1998 was a good year for Disney Channel Movies; not only did we get Brink!, but we also got the famous Halloween film, Halloweentown. Disney introduced the world to the Sanderson Sisters in 1993 with Hocus Pocus, and just five…
Wicked Reads
Now that we’re just a few days from Halloween, it’s the perfect time to get ready with some spooky books. Penguin Teen has been hosting a fun Wicked Reads campaign to get the scare started early. It’s definitely worth checking…
Thrills and Chills Tour: Favorite Horror Movies of YA Authors
Halloween is on the horizon, and for many of us that means binge watching and reading all the scary stories that we can get our hands on! To help you get in the spirit, and queue up that Netflix list,…
Top 10 Witches of Film and TV
Halloween is just around the corner and with The Last Witch Hunter hitting theaters this Friday, what better way to start the celebration of this spooky holiday by counting down a list of witches! In The Last Witch Hunter, Vin…
Disney Channel Masterpiece Theater: ‘Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire’ (2000)
In this week’s segment of Disney Channel Masterpiece Theater we continue with the season of Halloween with the film Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire. It tells the story of a family that becomes inadvertently entangled with a vampire.…
Out of the Past: “Blood Simple” (1984)
Blood Simple is about murder and miscalculations. The Cohen Brother’s 1984 film debut is an emotionally brutal and wonderfully twisted noir. If it wasn’t for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre like nauseating and horror visceral quality of the film, much of…
TV Review: Constantine 1 x 6: “Rage of Caliban”
*Mild Spoilers If you, like me, thought Constantine was starting to build some momentum, it may be time to reconsider this thought. This episode follows the “crime of the week” framework including the connection of similar murders to each other, ends…