#on friday the 13th no less....slay

[dollthorne]

i got my blunt n wine biiiitch

wine without a blunt is like an angel without wings😔

[sharpth1ng]

What did you think about the motives of the ghostfaces in Scream 2? I thought they were one of the more interesting ones throughout the series (aside from Sidney's cousins. She slayed) loved Nancy's good old revenge and she was so unhinged 😭 Billy totally got that from her

Yeah I think the motives in Scream 2 are pretty great!

Nancy's revenge motive kinda makes her a Mrs Voorhees, it's like going back to the first Friday the 13th movie after Jason already grew up and started killing people. I think it plays well with Billy's Norman Bates coding as well, instead of the mother living on through the son like she does in psycho, the son lives on through the mother. Either way, this family revenge motive is classic in horror and the maternal relationship is central to that a lot of the time in movies like this.

Mickey's motive works well too. It was smart to bring in an unrelated killer- it's something that's less common in the franchise, were we keep coming back to killers that are related to people in the original movie. Scream 5 subverts that a little, with Sam being the blood relation, while Richie and Amber aren't related to the original killers, but then in scream 6 we go right back to the trope with the killers all being Richies family members (weak as hell imo, but I'm not getting in to that here).

All that is to say that Mickey's motive stands out to me, and he pulls it off better than Richie- I do still think Richie's reveal is good, the reddit bit is funny, but Amber is a lot more compelling than he is. Mickey is both more fun to watch, and also he's not a groomer (which Richie pretty clearly is, he would have started talking to Amber when she was 16/17).

Mickey's motive also works well with the meta aspect of the franchise, its directly commenting on the "movies don't make psychos" part, only the line is blurred. Stab isn't just a movie, it's a dramatization of real events. So in the end we have movies inspiring murderers, which in turn inspires a movie, which in turn inspires another murderer.

I also like the fact that Mickey wasn't planning on getting away with it. His whole plan is to become a celebrity murderer. Even in versions of the script where Billy talks about the possibility of getting caught he's still planning on making himself as sympathetic as possible in court, but Mickey isn't thinking about that at all, and I find that interesting.

But also yeah I agree, Jill is a lot of fun, I do really enjoy her plan to frame herself as the final girl.

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Burning (1981)

Every film genre is worth exploring but of course, it’s best to prioritize the groundbreaking, innovative and defining examples. If you wish to explore the slasher genre, have already memorized Halloween, have hammered out a definitive ranking for all of the Friday the 13th films and want something less "out there" than A Nightmare on Elm Street, then you're in the right mood for The Burning. With iconic imagery, high levels of suspense, plus everything you want from a movie about a killer in the woods, it’ll leave horror fans pleased.

5 years ago at Camp Blackfoot, a prank gone wrong gave the caretaker suffering horrific burns. Once released from the hospital, Cropsy (Lou David) sets out to punish the campers of Camp Stonewater, whose teenagers are all too similar to those who disfigured him.

If you scoff at the idea of young adults being cut to ribbons as entertainment and think gore only belongs in war movies - and even then, only to make a point about how wrong violence is - you’ve got no business watching The Burning. Even if you embrace the genre, the day-for-night scenes and occasionally dated character interactions (or maybe that's just how things were back then) will still make you cringe. You get over it thanks to the ample visceral thrills. Cropsy’s signature weapon is a pair of garden shears/hedge clippers. While a knife might slip quietly between your ribs and a machete will embed itself into your skull, this tool’s specialty is to sever, which is a whole lot of unsettling. To avoid repetition, the film’s body count showcases multiple ways to slay: impalements, stabbings, slashings, etc. If you want blood and gore, this movie’s got plenty without overindulging. You get enough to be shocked but the objective isn’t to gross out.

Plot-wise, everything follows a believable logic. Cropsy used to work at a camp. He knows how things operate, when campers will become isolated and how to cover up his crimes. His murders go undetected for as long as they do because he's careful. There are a lot of campers in the film and they all have their individual stories going on. Sally (Carrick Glenn) holds a grudge against Alfred (Brian Backer) after he tries to scare her in the shower. He says he was just trying to get back at her boyfriend, Glazer (Larry Joshua) who has been mercilessly bullying him. Karen (Carolyn Houlihan) is being pressured to have sex with Eddy (Ned Eisenberg). They have an argument and meanwhile, Cropsy is watching. You get a feeling the killer is always just outside of view, waiting for the right opportunity to strike. The multitude of possible victims, along with the casual sexism of the late ‘70s/early ‘80s makes it difficult to pinpoint who is “good enough” to survive and who will be “punished” by Cropsy. When something goes wrong, everyone assumes it’s the kids trying to pulll pranks or over engaging in teenage drama. No one could suspect the truth but you know and you’re nervously watching, wondering what’s coming next.

The Burning deviates enough from the formula to keep things interesting but also retains what made the genre so popular in its heyday. The gore, makeup and special effects are impressive. The sight of those shears gleaming in the summer light as Cropsy prepares to sink them into his next victim's flesh is hard to forget. It's not reinventing the wheel, it might be tasteless and occasionally dated but what clenches it as a good movie is the conclusion. We get a terrific, final scare; a thematically appropriate final note that makes you eager to revisit The Burning again. (On Blu-ray, November 13, 2020)

[jakaltimes]

Fancy-Class Fridays: BARBARIAN

Welcome to the first Fancy-Class Friday! Here we review the different standard 5th Edition player classes from both sides of the DM screen.

NOTE: These expositions are SUMMARIES of what the D&D books have to offer. If you’re curious about actual numbers and mechanical rulings, you’re better off checking a wiki, Reddit, or your local game store.

Starting Out (Skills and 1st Level)

HP: You roll HP using a d12. Barbarians are the only ones to use this die this way. Expect your Health to be much higher than everyone else at the table.

Weapons/Armor: You are skilled in wielding any weapon and can wield all but the heaviest armor. You start with both a strong and weak weapon, four javelins sharp throwing sticks, and a camping backpack.

Tools: You don’t start with any toolkit bonus

Saves and Skills:

You have bonuses to the following Saving Throws

Strength (I’m hard to push around)

Constitution (Poisons and body-alerting magic are less effective on me)

You can pick (2) of these skills

Animal Handling (It’s easy for me to sense what animals want)

Athletics (I’m skilled in running, jumping, pushing, and dragging)

Intimidation (It’s easy for me to scare people into obeying me)

Nature (I know how to identify different plants and animals)

Perception (I can quickly pick out details in a place or on a creature)

Survival (It’s easy for me to explore a place to find danger or treasure)

Rage

As a bonus action, you can GET ANGRY, getting three buffs. Your anger lasts a minute, but ends early if you get knocked out, take too long getting into a fight, or if you choose to. You can right now only do this twice per day, but that number increases at 3rd/6th/12th/17th levels, and becomes unlimited at max level!

