by Erin Nicole
Welcome to October on the Shattered Lens!
Here’s hoping this month finds you with joy, family, friends, fiends, ghouls, and ghosts!
Today is also the start of the Shattered Lens’s annual horrorthon! Sit back, enjoy the reviews, the art, and the music videos, and have a great month of ghoulish fun!
by Erin Nicole
Welcome to October! October is a big month here at the Shattered Lens. It’s the month when we devote the majority of our time to the horror genre. It’s time for our annual Horrorthon! Last year, we had a record number of Horrorthon posts. I’d love to break that record this year but mostly. I just want this year’s Horrothon to be fun for both our writers and our readers!
Here’s what I’m looking forward to in October!
October’s going to be a great month and those of us at TSL can’t wait to celebrate it with you! What are you looking forward to in October?
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, we pay tribute to the year 1978! It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 1978 Films
Halloween (1978, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Dean Cudney)
Dawn of the Dead (1978, dir by George Romero, DP: Michael Gornick)
Starcrash (1978, dir by Luigi Cozzi, DP: Paul Beeson and Roberto D’Ettorre Piazzoli)
Salem’s Lot (1978, dir by Tobe Hooper, DP: Jules Bremmer)
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy 77th birthday to one of this site’s favorite filmmakers and a patron saint of the independent spirit, the great John Carpenter!
In honor of the man and his legacy, here are….
6 Shots From 6 John Carpenter Films
Halloween (1978, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Dean Cudney)
The Fog (1980, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Dean Cudney)
Escape From New York (1981, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Dean Cundey)
The Thing (1982, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Dean Cundey)
Prince of Darkness (1987, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Gary B. Kibbe)
They Live (1988, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Gary B. Kibbe)
Another Halloween has come and gone and another Horrorthon has come to a close. We hope you have had a wonderful October and that the Thanksgiving month brings you much to be grateful for!
And remember, just because you didn’t see the Great Pumpkin this year, doesn’t mean that he won’t be there for you next October. As always, Linus puts it best:
To all of our readers and from all of your friends at the Shattered Lens, thank you.
This scene is from It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! It’s a crime that this wonderful and sweet animated special is no longer aired during the holidays. No wonder the Great Pumpkin hasn’t been seen this year!
What I love about this scene is that you can actually see the rock getting tossed into Charlie Brown’s bag while all of the other trick-or-treaters got candy. Everyone in the neighborhood knows which ghost is Charlie Brown and they’ve all decided to give him rocks!
Poor Charlie Brown!
From the original and still the best Halloween.
“Was that the Boogeyman?”
For you Halloween listening pleasure, here is Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, interpreted by the great Christopher Lee!
Enjoy!
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films is all about letting the visuals do the talking.
Today’s director is the man who put Halloween on the map and a personal favorite of everyone here at TSL, John Carpenter!
4 Shots From 4 John Carpenter Films
Halloween (1977, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Dean Cundey)
They Live (1988, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Gary B. Kibbe)
In The Mouth of Madness (1994, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Gary B. Kibbe)
The Ward (2010, dir by John Carpenter, DP: Yaron Orbach)
Happy Halloween!
The afternoon hours are approaching and soon, the sun will go down and the trick or treaters will be demanding candy. If you’re still having a hard time reaching the status of being fully alert on this all-important day, why not have some coffee with Boris Karloff? From 1966, here is Boris Karloff for Butternut coffee:
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