Thirty-One Days O’Horror Returns Next Month! Thirty-One Days O’Horror is quite possibly my favorite blog category. Over the last couple of years I’ve focused on posting once per day during the month of October with some horror or Halloween related topic. 2019 saw me watch thirty-two classic Universal Monsters films. 2020 was a tad lightheartedContinue reading “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like…..Halloween!”
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Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Monsters, Inc.
“We scare because we care.” Almost exactly nineteen years ago, Disney and Pixar released the wildly popular Monsters, Inc. The film starred John Goodman and Billy Crystal as James P. “Sulley” Sullivan and Mike Wazowski, respectively. In the film, monsters harness the screams of children to power their city, Monstropolis. To do this, the monstersContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Monsters, Inc.”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Disney’s Greatest Villain
“I’ll find her! I’ll find her if I have to burn down all of Paris!” Disney has tons of memorable villains in their films. From the first feature length villain, the Evil Queen, to characters that have been given their own franchise films such as Maleficent, Disney knows how to make a great villain. ButContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Disney’s Greatest Villain”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Making The Nightmare Before Christmas
“This is Halloween!” The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of the most celebrated films of the holiday season. It works as both a Halloween film and a Christmas film, so many families and fans (such as myself) watch it multiple times during the final months of the year. The movie is twenty-seven years old asContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Making The Nightmare Before Christmas”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Don’t Look Under The Bed (1999)
“Just because you’re getting older doesn’t mean you have to get old.” In 1999 the Disney Channel and director Kenneth Johnson stuck their necks out to produce the channel’s first true horror film: Don’t Look Under The Bed. The movie succeeded in scaring youngsters….and their parents. Parents demanded that the film be removed from theContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Don’t Look Under The Bed (1999)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter
“Here kitty, kitty, kitty….” Way back in 1979, director Ridley Scott and writer Dan O’Bannon brought science fiction horror to another level with Alien. Starring Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley and an ensemble cast that featured Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, and more, the film became an Academy Award winner and launched a franchiseContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Disney Halloween Decorations
“Life’s no fun without a good scare!” While the theme parks of Disney decorate year round, Halloween seems to be a special time when the parks really go all out. From fall colors scattered throughout the park to Disney costumed characters with spooky twists to their attire, nothing is as beautiful as a Disney parkContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Disney Halloween Decorations”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Now That’s What I Call Halloween (2015)
“Dig Through The Ditches And Burn Through The Witches….” I decided to throw in a quick review of 2015’s Now That’s What I Call Halloween. I’ve been wanting a decent Halloween album for a little while now and whenever I saw this one, I decided to give it a go. To be quite honest, it’sContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Now That’s What I Call Halloween (2015)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: A Disney Halloween (1981)
“A warm sunset can turn into a chilling twilight” In 1981, CBS’ Walt Disney Presents presented A Disney Halloween. The original version was hosted by the Magic Mirror from Snow White and The Seven Dwarves. There have been numerous version over the years. In one version, Disney CEO Michael Eisner welcoming viewers and introducing MickeyContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: A Disney Halloween (1981)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Crestwood House Monster Series (1977-1987)
Those wonderful orange and black books! If you grew up in the late 1970’s or 1980’s and had even the slightest interest in monsters or horror, you probably came across at least one or two of the Crestwood House Monster books. For a kid like myself, these orange and black covered books were the stuffContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Crestwood House Monster Series (1977-1987)”
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