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Every October, we stab them with knives, killing their regular appearances and bringing them to new life with sharpened teeth, ghoulish gazes, and impossibly wide, sinister smiles. We make pumpkins into little monsters every year, but what if they came to life on their own... and wanted revenge for the years of jack-o'-lantern carvings, discarded guts, and baked seeds? Darin Beckstead's Proof of Concept for his planned feature film, Evil Nature, expertly explores this unnerving "what if?" with ample amounts of holiday humor and creature-centric horror. We've been provided with the fun and frightening Evil Nature Proof of Concept to share with Daily Dead readers, along with an exclusive Q&A with director Darin Beckstead.

Press Release -- "The brainchild of filmmaker Darin Beckstead has been unleashed! This two-minute Proof of Concept was inexpensively lensed during a single evening in Los Angeles and Executive Produced by Gilbert Adler (Constantine,...

It looks like the role of Laurie Strode's granddaughter has been cast, giving Michael Myers multiple generations to haunt in the new Halloween movie.

According to The Tracking Board, actress Andi Matichak (Underground, Orange is the New Black) has been cast in one of the lead roles of the new Halloween movie, and it's presumed that she will play the granddaughter of Laurie Strode (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) and the daughter of Karen Strode (played by Judy Greer).

Slated for an October 19th, 2018 release, the new Halloween movie will feature Laurie Strode's "final confrontation with Michael Myers," but with three generations of Strodes set to appear, The Shape will have more than just Laurie to contend with.

While Laurie did have a daughter named Jamie (played by Danielle Harris and J.C. Brandy) and then a son named John (played by Josh Hartnett) in the Halloween sequels, Danny McBride, who...

“Stranger Things” has joined “Twin Peaks,” “Mad Men,” and “Orange is the New Black” as shows so culturally relevant that they’ve merited a “Sesame Street” parody. Continuing a long tradition of making kid-friendly entertainment that’s actually meant to amuse parents, the 48-year-old PBS series recently released “Sharing Things,” an adorable take on Netflix’s Duffer Bros.-created nostalgia trip.

Read More:‘Stranger Things’ Season 3: ‘Chances Are High’ Kali Will Be Back

Like season two of “Stranger Things,” the six-minute send-up opens on Halloween night in Hawkins, Indiana. The Cookiegorgon (Cookie Monster) takes leave from “The Snackside Down” (where he is holding Barb captive), and dons a petaled headpiece to infiltrate our group of trick-or-treating young protagonists. Under a “Ghostbusters” costume, curly wig, and gap-toothed grin, Ernie plays a convincing Dustin, while Grover amps up his skittishness for the role of Lucas.

Of course, the adults fail to...

One of my favorite viewing experiences in 2016 was watching The Barn, Justin M. Seaman's must-watch midnight movie that pays homage to ’80s slashers while introducing a lineup of killer new creatures to haunt your screen on Halloween night. Following its release on DVD (as well as a video game and board game based on the film), The Barn has now been unleashed on a special edition Blu-ray that's brimming with bonus features that are all treats and no tricks:

Press Release: You can now bring home the critically acclaimed and multiple award winning indie Halloween Horror hit 'The Barn' on Blu-ray for $19.99 at www.thebarnmerch.com!

It’s Halloween 1989 and best friends Sam and Josh are just trying to enjoy their last “Devil’s Night” before graduating high school. Trouble soon arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert,...

There can be little doubt that the opening sequence to any movie is possibly one of the most crucial moments in a picture. It often sets the tone for what is to come, and rarely fools the audience into thinking that they are watching a feature in particular that then suddenly changes course. There are exceptions, such as in Alfred Hitchcock‘s ‘Psycho‘ (1960) where, judging by it’s opening, you would be forgiven for thinking that you were about to watch a film about a love-struck secretary turned thief who goes on the run to be with her boyfriend, only then to run into a sharp knife while taking a shower that completely alters the course of what one is experiencing.

But the likes of the above are one in a thousand. Excitement and appeal are huge factors, and it is important to reassure us that what we paid to...