Your Strength-based attacks deal bonus damage. The extra damage goes up as you level up

All your other Strength-based rolls have advantage

You are resistant to all physical damage

Unarmored Defense

If you’re not wearing armor, you can add your Constitution bonus to your Armor Class. Shields and AC-boosting magic items stack with this, but class or race abilities which change your AC do not.

Leveling Up

2nd Lvl: Reckless Attack

Your first Strength attack can have advantage, but all enemies will have advantage on their next attack against you.

2nd Lvl: Danger Sense

As long as you can see, hear, and move, you have an advantage to dodge out of a trap or an area-effect spell.

3rd Lvl: Primal Path

As of this post, there are 6 different types of Special Barbarians: 2 from the Basic Book, and 3 from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, and 1 from Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide.

4th/8th/12th/16th/19th Lvl’s: Ability Score Improvements!

5th Lvl: Extra Attack!

5th Lvl: Fast Movement

As long as you aren’t wearing heavy armor, you’re faster.

7th Lvl: Feral Instinct

You get advantage on Initiative. If you were surprised but can still move, you can choose to rage and act before your suprised teammates.

9th/13th/17th Lvl: Brutal Critical

When you critically hit, you deal an extra die-worth of damage. The number of extra dice you get goes up at higher levels.

11th Lvl: Relentless Rage

If you would go to 0 HP, you can choose to make a CON save to instead go to 1 HP. You can do this as many times as you want, but it gets harder to succeed each time.

15th Lvl: Persistent Rage

Your rage lasts even if you aren’t in a fight.

18th Lvl: Indomitable Might

If you roll using Strength and the total is lower than your Strength stat score, you can use your stat number instead.

20th Lvl: Primal Champion

Your Strength and Constitution scores go up by 4 each, and your maximum score in each stat goes from 20 to 24.

Play Style

Barbarian is the most violent class to pick from: literally all their standard abilities are geared towards combat. Great to pick if your group likes dungeon-crawls filled with monsters, but on it’s own the class doesn’t reward player choices more complicated than “I hit it with my axe.”

For DM’s

If you want your Barbarians to shine, give them plenty of giant beasts to slay, and puzzles which need you to push, pull, jump or climb. Teammates will really appreciate their Loincloth-Crusader’s ability to trigger all the traps and still walk away!

If you want to punish your Barbarians, flood them with small enemies (getting advantage from the Barb’s Recklessness) and force them to make Intelligence/Wisdom/Charisma saves from spells. Nothing strikes fear into a party’s heart more than a maxed-out barbarian being mind-controlled to fight them.

Or, if you’re feeling especially cruel, just. don’t make combat a central part of your campaign...

[khelinski]

Short, sweet, and to the point: I thought 'Halloween' was good. Not great. Good.

The long-winded version...

I saw a good (not great, or epic, or the best ever – just, simply, good) film today called ‘Halloween,’ the third ‘Halloween’ film as a title in a franchise called ‘Halloween,’ and the third ‘Halloween 2’ in a franchise that has more continuity holes than the bullet holes Michael Myers suffered at the end of the first ‘Halloween’ film in ’78, or the second ‘Halloween’ film in ’07, or the third ‘Halloween’ film in ’18. This is also the third ‘Halloween’ film that features Jamie Lee Curtis with a completely different kid (this time, a daughter name Karen – first came Jamie – then John – then, Karen?!? – for ‘Halloween: H60’ -   Jamie Lee Curtis will have a son name Ken?!?)  

I am not going to completely gush over the film – though because both ‘Resurrection’ and the two shitty Rob Zombie films left this series in a gutter – any ounce of love put into this series would bring it back to the same level some of the better sequels were at. That’s where I see this film – one of the better sequels. It ranks next to ‘Halloween II,’ ‘Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers,’ and ‘Halloween: H20.’    

Is this film as good as the original as some have proclaimed? No. Not by a long shot. In fact, it felt like two movies in one. It could been bold and thrown away the tired horror tropes (cliché high school characters, dumb-ass decisions done by characters, obnoxious loud score accompanying with an equally obnoxious jump scare, gratuitous gore).  

The ‘Halloween’ series is a favorite of mine, but if you dissect each sequel – none of them holds a candle to the original film, simply because while each film (excluding the third film, which is why it has a certain charm to it) attempts to replicate the nostalgia of the first film – but never the spirit or integrity.  The original film had no gore. Michael Myers was always in the shadows – background. You didn’t know who he was, or why he snapped.  The mystery (and mystic) of his evilness was identified as ‘the shape’ or the ‘bogeyman.’ That was it.  Once the first film was unleashed in ’78 – that film (along with the love letter to Ed Gein - ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’) ushered in a new sub-genre in horror – the slasher films. Imitators of ‘Halloween’ came out on a yearly basis. Pretty soon, ‘Halloween’ was imitating the imitators, without actually becoming its own. While the ‘Halloween’ series was less of a joke/self-parody than say, ‘Friday the 13th,’ the gore and the cliches became part of the mythology.

To this day - there still hasn't been a sequel to 'Halloween' that felt like a true continuing of the story - just a different incarnation of the same formula with the current times thrown in. 2018 'Halloween' is no exception, and because of that - isn't as exceptional as it should be.

The references/nods to not just the original film but the entire series was a nice touch. The score by John Carpenter was even nicer. He had stayed away from this series since the third film. Though he had turned into a hack the last two decades (the last great film he directed was ‘In the Mouth of Madness,’ back in 1995) – he is still relevant as a filmmaker. And if you are going to revive this series, why not bring back the mastermind behind the first film.

While I won’t gush completely over the film because of its underwritten characters or the horror cliches (the high school kids felt like they were leftovers from one of those shitty ‘fuck you, it’s January’ Blumhouse duds!) – I will gush over the technical aspects of the film. Again – the score is great.  The directing is exceptional for a horror film. I expected quick edits with this one. Instead, it was (just about) as smooth and steady as the original film. In fact, there is a wonderful long single-take sequence mid-half in the film in which Michael Myers goes through a neighborhood and kills his way, house to house. I will be watching that sequence quite a few times when this film slays its way to Blu Ray next year.

