Well, Cochran, I know this much: “HALLOWEEN ENDS” had the same kind of potential as SEASON OF THE WITCH, but it was all shot to shit in favor of a “deader than dead” ending that killed Michael Myers off for good. HALLOWEEN ENDS somewhat followed the formula of the now cult classic, HALLOWEEN III, with something new, fresh, and exciting. taking the franchise in a different direction felt like a breath of fresh air until they completely kicked themselves in the nuts by *SPOILER*, killing Corey and finishing that movie with the very appropriate “trash-bag” ending that we have.
It’s a damn shame, and in the new BLUMHOUSE behind-the-scenes book, “Horror’s New Wave: 15 Years Of Blumhouse” which was sent to me for a review and it is quite the masterful book, actress and Halloween franchise star, Jamie Lee Curtis opens up about the alternate ending that was considered for HALLOWEEN ENDS and quite frankly I’m severely pissed they didn’t go in this direction. It would have changed the tone of the movie entirely, and I feel would have been so much better received by fans and critics alike.
“The original ending of “Halloween Ends”, which was originally titled Halloween Dies, was a scene in a mask factory. You see a conveyor belt of masks being manufactured. They’re all Michael Myers masks, which was saying, “We’re all monsters if we put on the mask. It’s not just Michael, it’s all of us if we wear the mask.” And yet somehow it didn’t satiate. I think it was too intellectual for this finale/ It was a big swing, and I honor and support the big swing.
So basically, they wanted to dumb it down for everybody. Cool.
Here’s the entire passage from the book, including another alternate ending that was scrapped.
Now while that ending, which in my humble opinion, would have been the proper ending, never came to fruition, good ol’ HERE LIES made his own fan edit ending for HALLOWEEN ENDS a whole two years ago before any of this actually came to light via the book! And I’ll just say, they should have hired him as a consultant and I’ll take this ending and splice it into the movie just to satisfy my own bitterness over what could have been.
Sometimes, we just need a master VHS and digital video fan editor to step in and do the studio’s job and the holy horror Lord’s work.
It’s the most wonderful time of year again, and AMC is in full swing with their chainsaws, machetes, and kitchen knives, bringing their annual FEARFEST to our horror-loving eyeballs. Starting September 27th, the annual horror-thon kicks off and runs throughout October, leading up to Halloween night.
And THANK LOOMIS we actually get the 1981 version of HALLOWEEN II this year. It’s not a valid Halloween lineup without it!
Everyone is waiting for the full schedule, but AMC online already has half the schedule completely available for those interested. I’ll keep updating this as the rest of the schedule releases!
Saturday, September 27th
11:00am The Lost Boys
1:00pm Beetlejuice
9:00pm The Lost Boys
11:00pm They Live
Sunday, September 28th
1:00am Pet Sematary
3:00am The Dead Zone
5:30am The Crazies
8:00am Final Destination
10:00am Final Destination 2
12:00pm Final Destination 3
2:00pm The Final Destination
4:00pm Final Destination 5
6:00pmThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
7:08pm The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
8:16pm Ride With Norman Reedus S7 E3
9:19pm The Final Destination
11:19pm Final Destination 5
Monday, September 29th
1:19am The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
6:30am Se7en
9:30am House of Wax
12:00pm The Green Mile
4:00pm Independence Day
7:00pm Signs
9:30pm 28 Days Later
Tuesday September 30th
6:15am 1408
8:45am Independence Day
11:45am Signs
2:15pm The Exorcist
5:00pm The Shining
8:30pm Misery
10:59pm Creepshow
Wednesday October 1st
6:00am Body Snatchers
8:00am They Live
10:00am Pumpkinhead
12:00pm Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
2:00pm Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
4:00pm Halloween
6:00pm Halloween II
8:00pm Halloween III: Season of the Witch
10:00pm The Return of the Living Dead
Thursday October 2nd
12:00am Night of the Living Dead
6:00am Prince of Darkness
8:30am Thirteen Ghosts
10:30am House of Wax
1:00pm Final Destination 3
3:00pm Trick ‘r Treat
5:00pm Friday the 13th
7:00pm Jeepers Creepers
9:00pm Jeepers Creepers 2
11:15pm The Final Destination
Friday October 3rd
6:00am Carrie
8:15am Graveyard Shift
10:15am Misery
12:45pm Christine
2:45pm Carrie
5:00pm It
8:00pm Pet Sematary
10:00pm Pet Sematary Two
Saturday October 4th
12:00am Gremlins
2:30am Fright Night
5:00am Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
7:00am Friday the 13th — A New Beginning
9:00am Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives
11:00am Friday the 13th Part VII — The New Blood
1:00pm Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
3:00pm Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
5:00pm Friday the 13th
7:00pm Friday the 13th, Part 2
9:00pm Friday the 13th Part 3
11:00pm Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Sunday October 5th
1:00am Friday the 13th — A New Beginning
3:00am Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
5:00am A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
7:00am A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
9:15am A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
11:30am A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
1:30pm A Nightmare on Elm Street
3:45pm Freddy vs. Jason
6:00pm The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
7:25pmThe Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
8:50pm The Conjuring
Monday October 6th
6:00am
Invasion of the Neptune Men
6:15am Hellboy
8:15am Stigmata
10:30am House on Haunted Hill
12:30pm The Cabin in the Woods
2:30pm House of Wax
5:00pm Ghost Ship
7:00pm Thirteen Ghosts
9:00pm Jeepers Creepers
11:00pm Cabin Fever
Tuesday October 7th
1:00am Piranha 3D
6:00am Eight Legged Freaks
8:30am Leprechaun
10:30am Pumpkinhead
12:30pm The Thing
3:00pm Pet Sematary
5:00pm Lake Placid
7:00pm Tremors
9:00pm Child’s Play
11:00pm Cujo
Wednesday October 8th
1:00am Anaconda
6:00am The People Under the Stairs
