Nostalgia
The horror we grew up on: the hits, the cult favorites and the cast reunions.
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Gary from ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ Is Now a Weatherman on Canadian TV
Ross Hull played Gary, the leader of the Midnight Society on Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and now he’s a meteorologist on Canadian…
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Cassandra Peterson Was Teased as a “Monster” for Her Childhood Burn Scars, Years Before She Became Elvira
Cassandra Peterson was almost 2 when she pulled a pot of boiling water onto herself, leaving severe burns and lasting scars across her shoulders,…
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Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Broadcast Aired October 30, 1938, and the Famous Panic Was Smaller Than the Legend
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio drama sent listeners into a panic with reports of a Martian invasion. People…
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Patrick Stewart Recorded Narration for ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, but He Can Only Be Heard on the Soundtrack Album
If you’ve listened to the soundtrack album for The Nightmare Before Christmas, you’ve probably noticed that the opening narration sounds different from the movie.…
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s Harvey Says He Took Janitor and Carpenter Jobs to Pay the Bills After TV Fame
Nate Richert, who played Sabrina’s boyfriend Harvey Kinkle on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, described taking whatever work he could find after TV fame. In…
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Pugsley from the Addams Family Is All Grown Up and Still Working in Hollywood, Just Not on Camera
Jimmy Workman, who played Pugsley in The Addams Family, has built a career behind the camera and a family life in California since his…
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Geraldo Rivera’s 1988 ‘Devil Worship’ Special Drew About 20 Million Viewers. Years Later, He Apologized.
Roughly 20 million viewers watched Geraldo Rivera’s NBC special turn allegations of a secret Satanic network into prime-time television. Airing on October 25, 1988,…
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A New ‘Halloween’ Fan Film Connects ‘Season of the Witch’ to the Rest of the Film Series
Well, okay. It doesn’t connect to EVERY movie in the franchise, but it does try to make connections between Silver Shamrock and the story…
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Practical Magic, Halloweentown and Charmed All Arrived Within About Two Weeks in the Fall of 1998
1998 was a genuinely magical year for witch stories on screen. Within the span of about two weeks that fall, audiences got a big-screen…
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Christopher Lloyd Turned 88 and Borrowed Doc Brown’s Most Famous Line to Tell Fans What Matters Most
Christopher Lloyd had a birthday message for the people he loves as he turned 88 today: “Today I turn 88…I’ve seen some serious shit.…
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Casper and Thackery Binx Were the 90s Kids’ First Movie Crushes, and Devon Sawa Still Hears About It
The two crushes in question: Casper and Thackery Binx. In the 1995 film, the friendly ghost whispers “Can I keep you?” to a sleeping…
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Parents Sent Disney Channel Angry Mail Over ‘Don’t Look Under the Bed,’ and the 1999 Movie Ended Up Airing Only Around 3 A.M.
“Don’t Look Under the Bed” premiered on Disney Channel on October 9, 1999, and after it aired, parents sent in derogatory mail objecting to…
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Disney’s 1999 Movie About a Hockey Player Who Sells His Soul for the Stanley Cup Has Nowhere to Stream Today
For one Sunday night in 1999, the company behind The Little Mermaid put a children’s movie on ABC about a hockey player who signs…