All and all, if I have to give this film a score – 7 out of 10.  I don’t think it was GREAT. GREAT is the 1978 film, which is a film I loved since I was in 4th grade (that’s right – folks, I was brought up in the horror genre – I was that weird kid that was Freddy Kruger in 5th grade, before there was a Spencer’s or Spirit Halloween). Compared to the last three ‘Halloween’ films, sure – this film is great. But compared to some of the better ‘Halloween’ sequels – it’s just as GOOD. The script could’ve been tightened a little more – characters written with a bit more depth (use ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ as an example of stereotype horror movie characters written with depth), and lessen the horror movie cliches – this film could’ve been GREAT. In fact – had this movie been just about Laurie Strode and Michael Myers and take everything else out, that would have been GREAT – for that part of the film is GREAT.

[cotton-candy-in-a-thong]

I just thought I'd repost this since I think this is an intriguing work of art and concept.

First of all, I didn't even consider the possibility, or probability of Trudy being hot. Foxumb did a pretty good job at demonstrating how Trudy may have looked. I guess she must've been quite a looker if all three of her kids came out fine as hell.

Also, you can tell that Bo, Vincent, and Lester have gained traits from Trudy, both by looking at Foxumb's headcannons about her, and through her appearance. Bo seems to have picked up on Trudy's viciousness and attraction to drugs. Vincent picked up on Trudy's softer side and artistic intellect. Whereas Lester picked up her fascination with dying animals (seeing as Foxumb's headcannon includes that Trudy killed a cat). Bo and Vincent clearly has her eyes, but Lester ended up with her hair color.

Regarding Lester's similarities to Trudy, Foxumb's headcannon that Trudy killed a neighborhood cat when she was a child is definitely a sign that she always had a fascination with slaying a life. However, as she would've been merely a kid when she did this, the cat would also symbolize Trudy's "murder immaturity", meaning that she simply wasn't ready to take the life of a human being. At least not yet. Lester seems to be the "most innocent" out of his siblings as he seemingly has no "body count". He merely collects carcasses of animals. However, this symbolizes the connection Lester has to Trudy, as both are a bit obsessed with death but where their difference come about is that Trudy grew to possibly murder people once she was "ready", whereas Lester simply never engaged with killing people (even though he may have wanted to) and just focused on animals where their deaths are "safe".

Judging from her parenting, I can't shake the feeling that if Trudy and Pamela Voorhees were to meet by some weird chance in Hell, they would get along at first until Pamela realizes the treatment she gave her own sons. Pamela was fucked up, yes, but she really, really loved Jason. I think the first Friday the 13th implies that Pamela just loved kids in general. It would break her heart to find out that Trudy slapped one of her own children in the face for merely being a brat. Trudy and Norma Bates, on the other hand, may have a better chance at staying friends..

If Bo, Vincent, or Lester were to find a S/O...well I think I'll make my own headcannons, even though I'm not the best at making headcannons.

For the S/O, I think Trudy would prefer it if the S/O had a knack for art, much like herself. She uses art as a relief method, and art is what got her to be loved and trusted by the town. You having a power in art would strengthen the family bond. It shows that you and even one of her sons have something in common. "Great minds think alike", after all. If the S/O had a knack for killing instead and Trudy happened to find out about it, I think she would feel threatened, despite the fact that Trudy was probably a killer herself. She would feel threatened about you possibly using your skills to backstab the family, but would be okay with it if you proved that you were loyal. Killing travelers is pretty risky even if you know what you're doing, so a help in the "family business" would please her.

If you picked Bo, Trudy would've been shocked and confused above all else. This is the same boy who couldn't sit the fuck down, stop screaming, fucking scratched her, and still acts like that as an adult. HOW or WHY you picked Bo is beyond her comprehension, and she'll wonder if you picked him based on his looks and little else. But you know what, you're his S/O, so YOU'RE gonna be the new chewtoy. That means less attitude and bullshit towards literally anyone else, so good for you! (lol). She WOULD tell Bo to treat you right and not like some punching bag or fuckfest, but she's so done with Bo's shit, she'd rather just keep her distance.

If you picked Vincent, she'd be curious about the relationship. How well do you guys get along? Does he make you happy? More importantly, do you make him happy? You're dating Vincent, but she still wants to know your opinion on art. You're not good at art? Bummer, at least you're keeping her son happy. She's also surprised that you're not scared of him. She introduced the use of wax masks to him because she knew how the world is about people with facial disfigurement. Deep down inside, she wanted Vincent to look as normal as possible for what she believed was his, the world's, and her own selfish sake. But you..you accepted Vincent for what he is, and what he looks like. Trudy wishes her relationship with Victor was as strong. She's envious.

If you picked Lester, it would've been her expectation. Lester is the most normal one out of all the brothers. He isn't practically a sociopath like Bo, and he doesn't have a facial disfigurement like Vincent. A little impressed with the fact that you're accepting of Lester's dirty habits, she knows it can be much if raising him was anything to go by. It's both annoying and welcoming to see and hear Lester beam about you, how much he loves you, and how you're gonna spend the day together. Annoying in that he won't shut up sometimes, welcoming in that her son is happy.

oh shit it’s Trudy again

[tombolaplayspop]

Friday Friday! Lots to discuss today. Let's do it!!! Summer Bummer AND Groupie Love (both featuring A$AP Rocky) by Lana Del Rey - man alive, Lana! Let everybody else have a chance eh?? Two mopey tunes are available today from her upcoming album where, if we judge a book by its cover, looks like a hazy good time vibe... but instead, it's down beat business as always. Less Than by Nine Inch Nails - let's rawwwwwk!!! Great to see Trent Reznor and co back in the game. This slice of gothy industrial metal will please their fans. Woman by Kesha - now this is more like it! A do-wop feminist anthem from the ghost hunter. It's a thousand times better than it's predecessor mother fukkaaaaaah! Teenage Witch by Suzi Wu - London newcomer Wu has released a garage rock infused piece of poppy pleasure. She's defo someone to keep an eye on. Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato - another so-so release from Demi. It's alright, just sounds exactly like an Ariana tune. Fetish by Selena Gomez - this track kind of stalls after her super slinky release before it, 'Bad Liar'. Just as I was starting to believe the star was beginning to break the trend, we slip back in to familiar territory. Ultralife by Oh Wonder - rejoice, for the awesome London duo have dropped their debut LP today. Expect a lot of dusky lounge pop. 4.44 by Jay-Z - it's his 13th studio album dontcha know? Lots of things to say on this one, pass the Lemonade. Slay-Z by Azealia Banks - see what she did there? Jay-Z? Yea? Anyway, the trap artist is still trying to make her mark in the business. Her music is really good, it's a shame she lets herself down constantly with her attitude. God! I sound like her dad!!!

