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Best Blu-ray & 4K horror movies: 'Frankenstein,' 'American Psycho,' 'Unbreakable,' 'Doctor X" & more

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Best Blu-ray & 4K UHD horror movies: 'Frankenstein,' 'American Psycho,' 'Unbreakable,' 'Doctor X,' 'Theatre of Blood' and more

With Halloween knocking at the creaking gates, Count Zad offers a few Blu-ray and 4K ultra-high definition movie suggestions for this terrifying season.

Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection (Universal Studios ...


Cancel culture's next target: Superheroes and princesses

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It’s Halloween. Perhaps you fondly remember it from childhood or from your own children as a time of joy, imagination, costumes and way too many sweets. 

My son is now too old to dress up for the annual event, but over the years he has been decked out as any ...

TikTok influencers post viral 'Happy Halloween' dance challenge

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A trio of TikTok influencers has posted a viral Halloween dance challenge featuring the hit song that debuted in the 2020 Adam Sandler horror spoof “Hubie Halloween.”

TikTok performers Slavik, Bdash and Aubrey wear black robes, leather jackets and “Scream” masks as they dance to the song “Happy Halloween” around ...

As COVID cases fall, Halloween brings more fun and less fear

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PHOENIX (AP) – Witches and warlocks, ghosts and ghouls can breathe a little easier this year: Coronavirus cases in the U.S. are generally on the decline, and trick-or-treaters can feel safer collecting candy.

And while a new poll indicates Halloween participation is rebounding but still short of pre-pandemic levels, an ...

Halloween stats: 40% of Republicans and Democrats believe in ghosts

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The pollsters have not overlooked Halloween. New research reveals that 41% of U.S. adults believe that ghosts exist — and that includes 40% of both Republicans and Democrats. Another 43% overall also believe demons exist; 51% of Republicans and 34% of Democrats agree.

The source is a YouGov poll ...

Report: Halloween treats came with trick of higher prices

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One-third of U.S. parents reported finding Halloween candy more expensive than expected this year, dampening an otherwise festive return to the holiday with reminders of rampant inflation, a new survey shows.

Premise Data, a global marketing data collection agency, also reported in its survey of 1,000 parents with children under ...

Netflix's 'Squid Game' sparks concern about violent impact on kids

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Reports that Netflix is renewing the hyper-violent "Squid Game" for a second season have alarmed media watchdogs concerned about the South Korean series' influence on American children.

Media watchdogs said Thursday they had found children across the country mimicking the dystopian show's "Hunger Games"-style survival scenarios at playtime, dressing like ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's tea set, coat, other items raise $800K for opera

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's silver tea set is going to a family with a 5-year-old daughter who once was Ginsburg for Halloween. A medal Ginsburg was awarded when inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame is going to a family that demonstrated recently for reproductive rights. And a drawing ...


Candy industry warns of Halloween shortages, inflation amid soaring demand

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The candy industry is warning that chocoholics will pay more for their Snickers, Kit Kats and Hershey bars this Halloween as supply chain shortages lag behind an appetite for sweets that has grown during the pandemic.

In their half-year reports last month, Pennsylvania-based Hershey Co. and Switzerland-based Nestle said pandemic-driven ...

Halloween candy shortage scare shows importance of domestic sugar production

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Most Americans don’t think about the farmers who grow our food or the government farm policies that support them – that is until they can’t find an item at the grocery store. Sugar is one of the crops that is grown in the United States, and thanks to these federal ...

Halloween retail industry predicts 'return to normal'

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Retailers say more Americans will dress up as witches, buy candy and go trick-or-treating next month as Halloween “returns to normal” after two years of supply chain delays and pandemic health restrictions.

In an annual survey of 8,283 consumers released this week, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reports that 69% ...

Inflation pushes retailers to launch Black Friday sales before Halloween

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Retailers are offering Black Friday deals earlier than ever — before Halloween — as high inflation and online shopping further diminish the relevance of the day after Thanksgiving.

Target will offer its annual Deal Days this Friday, Oct. 6 through Sunday, Oct. 8, rolling out its pre-Black Friday sale four ...

Philadelphia-area school district cancels Halloween parade for safety, inclusion concerns

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A school district in the Philadelphia suburbs has canceled its Halloween parade out of safety and inclusivity concerns.

The Lower Merion School District had originally taken the annual Halloween parade at its six elementary schools off the school calendar a few weeks ago without explanation, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. ...

Trick-no-treat? Health, inclusion concerns drive Halloween alternatives

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If you’re planning to take your kids trick-or-treating, you may be surprised to find several alternatives to candy this Halloween.

Concerns about health, safety and inclusion are driving new trends in the annual gambol of ghouls and goblins. They include teal pumpkins full of stickers and pencils for trick-or-treaters with ...

Not a treat: Candy prices up 21% over last year heading into Halloween

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Consumers stocking up on Halloween candy for trick-or-treaters might want to consider chocolate if they don’t want to take a bigger chunk out of their wallets this year.

Candy prices rose an average of 21% in September from a year ago, with non-chocolate treats taking the biggest hit, according to ...


Best Blu-ray & 4K UHD horror movies: 'Fright Night,' 'Night of the Living Dead, 'Poltergeist' & more

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The mad Count Zad is back as Halloween approaches to offer his best home entertainment movie disk picks for the scary season.

Night of the Living Dead (Criterion, not rated, 1.37:1 aspect ratio, 97 minutes, $49.95) — Horror filmmaking maestro George Romero's black-and-white cult classic that defined the modern-day zombie ...

GOP warns of 'rainbow fentanyl' as Halloween approaches

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Congressional Republicans demanded answers from Homeland Security Wednesday over growing dangers of “rainbow fentanyl” just before Halloween.

Top members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee doubted whether the Biden administration is taking the new drug threat seriously enough, pointing to the southern border where most of the brightly colored ...

Trick or trash: Candy makers grapple with plastic waste

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Halloween treats have a tricky problem: plastic packaging that’s difficult to recycle.

As America loads up on an estimated 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween, a handful of companies are trying to make it easier to recycle all those wrappers. But they acknowledge their efforts are only making a ...

Inside the Beltway: Seasonal cancel culture

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The judgmental crowd has not taken a day off on Halloween. HBO host Bill Maher has noticed that protests against certain types of costumes for cultural or political reasons are still a factor. Dressing as former President Donald Trump, Elvis, coronavirus, monkeypox, British royalty or ethnic characters are discouraged on ...

S. Korea in shock, grief as 151 die in Halloween crowd surge

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SEOUL, South Korea -- Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea mourned the deaths of at least 151 people, mostly in their teens and 20s, who got trapped and crushed after a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alley in ...

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