Limelight Fright Fest

  Halloween town brings back many memories and it is one of the many movies that have lots of childhood nostalgia attached. Watching this movie again, feels very cheesy but still very enjoyable, especially at this time of year with the Halloween season. The movie starts with Marnie and her kids following grandma home to Halloweentown - and find out they come from a family of witches. On he...

This Halloween season, there are a plethora of spooky movies to watch. A personal favorite of mine, and of many others, is Coraline. A dark illustration of two opposing worlds, one seeming normal but with a passageway into another, which is both terrifying and thrilling all in the same. The first bit of the movie has a constant unease hanging in the air. The viewer is not given an explanation as to wh...

Twenty-nine years later, Disney decided to grant us the sequel to Hocus Pocus. In this movie, we follow three teenage girls who accidentally bring back the Sanderson Sisters and now must work together to take them down. Initially, I was opposed to the idea of a sequel to a story that had already tied up all of its loose ends. Though as the release date inched closer I could not help but become int...

The Nightmare Before Christmas has been a favorite of mine for many years, I’ve watched it every Halloween and Christmas since I was very young, and have enjoyed it twice or more every year. The film is centered around Jack Skellington, the “Pumpkin King”, who finds himself bored with the same annual routine of scaring people in the “real world”. When Jack accidentally stumbles upo...

“Corpse Bride” has an unsettling yet inviting tone to the title. While the movie creates a light, yet dark atmosphere the love balances out between worlds.   Overall this movie contains more adulting content I feel. It is more adult than any of Tim Burton's other films. The story is based on a confusing romance.  A younger audience could easily misinterpret the love story between the cha...