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I Know What You Did Last Summer Is Back!

The Retro Network

When I heard about the I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot I was less than excited. The original movie took the Halloween season of 1997 by storm, as did the sequel in 1998. CONTINUE READING…

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John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams: The Master of Horror Returns to TV

Pitfall Gary

John Carpenter is one of the most iconic horror filmmakers of all time, with classics like Halloween, The Thing, Christine and The Fog. His work is known for its suspenseful pacing and memorable scores. He CONTINUE READING…

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The Life & Times of Freddy Krueger

Adam Pope

It’s October 1989, I am walking around my elementary school black top dressed as Superman, in a homemade costume my Mom sewed for me, as part of our annual Halloween parade. There’s a devil in CONTINUE READING…

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Universal Monsters: A Retrospective in Toys

Stacey

Like most toy collectors, I have a few collections within my overall toy collection. One of those collections is monster toys. Though technically Halloween season is their time to shine, I love seeing monsters on CONTINUE READING…

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TV Treasures: Kolchack The Night Stalker

Mickey Yarber

While he will always be remembered as the perpetually grumpy patriarch (and proud owner of a certain long-legged lamp) in A Christmas Story, actor Darrin McGavin endeared himself to audiences as the frumpily dressed reporter, Carl CONTINUE READING…

Article

Retro Pull List for October 2021

Kevin Decent

It’s spooky season once more. Will those frights in the night show up on comic book racks as well? Stock up on your body bags and boards for this extra sized pull list. For something CONTINUE READING…

Podcast

The Run In: Hot Tag with Howard Wong and Josh Stafford

Kevin Decent

On today’s episode of the Hot Tag, welcome co-writers of the new comic Damned Cursed Children, Howard Wong and Josh Stafford. Damned Cursed Children debuts this Wednesday January 27 with art by Robin Simon Ng CONTINUE READING…

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Castlevania: Season 3 Review

Pitfall Gary

Disclaimer: The events in Castlevania Season 2 directly impact Season 3. I’ll try to keep this as spoiler free as possible. Any spoilers are unintentional, but really, you’ve had six months of lock down to CONTINUE READING…

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Castlevania: Season 1 and 2 Review

Pitfall Gary

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…

Podcast

TRN Podcast 065: Horror Movies Flickchart

Jason Gross

In this week’s “Time Machine,” Jason and Mickey head over to Flickchart and reveal their Top 10 Horror Movies and highest ranked flicks they haven’t seen. TRN Podcast is sponsored this week by HalloweenCostumes.com, the CONTINUE READING…

Article

Parts Unknown Movie Review

Kevin Decent

Parts Unknown will crawl into your head and never leave. From my initial watch of the film to now I have over analyzed and debated every insane twist and turn that takes place in just CONTINUE READING…

Article

Top 5 Christmas Movies for the Horror Movie Fan

Pitfall Gary

I know what your thinking…Christmas horror movies? How can that be? Well, sometimes bad things happen on Christmas too. The Christmas season is a wonderful time of year, but sometimes the lines are too long, CONTINUE READING…

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