Gather the family around the table, count your blessings, eat lots of food, and then maybe check out the MST3K marathon! Also: a look at Comet TV's November programming, Afm screening details for The Ninth Passenger, Blood Bound, and Occupation, My Neighbors are Dead podcast details, and three clips from Live-Evil.

MST3K Turkey Day Marathon Announced: Press Release: "It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without turkey—cinematic turkey, that is! This Thanksgiving, grab a heaping helping of Mexican three-layer dip and pureed giblets and join your fellow MSTies for the beloved traditional Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon. Hosted by show creator Joel Hodgson and MST3K stars Felicia Day and Jonah Ray, this year’s marathon features six classic episodes of MST3K never before included in a Shout! Factory Turkey Day Marathon.

Starting at 12 pm Et / 9 am Pt on Thursday, November 23rd, the holiday marathon will showcase six classic MST3K episodes,...

With 2017's Halloween season now in the rearview mirror, it's already time to start looking ahead to the autumn of 2018, which will feature the release of the first Halloween movie in nearly ten years. Written by Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, the next installment in the horror franchise has been hinted to take place in a separate timeline from the sequels, and in a recent interview, McBride discussed the "alternate reality" of the new movie and how it may even look at John Carpenter's original film in a different way.

Speaking with Yahoo, McBride had this to say about the timeline of the new Halloween movie:

"We’re kind of ignoring all the films past the first one. It picks up after the first one, but it’s sort of an alternate reality. It’s as if the first Halloween ended in a slightly different way."

In regards...

These photos of a doctor dressed up as Heath Ledger's version of The Joker delivering a baby on Halloween night are both cool and kinda terrifying. The doctor's name is Paul Locus of the Henry County Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and everyone had a sense of humor about it. 

The doctor offered to change before delivering the healthy baby girl to Brittany and Justin Selph, but they thought it would be a fun and unique experience to have The Joker deliver their baby. Justin told Popsugar:

"We couldn't help but laugh, when he walked in the room! My wife, being the open-minded woman, with a sense of humor, thought it would be hilarious to have such a unique delivery."

This whole experience must have felt so unreal and insane! I'm looking at these photos and thinking this just looks so wrong on so many levels. You can check...

Christmas came early at Walt Disney World—on Halloween night, as a matter of fact. In a new YouTube video, Lisa Borotkanics, manager of Disney Holiday Services, unveiled a sneak peek at the park's holiday transformation—and "new décor!"—at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Bay Lake, Fla. "It is a massive park effort. It's an amazing process, everyone working together to transform and make this a winter wonderland," she said. "The most amazing thing to see is the moment the guests come in," she said, "when the park is decorated for Christmas." Starting Thursday, guests can enjoy Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam! at Disney's Hollywood Studios, where buildings and...

It's obvious that something strange and eerie happened on Halloween Night on Dancing with the Stars when both Jordan Fisher and Lindsey Stirling are in the bottom half of the leaderboard.  That's a result of the absurd scoring for the team dances where the judges went out of there wa to praise Team Phantom and give them one of the least-deserved perfect scores I've ever seen on this show.

A doctor who dressed up as the Heath Ledger version of The Joker for Halloween was about to take off his outfit to deliver a baby—until the parents insisted he stayed in costume!

Dr. Paul Locus, an obstetrician at the Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tennessee, was dressed as Batman’s archnemesis on Halloween night but was fully prepared to remove his costume in time to deliver Brittany Selph’s daughter, Oaklyn.

“My wife’s due date was Nov. 5, but that obviously didn’t happen. She woke up Halloween morning to her water leaking,” Brittany’s husband, Justin Selph,...

Police are looking for help in locating a man who attacked another man on Halloween night. The attacker, dressed as Jesus, left his victim, costumed as a Jedi knight, with a broken ankle in Dundee, Scotland. Related: New ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Trailer Returns Luke To The Millennium Falcon For The First Time In Over […]...

