home. The two begin their search at Michael's house, where Loomis tries to warn the skeptical sheriff of the danger Myers poses, explaining
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Tommy Lee Wallace


also appeared in front of the camera: intermittently as The Shape (the masked Michael Myers in the closet scene) in "Halloween", and in "The Fog" as several different ghosts; his voice was also featured in both films as TV/radio announcers. For "Halloween II", John Carpenter (who was producing) initially offered directorial responsibilities to Wallace. After careful deliberation, Wallace declined, citing disappointment with the script (the job eventually went to Rick Rosenthal). He did, however, agree
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HDNet Movies


Month." The month-long event was hosted by Judge Reinhold and featured a different 1980s film every night in primetime. Featured films included "St. Elmo’s Fire", "Throw Momma from the Train", "The Big Chill", "Teen Wolf", "Arthur" and "The Outsiders", among 31 total during the month. On August 17, HDNet Movies announced Rob Zombie will host the network's Halloween movie event, "Rob Zombie's 13 Nights of Halloween", from Oct. 19
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Nick Castle


Nicholas Charles Castle (born September 21, 1947) is an American screenwriter, film director and actor. He is known for playing Michael Myers in John Carpenter's horror film "Halloween" (1978). Castle also co-wrote "Escape from New York" (1981) with Carpenter. After "Halloween", Castle became a director, taking the helm of films such as "The Last Starfighter" (1984), "The Boy Who Could Fly" (1986), "Dennis the Menace" (
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Robert Phalen


Robert Phalen (born May 10, 1937) is an American actor who starred in films and on television. He was born in San Francisco, California, where he attended George Washington High School, was active in the school's drama club, and served as student body president. His early stage work includes his membership in San Francisco's Actor's Workshop, where he played a variety of roles in the early 1960s, including Mick in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker. He was in the 1978 hit horror movie "Halloween
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Trick or Treat (1986 film)


HBO's Tales from the Crypt". Yagher also had a cameo in the movie as the lead singer/guitarist for the band The Kickers, playing at the high school Halloween dance. Scenes at Eddie's school (the fictional "Lakeridge High School") were filmed at both Hoggard High School and New Hanover High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. Gene Simmons was originally offered the role of Sammi Curr, but did not think much of the script and ultimately agreed only to a cameo as radio DJ, Nuke.
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Fright Nights


Fright Nights (previously Halloween Family Fun Nights and Halloween Fright Nights) is a seasonal Halloween event held at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The event began in 2006 as Halloween Family Fun Night as a single night event and has since evolved into a major park event across a month. It features themed mazes, shows and rides. Fright Nights (formerly Fright Nites) also refers to the Halloween special event at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, Surrey, England, which opened in 2002. Fellow
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Halloween (2007 film)


. A contest was held for a walk-on role in the film, at the time called "Halloween 9"; it was won by Heather Bowen. She played a news reporter who covered Michael's arrest, but her scene was cut from the film and does not appear in the deleted scenes. In the film's original ending, Loomis is successful in convincing Michael to let go of Laurie as he is surrounded by police officers, telling Michael he "did the right thing". Despite Loomis' protests,
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Halloween II (1981 film)


including Kevin Thomas of the "Los Angeles Times", who lambasted the film for its "reprehensible content," summarizing that ""Halloween II", as a reprise, simply piles up a greater number of corpses." Roman Cooney of the "Calgary Herald" noted that while the film is "not the bloodbath other movies of its ilk have been, several of the murder scenes are so painfully gruesome as to be tasteless and more than merely distressing," and added that the plot is "convenient rather than
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Annie Brackett


attack, unlike in the original. This allowed Annie to also have a prominent role in the next film: in "Halloween II", Annie's relationship with Laurie over their shared trauma is explored into greater detail. The character is notable, along with Lynda Van Der Klok, for having unintentionally created a trend in horror movies where female characters who smoke, have premarital sex or appear either nude or in their underwear, get killed off. In the original "Halloween" (1978), Annie is established with Lynda
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Katrina Grey


at the Thailand International Film Destination Festival 2014. Not long after this, she landed a role in Takashi Hirose's upcoming horror movie "BRUTAL" shot in Japan starring alongside Naho Nakashima ("Final Fantasy XIII"). Grey made her American feature film debut in the movie "Ghost House" directed by Rich Ragsdale (According to Jim, Less than Perfect), alongside Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween, Halloween II, The Runaways) and James Landry Hébert ("Super 8", Looper). The movie
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List of The Nightmare Before Christmas characters


dog who floats about freely and follows Jack wherever he goes. His nose, which is in the shape of a jack-o-lantern, also doubles as a bright light. In the "Kingdom Hearts" series, Zero is often called upon to search for someone. In "The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge", he will disappear and reappear depending on whether the player has completed the Halloween Town story. The following toys were created by the citizens of Halloween Town: The owners of the franchise have
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Without Warning (1994 film)


Without Warning is an American CBS TV movie, directed by Robert Iscove, featuring veteran news anchor Sander Vanocur and reporter Bree Walker as themselves covering a breaking news story of three meteor fragments crashing into the Earth's Northern Hemisphere. The film, which premiered on Halloween night, October 31, 1994, is presented as if it were an actual breaking news event, complete with remote reports from reporters. The executive producer was David L. Wolper, who produced a number of mockumentary-style films from the 1960s onward. Broadcast eleven
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WNUF Halloween Special


of the "WNUF Halloween Special" in various locations, such as a VHS convention in Pennsylvania, where they left them in bathrooms and tables. Their intent was that by doing this, they would start a successful whisper campaign. Critical reception for the "WNUF Halloween Special" has been positive. "HorrorNews.net" gave the "WNUF Halloween Special" a favorable review and commented that the movie had the potential to become a cult classic. "Daily Dead" and "Dread Central" also rated the film highly, and
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