[comeonsmilesweetie]

Do all :))

Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? Spotify

is your room messy or clean? Messy

what color are your eyes? Hazel

do you like your name? why? Its not bad. Kinda boring

what is your relationship status?Taken

describe your personality in 3 words or less shitty as fuck

what color hair do you have? Dark reddish purple

what kind of car do you drive? color? 2016 white Jetta

where do you shop? Lotsa places mostly online

how would you describe your style? Lazy

favorite social media account This ig

what size bed do you have?Queen

any siblings? 2 steps one half

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why? Where i am bc im close to family

favorite snapchat filter? I like the heart crown one

favorite makeup brand(s) Urban Decay, Tarte, NYX,

how many times a week do you shower? i try every day but i wash my hair like 3 times a week

favorite tv show?  i have a million but Skins UK for me is very rewatchable

shoe size? US womens 10-11

how tall are you? 5 foot 9 inches

sandals or sneakers?sneakers

do you go to the gym?no

describe your dream date horror movie & cuddles tbh

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment? 2$

what color socks are you wearing?None

how many pillows do you sleep with? like 2 or 3

do you have a job? what do you do?full time student!

how many friends do you have?Close friends maybe like 2

whats the worst thing you have ever done?stole a ton of makeup while high at the mall

whats your favorite candle scent? those ones that smell like boys cologne

3 favorite boy names Oliver, Jack, Austin!

3 favorite girl names Elise, Emma, Rose

favorite actor?Jack Nicholson is good

favorite actress? Angelina Jolie maybe

who is your celebrity crush? Matt Bomer or Ashley Graham

favorite movie?Friday the 13th movies, The Shining, any classic horror basically

do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? Sometimes. Im not really sure on a fav

money or brains?Brains

do you have a nickname? what is it? I do not.

how many times have you been to the hospital? Not even sure honestly. 7 or 8?

top 10 favorite songs Enjoy Your Slay - Ice Nine Kills, King of Anything-  Beartooth, Idfc- Blackbear, Eiley- Too Close to Touch, Through Glass- Stone Sour, Babe Im Gonna Leave You- Led Zeppelin, Demons - Jacob Lee, The Greatest Story Ever Told- Ice Nine Kills, Hell in the Hallways- Ice Nine Kills, Communion of the Cursed- Ice Nine Kills.

do you take any medications daily?i do

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc) normal? acne prone a little

what is your biggest fear?shots/IVs,bloodwork. Tattoos and piercings are fine

how many kids do you want? one

whats your go to hair style? messy bun

what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc)small apartment

who is your role model? my mom

what was the last compliment you received? the last one from like a stranger was that i was really pretty, in a CVS parking lot.

what was the last text you sent? “yeahhh’

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real? maybe like 8 or so idk

what is your dream car? I dont really have one

opinion on smoking?  its gross. i smoke.

do you go to college?yes

what is your dream job?mental health counselor

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs?  rural

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? always.

do you have freckles?a few

do you smile for pictures? never

how many pictures do you have on your phone? wayyyy to many

have you ever peed in the woods? no

do you still watch cartoons?fuck yeah

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds? wendys

Favorite dipping sauce?ranch

what do you wear to bed?usually just a t shirt or nothing.

have you ever won a spelling bee? no

what are your hobbies? makeup and horror movies.

can you draw? not very well

do you play an instrument? nope

what was the last concert you saw? P!atd

tea or coffee? tea

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? Starbucks

do you want to get married? yessss

what is your crush’s first and last initial? AG

are you going to change your last name when you get married? yess

what color looks best on you? black or red

do you miss anyone right now?yes

do you sleep with your door open or closed? open

do you believe in ghosts? no

what is your biggest pet peeve?when people chew with their mouth open

last person you called`Mom

favorite ice cream flavor?Butter pecan

regular oreos or golden oreos?regular but only in milk

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles?rainbow

what shirt are you wearing?some colorful v neck lol

what is your phone background? Lyrics to a blackbear song

are you outgoing or shy? shy

do you like it when people play with your hair? yes

do you like your neighbors?idk them tbh

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning? Sometimes

have you ever been high?yes

have you ever been drunk? yes

last thing you ate? a cupcake

favorite lyrics right now “Oh, im not gonna hurt you, Im just gonna bash your fucking brains in!”

summer or winter?Winter

day or night?Night

dark, milk, or white chocolate?dark

favorite month?october

what is your zodiac sign gemini

who was the last person you cried in front of?boyfriend

[brundleflyforawhiteguy]

Name one good thing and one bad thing about the following remakes: Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween and, Texas Chainsaw Massacre

A Nightmare on Elm StreetGOOD: Tried to do a really inventive thing by tricking us into thinking that Freddy, the most evil of all of the major slasher villains, was actually innocent. That’s pulling the wool over our eyes in a pretty smart way, almost as if Freddy himself is toying with & manipulating the audience.BAD: Couldn’t commit. Had interesting ideas but was too nervous to fully commit to any of them, so it tries to tell a new and kind of interesting story while aggressively shoe-horning in moments from the original that don’t fit at all. And some lines from the sequels that just feel hollow coming out of a totally new Freddy. Should’ve been less afraid to be its own thing.

Friday the 13thGOOD: The back-to-basics approach/ the idea that it’s not technically much of a remake at all. Honestly a breath of fresh air to go back to the campground for the ritualistic slaying of a bunch of horny idiots after several years traveling amongst the stars, Hell, Manhattan and the wilds of Ohio.BAD: Pacing. Holy shit, I really like this movie but as much fun as it was seeing in theaters with a packed crowd, everyone was verbally confused when the title came up 20 minutes into the movie. It’s got some definite issues with character set-up. 

HalloweenGOOD: The entire cast. Rob Zombie pretty much walked into a horror convention and said “I’ll take the lot ‘o ya’s.” But I never thought I’d see such an iconic cast of horror all-stars in a Halloween movie, let alone the remake. Dee Wallace? Brad Dourif? Udo Kier? Clint Howard? These were all people I never knew I needed in a Halloween film until I got them. BAD: Oy, there’s been a lot of talk of this one in the past few days, so I’ll go with the dialogue. There are characters in here that are typical Rob Zombie characters and they sound fine because those are the kinds of characters he knows how to write and likes to write. But then there are people like Dr. Loomis and Laurie’s parents and the things they say sound a little off because those aren’t the kinds of characters Zombie would ever really write about on his own. 

