Horror In Your House: Halloween Boxed Set

Released only three days ago was the 6 disc re-release of the Halloween series which celebrates the 30th anniversary of the whole series. This boxed set includes the original Halloween directed by John Carpenter, as well as Halloween IV, Halloween V, and the Halloween: 25 Years of Terror documentary. Each disc also contains various special features related to the movie, including deleted scenes and commentary. There are only 20,000 units of this boxed set being made, which also includes a latex replica of the famous Michael Myers mask. These movies are available in both standard DVD and Blu-Ray formats, so whatever your taste is in DVD disks, you’ll have Halloween in your house! This isn’t the only release of the Halloween series to date, but it is the first boxed set which features several of the movies together.
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Halloween DVD Release

Rob Zombie wrote and directed the 2007 remake of John Carpenter’s 1978 slasher flick which will be hitting store shelves everywhere on October 21st in both DVD and Blu-ray formats. The movie features Malcolm McDowell in the Donald Pleasance role, along with Scout Taylor Compton taking the role formerly played by Jamie Lee Curtis. Of course, the story is the same. At age 10 Michael Myers murders several people in his home town of Haddonfield Illinois and as a result, he spends several years in a psychiatric institution. On a dark night, he escapes the institution and returns to his hometown where he goes on another killing spree. In contrast with the old film, the new film features more time spent developing Michael’s childhood than the old film.
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The Raven With Billy Drago - Teaser

In this new adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, Nicanor Loreti and Mariano Cattaneo have created an animated horror/suspense masterpiece that could only be narrated by Billy Drago (Masters of Horror: Imprint). As Drago has been around the genre for quite some time, both directors felt him a good choice since their version would focus on the terror that the narrator finds himself wrapped up in throughout the telling. Poe’s poems have always focused on the psychological aspects of horror, which in this tale revolves around the loss of the narrators love Lenore and the manifestation of his guilt as the raven.

Loreti and Cattaneo do add their own twist to this film, focusing on what really happened with Lenore. Perhaps she was murdered and still wants to come back? With ideas like these, it’s clear that their influences stretch far and wide, from German expressionist films, to great directors like Sam Raimi, George A. Romero, Tim Burton, Robert Rodriguez, John Carpenter, and Stephen King.

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