Tag: halloween
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HOLIDAY 2026 RETROSPECTIVE: SCREAM (1996)
STORYLINE: A year after her mother’s death, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of many questions, the main…
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2026 HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE – THE INNOCENTS (1961)
STORYLINE: In Victorian England, the uncle (Sir Michael Redgrave) of orphaned niece Flora (Pamela Franklin) and nephew Miles (Martin Stephens) hires Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) as governess to raise the children at his estate with total independence and authority. Soon after her arrival, Miss Giddens comes to believe that the spirits of the former governess…
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HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE 2026: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993)
STORYLINE: Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion. (IMDb) For the past few years now, I’ve done a series of retrospective blogs, on holiday features. This year, I am starting early, after all Disney gets to start advertising the theme parks…
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PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 (2026)
STORYLINE: A multi generational family of witches, cursed to be loveless for centuries, attempts to break the spell by confronting dark secrets and sacrificing for each other. (IMDb) The Samderson sisters were awakened in 1993’s Hocus Pocus. Elphaba and Gilinda became the witches of Oz in Wicked (2024) and it’s 2025 sequel. …
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Retro Rewind: HALLOWEEN (1978)
STORYLINE: The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15-year-old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death by her 6-year-old brother, Michael. After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween. No one knows, nor wants to find out, what…
