Halloween
Castlevania: Season 1 and 2 Review
In 1986 Konami released Castlevania in Japan and the following year it was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System and released in America. Castlevania introduced the world to Simon Belmont, a vampire hunter, hell bent CONTINUE READING…
TRN Podcast 066: The ABCs of Halloween
In this week’s “Time Machine,” Jason and Mickey play a round of the ABCs of Halloween and come up with 26 short Halloween topics for each letter. TRN Podcast is sponsored this week by HalloweenCostumes.com CONTINUE READING…
New Ugly Halloween Sweaters are Here!
In case you haven’t heard, The Retro Network is partnering once again with HalloweenCostumes.com for the entire month of October! Last year, we had a fun time sharing our 5 favorite Ugly Halloween Sweaters and CONTINUE READING…
Wax Pack Flashback: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Mickey opens a pack of Little Shop of Horrors trading cards from 1986 as part of TRN’s Haunted Halloween event. Then watch Jason’s response on Instagram. Subscribe to CONTINUE READING…
Check Out Those Ads! – Terror Inc. #2
There are all sorts of Halloween treats popping up on the The Retro Network. Keeping with the Halloween season the comic ads we’ll be looking at come from a horror comic book. Unfortunately the ads CONTINUE READING…
The Greatest Summer of Movies 3: The Final Chapter
The summer of 1985 was a great time for movies, but some of the best movies in 1985 weren’t released in the summer. Movies released in September through December 1985 are some of the highest CONTINUE READING…
Check Out Those Ads! – The Spectre #1
I originally planned to showcase ads from the Shadow of the Bat issue #1 for this installment, but when I looked through the comic the ads were less than memorable. I guess a good story CONTINUE READING…
Four New Horror Movies are Coming to Kick Off the Halloween Season
Evil Under the Skin A mother will do anything for her child. Jeff Schneider’s captivating new horror film Evil Under the Skin, starring Helen Udy (My Bloody Valentine, The Dead Zone), arrives on DVD and CONTINUE READING…
The Greatest Summer of Movies 2: Electric Boogaloo
I’m back with part 2 of the Greatest Summer of Movies! This time we are talking August 1985. As good as July 1985 was for movies, August was even better. The new 5-screen movie theater CONTINUE READING…
TRN Podcast 019 – Paul Lynde Halloween Special Review
This week’s show is sponsored by HalloweenCostumes.com! Halloween is closing in but you still have time to use our exclusive TRN promo link to save 15% off your next purchase thru October 31, 2019! No coupon code needed, CONTINUE READING…
Retro Rerun Review: Kate and Allie Halloween Episode
The Show: Kate & Allie Ran for: 122 episodes— 6 seasons from 1984 to 1989. What it’s about: Two lady detectives? I really don’t know. I assume they were detectives. And possibly lovers. My relationship CONTINUE READING…
WCW Halloween Havoc ’89 Review
Halloween Havoc 89 October 28, 1989 Live from Philly, drawing 7300. Your hosts are Jim Ross & Bob Caudle Tom Zenk v. Captain Mike Rotunda Could there BE a more WCW opener? Poor Mike was CONTINUE READING…
TRN’s Retro Rewind Show: Halloween 2019’s Best Junk Food!
Brought to you exclusively is this special edition of The Retro Rewind Show starring Mickey. In this episode, he and his daughter’s are making you aware of the best Halloween themed junk food for the CONTINUE READING…
TRN Podcast 017 – Good and Bad Halloween Treats
This week’s show is sponsored by HalloweenCostumes.com! This week through Oct 12, save 20% off any one item or use our exclusive TRN promo link to save 15% off your next purchase thru October 31, 2019! No coupon CONTINUE READING…