Bill Bodden's Blog - Posts Tagged "halloween"

With halloween only a week away, I'd like to recommend a few films to help inspire the Halloween Spirit. Not all of them are, strictly speaking, scary, but all of them capture aspects of the holiday, and many can be viewed ...

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You would think that, as a writer of (among many other things!) horror, I'd be a fan of Hallowe'en -- and you'd be correct; I AM a fan of Hallowe'en. In fact, the decorations didn't get put all the way away in the basement: the bins are still in the garage where they ended up last year. A favorite pre-Hallowe'en ritual around our place is to visit all the various specialty holiday shops (you know, the ones that pop up in large empty storefronts in August and are closed and empty again by November 2) to see what's new this year. We can also get a pretty good indication of what themes are most popular, as usually there's a deeper stock of those than anything else.

Last year, we bought something new: it's a...

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'Tis the season, and all that.

A great deal of my published writing has involved vampires in one way or another so it seems only fitting that I share a few of my favorite vampire films during this most festive of seasons.

I realize there are TONS of vampire films out there, and nearly as many "best of" lists pertaining to them, but hear me out, please: not all vampires are created equal, and some are downright ludicrous. This list will be, I hope, a few new films for you to check out, plus some favorites and a few classics. A couple of them I've recommended before, but all of them are quality films for your viewing pleasure. So without further ado...

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