For those who didn’t listen to this month’s episode of the Anime Exploration’s Podcast, here’s a written review of the anime to round out this year’s Halloween offerings. Let’s ghoooooooo–
October Countdown: The Love Witch (2016)
Did you like Season of the Witch, the 1972 version? Were the old style movies something you wished they still made? Well, in 2016 at least, they did!
October Countdown: Sleepaway Camp
…a good slasher movie doesn’t have to be well-acted, believable or suspenseful. It’s quite enough that it keeps you entertained, includes several good, violent set pieces, and leaves you shocked. Robert Hiltzik’s Sleepaway Camp is a perfect example of such an effort. It’s an exceptionally bad movie but a very good slasher.
—Bartlomiej Paszylk, The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey. McFarland, 2009.
This 1983 slasher did not fare so well in the shadow of better-known examples of the genre, but it gradually developed a cult following. It’s one of three films we will be reviewing this October 31.
Marvel Look Ahead 2025
What you can expect from Marvel/Disney+ in the coming year.
Lost Trivia – Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast #301
Got a map? Because we’re getting Lost this week with Lost Trivia. That early 2000s series had everyone talking about the mysterious island and its occupants.
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1986 – Platoon
Anime Explorations Episode 25: Dark Gathering
We have some horror anime this month with Dark Gathering, which is available for streaming on Hidive & Hulu/Disney+.
Weekly New Releases – October 29, 2024
Spellbound (Lux Radio Theatre)
October Countdown: The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Last weekend, we looked at a couple of family-friendly witch-themed Halloween movies. This weekend, we review two recent vampire films, neither made for little kids.
The first one brings history’s most famous bloodsucker back to the screen, and attempts to restore the horror once associated with his name.