The Texas Chainsaw MassacreGOOD: The cinematography. Daniel Pearl, who shot the original Chain Saw, comes back to shoot the remake and he does it completely differently. It’s still raw, but the documentary feel is gone and replaced with a stylized look and feel that honestly really works. There are some shots in here that are just gorgeous. And, alternatively, some that are really gross. The shot pulling out through the back of the hitch-hiking girl’s head is one of the most memorable single shots of any horror film of the 2000s. BAD: Too much Leatherface backstory & info. That’s right. We’ve all been giving opinions back and forth on the remake Michael Myers backstory, but I take a bit of issue with the Leatherface backstory here as well and it doesn’t get brought up nearly as often. I’m not sure if we need to know about his skin condition, but we definitely don’t need to see his mask come off. That scene completely takes me out of the movie in that moment, because it’s so casual. This is the first time we’re ever seeing his actual face and it’s barely even addressed. And yes, I say this as someone actually looking forward to the new prequel film, but at least that one seems to actually be about the backstory. Here, it all just feels tacked on and kind of an afterthought. 

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Clay Miller Grey Shirt Porn

The day the first Friday the 13th promo pictures came out, the Supernatural set went nuts. Pictures of Jared's pecs straining a grey t-shirt were plastered everywhere, some with added objectifying comments. There was a hockey mask on the dash of the Impala. The rubber ducks dangling from low hanging equipment were replaced with prop machetes. Jared took it all in good natured stride, laughing off the jokes about slaying, slashing, and camp. Jensen's reaction somewhat surprised him.

His boyfriend was unusually quiet, not teasing him at all, and glaring at all the pictures posted around. It was so apparent that even some of the crew asked Jared what Jensen's deal was. It somehow worked out that Jared and Jensen weren't filming any scenes together that particular day.  Jared managed to catch up  with Jensen who was watching while Brock and Colin were filming as Dean and Sam. "What is going on with you?" Jared whispered, as he stepped up and pretending he was just watching over Jensen's shoulder. "No idea what you're talking about." Jensen said softly but firmly, not even turning around. Later that afternoon, Jared had to film the scene where Sam was talking to April in the mental institution. When he finished and went to the trailers, Jensen was nowhere to be found. "He had Clif take him to the store." Serge told him when Jared started asking around. Which was completely unlike Jensen, just to take off without a word to Jared, so Jared texted him. Is everything okay? Jensen texted back in less than a minute, which did relieve Jared somewhat. Yeah, just making a quick Walmart run. Before Jared could ask why, there was another message. I'm done for the day, what about you? I've got one more scene. Jared replied. Probably less than an hour. Okay, I'll be waiting. Jensen answered. When Jared finished for the day, he barely stopped by the trailer long enough to grab his wallet and keys. He didn't bother to change clothes (not the first time he's worn Sam's clothes home) or wash his face. Jensen was predictably waiting for him at the SUV. Clif didn't say a word, just rolled his eyes as Jared got into the back seat. Jensen offered him make up remover cloths, but didn't say anything either. Jared wiped his face, and looked at Jensen, whose expression was closed off and eyes stared straight ahead. Since the earlier questions about what was going on had never been answered, Jared didn't figure asking again would get a different response. "What's in the bag?" he asked instead, gesturing at the Walmart bag in Jensen's lap. "You'll see when we get home." Jensen replied, the slightest hint of smugness playing around his mouth. Jared shrugged, sat back, and rode in silence. As soon as the front door closed behind them, Jensen tossed him the bag. "Put one of those on." He told Jared as he walked past toward the bedroom. "Okay." Jared said, and opened the bag, which was full of grey t-shirts with different designs. "Why are there so many of them?" "You'll find out." Jensen's voice called back down the hall. As he held up the first shirt he grabbed, Jared started to get the picture. It was obviously a size medium, or maybe a slim cut large. Definitely not Jared's usual extra large. Jared stripped off Sam's four layers and put on the tight shirt. Just for good measure, he fluffed his hair to look more like Clay's as he walked down the hall. Jensen had already stripped down to his boxers and pulled the blankets back. The look on his face when Jared walked into the room was one of those moments Jared lived for. He was flat on his back with Jensen on top before he knew what hit him. Jensen's hands roamed over the grey shirt as he hungrily kissed Jared's lips, then his face, making his way over to Jared's neck. "Been thinking about this all day." Jensen whispered, grinding their hips together. "Getting you alone in that tight grey shirt." "You got me now." Jared laughed, arching up to meet him. "Had to be off filming somewhere else." Jensen continued. "Didn't get to see it the first time around. So tight across your chest." Jared started to answer him, but forgot how to speak for a moment when Jensen's mouth found that spot just below his ear. Jensen's hands quickly opened Jared's belt buckle, but pushed him back down when Jared started to sit up and pull off the shirt. "I want you to keep it on." Jared looked at the heat in Jensen's eyes and didn't argue. The jeans came off, followed by both of their boxers. Jensen worked him open quickly, knowing just exactly what and how much prep Jared needed to be ready for him. The grey shirt stayed on. By the time Jensen collapsed onto the bed next to him, Jared was blissfully fucked out, the grey shirt was streaked with white stripes, and there was probably going to be a bruise on Jared’s left hip bone. He laughed and ruffled Jensen's hair. "You asshole. I'm gonna get this mess all over me trying to get the shirt off." "Nah." Jensen shook his head, and then reached under the edge of the bed. "You forgot you're fucking a guy who used to play someone named Jason." Jensen sat up with a huge knife and neatly sliced Jared's shirt from hem to neck, and then leaned down to kiss Jared again as he dropped the knife over the side of the bed.

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Friday 13th and Doyle hits Voodoo in Belfast!!

Support acts Off the Cross and So long until the Seance delivered their usual performances. At least the performances I have witnessed on the one prior occasion I had seen them.

So Long Until The Seance have a gleeful sense of anarchic fun about them and although I am not familiar enough with their material to actually know any track names I may be moved to rectify this failing in the light of their compelling performance as I have a feeling that I will be seeing them a lot more in the future. Somewhere between Bad News and Abbath I felt. Good fun, not navel gazing and with a tight musical and vocal  performance they impressed me no end.

