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The Original ‘Halloween 3’ Teaser Trailer Was Pretty Great
The night NO ONE comes home.
For many years, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch was the bastard child of the Halloween franchise. The 1982 film took a huge risk by attempting to re-brand the series as an anthology of unrelated tales, but when fans just weren’t into the idea, Michael Myers was brought back into the fold. These days, however, Halloween 3 is a HUGE fan-favorite.
It may have taken a couple decades, but the oddball third installment has finally been embraced for what it is rather than disregarded for what it’s not, and many fans have come to realize that the Halloween film without Michael Myers in it is actually a whole lot better than some of the films he was in. The bold move has paid off all these years later, and it’s kind of wonderful.
Halloween 3 was released on October 22nd, 1982, and audiences got their first taste of the film earlier that year thanks to a teaser trailer that was nothing short of a total mystery. In the 40-second tease, a spider emerges from the mouth of a witch mask and then a set of eyes appear within the mask… and that’s really it. Can you imagine how confused people must have been, seeing this back in ’82? ‘Where’s Michael Myers?!’ they must’ve thought. ‘What the hell is this?!’
They just don’t make teasers like this anymore. Check it out below!
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.
A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.
Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.
Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”
“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.
“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”