The “Stranger Things” boys are big “High School Musical” fans. Appearing on “The Tonight Show”, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Noah Schnapp told Jimmy Fallon about spending Halloween night watching the “High School Musical” films. Wolfhard even admitted that it was the classic Disney Channel film that inspired him to take up basketball. Related: ‘Stranger […]...

There's nothing like Halloween in Hollywood!

Stars went all out celebrating the spookiest day of the year -- not just on Oct. 31, but for practically the whole week leading up to it!

Kelly Clarkson kicked off Halloween weekend with her iHeartRadio Album Release Party at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California, on Oct. 27. The live event included a Q&A session as well as a performance, where she sang a few of her new songs like “Love So Soft” and “Heart,” as well as her classics, including “Because of You” and “Breakaway.”

Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia

Watch: Kelly Clarkson Amazingly Sings 'Since U Been Gone' Backwards

Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley put on costumes to host a family-friendly VIP gaming event with Xbox for their fellow country music artists, athletes and other Nashville celebrities including Cassadee Pope, John Rich, Mat Kearney, Rodney Atkins and Little Big Town. They got to play...

Many people will recognize Millie Bobby Brown as the fantastic actor that stars in the fantastic Netflix Original Stranger Things. What many people may not know is that Brown is surprisingly good at rapping. Halloween night, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Brown does a very brief recap of the first season of Stranger Things via rap. I highly recommend you check it out as it is amazing and it won’t spoil anything from Season 2!

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Lady Gaga as Edward Scissorhands! (Hmmm, she might make a great fit for a future Tim Burton movie.) Icymi we rounded up celebrities who got all dolled up for the holiday on Halloween night - many in movie-themed costumes!

But the pictures kept on coming so here are a handful more. Sarah Michelle Gellar, and more after the jump...

Kylie Jenner is seeing a whole lot of pink. After celebrating Halloween night as an angel with Bff Jordyn Woods, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star got fans talking yet again with her latest look. In a new Instagram post, Kylie showcased her freshly manicured nails that were painted hot pink. She also had a strand of pink diamond butterflies wrapped around her fingers. "Shoot day," she captioned the cryptic post that has received well over 40,000 comments. So what could the colors and upcoming photos be about? Many fans have a theory that the reportedly pregnant reality star could be preparing for a gender reveal. "Soooo maybe it's a girl? Maternity shoot?" one...

Mike Cecchini Nov 2, 2017

The Flash introduces Ralph Dibny, the Elongated Man, in the best episode of the season so far! Spoilers ahead...

This review contains spoilers.

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4.4 Elongated Journey Into The Night

Now that’s more like it!

First of all, allow me to apologise for the lateness of this review. It was Halloween night, so I was out drinking the blood of my enemies or something. Second of all, holy moley I am so happy that I’m happy with Elongated Journey Into The Night. This is the first episode this season where I felt like all the little pieces (and the show’s cranked up sense of humour) have all worked at once.

It’s still a fairly thin story with no real villain to speak of. I don't care this time,...

Airing opposite a well-watched World Series Game 6 and on family friendly Halloween night, This Is Us and The Flash sustained the biggest blows.

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NBC’s This Is Us, which on top of it all led out of a Voice clip show, drew 8.3 million total viewers and a 2.0 demo rating, down 30 percent in the demo yet still dominating the night in that measure. Law & Order True Crime (3.6 mil/0.8) in turn was down 20 percent in the demo.

RelatedThis Is Us Recap: Trick or Bittersweet

Over on The CW, The...

Leave it to Kim Kardashian to come up with an iconic theme for all of her Halloween costumes. The 34-year-old reality star and mom of North and Saint West revealed that she is paying homage to her favorite musical legends this year. On Friday night, Kim and her friend Jonathan Cheban pulled off a spot-on pair costume of Sonny Bono and Cher, which even earned her a compliment from the "Believe" singer herself. Mrs. West also dressed up as Madonna and Michael Jackson at the 1991 Oscars with her sister Kourtney and paid tribute to the late R&B singer Aaliyah as well. Finally, on Halloween night, Kim unveiled her costume as the late Selena Quintanilla. Scroll through and try to keep up with all of Kim's epic Halloween costumes ahead. RelatedThese 2017 Celebrity Halloween Costumes Will Either Make You Lol or Scare the Sh*t Out of You...

