Tag: halloween

The Cinefessions Podcast – Episode 62 – Rob Zombie Retrospective – Halloween (2007)

Welcome to episode 62 of The Cinefessions Podcast! This week, Branden, Ashe, and Marc continue the seven-episode Rob Zombie Retrospective Arc with a review of Halloween from 2007. There is also an ongoing contest to win Sex World on Blu-ray, and a HorrorPack Unboxing on-air! Do you want to be a part of The Cinefessions…


The Cinefessions Podcast – Episode 08 – The Top 5 Halloween Special

Welcome back to The Cinefessions Podcast! We are topping off the 13 Days of Halloween in the best way we know how: with a new podcast episode! This time, the crew goes over five Top 5 lists, all horror related. We list our top five horror films, remakes/sequels we want to see, horror performances, sequels,…


13 Days of Halloween: Day 12 – Chris Ranson on the Halloween Series

A Cinefessions Series Review is a periodic column that sees one or more writers watching and reviewing an entire film series. Cinefessions considers any film franchise that has two or more films a series, and thus available for review in this column. This is a way to get a quick look at an entire collection…


Movie Review – Halloween (2007)

Title: Halloween (2007) Runtime: 109 minutes Director: Rob Zombie — I’m a huge fan of the films of Rob Zombie. He has a unique and disturbing vision for cinema, and his movies are more than just the gore-fests they may appear to be on first glance. This remake, for example, does an excellent job setting…


Movie Review – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

Title: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Runtime: 96 minutes Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard — *This review contains spoilers for Halloween 4 and Halloween 5.* The beginning of Halloween 5 picks up exactly where part 4 ends, but that’s just to show how Michael survives another implausible situation. The bulk of the film takes place exactly one year later: Jamie…


Movie Review – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Title: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Runtime: 88 minutes Director: Dwight H. Little — As everyone knows by now, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is not canon to the Michael Myers story, and even though I love that underrated gem, I decided to skip it during this marathon just to keep everything straight. Halloween…


Movie Review – Halloween II (1981)

Title: Halloween II (1981) Runtime: 92 minutes Director: Rick Rosenthal — SPOILER WARNING: This is a review of the theatrical cut of Halloween II, and will contain spoilers for the original Halloween (1978). I tell ya, if I was Laurie Strode, I don’t think I’d ever leave my house again, because between Halloween and Halloween…