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Top 5 Halloween Movies Of All Time – Chris Gore

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Published

October 18, 2022

Chris Gore, Founder/Owner of FilmThreat/Author/Filmmaker: I’ve got one more? See now this is like a Sophie’s Choice of Horror. You’ve put me in this position.

Film Courage: Chris, why do you love Halloween?

Chris: Oh my God! First of all Halloween is the best holiday of the year. It involves no relatives, it is the stress-free holiday. I generally get my decorations on in September. Party City’s always has the costumes out in August (there’s no competition). Halloween is the best holiday because it’s such low stress. In addition it is an excuse to revisit every horror film that you love and it’s also when the studios say Hey, have we got some horror films, we should release them in October but now I feel like that calendar has been pushed into September. For me, it’s more than a month-long celebration so I love Halloween. I don’t dress up as much as I used to but the holiday is great because it’s sort of top of mind for everybody of Oh yeah I’m going to go see the new (whatever) horror film. Absolutely my favorite personal holiday.

Film Courage: What was your costume of choice?

Chris: Oh man, let’s see I once dressed as Luke Skywalker from Return of the Jedi in high school, that was in my senior year. In my junior year, I dressed as Alex from Clockwork Orange. I literally had the…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).

BIO:

Chris Gore is a writer, comedian, author and television personality who has built a solid reputation as a hilariously outspoken voice in the entertainment world. As a teenager, Chris founded the brutally honest magazine Film Threat, which began as a fanzine while he was a college student in Detroit. As Film Threat evolved into a respected national magazine, he relocated to Los Angeles. The print magazine was retired in 1997 when it was re-launched as a web site. FilmThreat.com found a huge audience online and was named one of the top five movie web sites by the Wall Street Journal. Chris has appeared as a film expert on MSNBC, E!, CNN, Travel Channel, and Reelz Channel. Chis has also hosted shows on FX, Starz, IFC and G4TV’s Attack of the Show as the show’s film expert. His weekly movie review segment DVDuesday was among the most popular on G4. Chris is also an author, having written The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made and The Complete DVD Book. His book The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide is considered the bible of the industry and is required reading at film school.