Scream Queens – Season 1, Episode 6: “Seven Minutes in Hell”

FOX's Scream Queens Season 1, Episode 6: "Seven Minutes in Hell" Directed by Michael Uppendahl Written by Ryan Murphy * For a review of the previous episode, "Pumpkin Patch" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Beware of Young Girls" - click here This week's Scream Queens begins awesomely with a vote for Kappa …

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Scream Queens – Season 1, Episode 5: “Pumpkin Patch”

FOX's Scream Queens Season 1, Episode 5: "Pumpkin Patch" Directed & Written by Brad Falchuk * For a review of the previous episode, "Haunted House" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Seven Minutes in Hell" - click here The fifth episode of Scream Queens kicks off with Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts) and the …

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Scream Queens – Season 1, Episode 4: “Haunted House”

FOX's Scream Queens Season 1, Episode 4: "Haunted House" Directed by Bradley Buecker Written by Brad Falchuk * For a review of the previous episode, "Chainsaw" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Pumpkin Patch" - click here Chanel Oberlin: "I own Halloween. It's my jam." The opening scene is excruciatingly funny …

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Scream Queens – Season 1, Episode 3: “Chainsaw”

FOX's Scream Queens Season 1, Episode 3: "Chainsaw" Directed by Ian Brennan Written by Ian Brennan (also writer of Cooties) * For a review of the previous episode, "Hell Week" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Haunted House" - click here The beginning of this episode sees Grace (Skyler Samuels) and Zayday (Keke Palmer) …

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Scream Queens – Season 1, Episode 2: “Hell Week”

FOX's Scream Queens Season 1, Episode 2: "Hell Week" Directed by Brad Falchuk Written by Ian Brennan/Brad Falchuk/Ryan Murphy * For a review of the previous episode, "Pilot" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Chainsaw" - click here The "Pilot" ended with the Red Devil - masked and mysterious - running over …

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Scream Queens – Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot”

FOX's Scream Queens Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot" Directed by Ryan Murphy Written by Ian Brennan (Cooties)/Brad Falchuk/Ryan Murphy * For a review of the next episode, "Hell Week" - click here Just to start, I loved Ian Brennan's writing and acting in Cooties, as well as the fact I'm a huge fan of the Brad Falchuck-Ryan …

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Halloween II: One of the Few Perfect Slasher Sequels

Halloween II. 1981. Directed by Rick Rosenthal. Screenplay by John Carpenter & Debra Hill. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer, Lance Guest, Pamela Susan Shoop, Hunter von Leer, Dick Warlock, Leo Rossi, Gloria Gifford, and Tawny Moyer. Dino De Laurentiis Company. Rated R. 92 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★★ (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) There …

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John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN: Enduring Decades of Fear

John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN is as good today as in 1978. Well, Father Gore wasn't alive then, but he's sure it was scary then, too.