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Big ‘Halloween’ 40th Anniversary Event Planned for California in October

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This year is a big one for the Halloween franchise, as not only is David Gordon Green’s sequel to John Carpenter’s classic – which brings back Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Castle! – set for release in October, but it’s also the 40th anniversary of the original. Halloween Daily News confirms today that the franchise is celebrating big time.

The site reports this week…

“Sean Clark (Horror’s Hallowed Grounds; Convention All Stars), who helped organize the 25 Years of Terror event in 2003 and went on to head up the event himself for the 30 Years of Terror and 35 Years of Terror reunions, recently told Halloween Daily News that there is definitely going to be a major event happening in 2018 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the classic Halloween.”

Additionally, they note that the event will be held in Pasadena, California, where the original Halloween was filmed. Naturally, it’ll be taking place in October.

Stay tuned to Halloween Daily News for updates.

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Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Is Now Available to Watch at Home!

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After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.

You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!

Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.

Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”

“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.

She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.

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