So Long Until The Seance (c) Steven Donnelly

So Long Until The Seance (c) Steven Donnelly

So Long Until The Seance (c) Steven Donnelly

So Long Until The Seance (c) Steven Donnelly

So Long Until The Seance (c) Steven Donnelly

Off The Cross had a grittier edge and again I am not familiar enough to know track names. Again I shall have to address this failing and soon. They were the more aggressive of the two with a Death metal edge tacked onto what seemed Nu metal stylings. Not my cup of tea normally but a well delivered set and convincing enough to make me look more closely at this Dutch bunch.

Off The Cross (c) Steven Donnelly

Off The Cross (c) Steven Donnelly

Off The Cross (c) Steven Donnelly

Off The Cross (c) Steven Donnelly

Off The Cross (c) Steven Donnelly

Everyone was here to see Doyle, right? I was anyway having been a Misfits fan since I was 12, practically when they started, and a fan of Doyle the band since I first heard Abominator days after it was released.

Playing a selection of tracks from Abominator and As we die (the bands recent and excellent second album) from the moment they hit the stage Doyle kept up their relentless assault on the audience.

Abominator kicked things off, roaring round the room, less of the horror punk and more of the horror metal in style, if there is such a thing, Doyle showed off his technical ability more so than I have seen him do before. Powerful riffs supported by the strong vocal lead, rough and ready but straight to the point providing the full impact of this band. Their sound was powerful but well mixed and not distorted as often happens in small venues. The sound guys were on the ball.

Doyle (c) Steven Donnelly

Doyle (c) Steven Donnelly

Doyle (c) Steven Donnelly

Doyle (c) Steven Donnelly

Although I suspect the majority were here to see the living legend it must be said that front man Alex “Wolfman” Story is, in my opinion, the best front man that Doyle has worked with. Period. His vocal style is completely suited to the music and lyrical content.

Although Doyle is undoubtedly the main attraction the Wolfman is the real energy that defines the bands performance. He is a ball of energy on stage and frequently gave the impression that he was about to tear into the crowd living up to his stage name wonderfully.

Looking at the crowd, glaring? With an unfocused and frankly eerie gaze he dreamily informed us that “This next song is a love song, but you can dance to it”. That he told us this after every song, sometimes snarling a comment about people just standing there, made it disconcerting to say the least.

He is a disconcerting man.

I was disconcerted.

And slightly frightened.

I kind of felt bad for just holding up my pillar and watching but in my defence I have a broken vertebrae, not long healed and am much too old and big to dance anyhoo. I just took it all in like a moronic fanboy.

The faux drugged/psychotic act was kept up perfectly, just as Doyle is the unspeaking monster of Shellys fable, Story was a deranged berserker during the songs and dreamy Jim Morrison like dude informing us that the next song is a love song afterwards. Bloody sublime.

Story owned the stage with a performance that Iggy Pop would have been proud of, unhinged (seemingly) and always right up in the faces of the front row. The other name that springs to mind watching him own this tiny club is Henry Rollins but this was not a copy or even a tribute, this was the Wolfman doing his thang and doing it compellingly in my opinion.

Doyle stomped around the rest of the stage hammering the sh*t out of his custom guitars whilst the very solid rhythm section of bassist Brandon Strate and Wade Murff on drums pinned everything down with a ducks-bum tight performance.

For an hour and a half Doyle blasted us with hits of his own, avoiding the option of Misfits numbers. The unique material of Doyles two albums stands out and I would say outstrips a lot of his classic material with the Misfits and that of Cancerslug too where Story was vocalist.

Aggressive and in your face, Doyle made Voodoo theirs. If you missed this you missed something rare. A legend who has transcended his legacy and gone on to something, dare I say, greater?

Story and Doyle together slay and despite what might be viewed as a short set by some standards they are living proof that quality trumps quantity.

Highlights, Cemetery sexxx, Valley of Shadows, Run for your Life, dammit, the whole damned thing. It was a ninety minute highlight.

I hope that they return. And soon.

Review by Dr JP Metal

GIG REVIEW: @DoyleAbominator ‏Abominates The Voodoo in Belfast like a Force of Nature with #OffTheCross and #SoLongUntilTheSeance @shizznighpr @MetalPlanet72 Friday 13th and Doyle hits Voodoo in Belfast!! Support acts Off the Cross and So long until the Seance delivered their usual performances.

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5 Horror Movies That Made Up Rules Midway Through The Film

Any good movie needs to establish the rules of its universe. The viewer absolutely must know what happens if zombie blood gets in your mouth, or if you give a gremlin a boner. Unfortunately, not every movie can keep its own rules straight. Some make stuff up right in the middle and hope you won’t notice. Spoilers ahead, of course.

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In Get Out, The Villains Must Vet And Seduce Their Victims Carefully … Or Just Kidnap Random People?

One of the major reveals in Get Out is that even white people who voted for Obama can be racist. Another big one is that Chris’s girlfriend, Rose, only dated him so that her family could hypnotically trap his mind and auction his body off to wealthy brain-rapists. It’s an amazing movie, is what we’re saying here.

Anyway, we’re first tipped off to the evil plot when Chris discovers a troublingly large stack of photographs of Rose and all her (black) exes, including her parents’ weird servants. You might not immediately think, “These are people she’s mentally enslaved,” but it’s worth bringing up.

Universal PicturesAlso, what’s with the box of physical photographs? Are you a hundred years old?

Rose has been dating Chris for five months. And judging from the intimate photos, she’s convinced over a dozen other people to fall for her. This means she has been in the family business of debauching African Americans since she was, at best, a teenager. Forget about how creepy that is; it’s sort of incredible. They’ve been asking this girl to constantly convince strangers to fall in love with her and then betray them since before she could buy beer. She’s the Meryl Streep of brain transplant crime.

Using Rose as a honeypot sounds extremely inefficient, but what else could the family do? The movie clearly establishes that they’ve got to get those people to their house somehow, and it’s not like they can simply abduct anyone on the street.

Except … wait, that’s exactly what they can do.

Universal PicturesTo this guy. This poor son of a bitch right here.

The man in the picture above is Andre. Andre is nabbed while wandering around an upscale suburban neighborhood, presumably looking for an Olive Garden. Rose’s brother, Jeremy, lacks his sister’s bubbly charm, so he apparently knocks out random black pedestrians and stuffs them in his car.

And it’s not like Jeremy’s method is any less successful than Rose’s. Andre was clearly hypnotized, brain-transplanted, and sold with no real problems. Jeremy achieved in a single night what took Rose five full months.

