October 6, 2005

Halloween Countdown

Not Coming to a Theater Near You is not alone. Micah at Dumb Distraction, too, finds Halloween "a really great excuse for me to wallow in a month-long orgy of horror movies." And so, he's also reviewing one a day. You'll find Micah's and NCtaTY's selections are coming from very different neighborhoods, and so far, it doesn't look like there's going to be any overlap. Doubly good for horror aficionados, of course.

Zombie Honeymoon At the Movie Blog, Brian Shipston rounds up all the scary theatrical and DVD releases from here to Halloween.

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer has been lauded for its authenticity, but the true story it's based on, as outlined by Christopher Orr for the New Republic, is far more gruesome: "It's comforting to believe that there are rational, or at least quasi-rational, reasons for why people do what they do... The thought that real-life monsters such as Henry Lee Lucas might actually be on the prowl is a little too scary even for Halloween."

In the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan previews "'Silent Horror,' the completely unexpected and unexpectedly compelling series opening Saturday at the UCLA Film and Television Archive."

Laura Kern in the New York Times: "Not quite the campfest its absurd but undeniably catchy title suggests, Zombie Honeymoon is actually an emotionally driven blend of romance, comedy and horror." More from Michael Atkinson in the Village Voice.

For Time, Richard Corliss selects "5 Masters of the Macabre."



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Posted by dwhudson at October 6, 2005 9:39 AM

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The TNR story is interesting, but there's a bit of an issue: There's a lot of evidence pointing to the fact that Henry Lee Lucas may not have actually killed anyone (save for his mother, a crime and sentence carried out before his alleged killing spree).

Posted by: starlen at October 12, 2005 2:10 AM