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown served up a Halloween night primer on the hit Netflix series when she delivered a rap recap of its first season on The Tonight Show.

"I have to do a recap of Season One so people can watch Season Two and know what they're talking about," Brown told Jimmy Fallon before the Roots dropped a beat.

"Let's go back to Indiana, circa Nineteen Eighty-Three/ Just four boys in the basement chillin' playin' D&D/ There was Lucas there was Willy Will and Dustin, there...

Dave Grohl dressed up as David Letterman when the Foo Fighters frontman served as guest host on Halloween night's Jimmy Kimmel Live.

"I'm Dave Grohl dressed as Dave Letterman sitting in for Jimmy Kimmel, it's confusing, I get it, especially if you're home watching right now stoned to the bone," the guest host said, donning a long white beard and a letterman jacket. Grohl wore the costume for the entirety of the episode.

Grohl's costume was an inspired choice as the Foo Fighters were recruited to perform on the...

Warning: Spoiler alert! Do not proceed if you have not watched Tuesday’s episode of This Is Us.

We now have another clue regarding Jack Pearson's untimely death.

During Tuesday’s episode of This Is Us, titled “The 20’s," fans learn of the exact spot where Kate (Chrissy Metz) was when the Pearson patriarch (Milo Ventimiglia) died.

Midway through the episode, we see 20-something Kate sitting in her car, snacking on fast food French fries in front of a house. She was dressed in a turquoise and black top, the uniform for her job as a waitress while attending college night classes. Tears fill her eyes as she watches dressed-up children laugh and bond over candy on Halloween.

More: 'This Is Us' Reveals a Shocking Secret About Jack's Family: Our 5 Biggest Theories

The spot is later confirmed as the location of where she was when her dad died (and possibly where he was, too...

Need to catch up? Check out the previous This Is Us recap here.

This Is Us‘ Halloween episode contains a flashback to when The Big Three were twentysomethings. And that’s apt on this Halloween evening, because in the years between teenhood and settled-adulthood, Kate, Kevin and (to some degree) Randall are a horror show.

During various time periods contained within the hour, we watch Tessa’s momentous entry into the world (via Randall and Beth’s living room), Rebecca’s first overture from Miguel, Randall’s realization of how he came to be a Pearson and Kate’s unsuccessful...

[To get you into the spooky spirit, the Daily Dead team is spotlighting double features that we think would be fun to watch this Halloween season. Check here for more double feature recommendations and other Halloween 2017 coverage.]

As horror lovers, we tend to spend most of October drowning ourselves in our favorite movies (even more than the rest of the year), revisiting those titles that remind us of the season or which have become an annual tradition. Never is this more true than on Halloween night, when so many of us have our go-to titles without which the holiday wouldn’t be complete: “It’s not Halloween unless I watch The Exorcist,” or “It’s not Halloween unless I watch the remake of The Fog!” Some of you are weird.

I get it. I don’t have any hard and fast rules about what I watch every Halloween, but I always make it a point to watch something. And while I know many of you will turn to the original Halloween or Trick ’r Treat or even Night of the Demons, I want to offer an alternative...

At 3:05 p.m., as throngs of people were beginning to make their daily commute home for Halloween night in Lower Manhattan, a man drove a Home Depot rental truck into pedestrians, killing eight and wounding at least 11.

The bike path was just blocks away from the World Trade Center memorial site, and officials have called the incident an act of terror.

Here’s what we know about the attack so far:

• Eight people were killed and at least 11 were injured when a truck plowed into pedestrians and then hit a school bus on a bike path Tuesday afternoon, very...

What would happen if a group of horror authors spent the night in a haunted house on Halloween night? That intriguing question is explored in Scott Thomas' new book Kill Creek, out now in bookstores from Inkshares, and to celebrate the novel's release, we've been provided with one copy signed by the author to give away to one lucky Daily Dead reader, and we also have a chilling excerpt for readers to enjoy... if they dare.

