Chiller Wickedpedia October 2008

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We’re giving away $5,000 to three talented filmmakers in our Dare 2 Direct Short Film Contest. Voting has ended but you can still go to the Dare 2 Direct page and view the submissions for this year. Then, at 9:00 pm (ET) on , tune in for the results. It's the 2008 Dare 2 Direct Film Festival. This year, our celebrity judges are Ghost Hunters Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson!

You’ve seen the webisodes. Now, how about something really scary? Watch the complete version of Caroline Thompson's The Hills are Alive on the network, featuring an alternate ending. The screaming starts October 24th at 8:00 pm (ET).

Vote for gore! Our Viewers’ Choice Tales from the Darkside Marathon airs Sunday, October 5th. And, on Sunday, October 26th, Frank Black is back in the Viewers’ Choice Millennium Marathon.

Graphic novelist Mike Kalvoda writes about fright in his weekly blog, Chilled 2 the Core.

We’ve got plenty of petrifying premieres this month, including the Stephen King movie The Dead Zone, and the mini-series The Shining, The Stand and Salem's Lot.

There's monstrous fun to be had with our online games, and the will cook your cranium.

Freddy. The Mummy. Blood-thirsty dinosaurs. This October, check out “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando.

“Hellboy” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” director Guillermo del Toro will co-author a series of vampire novels for HarperCollins.

Bret Easton Ellis’ novel “American Psycho” is being transformed into a stage musical. Honest.

THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL
Yep, it’s the movie that caused a furor over der Führer. The story used to be thought of as farfetched, but with each passing year, the concept of a madman creating leetle Hitler clones seems more and more plausible. Anyhow, Intrada pulled out all the stops for this 2-disc CD. The highlight is a wonderfully warped waltz, written by Jerry Goldsmith at the height of his career.

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HALLOWEEN 30th ANNIVERSARY BOX SET
Anchor Bay celebrates the 30th birthday of John Carpenter’s classic chiller with a box set containing “Halloween” in restored, extended and Blu-ray editions; “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers;” “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers;” and the documentary “Halloween: 25 Years of Terror.” If you’re still on the fence about what to wear for Halloween, a Michael Myers mask is included.

HALLOWEEN II and HALLOWEEN III
Arguably the best of the sequels, “Halloween II” features Michael Myers terrorizing Jamie Lee Curtis in a hospital; “Halloween III” is a completely gonzo one-off about a James Bond-like villain trying to kill trick-or-treaters by activating pieces of Stonehenge embedded in their Halloween masks. Makes for great viewing on Halloween night; break out the candy bars and dig in.

TIFFANY
She’s hot. She’s homicidal. And she’s hitched to Chucky. This 14-inch reproduction from Sideshow Collectibles makes the perfect companion. Imagine taking her for a joyride, sharing a romantic dinner, or, if you’re an early riser, having breakfast with Tiffany.

BIG FRANKIE
Dude, if the prospect of spending the rest of your life glued to the Internet and playing Wii games just doesn’t do it for you, check out this model kit from Moebius. It’s an officially-licensed-from-Universal-Studios reissue of the massive 1960’s Aurora kit and features the same James Bama cover art. Chiller had a sneak peek, and frankly, we think this kit is better than the original. It also makes the perfect Christmas gift—for you.

TRICK ‘R TREAT
We haven’t seen the movie (are you listening, Warner Bros?), but this endlessly inventive book, from the endlessly inventive people at Insight Editions, makes it look cool as hell. The film, which consists of five Halloween-themed stories, is written and directed by Michael Dougherty, whose screenwriting credits include “X2” and “Superman Returns.”

ZOMBIE MOVIES THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Braaains! Fun overview of the zombie genre includes just about every Undead Film you can think of, including such obscure titles as “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie” and “Dead & Breakfast.” Netflix lovers, one particularly useful section lists the author’s top 25 zombie movies of all time.