Happy Halloween! Birthdays/ Anniversarys / and more

Ten years ago around Halloween weekend the Saw franchise launched the first film of what would become the seven film series, with a new entry coming out annually after that.
Many theaters around the nation are re-showing the original this weekend.  It is definitely one worth seeing on the big screen.  Really, who doesn't want to see Cary Elwes saw off his own foot in an act of desperation?

Happy Birthday to:  Peter Jackson, director and producer - best know for the Lord of the Rings films; the late John Candy (best role was in Splash); Rob Schneider (of SNL fame); Dermot Mulroney; Brian Doyle-Murray; Michael J Anderson (the dwarf from Twin Peaks); the late Frank Silva (killer BOB from Twin Peaks); Stephen Rea (best role was in Citizen X); and Vanilla Ice.

Looking for some horror films to watch this weekend?
 Check out some of our reviews for ideas.



  

Awesomely creepy movie quote: Poltergeist (1982)

"There is no death. There is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness. Carol Anne is not like those she's with. She is a living presence in their spiritual earthbound plain. They are attracted to the one thing about her that is different from themselves - her lifeforce. It is very strong. It gives off its own illumination. It is a light that implies life and memory of love and home and earthly pleasures, something they desperately desire but can't have anymore. Right now, she's the closest thing to that, and that is a terrible distraction from the real LIGHT that has finally come for them. You understand me? These souls, who for whatever reason are not at rest, are also not aware that they have passed on. They're not part of consciousness as we know it. They linger in a perpetual dreamstate, a nightmare from which they can not awake. Inside the spectral light is salvation, a window to the next plain. They must pass through this membrane where friends are waiting to guide them to new destinies. Carol Anne must help them cross over, and she will only hear her mother's voice. Now hold on to yourselves... There's one more thing. A terrible presence is in there with her. So much rage, so much betrayal, I've never sensed anything like it. I don't know what hovers over this house, but it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world and take your daughter away from you. It keeps Carol Anne very close to it and away from the spectral light. It LIES to her, it tells her things only a child could understand. It has been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply IS another child. To us, it is the BEAST. Now, let's go get your daughter."

Awesome movie quotes: Halloween II (1981)

"In order to appease the gods, the Druid priests held fire rituals. Prisoners of war, criminals, the insane, animals... were... burned alive in baskets. By observing the way they died, the Druids believed they could see omens of the future. Two thousand years later, we've come no further. Samhain isn't evil spirits. It isn't goblins, ghosts or witches. It's the unconscious mind. We're all afraid of the dark inside ourselves."

October is here

The leaves are changing, and the whether is growing cooler.
Fall is here, and so is the best time of the year to see horror films.

Make sure to check our links to the reviewed horror films.