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Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive (1) copy of Kill Creek signed by author Scott Thomas.

How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:

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It may be Halloween 2017, but many horror fans are already looking forward to next fall when Laurie Strode and Michael Myers have one final confrontation in the new Halloween movie. To celebrate the big "31" on the calendar and look ahead to next year's autumn, Jamie Lee Curtis shared a new photo of her and Michael Myers.

Posted on Curtis' Twitter account with the caption "Some Wounds Never Heal, Michael & I will see you all next Halloween 10/19/18," the new photo features Laurie, The Shape, and a recreation of the shoulder wound Laurie got from her encounter with Michael Myers on Halloween night in 1978.

Slated for an October 19th, 2018 release, the new Halloween movie will feature the return of Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, who will have her "final confrontation with Michael Myers." Judy Greer is also in talks to play Laurie's daughter, Karen, in the new film (if the sequels...

After a seven-year hiatus, the notorious Jigsaw Killer has returned in time to claim Halloween.

But John Kramer’s reign at the top won’t last for long, as David Gordon Green and Jamie Lee Curtis are now in the process of courting Michael Myers back to the fray. As far as horror icons go, Myers is right up there with the greatest (and most terrifying!) creations in film history, so it’s small wonder why Green’s Halloween sequel – dubbed a “reinvention” of the famous franchise – has generated so much excitement.

Sadly, it won’t be with us until 2018, but Jamie Lee Curtis took to Twitter earlier this morning to offer up the next best thing: a tongue-in-cheek teaser for next year’s reboot. Talk about celebrating All Hallow’s Eve in style! Bearing the caption, “some wounds never heal,” Curtis’ scream queen is pictured alongside Michael Myers. Sporting...

Dancing With the Stars' Halloween night was filled with plenty of entertaining treats -- along with one, shocking trick.

At the end of the show, two pairs were sent home in a surprise double elimination: Nikki Bella & Artem Chigvintsev and Vanessa Lachey & Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Now, only six couples remain and will move forward into week eight of the competition. But first, Et's breaking down all the memorable choreography moments from week seven of the competition -- and what the celebs need to do in order to avoid elimination!

Watch: 'DWTS' Halloween Night Slashes 2 Contestants in Surprise Double Elimination -- See Who Got the Axe!

Victoria Arlen & Val Chmerkovskiy -- Viennese Waltz, "The Night We Met" by Lord Huron

Dance highlight: Absolutely gorgeous from beginning to end! Victoria has been a strong dancer since week one of the competition, but continues to improve week after week. This is arguably the most graceful she's looked in the ballroom...

Even though they were a day early, Dancing with the Stars celebrated Halloween last night with some spooky dances and costumes. Dancing With The Stars Halloween Night Recap The evening got doubly scary when the show decided to vote off two couples instead of one. We’ve also gotten to the part of the season where […]

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The team dances on Halloween Night were a lopsided affair on Dancing with the Stars, according to the judges. Team Monster Mash earned a 24 for a very convoluted corn maze routine, and then Team Phantom of the Ballroom got a perfect score for their traditional dance. But did it deserve a 30 and raves from the judges who called it the most exquisite team dance ever?...

For Nikki Bella and Vanessa Lachey, getting cut at the end of Monday's Dancing With the Starswas a real shock.

It was Halloween Night on DWTS, and the episode ended up sending shivers down fans' spines when the show surprised everyone with a double elimination.

Nikki Bella and her pro partner, Artem Chigvintsev, were sent home, as were Vanessa Lachey and her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

While the double elimination took the audience by surprise, it was even more unexpected for Bella, who told Et after the show that getting the axe "definitely hasn't sunk in."

Watch: 'DWTS' Halloween Night Slashes 2 Contestants in Surprise Double Elimination -- See Who Got the Axe!

