John Skipp and Andrew Kasch tell their Tales of Halloween
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John and Andrew share their differing experiences growing up enjoying the Halloween season in their youth as we explore the evolution of this holiday from innocent neighborhood fun to a massive industry, allowing even casual home haunters to purchase elaborate animatronic monsters and digitally presented haunt environments. We also visit the current trend of theme parks like Universal Studios and Knotts creating annual Halloween haunt events that translate into trick-or-treating for adults.
Andrew and John collaborated as co-directors on “This Means War,” their hilarious and horrifying segment of the new holiday anthology film TALES OF HALLOWEEN, now available on all major VOD outlets. Their story pits a classic Halloween yard decorator (previous DDG podcast guest, actor/comedian Dana Gould) reacting to a a competing yard display filled with contemporary gore and blasting soundtrack built buy a new hard rocking neighbor (James Duval) across the street. This suburban game of oneupmanship turns dark and dangerous as these two Halloween enthusiasts turn their rivalry into deadly battle.
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Trivia: Adrienne Barbeau’s DJ character linking the anthology stories in TALES OF HALLOWEEN is a callback to her character Stevie Wayne, the nighttime DJ on station KAB in John Carpenter’s THE FOG (1980).
TALES OF HALLOWEEN – official website
TALES OF HALLOWEEN – Facebook page
TALES OF HALLOWEEN – official trailer
TALES OF HALLOWEEN – official trailer
NEVER SLEEP AGAIN: THE ELM STREET LEGACY – Amazon video on Demand
THE ART OF HORRIBLE PEOPLE – John Skipp’s book of horror short stories available at Amazon.com
DARK HARVEST – Norman Partridge’s horror novel referenced in this episode, available at Amazon.com
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