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Inferno (1980)

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  HALLOWEEN REVIEWS 2026 Writer/Director: Dario Argento Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi, Sacha Pitoeff, Alida Valli, Veronica Lazar, Gabriele Lavia, Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. Various characters converge on an old hotel in New York, which may be the abode of one of a trio of witches who exert tremendous influence over the world.  I’m trying to give Dario Argento a chance, but I’m finding that his aesthetic is just not for me.  Even his masterpiece, “Suspiria,” struck me as an overwrought, confused, dull exercise in storytelling (albeit with a good climax), but “Inferno” is no “Suspiria.”  I’ve read what his admirers say about his brilliant palette of colors, and yes, it is very pretty to look at.  They also applaud his sense of dream logic, which just strikes me as a lack of logic.  His characters always seem to be wandering through labyrinthine buildings and crawling through glass.  I am also struck by his affini...
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Snow Death! (Marvel Team-Up #37) (1975)

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  HALLOWEEN REVIEWS 2026 Author: Gerry Conway Artists: Sal Buscema-Vinnie Colletta  Spider-Man, the Frankenstein Monster, and Agent Klemmer have walked in on Baron von Shtupf with his new pet. Man-Wolf escapes through a window with Agent Klemmer, and the distraction leaves Spidey and Frankie vulnerable. But though they’ve been restrained and prepped for the Baron’s dissecting laser, there’s obviously still time for a long gloating speech. Meanwhile, Man Wolf and Agent Klemmer get acquainted and fight wolves and cower.   Klemmer manages to escape while her captor is hunting food, and a Man Wolf’s heart is broken. Spidey and Frankie escape their trap, and the Monster Maker comes to a rather anticlimactic end. Then it’s off to track the Man Wolf and his captive. They’ve been making a love connection, 70s-style. All misunderstandings are cleared up. Did I say all misunderstandings? Read the room, guys. This story plays with who is a monster vs. who is human; Man-Wolf’s dual n...
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The Mist (2007)

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  HALLOWEEN REVIEWS 2026 Director: Frank Darabont Writers: Frank Darabont, based on the novella by Stephen King Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen, Nathan Gamble After a sudden storm cuts the power in a small Maine community, an alien ecosystem invades our world in the form of a mist that conceals horrifying monsters.  Frank Darabont, a cinematic translator of Stephen King perhaps rivaled only by Rob Reiner, delivers a powerful film that remains faithful to its source material right up until the shocking end, a change that has been praised by King himself.  Besieged in a grocery store, a large cast of characters divide into those who try to deal with the crisis rationally and those who succumb to their more primitive natures due to superstition and fear, a theme that is always relevant but never more so than now.  Excellent creature design and practical effects resu...
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