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‘Spirit Halloween: The Movie’ Official Trailer and Release Date Revealed

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Back to the Future and The Addams Family legend Christopher Lloyd and She’s All That star Rachael Leigh Cook lead the cast of Spirit Halloween, along with newcomers Donavan Colan (Zoe), Dylan Frankel (Raven’s Home), Jaiden Smith (Blue Bloods), and Marissa Reyes (Raven’s Home). Marla Gibbs (The Jeffersons, 227, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie”) also stars in the film.

Lloyd plays a wealthy land developer named Alec Windsor, who disappeared without a trace decades ago on Halloween night, and ever since his cursed spirit is said to haunt the town each year on October 31 for one hour.

Cook plays Sue, who has recently remarried after her husband passed away. When a Spirit Halloween store pops up in an abandoned strip mall, Sue’s teenage son Jake and his friends decide to spend the night there for a dare. But they get more than they bargained for when an angry spirit posses the animatronic characters inside.

This is the feature directorial debut of David Poag, from a screenplay by Billie Bates.

Here’s the official synopsis: “When a new Spirit Halloween store appears in a deserted strip mall, three middle-school friends who think they’ve outgrown trick-or-treating make a dare to spend the night locked inside the store on Halloween night. But they soon find out that the store is haunted by an angry evil spirit who has possessed the creepy animatronic characters. The kids embark on a thrilling and spooky adventure in order to survive the night and avoid becoming possessed themselves”

Spirit Halloween: The Movie will play in limited theaters starting on September 30, before arriving on all VOD platforms on October 11, to be followed by DVD and soundtrack releases later that month.

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Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween: Your First Look at the Full Spooky Schedule

Oh look, another glorious year of Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween! See where your Halloween favorites, like Hocus Pocus and Beetlejuice, fall in this exclusive look at the schedule.

Saturday, Oct. 1

7:00 a.m. – Edward Scissorhands

9:10 a.m. – The Witches (1990)

11:20 a.m. – The Haunted Mansion (2003)

1:25 p.m. – Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

3:05 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania

5:10 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania 2

7:15 p.m. – Hocus Pocus

9:25 p.m. – Beetlejuice

11:30 p.m. – Ghostbusters (1984) 

Sunday, Oct. 2

7:00 a.m. – The Witches (1990)

9:10 a.m. – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic

10:10 a.m. – Halloweentown

12:15 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania

2:20 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania 2

4:25 p.m. – Maleficent

6:30 p.m. – Beetlejuice

8:35 p.m. – Hocus Pocus

10:45 p.m. – Ghostbusters (2016) 

Monday, Oct. 3

1:00 p.m. – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) – Freeform Premiere

3:00 p.m. – Ghostbusters (1984)

5:30 p.m. – Ghostbusters II

8:00 p.m. – Ghostbusters (2016)

12:00 to 2:00 a.m. – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror" episodes

Tuesday, Oct. 4

11:30 a.m. – Ghostbusters (1984)

2:00 p.m. – Ghostbusters II

4:30 p.m. – Edward Scissorhands

7:00 p.m. – Maleficent

9:00 p.m. – Hocus Pocus

12:00 a.m. – Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 

Wednesday, Oct. 5

12:00 p.m. – Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

2:00 p.m. – Madagascar

4:00 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania

6:00 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania 2

8:00 to 11:00 p.m. – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror" episodes

12:00 to 2:00 a.m. – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror" episodes 

Thursday, Oct. 6

11:00 a.m. – Madagascar

1:00 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania

3:00 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania 2

5:00 p.m.  – Shrek Forever After

7:00 p.m. – Halloweentown

9:00 p.m. – Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge

12:00 to 2:00 a.m. – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror" episodes 

Friday, Oct. 7

10:30 a.m. – Scared Shrekless

11:00 a.m. – Shrek Forever After

1:00 to 11:00 p.m. – Family Guy

12:00 a.m. – Hotel Transylvania 2 

Saturday, Oct. 8

7:00 a.m. – Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic

8:00 a.m. – Hotel Transylvania 2

10:00 a.m. – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

12:05 p.m. – Ghostbusters (1984)

2:35 p.m. – Ghostbusters II

5:05 p.m. – Beetlejuice

7:10 p.m. – Hocus Pocus

9:20 p.m. – Maleficent

11:25 p.m. – Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 

Sunday, Oct. 9

7:00 a.m. – Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins

7:30 a.m. – Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

9:35 a.m. – Ghostbusters (1984)

12:05 p.m. – Ghostbusters II

2:40 p.m. – Beetlejuice

4:45 p.m. – Hocus Pocus

6:55 p.m. – Get Out – Freeform Premiere

9:25 p.m. – Halloween (2018) – Freeform Premiere

11:55 p.m. – A Quiet Place – Freeform Premiere

Monday, Oct. 10

11:30 a.m. – A Quiet Place

1:40 p.m. – Get Out

4:15 p.m. – Halloween (2018)

6:50 p.m. – Happy Death Day – Freeform Premiere

8:55 p.m. – Happy Death Day 2U – Freeform Premiere

12:00 to 2:00 a.m.  – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror" episodes 

Tuesday, Oct. 11

12:30 p.m. – Maleficent

2:30 p.m. – The House with a Clock in Its Walls

5:00 p.m. – The Haunted Mansion (2003)

7:00 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania

9:00 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania 2

12:00 to 2:00 a.m. – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror" episodes 

Wednesday, Oct. 12

10:30 a.m. – The House with a Clock in Its Walls

1:00 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania

3:00 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania 2

5:00 p.m. – Ghostbusters (2016)

8:00 to 11:00 p.m. – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror" episodes

12:00 to 2:00 a.m. – The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror" episodes 

Thursday, Oct. 13 (a.k.a Tim Burton Day)

10:30 a.m. – Frankenweenie (2012)

12:30 p.m. – Edward Scissorhands

3:00 p.m. – Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

6:00 p.m. – Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

7:30 p.m. – Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

9:00 p.m. – Beetlejuice

12:00 a.m. – Tim Burton's Corpse Bride 

Friday, Oct. 14

10:30 a.m. – Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Family Guy episodes

5:00 p.m. – Beetlejuice

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. – Family Guy episodes

12:00 to 2:00 a.m. – Family Guy episodes 

Saturday, Oct. 15

7:00 a.m. – Hook

10:15 a.m. – How to Train Your Dragon 2

12:25 p.m. – Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

2:25 p.m. – Toy Story of TERROR!

2:55 p.m. – Scared Shrekless

3:25 p.m. – Shrek Forever After

5:30 p.m. – Hocus Pocus

7:40 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania

9:45 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania 2

11:50 p.m. – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 

KAREN LANSDALE SILVER HAMMER AWARD

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) announced the immediate renaming of the Silver Hammer Award to the Karen Lansdale Silver Hammer Award in honor of the tremendous amount of work Karen did in starting the HWA.

The new physical award will also be updated. Instead of a hammer, a new stylized sculpture is being designed and will be cast by the same company that mints the Bram Stoker Award statures.

Karen Lansdale will be the first recipient of this new award.

Read HERE and HERE where Joe R. Lansdale describes the founding of the HWA. It may not be what you think!

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THE HORROR ZINE IS NOW PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEWS 

The Horror Zine used to publish indie book reviews, but stopped because an overwhelming amount of review requests came to us and we could not keep up with them all.

Now we are welcoming review requests once again.

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