Halloween Online Magazine - The Official Magazine of Halloween

The Official Magazine of Halloween

Here you'll find some of the best in Halloween horror classics, documentaries and informational television shows to help make your Halloween season the spookiest ever!

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CONTENTS
	Featured Articles Articles from the staff of Halloween Online and beyond.
	Makeup & Costumes Halloween Costume ideas & Makeup techniques.
	Special FX & Props Build your own Special FX and Props for your Halloween haunt.
	Pumpkin Carving 101 Pumpkin carving lessons and tips for Halloween.
	Halloween Safety Safety information and tips for a safe Halloween.
	Halloween Toys Lots of creepy action figures and more for Halloween.
	Halloween Games 13 games for kid's parties. Can be modified for adults.
	Halloween Traditions Halloween Traditions and Party plans for the Dark Month.
	Dark Decorations Create your own creepy decorations for Halloween night.
	Hardcopy Showcase Reviews of Halloween related videos, books, zines and music.
	Tricks and Treats Check out our growing cookbook of Halloween recipes.

OUR TOP 13 FAVORITE HORROR FILMS

Halloween (1979)
Low-budget, now-classic slasher film about a masked murderer stalking sexually indulgent teenagers. A huge critical and popular smash, it still provides enough chills, suspense, and blood to please today's genre fans.
Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis
Director: John Carpenter
Rating: R
Runtime: 93 minutes

Halloween II (1981)
This one didn't do quite as well as the first, critics didn't like it but was equally entertaining. Takes up at the end of the first one and we find out why Michael is so intent on killing Laurie Strode.
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Runtime: 92 minutes
Rating: R

Halloween: H20 (1998)
The sixth sequel. In fact, if you watch 1, 2 and H20, you'll be all set. This one takes up 20 years later, Laurie is a functioning alcoholic running a prep school. She's haunted by what happened on that Halloween night long ago.
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Williams
Director: Steve Miner
Runtime: 92 minutes
Rating: R

Halloween 3 - Season of the Witch (1982)
Most people hate this movie. I don't know why. If you forget the title, it stands alone very well. It has nothing to do with the first two Halloween films, this time there's a plot by a warped Irish toy maker to kill children on Halloween.
Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Runtime: 98 minutes
Rating: R

Evil Dead (1982)
Influential, ultra-gross horror/thriller about young campers battling body-possessing demons. Despite its shoestring budget, this stylish cult classic's ample gore and oddball humor have made it a favorite!
Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss
Director: Sam Raimi
Rating: NR
Runtime: 85 minutes

Hocus Pocus (1993)
A very fun 1993 ghoulish, campy comedy about witches appearing in present-day America during Halloween. The Sanderson sisters come back to avenge being hanged in 1663. Two teens and a little sister have to stop them from ruining the town of Salem, Mass. Beautiful scenery and sets!Stars: Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy
Director: Kenny Ortega
Rating: PG
Runtime: 93 minutes

Practical Magic (1998)
We loved this 1998 film, you have good acting and great special effects along with a very cute story line. The Owens women family curse dooms men they love to early death. When an unexpected death occurs, all Hell breaks lose.
Stars:Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman
Director: Griffin Dunne
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 120 minutes

Scream (1997)
A killer stalks teens in this sometimes silly, always suspenseful and violent tribute to horror genre. Filled with in-jokes, this movie is a must for horror lovers! One of our favorite Wes Craven films of all times!
Stars: Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Courtney Cox
Director: Wes Craven
Rating: R
Runtime: 100 minutes

Beetlejuice (1988)
Giddy, outlandish, high-spirited comic fantasy about pesky poltergeists trying to frighten away new homeowners. Very appealing for kids, special effects aficionados, those with active imaginations who enjoy offbeat fare.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin
Director: Tim Burton
Runtime: 92 minute
Rating: PG

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Tim Burton's innovative stop-motion animated musical about Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, who becomes enthralled by Christmas. He's the head of Halloweentown, so this causes some problems. Great for young and old!
Starring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara
Director: Henry Selick
Runtime: 79 minutes
Rating: PG

It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown! (1966)
How can you get into the Halloween spirit without watching this?? It's a definite classic for young and old. Linus is waiting for the Great Pumpkin while those around him trick or treat. Will he be rewarded for his vigilance?

Starring: Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy
Runtime: 25 minutes
Rating: Not Rated

The Halloween Tree (1993)
Although this is an animated film for kids, adults will love it as well. An adventure reveals the magical secrets of past and present Halloweens. Ages 5-8.

Starring: Lindsay Crouse, Leonard Nimoy
Runtime: 70 minutes
Rating: Not Rated

The Haunted History of Halloween
50 minutes AAE-40208
This tape is a must-have for any Halloween fanatic. On October 31, when pint-sized ghouls and goblins knock on doors, they're actually carrying on a tradition that goes back thousands of years to the Celtic tribes of northern Europe. For centuries this night has celebrated mystery and chaos, a time between summer and winter, a time between life and death. Host Harry Smith leads this 3,000 year tour through the history of the quintessentially pagan holiday which has survived to become one of America's most popular holiday.