"I think it may in a few days," she added. "It's sad and it's unfortunate, because I just truly have loved my time here. I've loved this journey that I've been on, I've loved learning how to dance, I've loved meeting Artem and getting to know him...

Drew Scott and Emma Slater took a tumble while channeling their “weirdo” sides on Dancing with the Stars.

After head judge Len Goodman told the Property Brothers star that he delivered an “awkward-looking routine” during week six, Scott wanted to “prove to the judges and America that I still belong here” in week seven.

“Last week, we went full throttle with our dance and then we ended up on the bottom of the leader board. It just kind of rips the heart out of you. I mean, I am working my butt off. And to see how much work that...

*Caution: Spoilers ahead!* It was Halloween night on Monday’s “Dancing With the Stars”, and like any good horror show, the elimination was a real blood bath. After it was announced that there were four couples in jeopardy, things already seemed bleak. Terrell Owens and Cheryl Burke, Drew Scott and Emma Slater, Nikki Bella and Artem Chigvintsev and Vanessa Lachey […]...

Dancing with the Stars handed out tricks, treats and a shocking elimination for Halloween Night.

At the end of the reality dance competition’s two-hour episode on Monday, audiences were surprised to watch two contestants get eliminated in the show’s seventh week.

Each of the eight remaining couples performed a solo dance before they split into two groups and presented their group freestyle dances for the judges: Team Monster Mash (comprised of Terrell Owens, Jordan Fisher, Lindsey Stirling and Nikki Bella) first performed and earned a 24/30 before Team Phantom of the Ballroom (comprised of Victoria Arlen, Vanessa Lachey, Frankie Muniz...

*Caution: Spoilers ahead!*

It was Halloween night on Monday's Dancing With the Stars, and like any good horror show, the elimination was a real blood bath.

After it was announced that there were four couples in jeopardy, things already seemed bleak. Terrell Owens and Cheryl Burke, Drew Scott and Emma Slater, Nikki Bella and Artem Chigvintsev and Vanessa Lachey and Maks Chmerkovskiy all found themselves on the chopping block.

However, after Tom Bergeron was handed a mysterious card by the grim reaper himself, the co-host revealed that Owens and Scott were safe for this week, meaning it all came down to Bella and Lachey.

Photos: The Complete List: 'Dancing with the Stars' Winners

After a tense moment, Burgeron revealed that this week, there would be a surprise double elimination! Meaning both the WWE Diva and the TV personality would have to pack their bags.

As Lachey embraced Chmerkovskiy and Bella hugged Chigvintsev, they said their goodbyes...

Lindsey Stirling powered through some intense pain on Monday's Dancing With the Stars to deliver a spooky, stunning performance for the season's Halloween Night.

Stirling and her partner Mark Ballas dominated last week's DWTS, earning a perfect score for their Argentine tango and coming in at the top of the leaderboard. However, the violinist paid a significant price for their perfection.

"In last week's dance, in the dress rehearsal, I actually displaced a rib," Stirling revealed during a pretaped package. "Now this week, [I'm] trying to find the balance of taking it easy and yet rehearsing."

For Stirling, taking it easy isn't an option she's interested in.

"I have to do things full out if I'm gonna know what it feels like to do them in the performance, and yet I've got this rib that I feel in pretty much every movement," Stirling explained.

Watch: 'DWTS' Star Lindsey Stirling Suffers Rib Injury During Rehearsals

The intense agony of her displaced...

Victoria Arlen is an Espn personality and former Paralympian swimmer and who, at age 11, was diagnosed with a neurological condition and an autoimmune disease, which affected her spinal cord and left her in a vegetative state for four years. Arlen slowly regained the ability to speak, eat, walk, and move and now is competing on season 25 of Dancing with the Stars — and is blogging about her experience on the ABC reality show exclusively for People. Follow Arlen, 22, and her partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy, 31, on Twitter!

Last Monday was an emotional night.

Val and I had worked so hard on our paso...

It's week seven of Dancing With the Stars -- and the ballroom's about to get eerie!