8:30am Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
10:30am Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
1:00pm Candyman
3:00pm Friday the 13th
5:00pm A Nightmare on Elm Street
7:55pm Freddy vs. Jason
10:50pm Jason X
Thursday October 9th
6:00am War of the Colossal Beast
6:15am The Exorcist
9:00am Poltergeist
11:30am Stephen King’s It S1 E1
1:45pm Stephen King’s It S1 E2
4:00pm Christine
6:00pm It
9:00pm The Conjuring
11:30pm Insidious: The Last Key
Friday October 10th
2:15am Voodoo Woman
2:30am Violent Midnight
2:45am Corridors of Blood
6:00am The Creation of the Humanoids
6:15am Corridors of Blood
6:30am Violent Midnight
6:45am A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
9:00am A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
11:00am Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1:00pm Halloween
3:00pm Halloween II
5:00pm Halloween
7:30pm Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
9:30pm Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
11:30pm Tales From the Darkside: The Movie
Saturday October 11th
1:30am Killer Klowns From Outer Space
3:30am The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
5:30am The Cabin in the Woods
7:30am Scream 4
10:00am Final Destination
12:00pm Final Destination 2
2:00pm Final Destination 3
4:00pm The Final Destination
6:00pm Final Destination 5
8:00pm Final Destination
10:00pm Trick ‘r Treat
Sunday, October 12
3:00am They Live
5:00am Fright Night
7:30am A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
9:30am Poltergeist
12:00pm Silver Bullet
2:00pm Christine
4:00pm The Lost Boys
6:00pm The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
S3 E6
7:16pm The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
8:32pm Friday the 13th
10:32pm The Crazies
Monday October 13
6:00am Creepshow
9:00am Child’s Play
11:00am Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1:00pm Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
3:00pm Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
5:00pm Halloween
7:00pm Halloween II
9:00pm Scream 4
11:30pm Final Destination 5
Tuesday October 14th
6:00am Fright Night
8:30am Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
10:30am A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
12:30pm A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
2:45pm A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
5:00pm A Nightmare on Elm Street
7:15pm A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
9:15pm Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
11:45pm The People Under the Stairs
Wednesday, October 15th
6:15am Invasion of the Neptune Men
6:30am The Dead Zone
9:00am Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
11:00am The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
6 pm: Trick ‘r Treat 8 pm: I Know What You Did Last Summer 10:15 pm: Scream 4
Friday October 24th
11:30 am: The Exorcist 2:15 pm: The Shining 5:45 pm: Poltergeist 8:15 pm: The Conjuring 10:45 pm: The Omen (2006) 1:15 am: Insidious: The Last Key
Saturday, October 25
11:30 am: The Exorcist 2:15 pm: The Shining 5:45 pm: Poltergeist 8:15 pm: The Conjuring 10:45 pm: The Omen (2006) 1:15 am: Insidious: The Last Key
Sunday, October 26
11 am: Final Destination (2000) 1 pm: Final Destination 2 3 pm: Final Destination 3 5 pm: The Final Destination (2009) 7 pm: Final Destination 5
Monday, October 27
7 pm: Thir13en Ghosts 9 pm: House of Wax (2005) 11:30 pm: Ghost Ship
Tuesday, October 28
6 pm: Final Destination 5 8 pm: Final Destination (2000) 10: pm: Trick ‘r Treat
Wednesday, October 29
7 pm: Poltergeist 9:30 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 11:45 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Thursday, October 30
2 pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch 4 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 6 pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 8 pm: ; Halloween (2007) 10:30 pm: Halloween (1978) 12:30 am: Halloween II (1981) 2:30 am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch 4:30 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Friday, October 31HALLOWEEN
6:30 am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 8:30 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 10:30 am: Halloween (1978) 12:30 pm: Halloween II (1981) 2:30 pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch 4:30 pm: Halloween (2007) 7 pm: Halloween (1978) 9 pm: Halloween II (1981) 11 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 1 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers 3 am: Halloween (1978)
As we near MORTAL KOMBAT 1995’s 30th anniversary this month, the nostalgia for this live action film based on what we all know as, the goddamn coolest fighting game of the 90s, still holds down as one of the greatest film adaptations of any game in the last thirty years. And that’s not just the nostalgia talking either. The must-see movie for pretty much any kid in the Summer of 1995, wasMORTAL KOMBAT, and it did NOT disappoint regarding staying faithful to what we knew and loved from the video game. The added Fear Factory soundtrack just elevated the shit out of it. And while some characters I feel got sidelined a bit, like Sub-Zero, because I mean, I expected a lot more screen time out of that guy, Scorpion, played by martial artist Chris Casamassa was an absolute highlight of the film. His fight with Linden Ashby (Johnny Cage) left us fans in the theater on the floor screaming with excitement.
And he’s back to do it all over again-from the screen on our phones.
Chris Casamassa has partnered up with Noah Fleder, who plays Kenshi Takahashi in MORTAL KOMBAT 1, for a three-episode series to be released on INSTAGRAM, with the first episode already out and the following two to be released this week. The pair battle it out in an MK-style match, of course, to see who is the ultimate champion!
And I have to say, as a 40 -something-year-old mega MK fan, it’s pretty damn exciting to see this play out and see these guys really embrace these roles, decades later even, to appease the fandom. It brings a bloody tear to my eye.
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