31 Halloween Movies to Whet your Terror Appetite!

Since it's Halloween, I've come up with a list of 31 movies to watch for Halloween - all of these movies are from my own collection.  These are all different types of movies (all horror), but all movies you should see.  They are in order from my least favorite (#1) to most favorite (#31).

Enjoy!

1. Dr. Giggles (1992)
2. Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)
3. Poltergeist (1982)
4. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
5. Trick'r'Treat (2008)
6. Final Destination II (2003)
7. Pet Semetary (1989)
8. It (1990)
9. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
10. Hostel: Part II (2007)
11. Jeepers Creepers (2001)
12. Leprechaun (1993)
13. Idle Hands (1999)
14. the Exorcist (1973)
15. The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
16. Halloween (1978)
17. Children of the Corn (1984)
18.  Saw (2004)
19.  Hatchet (2006)
20. Carrie (1976)
21. Candyman (1992)
22. 28 Days Later (2002)
23. Dolls (1987)
24. Night of the Demons (1988)
25. Dead Silence (2007)
26. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
27. Demonic Toys (1992)
28. Seed of Chucky (2004)
29. Drag Me to Hell (2009)
30. Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
31. Army of Darkness (1993)

Marvel and DC TV Series Updates

ABC is currently developing a new Incredible Hulk series.  Marvel thinks the Incredible Hulk will have legs as a television series like the 80s series on CBS.  The Incredible Hulk did not do well in feature film format, as there have been two movies in the last ten years, and neither did particularly well.

Marvel also may be looking at developing a Cloak and Dagger series based upon the Marvel characters of Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen, with the powers of a cloak of darkness and light daggers, respectively.This show may be developed for ABC Family.

Also, from DC Entertainment, David E. Kelley (creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public and Boston Legal) is developing a new Wonder Woman TV series.  The character barely left the ground under Joss Whedon's pen last year, and hasn't made much progress as a feature film since.  Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman was a hit television show on ABC and then CBS in the 70's.

No Ordinary Family Updates

ABC's No Ordinary Family, has gotten an order for four more scripts from ABC.  This is good news for one of falls highest rated new shows, and one of the few success stories of the fall television season.

ABC also has announced that No Ordinary Family will be moving to Tuesdays at 9 pm starting from November 30th to December 14th, while ABC airs various holiday specials in the 8 pm slot.  When No Ordinary Family returns on January 4th to the 8 pm slot, it will be followed by the second season premiere of V.

Also, Life Unexpected has gotten an order for two more scripts from the CW. 

Syfy renews Haven and Warehouse 13

Syfy has renewed Warehouse 13, Syfy's highest rated show in 2010 for a third season of 13 episodes.  The show was Syfy's most watched in 2010, and was well received by critics.  It's main theme song was also nominated for an Emmy. 

Syfy's new 2010 summer show, Haven (based on the Colorado Kid by Stephen King), has been renewed for a second season, to shoot in Spring 2011 for a summer 2011 release (probably still using this year's lead in Eureka as it's lead-in again).  Haven held 82 % of its viewers from its Eureka lead-in, and doubled the Syfy Friday 10 pm ratings average.

Raising Hope Gets Full Season Order

Raising Hope on Fox has been performing well on Tuesday nights.  So well, in fact, that it is the # 2 new comedy for adults 18-34 (behind CBS's Mike & Molly) and the # 1 show for teens and young women.

This means that in addition to the 13 episodes that have already been ordered, they are ordering another 9 for a full 20 episode season.  This already dramatically increases the chances of the show getting renewed for another season (but of course it is too early to tell if any of the new shows are picked up for another season, especially with this years sluggish ratings).

NBC halts production on Outlaw

NBC has decided to halt production on its friday night drama, Outlaw, starring Jimmy Smits.  Fridays at 10 pm is not exactly prime real estate ofr any new TV show, so i can certainly see why it hasn't made much of a splash.  NBC hasn't yet cancelled it though, and the show has 5 more epsisodes to air while it monitors the ratings, but things don't look good for Outlaw, or for NBC right now. 

This is the first show of the 2010-2011 season to go on production hiatus, which is usually just a step from cancellation.

To make matters worse,NBC's Monday night lineup is doing pretty badly in the rating as well, a night which at one time they ruled.  Chase and the Event ratings are not what NBC was expecting, and even veteran show Chuck has slipped in the ratings the past few weeks.

NBC really needs to turn things around, especially after the 2009-2010 television season.

Fall TV Ratings - Sluggish TV Season

Fall TV Ratings

I think it's hard not to say after this TV Viewing season that TV Viewership is down, but it's also fairly obvious that most of the new TV shows have not found an audience.  The first two fall casualties have already been canceled after two episodes - FOX's Lone Star was the first, and ABC's My Generation was the second.

In addition, this week NBC's Chase dipped below a 1.7, which is extremely low for a (new) first season show.  NBC's The Event (whose advertising budget was larger than most returning series entire production budgets) lost 17% of its viewership this week as well, bringing it down to a 2.4. NBC's other big new premier, JJ Abrams Undercovers, dropped to a 1.6 for a 24% drop in its second week.

ABC's The Whole Truth is down 20% to a 1.2 putting it firmly in the cancellation zone as well.  Detroit 1-8-7 hasn't found an audience either, at a 2.1, and is likely to be canceled by the end of the season.

FOX's The Good Guys is likely to be the next to be canceled with a 0.7 rating, and is Running Wilde going to be far behind at a 2.3?

The CW is down across the board as well, so it's hard to see what shows will be canceled.  Life Unexpected is certainly going to be canceled with a .77 rating.  The rest are too close to call, but the CW will certainly need some work, as their rating are all quite low.

CBS is doing the best of all the network overall, with none of their shows in cancellation range yet.

That concludes the ratings report for the first two weeks of fall TV.

So far, it's not looking too promising for most of the new fall shows, although Mike and Molly, CBS' Monday comedy, is looking to be the most ppopular new fall show with a 3.9.