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Another Halloween Has Come and Gone
Another Halloween has come and gone! Those of us at the Shattered Lens hope that all of our readers and writers have had a happy and safe holiday and that everyone got plenty of treats and not too...
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A Merry Christmas and Enjoy the Greatest Christmas Film Ever Made!
We celebrate the 7th year anniversary of the site and we continue a yearly holiday ritual over here at Through the Shattered Lens. I present to all of you readers, visitors and passer-byes the greatest...
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10 Horror Films That Should Have Been Nominated For Best Picture
Horror films! Audiences love them but the Academy has never quite felt the same way. True, there have been a few horror films nominated. The Exorcist was a major contender. Jaws was nominated. So...
View ArticleMusic Video of the Day: I’ll Bite Your Face Off by Alice Cooper (2011,...
To quote Alice Cooper himself: “This is my tip-of-the-hat to early Rolling Stones. Like in 1964/65 when their songs were very Chuck Berry orientated. They just feel so good, in the pocket. This song...
View ArticleWelcome to October!
Welcome to October on the Shattered Lens! Here’s hoping this month finds you with joy, family, friends, fiends, ghouls, and ghosts! Today is also the start of the Shattered Les’s annual horrorthon!...
View ArticleGuilty Pleasure No. 39: Ghost Whisperer
Once upon a time, there were two shows about women who could speak with the dead. One show ran from 2005 to 2011. It starred a future Oscar winner and, over the course of its run, it was nominated for...
View ArticleHorror Scenes That I Love: Dr. Loomis Explains Michael Myers in the original...
Now, this is good acting! In this scene from the original Halloween, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) attempts, as best he can, to explain the unexplainable. I’ve always felt that Pleasence’s performance...
View Article4 Shots From 4 Halloween Films
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking....
View ArticleHorror Scenes That I Love: Conal Cochran Explains Halloween in Halloween III:...
Tonight’s horror scene that I love is from the underrated 1982 film, Halloween III: Season of the Witch. In this scene, Conal Cochran (Dan O’Herlihy) explains not only the origins of Halloween but he...
View ArticleHorror Song of the Day: The Shape Returns “Halloween 2018” (by John...
Today we see the wide release of David Gordon-Green’s sequel to John Carpenter’s Halloween. A film that’s a direct sequel to the horror classic, David Gordon-Green was able to bring in John Carpenter...
View Article6 Days Til Halloween
“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.” — H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu
View ArticleFrankenstein Through The Ages
It’s just not Halloween without Frankenstein and his monster. This unholy duo have been frightening audiences in print, movies, and art for nearly 200 years. Below are just a few examples of...
View ArticleWhy We Love It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
It’s all about faith. It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown first aired in 1966 and it has aired every year since. For 52 years, audiences have watched as Charlie Brown gets a rock, Snoopy flies his...
View ArticleMusic Video of the Day: This is Halloween, covered by Leo Moracchioli (2018,...
Indeed, it is! This version was done Leo Moracchioli, a musician from Norway who has a band called Frog Leap. If you like his cover, check out some more stuff from him: You can buy his albums or...
View ArticleHappy Halloween From The Shattered Lens!
To all of our readers To all of our friends To every ghoul and fiend out there, HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE SHATTERED LENS! May your Halloween bring you more candy than rocks and we hope you enjoy the...
View ArticleHorror on the Lens: Night of the Living Dead (dir by George Romero)
Happy Halloween everyone! Well, as another horrorthon draws to a close, it’s time for another Shattered Lens tradition! Every Halloween, we share one of the greatest and most iconic horror films ever...
View ArticleCelebrate Halloween With These Vintage Postcards!
It is hard to say when Halloween first became truly popular in the United States. Most historians seem to agree that the traditions of Halloween were first brought to the U.S. in the 19th century by...
View ArticlePut On Your Silver Shamrock Masks, It’s Time….
It’s time. Evening approaches. The sun is setting. It’s time to start counting treats and perhaps playing a few tricks. In other words, it’s time to put on your Silver Shamrock masks and gather...
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