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On top of all of that, Jeremy’s method is significantly safer. While she was dating Chris for half a year, she met all the people in his life — like his friend, Rod, who might wonder why his friend didn’t come back from her house. A bisexual girl who dates only black people is already going to generate some gossip, but if every single one of those people mysteriously goes missing, it’s safe to say that story would get picked up sooner or later. And a string of abductions linked to the city’s most famous interracial sex addict is a much easier crime to solve than a few seemingly unrelated disappearances.

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In Freddy Vs. Jason, Jason Randomly Becomes Afraid Of Water

Freddy Vs. Jason was supposed to be the horror villain smackdown to end all horror villain smackdowns. But before the two really go at it, Freddy enters Jason’s dreams to see what he fears most. After decades of murder, Jason has been beaten and mangled, sometimes to death, so obviously the thing he fears most is water. Wait, water!?

Specifically, harmless cascading water. It’s �� it’s weird.

Later in the movie, Freddy uses this knowledge to his advantage. Right when Jason is about to machete the shit out of Freddy, a pipe bursts, spraying wetness between the supernatural forces of death. There’s nothing special about this water. It’s just water. And it stops Jason right in his tracks. Now, this rule makes sense on paper … if you’ve never seen a Friday The 13th movie. As a boy, Jason first died by drowning, so a phobia of water would not be out of the question. Now here’s a picture of a very relaxed Jason chest-deep in his greatest fear:

New Line CinemaOr maybe he’s scared? It’s hard to tell, of course.

Here he is in Jason Takes Manhattan, wherein he hitches a ride to the big city on a boat’s anchor with no problem whatsoever. This is almost certainly the wettest way to get to Manhattan.

New Line CinemaLook at the poor thing: Scared to death.

Even in a Friday The 13th video game, Jason has no problem getting in the water to do some good old-fashioned lake slaying.

Gun Media“Oh thank god! Rescue me!”

Is it possible Freddy reawakened some dormant fear in Jason? Maybe, but the more likely explanation is that there needed to be some kind of tension in a fight between two immortal fear monsters, and they didn’t hire the world’s most creative writer to develop the story every seven-year-old horror fan thought of first.

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In It Follows, Shooting The Follower Doesn’t Work (Until It Does)

It Follows is about a monster that follows you if you fuck someone who was already being followed by the monster. Then, if the monster catches you, it fucks you to death. It’s uh … it’s better than it sounds. The whole thing is a not-so-subtle metaphor for STDs, so you would imagine the solution to the problem would be some kind of poetic, maybe metaphorical thing, like convincing teens to practice abstinence, or maybe burning off your genitals. But no. Instead they shoot it.

They straight up shoot the thing dead.

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Now, shooting isn’t a bad idea if you’re looking to kill something, but they establish early in the movie that bullets don’t work on the Follower. Instead of getting on a plane to Australia to wait it out (because the entity can only very slowly walk wherever it goes), the main group of kids decide to hang out at a nearby beach and let it catch up. Naturally, the monster shows up, and the main character, Jay, shoots it in the neck.

This doesn’t keep it down for long. It gets right back up and continues following Jay. This should communicate that it’s a mystical being that can’t be stopped with mortal techniques, but it doesn’t. In fact, the movie soon gets straight up Scooby-Doo. During the big final showdown, the heroes attempt to electrocute the creature in a pool. But when that plan goes belly-up, they decide to finish it off once and for all … by shooting it. Again.

Maybe it’s not a metaphor for STDS, but for how nothing matters and everything’s stupid.

When the pool fills with blood, the kids decide the entity is defeated once and for all. Now sure, there’s a scene at the end which shows it may (or may not) still be following the characters, but the monster inexplicably showing up at the end of the horror film is a tried and true cliche. It means practically nothing. It’s as pointlessly ridiculous as having the monster leap out of the pool on a surfboard and go, “I’ll be back in It Follows 2: Beach Bods!”

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In 2004’s Dawn Of The Dead, People Turn Into Zombies Just, Like, Whenever The Hell

A lot of zombie movies play their “zombie rules” pretty fast and loose, but the 2004 Dawn Of The Dead remake reeeally stretched the boundaries of zombification science. Basically, when people get bitten, they turn into zombies whenever it’s most convenient for the plot.

In the opening scene, Ana’s husband gets bitten in the neck by a zombified neighbor child and collapses on the bed. In the time it takes for Ana to call 9-1-1 and get a busy signal, he dies and pops back up as an undead maniac:

Universal Pictures“HEY! We’re out of toilet paper! I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY WE’RE OUT OF TOILET PAPER! YOU ALWAYS DO THIIIIIS!!!”

Later, when the gang is in the mall, they bring in a truck full of eight people, two of whom have been bitten. One is a lady in a wheelbarrow, best described as 300 pounds of moaning rotten meat long overdue to die from any number of things. The other is TV’s Max Headroom, who has a little bite on his arm.

Universal Pictures“Wait, in what zombie story do you bring me into an enclosed space!? This is fucking crazy!”

Universal Pictures“Wait, someone remembers Max Headroom? This is fucking crazy.”

Max Headroom dies very shortly, but another character, the pregnant Luda, has a similar wound on her arm, and she lasts days, maybe weeks? The movie doesn’t give a clear timeline, but within one montage set to a lounge cover of “Down With The Sickness,” it’s made clear the party is in there long enough to get suicidally stir-crazy.

The point is, Luda lives hundreds, maybe thousands of times longer than other people with the same wound. Maybe her pregnancy had an effect? Meanwhile, the lady in the wheelbarrow seemed to rot into a corpse puddle long before she hopped up as a zombie. Maybe her weight problem had an effect? Is diabetes the cure for zombism?

The characters spell it right out for the audience that bites transit the disease, and yet not a single infection seems to follow the same rules. For instance, the gun shop owner gets bitten on the arm, describes it as “not bad,” and turns undead in minutes. Can the zombie virus tell when it’s time to speed up the plot?

Universal PicturesZombie for “Wrap it up.”

So turning into a zombie can take several minutes, a few hours, or literally weeks, based on whatever reveal is coolest. Maybe the silliest dramatic transformation happens in the climax, when the Ty Burrell “rich dick” character gets jumped by a zombie and moments later comes back as a hissing monster. Which means that within seconds, a zombie kills him, decides to stop eating him, and leaves the area completely. This goes against everything we’ve learned about zombie behavior and most of what we’ve learned about bite timelines, but it allows him to get shot in the face for a callback to earlier in the movie, when Ana said she was going to shoot him in the face.

