5 Games to Play This Halloween

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Written By Julia Parkinson, UNT Media Library Student Staff  With COVID-19 still sticking around for the fall, this Halloween is shaping up to be a holiday devoid of the usual tricks and treats of the season. Luckily, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy a spooky night spent at home! There’s nothing better for… Read more »

TOP SIX HALLOWEEN FILMS AVAILABLE IN THE MEDIA LIBRARY

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by Rene Gomez You know, there aren’t that many Halloween movies out there. There’s thousands of horror films, but most of them have nothing to do with the actual Halloween holiday. With Halloween approaching us, what better way to celebrate than to give you 6 Halloween movies you should watch this year! All of these… Read more »

October Scare-A-Day: Fright Night (1985) DVD 257 and Fright Night (2011) DVD 16158

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Fright Night DVD covers (1985 on left, 2011 on right) Everyone has neighbors. Even all the creeps. Every creepy thing, every creepy creep… all live next door to someone. Do you know who your neighbors are? Do you ever see them out? In the daylight? In the Fright Night films, Charley Brewster gets a new neighbor with strange sleeping habits and a weird diet of fruit… and… Read more »

October Scare-A-Day: Horror Effects Hosted By Tom Savini Video On Demand

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In an October Scare-A-Day post last week, we mentioned Tom Savini for his work on Dawn of the Dead (1978).   Tom Savini is a master of movie makeup, gore, special effects, and visual effects. You have also seen him acting in several spooky/gorey flicks such as From Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror, and even in a… Read more »

October Scare-a-Day: Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 Game 6 & 45

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Left 4 Dead and its sequel Left 4 Dead 2 gets you and 3 of your friends to venture out in various zombie infested areas with an assortment of firearms and melee weapons. Sounds simple enough, but when you consider the variety of zombies (I fear the witch and you should too) and the staggering… Read more »

October Scare-A-Day: Mansions of Madness Boardgame 275

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Mansions of Madness Boardgame 275 Up ahead, isolated in the Massachusetts countryside, stands a secluded mansion. This is where the clues have led you. This is where you will finally find the answers you have been seeking. As you advance through the cold, driving rain, the dim light dancing in the ornate windows gives the… Read more »

October Scare-a-Day: Night of the Living Dead DVD 5729

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There’s no escaping Night of the Living Dead‘s ghouls roaming the countryside. Not that you’ll have to run very fast or anything. These poor shambling living-deads will eventually make their way to you, unlike their track star modern incarnations who can sprint Usain Bolt style. Nope, these zombies will give you some time to sit… Read more »

October Scare-a-Day: Hannibal Season 1 & 2 DVD 16430-16431

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Watching this show makes me hungry. Is that weird? I mean, it does have amazing shots of food being prepared and served, but I’m pretty sure that’s all human meats. If Soylent Green looked as good as the food on this show, Charlton Heston would have no qualms eating his fellow man. Aside from the… Read more »

October Scare-a-Day: The Evil Within Game 588 PS4/Xbox One

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Think of The Evil Within as a horror buffet. You want a little haunted mansion action? Sure thing, help yourself! How about a creepy town in the middle of nowhere with a guy who likes to chainsaw at strangers. There you go, a little on the side there. I see you’re headed to the dessert… Read more »

October Scare-a-Day: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1-5 DVD 2875-2879; Season 6 DVD 3146; Season 7 DVD 4115; Season 8 DVD 14808 (& DVD 14807 on Blu-Ray)

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What’s scarier than the amount of Buffy the Vampire Slayer we have in our collection is the titular vampire slayer herself. “I’m the thing that monsters have nightmares about.” Who is this Buffy anyway? And why is she so scary? “I’m like a superhero or something.” Buffy is like a superhero. At first, she may… Read more »
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