As the eight remaining contestants and their pro partners take the stage on Monday, they'll be dancing to various spooktacular routines ranging from the Charleston to the jive to the tango. Later, the stars will split into two teams, delivering performances we can only imagine will be memorable.

It's Halloween night, and Et's breaking down everything we can expect to see in the ballroom!

Who's on top of the leaderboard?

1. Lindsey Stirling & Mark Ballas: 40/40

2. Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold: 39/40

2. Terrell Owens & Cheryl Burke: 37/40

Who's in danger of elimination?

Drew Scott & Emma Slater received the lowest score from the judges last week, 30/40, followed closely behind by Victoria Arlen & Val Chmerkovskiy, who scored a total of 31 points.

What are the couples dancing to?

Drew Scott & Emma Slater

Charleston, "Remains of the Day" by Danny Elfman

Frankie Muniz & Witney Carson

Contemporary, "Every Breath You Take" by Chase...

A murderous principal, werewolves, a school bus massacre, a demonic pumpkin creature. In lesser hands, these elements combined might signal an overly ambitious, convoluted mess jammed into a tight 82 minutes. Luckily, Trick ’r Treat is quite the opposite: a bold anthology of Halloween tales stitched together like patchwork on a quilt, written and directed by the very capable Michael Dougherty (Krampus). In fact, Dougherty’s cleverly crafted Frankenstein-esque film should be at the top of every seasonal watch list; it’s a Halloween perennial that refuses to stay dead. Here’s why.

Originally set to hit theaters in October 2007, Warner Bros. inexplicably pulled the film from its schedule, despite a young, recognizable cast and seasonal allure. It was rumored to be bumped to the following October, but ended up settling with a straight-to-dvd release in 2009. For whatever reason, the studio’s lack of confidence and treatment of the film stunted...

It's been four years since it was officially announced that Michael Dougherty would write and direct Trick 'r Treat 2. It's been a slow-moving project and since it was announced Doughtery has been busy. He made the Christmas horror film Krampus and he's currently shooting Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

Well, it looks like Dougherty is finally going to get around to making Trick 'r Treat 2! While doing an interview on the podacst Post Mortem (via Dread Central), Dougherty revealed that he will start working on it when he's finished with Godzilla: King of the Monsters:

“My hope is that once Godzilla has been put to rest that I can dive back into [Trick ‘r Treat 2]…I would love to finish writing it in post-production [of Godzilla] and then I’d love to make it my next project.”

Trick ‘r Treat, is my number one favorite Halloween movie of all time. It is the perfect Halloween film.

Ahead of the UK premiere of his latest film Terrifier at the Horror Channel Frightfest Halloween event on Sat 23 Oct, director Damien Leone talks about the ’Art’ of extreme clowning, his debt to Tom Savini and a terrifying Halloween experience…

Art The Clown initially appeared in your 2008 short The 9th Circle, then the 2011 award-winning short Terrifier and in your first feature All Hallow’S Eve. What made you decide to give him a fourth outing?

Up until this point I never felt like I fully showcased Art’s potential. I believe between the short films and All Hallows’ Eve, there only exists about 20 minutes of Art the Clown screen time. For a character who’s done so little, he seems to really resonate with horror fans. After all of the positive feedback, a full length film that focused solely on Art was inevitable.

Art has a very twisted personality – he...

You thrilled to It, now chill to Art the maniacal clown of all your worst nightmares. Appearing initially in director Damien Leone’s 2008 short The 9th Circle, then the 2011 award-winning short Terrifier, horrifying Art returns for his first full-length frightener of the same name.

Here Leone delivers all the gore and much more in this slasher exploitation extravaganza that’s both lip-smackingly disturbing and screamingly shocking. For Art (David Howard Thornton) is back on the silent prowl ready to terrorize three young women on Halloween night and anybody who stands in his dismembering way…

Directed by Damien Leone and starring David Howard Thornton, Jenna Kanell and Catherine Corcoran, Terrifier receives its UK premiere at Horror Channel FrightFest Halloween 2017 on Saturday 28 Oct, Empire Haymarket, 11.00pm.

