Halloween

  • Movie News

John Carpenter on Halloween Ends, Music v. Movies, and a Thing Sequel

John Carpenter is a man of few words whose massive stature in the film world has only grown thanks to…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Jamie Lee Curtis Signs Contract on Kimmel Promising No More Halloween Films

Jamie Lee Curtis is well aware that not everyone thinks Halloween Ends, the third film in her new Halloween trilogy,…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Boba Fett Trailer; Box Office Rebound; Vanilla Ice; Wolf Talk

Box office bounced back last month; Dune keeps it going; Vanilla Ice looks back on a movie he made 30…

3 years ago
  • Interviews

John Carpenter Talks Remakes and the “Insane Business” of Horror Moviemaking

In Hollywood these days, it sometimes seems easier to find an actor who’ll admit to having had plastic surgery than…

3 years ago
  • Winter 2019

Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival 2018: Boundary-Pushing International Fare Thrives Amid Foliage of Upstate New York

A sleepy college town in late fall. Changing leaves and crisp air. It’s a peaceful autumn idyll for some, a…

5 years ago
  • MM Guide 2019

Looks That Kill: Eleven Horror DPs Reveal the Tricks and Tech Behind the Year’s Scariest Shooting Schemes

Scary movies this year have ranged from high-profile reboots to independent breakouts to ambitious microbudgeters, and they all have one…

5 years ago
  • Festivals

Fantastic Fest 2018: Peak Programming and Premieres and a Self-Reflective Tone Shape the Austin Hotspot’s 13th Year

At its heart, Fantastic Fest is not simply a film festival: It's a weeklong experience of controlled extremity, in which…

6 years ago
  • Screenwriting

Keep It Simple, Keep It Relentless: Halloween‘s David Gordon Green and Danny McBride On Horror Screenwriting

Horror master John Carpenter's 1978 classic Halloween has become so indelibly etched into the cultural consciousness, so synonymous with the…

6 years ago
  • Book Reviews

Book Review: Ad Nauseam is a Charming Trip Through Curated ’80s Horror Newsprint Ads

Like your favorite fright flick marathon, Michael Gingold’s Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares from the 1980s is a nostalgic trip through '80s horror.…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Festival Beat: Beyond Fest Founders On Building A Genre Festival From Goblin to Cronenberg

Among their many eccentric counterparts over the years, insect politicians, Haddonfield historians and bitchin’ scary German guys are three of…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

2018 Beyond Fest Preview: Five Screenings to Catch at Los Angeles’ Expertly Programmed Genre Festival

Returning for the sixth time, Beyond Fest continues to build on its reputation as the home to all of Los…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Festival Spotlight: HorrorHound Director Jason Hignite on the Genre Convention’s Evolution into Adding a Film Festival

Lurking in the midwestern shadows of Indianapolis and Cincinnati lies something full of more horror than any convention center could…

6 years ago
  • Other

Snapshots of a Set: The Importance of Dedicated Unit Still Photography for Your Production

Throughout my 20 years working in the film and television, I have observed still photography to be among the most…

6 years ago
  • MM Guide 2018

Scaring Up Funds: How to Acquire Investors When Your Movie’s in Horror, the Most Profitable Genre of Them All

We’ve all heard the stories. Paranormal Activity, a film with a budget slightly less than a used Honda, made $193…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

ICYMI: The Best of October 2016 on Moviemaker.com

Take a break from crafting that last-second DIY costume to revisit the best articles of October 2016 on moviemaker.com. We've picked out…

8 years ago
  • Fall 2015

The End of Your Trope: Three Gendered Horror Conventions and Ideas for Putting Them to Death

When MovieMaker first asked me to write a piece about female tropes in the movies, I misread the email and…

8 years ago
  • Fall 2015
  • Producing

The Evils of Franchising Your Horror Film: Should You Attempt World Domination?

To successfully establish a horror franchise is to achieve some level of film industry transcendence. Something you made is granted…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • Inside MM - Other
  • Summer 2015

10 Classic Films and What You Can Steal From Them: Courtesy of The Wolfpack

Watching movies is escape: It’s a tired cliché, but one brought hauntingly to life in first-time director Crystal Moselle’s startling…

9 years ago
  • Editing
  • How They Did It

How They Did It: Inserting Cuts into a Oner in Don’t Look Back

Microbudget director William Dickerson (Detour, The Mirror, Shadowbox) doesn't believe in the traditional mandate to get as much as coverage…

9 years ago
  • Articles
  • blog-test

Halloween Retro-SPOOK-tive: Drew Goddard – The Genre Slayer by Bryan Reesman

"Trick or Treat? Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat!" MovieMaker is preparing for Halloween by digging into…

11 years ago
  • MM Guide 2013
  • Other

Cheap Effects: Ways to Pull Off Impressive FX in a Pinch

When it comes to a movie of any budget, good storytelling is always key. Sometimes, though, part of that storytelling…

11 years ago
  • Documentary

Halloween Retro-SPOOK-tive: Navigating the Labyrinth of Room 237

Nobody ever forgets the Overlook Hotel and its wintry garden labyrinth, that elevator slowly gushing rivers of blood, the crayon-scrawled…

11 years ago