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Steel City Con has quickly become one of Pittsburgh’s most consistent and populated conventions. Emanating from the Monroeville area, this pop culture celebration gathers about four times per year. In a world full of over-saturation and parody, the Steel City Con continues to grow in size and stature with each passing event. …

All good things must come to an end. At least that’s how the old saying goes. Will that be true of the venerable Halloween film franchise? That’s what Universal Studios would have us believe! The latest, perhaps final, installment, HALLOWEEN ENDS, is coming in October. Universal gave us a first …

John Carpenter’s masterpiece, THE THING (1982), turns 40 years old in 2022. The film returned to theaters recently thanks to Fathom Events. I don’t know about you, but personally, I’d love to watch it on the big screen at least once a year. About the only thing I love as …

It’s hard to believe, but John Carpenter’s THE THING (1982) turns 40 years old in 2022. It’s my favorite horror movie of all time. It may very well be my favorite movie of all time, period. I love it, and I have a long history with it. I’m not quite …

Many consider John Carpenter’s THE THING (1982) to be one of the greatest horror films of all time. It’s my favorite. It’s Seth’s favorite, too (read his tribute here)! The film turns 40 years old this month, if you can believe it? The film’s age means a lot of us, …

You can’t stop Stephen King these days. Hell, you can’t even hope to contain him! King’s work has reached an unbelievable level of popularity in Hollywood in recent years. Up next on the King adaptation trail is FIRESTARTER (2022), from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse. The first official trailer dropped this …

In Search of Darkness: Part III, the final chapter in the worldwide ‘80s horror documentary In Search of Darkness saga (read reviews – here and here) from CREATORVC, will be available to the public for a limited-time membership sale from October 6th through midnight on October 31 (Halloween) at 80sHorrorDoc.com. …

For those who aren’t familiar with it, Big Trouble in Little China is a John Carpenter film that released on July 2, 1986, one that struggled and inevitably flopped in the box office but rebounded on home video release, eventually becoming a cult classic, loved by many, but especially this …

Looking back through James Gunn’s carrier, his trajectory is truly unique. He started out as a volunteer with Troma, eventually becoming a writer for projects like Terror Firmer and Tromeo & Juliet, then moving on to major studio writing for projects like the live action Scooby-Doo films and Zack Snyder’s Dawn of …

It’s amazing who you meet in the horror business. People you’ve only seen onscreen or from afar are suddenly on the other end of your phone line, chatting with you about their pets and the weather. I was recently offered the opportunity to chat with Sandy Johnson, the OG Judith …