OCTOBER 24, 2026

Creepshow's little brother

OCTOBER 24, 2026 6 MIN READ

I do appreciate a good Halloween anthology and there are few better than Stephen King to helm one. I know he has an extensive library of incredibly long books of which many have been adapted into feature films already. But sometimes you just want a little dose of spooky instead of a full on fright. When that's the case, the vehicle of the anthology is a great way to achieve that through fun little vignettes of self contained frights in about 30 minutes or it's free. That's the beauty of a flick like this. The iconic Drew Barrymore with a tabby cat cover art has been calling to me since I was old enough to walk down the horror aisle at the video store. So it was finally time to bust this one out and see what those feline peepers have been trying to tell me for the last few decades.

WRITTEN BYADAM PETERSON
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In theaters releases shown. The Mongoose, Oct 30. Godzilla Minus Zero, Nov 3. Avengers: Doomsday, Dec 18. Dune: Part Three, Dec 18. Jumanji: Open World, Dec 25. The Beekeeper 2, Jan 15. Tangles, Jan 15. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht: Rising-, Jan 16

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