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When long-time contributor Paul Sileo said that he wanted to stretch his legs and create something “different” and “fresh” for Halloween, we weren’t sure what to think. But when he delivered this little gem of fan fiction, we were more than ready to oblige.

The Halloween holiday is many things to many people. But for most of us, it is at least about watching some appropriately-themed movies. Now we’d like to know what your picks are…

Of course my choice for 2008’s Best Horror Film of the Year would make the list this year. Take another look at why Splinter is awesome, then go buy it on Blu-ray.

One of the best horror anthology movies of the past few decades finally saw release this month in theaters (albeit very limited) and on DVD/Blu-ray. And we’d like to give it to you, along with a book.

Jack and Liz take a trip to Kenneth’s hometown of Stone Mountain, Georgia in yet another attempt to find all-American talent while Jenna attempts to charm the writing staff so she’ll get favorable roles once a new cast member is hired and they in turn attempt to charm her for an invitation to a Halloween party.

I can pretty much guarantee this is the only site that has given 1200 words to Stan Helsing.

FSR’s Editor takes a walk back into his own childhood to conquer the one movie that damaged him most as a young movielover, the Steven Spielberg produced, Tobe Hooper directed Poltergeist.

Kevin and Neil meet up in the Magical Studio in the Sky to have a Fat Guy Smackdown to beat all Fat Guy Smackdowns. While they don’t come to odds so much with A Serious Man, they certainly disagree about Michael Jackson’s This Is It.

You may not know much about writer and soon-to-be-director Joe Cornish, but you might in the very near future.

By now, you’ve probably heard more than a few words uttered on the blogosphere about Carey Mulligan. Here are about 230 more.

Sony isn’t kidding about Men in Black 3. Even in a sea of uncertainty, including the fact that stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, as well as director Barry Sonnenfeld, all have not been secured for another film, the studio is hiring a writer…

It seems as if just yesterday we were reporting that Brian Blessed — then Stellan Skarsgard — might be playing the role of Odin in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor. Well, time to think again…

The Coroner puts on his parka for this icy, bug-infested Blu-ray. Err, sorry, “vertebrate” infested Blu-ray.

Yahoo Movies has released the final trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar, which we sort of debuted yesterday as the film’s international trailer (remember the Thai subtitles?).

Basically a new DVD/Blu-ray would be released for sale only both online and on the shelves at Target, Wal-Mart, etc. If you want to see it, you have to buy it… or wait the additional few weeks for the sale-only window to close so you can rent it from your DVD peddler of choice.

Martyrs is a constantly changing film that should leave you guessing as it gets under your skin… literally.

Hot. Nude. Buff. Dudes.

Welcome to another edition of the Reject Report, and there is one movie, just one movie, that anyone really is focusing on this weekend. It is Michael Jackson’s This Is It, and it goes wide into 3,481 locations on Wednesday.

With a headline like that, we’ve either become a magazine you buy in line at the grocery store or it’s actual casting news. Cross your fingers!

For some reason we’ve been following The Tourist a little too closely. I’m starting to think he suspects something.

A bunch of old flicks are being released this Halloween with more greats slated for the end of the year.

Since Peter Berg might possibly, maybe, could not be directing Dune, we’ve decided to throw a few hats into the ring. Who do you think could helm one of the hardest science fiction adaptations of all time?

Here’s an interesting film. Nowhere Boy, the feature debut of Sam Taylor-Wood, focuses on the formative years of The Beatles, before they were ever The Beatles.

So far the buzz surrounding Avatar has been less than stellar. Now, the day before the preview of the HD trailer, we get a high quality foreign trailer that might turn those frowns upside down. And turn them into smiles. Just making sure you got that.

“We are the members of the All American League. We come from cities near & far. We have got Canadians, Irish ones & Swedes. We are all for one, we are one for all, we are all American!”

Foreign Objects travels the world of international cinema each week to look for films worth visiting. So renew your passport, get your shots, and brush up on the local age of legal consent, this week we’re heading to… Hong Kong!

We get our Holidays crossed and spend Christmas in October with a bunch of Hellish kids you’ll want to see roasting over an open fire.

When you’re stuck on a Battlestar, far from the decimated Colonies of Kobol, there’s not a whole lot to do but hate on Cylons and drink yourself stupid.

Zach Galifianakis shocks the world by signing on to play a crazy person who won’t leave his house. Amy Adams is also coming along for the ride this time.

Steve Carell goes golfing, The Slammin’ Salmon heads to theaters, and Lars von Trier is really depressing. So what else is new?