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Spend Halloween With Haddonfield On Facebook

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Written by Patti Pauley

Facebook is riddled with so many community fan pages dedicated to cater to our guilty pleasures that we could virtually choke on them. The immortal horror classic Halloween (1978) is sure as shit no exception to the endless community pages that feature Haddonfield’s original bad boy. However, there is a batch of these said fan pages that connect together so brilliantly that it will bring any fan of John Carpenter’s classic hours of entertainment. That my friends, is the connected pages of the residents of Haddonfield.

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Yep. Each and every resident of Haddonfield, Illinois has their very own Facebook page and they interact with each other more often than not, quite humorously by tagging each other in ridiculous statuses that throw back to scenes in the films and just posting about their daily lives leading up to their favorite holiday- Halloween.

 

 

 

And in case you were wondering, we even got one for good ol’ Ben Tramer.

 

 

A couple of Halloween enthusiasts have been posing as the locals of Haddonfield for a few years now, and while they remain active throughout the year, as each October approaches the pages flourish with updates about the characters leading to complete chaos on the 31st. The night boils over into events that occur into Halloween II , so just like the rest of us, Laurie Strode sends us updates from her stay at Haddonfield Memorial.

Even the most minor characters have Facebook pages, which makes it that just more enjoyable to avid fans to the franchise. We even got Mr. and Mrs. Elrod in on the shenanigans. That’s dedication people. And it’s beautiful. So damn beautiful.

Of course, we always need to stay up to date with the good doctor of the franchise Sam Loomis and his daily updates on his most interesting patient.

 

Stay in the damn car this time! Ugh. He never listens to me..

I myself have been following this debacle for about three years and every year it seems to be better than the last. This dedicated group of Halloween aficionados go above and beyond into keeping this alive and entertaining without it falling into a boring pattern of events leading into the inevitable. Why I’ve waited this long to tell the rest of you readers about it, is nothing short of a complete fail on my part. However, i beg for you to forgive me on this most glorious holiday of the year. Perhaps a little life advise from Budd Scarlotti will appease the lot of you.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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28 years later

Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

28 Days Later

The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

The Burning

The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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