TALES OF HALLOWEEN

ADRIENNE BARBEAU - "THE RADIO DJ"

"Tales of Halloween" was a 2015 anthology feature movie, with Adrienne Barbeau as "The Radio DJ"; who leads the viewer into the various stories. Each story is set on Halloween night; with a variety of creatures, demons, maniacs, witches, and more. The stories are: "Bad Seed" "Ding Dong" "Friday the 31st" "Grim Grinning Ghost" "Sweet Tooth" "The Night Billy Raised Hell" "The Ransom of Rusty Rex" "The Weak and the Wicked" "This Means War" "Trick" Adrienne Barbeau is no stranger to the horror genre, with her credits including "American Horror Stories" (2021), "Creepshow" (2019), "Swamp Thing" (2019), "Monsters" (1989), " The Twilight Zone" (1985) and "Creepshow" (1982). From IMDB: "Adrienne Jo Barbeau, born on 11 June 1945 in Sacramento, California, USA; is an American actress and author best known for her roles on the sitcom Maude (1972) and in horror films, especially those directed by John Carpenter, with whom she was once married. She was born on June 11, 1945 in Sacramento, California, the daughter of an executive for Mobil Oil Company. Early on in her career, she starred in Someone's Watching Me! (1978), The Fog (1980) and Escape from New York (1981), all John Carpenter-related projects. She has collaborated with George A. Romero on occasion, such as Stephen King's anthology Creepshow (1982) and Two Evil Eyes (1990). Her work with other horror directors includes Wes Craven's superhero monster movie Swamp Thing (1982). During the 1990s, she became best known for providing the voice of Catwoman on Batman: The Animated Series (1992). She was the original tough-girl Betty Rizzo in the first Broadway production of "Grease". She is the author of the memoir "There Are Worse Things I Can Do" (2006), and the comedy romance vampire novels "Vampyres of Hollywood" (2008), "Love Bites" (2010) and "Make Me Dead" (2015)."

Portrait of "Creepshow - The Crate" by Bradley Beard.
"Creepshow - The Crate" (starring Adrienne Barbeau) - biography (taken from Bradley Beard's Facebook page)"

I'll bet you never knew that its nickname was "Fluffy". Today I present the creature in the crate from the 1982 Warner Brothers classic Creepshow; a black humor horror anthology consisting of 5 short stories written by Stephen King (who stars in an episode as well) and directed by George A. Romero. Each story is conceptually tied together by comic book panels, an obvious reference to the influence of 1950's EC horror comics such as "Tales from the Crypt", "Vault of Horror", and "Haunt of Fear". It stars a plethora of actors including Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Harris, E.G. Marshall, and numerous others. The incredible special effects were brought to death by the Wizard of Gore and More Tom Savini. Favorite scene: When the cockroaches burst forth from Upson Pratt's body. You do know what day tomorrow is, don't you? The following is a trailer for the movie: Tales of Halloween - trailer from The Professor's Scary Clips on Vimeo.

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