Universal Pictures“Ha! I knew that line about shooting me in the face would pay off!”

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In Saw, Jigsaw Lets People Live If They Appreciate Life. Except No, He Doesn’t.

Saw‘s central villain, John Kramer, conducts sinister tests on human beings, only allowing them to live if they learn what life really means. The movies clearly want us to think of Jigsaw as a complicated character. Yes, he’s a murderous criminal, but also sort of a free life coach? Which may be how they justify letting him win at the end of every movie. (Sorry for spoiling Saw, Saw II, Saw IV, Saw 3D, and Jigsaw.)

There’s always some reveal to explain how all the people in Jigsaw’s traps deserve it, and unlike his insane proteges, Kramer himself has a single guiding philosophy he’s trying to carry out. Supposedly, he forces people to appreciate what they have, and if they demonstrate that they’ve learned this, he lets them go. But is that really what he does? Is all of this as stupid as it sounds?

Yes. In one movie, he forces a man to tunnel through a maze of razor wire to prove that he wants to live. The man in question does indeed want to live, and is so determined to do so that he slices his stomach open while fighting his way through. So he proves it, right? No, Jigsaw lets him die. It wasn’t any kind of test; it was a weird murder with torture and puppets that would have killed him less if he wasn’t so motivated to live. Enjoying life isn’t the same as being immune to barbed wire, Jigsaw!

The movie is full of traps built around how much damage a body can take, not how determined the body is to seize the day. For instance, the man covered in flammable jelly and made to tread on broken glass without flinching. Jigsaw watches that poor guy through a peephole and doesn’t once intervene, even as the guy clearly demonstrates his willingness to endure pain to save his own life. He passed, you dick! Call off the murder!

At one point, Kramer leaves a victim in a chair designed to drill into the man’s head if the detectives following him don’t call off the case. What kind of zest for life is that supposed to test? Drills don’t magically stop working when they hit a brain thinking about how it hates dying.

In the history of Jigsaw’s arts and crafts murder spree, only a small handful of people are actually tested on how much they appreciate life. The rest of them are killed in pointlessly unpleasant ways. It’s like Jigsaw created the world’s most infantile, half-baked philosophy solely to justify thousands of hours of death trap construction and bicycling puppet maintenance. How did they make eight movies about that, and only seven about an evil Leprechaun?

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Nina Dobrev Vs. Julianne Hough: Which Best Friend Rules Halloween With Amazing Costumes?

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Nina Dobrev Vs. Julianne Hough: Which Best Friend Rules Halloween With Amazing Costumes?

Halloween is almost here, and we’re already looking forward to Julianne Hough and Nina Dobrev’s sure-to-be epic costumes this year. But who is the queen of Halloween? Check out their previous costumes and vote here!

In 2013, Julianne Hough dressed up as Uzo Aduba’s Orange is the New Black character, Crazy Eyes, for Halloween, and faced massive criticism for wearing blackface as part of the ensemble. She offered a heartfelt apology for the error in judgment, but her costume made headlines for weeks after the holiday. The snafu and subsequent criticism didn’t ruin Julianne’s love for Halloween, though, and every year, she continues to go all-out with costumes for various parties and events. From Poison Ivy to a character from True Romance, the pro dancer has dressed up as a number of different characters, and slayed every time!

Meanwhile, Julianne’s best friend, Nina Dobrev, also loves Halloween and has epic costumes year after year. In 2015, she and a group of her friends dressed up as the Spice Girls, and she channeled Victoria Beckham’s Posh Spice to absolute perfection! While some of her costumes are racy, like the one time she was a sexy cat, others are much less serious, like when she dressed up as Jason Voorhes from Friday the 13th. Nina and Julianne always make holidays look so much fun, and we’re constantly envious of their Halloween celebrations every year!

Click through the gallery above to check out some of Nina and Julianne’s best Halloween costumes from recent years. Then, cast your vote in the poll below to let us know who you think does Halloween best! Of course, we cannot wait to see what they come up with for their looks this year, so we’ll be patiently waiting!

HollywoodLifers, who do you think does Halloween better — Nina or Julianne!?

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Energy drinks cost new father part of his skull, brain. 3,200-year-old stone inscription tells of Trojan prince, sea people.   STAY TUNED On Fox News: Fox & Friends, 6 a.m. ET: Attorney General Jeff Sessions discusses the measures he's taking against for sanctuary cities and why he believes there's a "crisis" in the surge of asylum claims. Plus, former Iran hostage Don Cooke gives insight on U.S. attempts to bring Caitlan Coleman and her family home from Afghanistan, where they were held captive since 2012. Tucker Carlson Tonight, 8 p.m. ET: A reporter will give the inside story on how NBC tried to cover up the Harvey Weinstein sex harassment scandal.   On Fox Business: Mornings with Maria, 6 a.m. ET: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross explains his request for an additional $3.3 billion from Congress to complete the 2020 census; Sen. Rand Paul takes on President Trump's executive action on health care. Varney & Co., 9 a.m. ET: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady talks tax reform chances. Cavuto: Coast to Coast, Noon ET: Former Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, dissects President Trump's new strategy on Iran.  Lou Dobbs Tonight, 7 p.m. ET: John Hannah, senior counselor at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, gives his take on Trump's new approach to Iran   On Fox News Radio: The Brian Kilmeade Show, 9 a.m. ET to 12 noon ET: Former Deputy Campaign Manager David Bossie looks back on White House Chief of Staff John Kelly taking on rumors directly with the White House press corps; Former State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf breaks down Trump's Iran strategy. The Tom Shillue Show, 3 p.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET: Rep. Steve King discusses Trump's latest action on health care and how the White House should address "Dreamers."   #OnThisDay 2010: Rescuers in Chile use a missile-like escape capsule to rescue 33 men, one-by-one,  who were trapped for 69 days in a collapsed mine a half-mile underground. 1999: The JonBenet Ramsey grand jury is dismissed after 13 months of work, with prosecutors saying there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone in the 1996 slaying. 1962: Edward Albee's four-character drama "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway. 1775: U.S. Navy has its origins as the Continental Congress orders the construction of a naval fleet.   Thank you for joining us on Fox News First! Enjoy your Friday and weekend! We'll see you in your inbox first thing Monday morning. Unsubscribe ©2017 Fox News Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10036. Privacy Policy.