Halloween shorts.

Not Coming to a Theater Near You concludes its "31 Days of Horror" series with a bang, or rather, seven bangs: "Our tastes in horror - as this feature may or may not pronounce - vary greatly, so, in an effort to both educate each other (and to offer our readers an unexpected treat), we have opted to recommend each other films, to either highlight one of our favorites, or to experience something we may not otherwise see."

At Dumb Distraction, Micah files his 31st review of a horror flick for the month: Frightmare, "a bloodsplattered cannibal flick that proves once again, the family that eats together, stays together."

Mindjack's "Vital Horror: 20 movies for the strong-stomached and open-minded."

Dennis Cozzalio presents "en sure to churn you and burn you, my favorite horror films, laced with enough asides to get you thinking about other movies that might inspire just as many frights, should these not sate your need for nightmares..."

At Hollywood Bitchslap, David Cornelius dredges up loads of overlooked horror.

Now that's gross: "Hollywood.com's Top 25 Highest Grossing Domestic Horror Films of All Time." Via a justifiably pissed off Karina Longworth at Cinematical, where - and this is far more fun - Kim Voynar presents "seven of our favorite horror films, summed up in haiku."

Lance Norris's "Ten Scary Movies" at Cinema Minima.

Edward Douglas interviews Kiyoshi Kurosawa for ComingSoon.net.

At Cinema Strikes Back, David Austin reviews the first installment in Showtime's Masters of Horror series: "The strange thing about this episode, Incident On and Off A Mountain Road, is that except for the presence of [Don] Coscarelli regular Angus Scrimm (The Tall Man of Phantasm fame), you'd never know you were watching a Coscarelli film." And for SuicideGirls, Daniel Robert Epstein talks to the series creator, Mick Garris.

Logboy: "Argento, more than any other director in my life, touches my subconscious in a way that's strangely thrilling and always leaves me feeling like I've just survived a nightmare." Also: Twitch's Todd will be a programmer for the After Dark Film Festival, launching in Toronto next fall.

Leonard Klady weighs in on Saw II's big opening weekend at Movie City News. More from Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times.

Heather Havrilesky scans scary TV at Salon.

Matt Langdon's rounded up a few horror movie poster browsing tips at Rashomon.

Online listening tip. NPR: "Bobb Cotter, author of The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography, takes us into the world of characters like El Santo and Blue Demon, and their silverscreen battles with fantastical monsters and villains."

Update: Online listening tip #2. Ed Champion's trailer for Halloween: Washington.

Posted by dwhudson at October 31, 2005 7:11 AM