Art has so much to share. Here's the UK trailer for #Terrifier, coming in 2018! Hit Retweet! pic.twitter.com/39Lmh1WvBu

— Terrifier (@TerrifierFilm) October 27, 2017...

[To get you into the spooky spirit, the Daily Dead team is spotlighting double features that we think would be fun to watch this Halloween season. Check here for more double feature recommendations and other Halloween 2017 coverage.]

There’s nothing quite like an outside threat to bring a family together, especially when that threat is of the undead variety. Siblings may not always get along, but when your sister’s soul is sought by a coven of witches, or when your mom is eyed as an eternal bride by a coffin-dwelling creep, it’s time to take those Sister Sledge lyrics to heart and become a family that can overcome anything—including wicked spells and sharp fangs. Set on respective fateful nights where the future of a homestead hangs in the balance and its up to siblings to save it, Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire and Hocus Pocus are family-friendly films that make for a great double feature during the Halloween season.

Perhaps the less-known of the two films, Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire will likely ring a nostalgic bell for...

Michael Ahr Oct 30, 2017

Stranger Things season 2 is filled with pop culture references and other goodies you may have missed. Here's what our Us chums found...

Warning: contains episode-by-episode spoilers.

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With a series like Stranger Things, which places a lot of weight behind its nostalgia for 80s pop culture, any hidden references, allusions, and homages become key for audience enjoyment, especially for those who were the same age back then as the kids are in the show. Whether it be a song choice with particularly appropriate lyrics, a recognisable image meant to invoke an 80s movie or TV show, or a detail harkening back to season 1, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of all the easter eggs and references here.

Did we miss any? Let us know...

The always awesome Zed Fest Film Festival kicks off its 8th year on Halloween Night, Tuesday, October 31st, and runs through Friday, November 3rd. Our own Staci Layne Wilson has a couple of movies that are playing there so we… Continue Reading →

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Since the first panels premiered on Daily Dead during Comic-Con, we've been excited to showcase artist Jeff Fuller's living dead comic strip Zomics, which finds the macabre humor in the everyday horrors of a zombie apocalypse. Last week we released a Halloween-themed Zomics panel for Daily Dead readers to enjoy, and we're excited to share another trick-or-treating panel today!

This week's installment of Zomics is a reminder that you should think twice about giving out candy on Halloween night in the living dead apocalypse, because you might end up being the treat...

In case you missed Fuller's previous Zomics panels, you can check out all of them in the gallery below, and stay tuned to Daily Dead next Thursday for another installment!

Influenced by Dr. Seuss and The Addams Family creator Charles Addams, Fuller has worked as an award-winning art director for nearly a quarter of a century, garnering multiple Emmy and BDA awards.

Drew Scott has a really good chance at taking home the mirrorball trophy.

The Property Brothers star and his pro partner, Emma Slater, are moving on to week seven of the competition, and getting excited about the possibility of winning season 25 of Dancing With the Stars. Et caught up with Scott over the phone on Wednesday, where he shared behind-the-scenes secrets from his rehearsals with Slater… and revealed what they plan to do with the prize if they do win!

"Emma says she wants a custom built-in in her living space for her mirrorball, or I guess, [hopefully] two mirrorballs," the 39-year-old Hgtv reality star explained. "I was like, 'Oh, yeah. I'll build some nice custom thing for you, no problem.'"

"I want something where it's the first thing I see when I wake up and the last thing I see when I go to bed," he continued. "So, I'll just reverse mount the mirrorball on the ceiling...

MacGyver + the Bermuda triangle + Halloween night + the bone-chilling ring of a rotary phone = :-O, as seen in an exclusive sneak peek from this week’s episode of the sophomore CBS drama.

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In the episode “Skull + Electromagnet” – which this Friday airs at a special time, 9/8c (leading out of the animated Michael Jackson’s Halloween special, in which MacGyver‘s Lucas Till has a starring voice) — the team is pulled away from their Halloween plans when they head into the dreaded Bermuda Triangle to retrieve the Vice President’s son after his...