With the abundance of streaming services that movie fans subscribe to, the idea of turning on your TV to watch what a network offers seems like an almost archaic idea. That concept will completely change this fall with cable network HDNet Movies counting down to Halloween by airing films in the 13 days leading up to the holiday, as picked and introduced by Rob Zombie, according to Entertainment Weekly.
The event kicks off on October 19 and runs all the way through October 31, offering viewers a variety of different titles from different decades and horror subgenres. The full lineup has yet to be announced, but the network has teased the event will feature 1958’s The Blob, the Wes Craven directed revenge slasher The Last House on the Left, theRenée Zellweger-starring Case 39, and the found footage exorcism film The Devil Inside.
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Most Rob Zombie fans might know him from his string of musical projects dating back to the ’80s, but the last 15 years have allowed the filmmaker to delve into other realms of entertainment, writing and directing a slew of horror films.
Zombie’s horror film career kicked off in 2003 with House of 1000 Corpses, the story of some wayward travelers seeking out roadside oddities, only to land themselves in the custody of a sadistic family. The film was a hit and gained a cult following, leading to a sequel, The Devil’s Rejects, which took some of the most charmingly evil characters on the road for more mayhem.
Thanks to the success of those two films, the filmmaker was granted the opportunity to do a remake of John Carpenter’s Halloween, reimagining the story of Michael Myers and his path to becoming a serial killer. Banking on name recognition, that film, too, became a success, earning the director the chance to make Halloween II.
In 2012, the director deviated drastically from his comfort zone to give audiences The Lords of Salem, a surreal nightmare about a coven of witches tracking down the ancestor of one of the most powerful witches in history. That film’s mixed reviews forced him to go back to familiar territory to give audiences 31, a crowd-pleasing exploitation film full of gore and grime.
The filmmaker’s prolific career will certainly make for some interesting insight to each film shown, which is more than enough reason to tune in toRob Zombie’s 13 Nights of Halloween.
