For 11 months of the year, horror movies live a skulking, marginalized existence, despised, like carnival freaks, by the studios for whom they turn a profit, the same studios whose PR departments guiltily slip them by critics. Then ... October! All Hallow's Eve! Samhain! Trick or treat! — and however briefly, ancient rituals of sex and death are flagrantly practiced in the open. During this year's monthlong celebration of officially sanctioned bloodlust, lucky Angelenos... More >>>