Houses of Horror: Halloween 1978
Halloween is my all-time favorite Horror movie and being from Chicago, I was in awe of the fact that the movie took place in Illinois. I remember thinking, “Where is Haddonfield, Illinois? And if it doesn’t exist, in what Illinois town did they shoot this movie?” It wasn’t long before I discovered that the movie was shot in West Hollywood … Continue reading
Michael Myers and his Quick Massacre Technique
The Quick Massacre is a Michael Myers rampage that lasts a relatively short while and results in at least 3 on-screen casualties. Excluded from this category are: longer sprees (such as Michael’s killings in the hospital throughout HalloweeN II); bloodbaths with an unknown death toll (e.g. Michael’s assault on the police station in Halloween 4); and deaths that cannot be clearly … Continue reading
Katee Sackhoff Autographs from HalloweeN Resurrection
For this writer, Katee Sackhoff is known mainly as Jen from Halloween: Resurrection. Years after filming H8, Katee went on to find worldwide fame as Kara Thrace a.k.a. Starbuck on the television series Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009). Katee’s work on Battlestar earned her critical praise and awards. I never watched Battlestar Galactica. I’m also culpable of not catching The Education of … Continue reading
Haddonfield Citizens: Tim Strode of Halloween 6
Tim Strode had genius level IQ (compared to the rest of the Strode family, that is). He was the son of John Strode and Kim Darby. Tim had a penchant for copying other people’s work at Junior College (he was denied entry to Haddonfield University because Professor Mixter said that Tim wasn’t Penske material). Though he wasn’t charged with plagiarism, … Continue reading