More gore but fewer chills in new "Halloween"
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LOS ANGELES  - If there's one lesson that should have been learned from Thomas Harris' dipping into the Hannibal Lecter well once too often, it's that backstories detract from the mythos of a character.
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Halloween might be a week away, but Hollywood is beginning its annual horror fest when &quot;The Grudge,&quot; starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, opens in theatres.
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The critically acclaimed Western "3:10 to Yuma" outgunned the fright fest "Halloween" to become the weekend's top box office draw.  The remake from Lionsgate took in $14.1 million from Friday through Sunday according to studio estimates...
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Halloween audiences were in the mood to be spooked this weekend. &#39;The Grudge,&#39; starring Sarah Michelle Gellar continued as the top grossing movie of the weekend for the second week in a row.
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Fashion Wire Daily - It&#39;s back, and it isn&#39;t even October yet! The latest reincarnation of the oft-told tale of &quot;Halloween&quot; - this time it is Rob Zombie&#39;s vision of the sick story of Michael Myers - scared its way into Hollywood on Thursday night, with a premiere at the venerable Mann&#39;s Chinese Theater.
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To be sure, it was a Halloween night horror show Sunday in the Windy City for the 49ers, who were so bad in their 23-13 loss to the Chicago Bears that it was downright scary.
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Flaming skulls, cheesy acting, satanic motorcycles -- what's not to like? In Table of Malcontents.
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Audiences sought out a fresh dose of torture as "Saw IV," the horror sequel about sadistic traps laid by a serial killer, led Hollywood's weekend with a $31.8 million debut.
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It wasn&#39;t as bad as I thought it would be, but neither is it a great horror movie -- definitely not of the stature of David Friedkin&#39;s &quot;The Exorcist,&quot; the film that started it all.
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At first glance, the new TV season looks less than heroic.
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On Halloween, gamers will get to experience the fruits of the four years the Flagship team has spent refining its seductive âJust five more minutesâ style of gameplay.
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The makers of "Manhunt 2" &#151; a violent video game that had been threatened with a sales-destroying adults-only rating &#151; will release a toned-down version in October.
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Horror-meister R.L Stine likes to say you can't scare kids too much.
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Halloween is Sunday, and Hollywood is ready for another weekend of fright.
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Rock star Rob Zombie&#39;s reworking of  the classic slasher movie &quot;Halloween&quot; scared up record business  at the North American box office during the Labor Day holiday  weekend, while overall ticket sales for the lucrative summer  movie going period reached a new high.
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The third installment of the "Blade" series is a choppy, forgetful, suspense-free romp that substitutes campy humor for chills.
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The good news is that it&#39;s not terrible but it&#39;s not that great either. The Grudge joins The Ring as part of the American trend of remaking Japanese horror flicks for an American audience.