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TBT: 31 Days of Halloween Starts Today!

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Last year I did a daily film review, which I dubbed 31 Days of Halloween. Back then, YouTube Shorts were only one-minute in length, so I had to get to the point quickly (I did not always succeed).

Here’s the entire playlist from last year:

This year, I’ll be opening The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Halloween Countdown Calendar (that’s an Amazon Affiliate link; I receive a portion of any purchases made through that link, at no additional cost to you—TPP) each day in October and making a short YouTube video (or a “Short”) revealing what I uncover. That will be 2026’s version of 31 Days of Halloween (although I’ll try to toss in some short film reviews of flicks I missed last year, too).

I’ll try to open each “day” on the calendar on the actual day, so the videos might not be up at 6 AM EST like last year’s videos. That said, they’ll get up hopefully by lunchtime each day, although Thursdays might see later videos (I’m writing this post a few days early, so check the comments or tomorrow’s post for a link to the video if I haven’t gotten it done by the time you’re reading these words). You can check my YouTube channel, too.

With that, here is 1 October 2025’s “31 Days of Halloween Starts Today!“:

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31 Days of Halloween Starts Today!

The Portly Politico9 Comments

Today I’m kicking off 31 Days of Halloween, a series on my YouTube channel.  Each day in the month of October I’ll offer up a lo-fi, off-the-cuff, rapid-fire, one-minute, hyphen-hyphen, Halloween/horror movie review.  These are quick and, therefore, not very comprehensive, but they give my quick impressions of some classic (and not-so-classic) flicks.

I started the series with the subject of my most recent Monday Morning Movie Review, 1983’s Something Wicked This Way Comes:

New Shorts will post each morning in October 2025 at 6 AM EST.  If you enjoy them, leave a comment on YouTube (or here!) and share with your friends!

Happy October!

—TPP

Ponty’s Top 3 Halloween Picks 2024

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Last Wednesday I posted “My Neighbor’s Halloween Movie Recommendations” to a great deal of fanfare.  It was a solid list, leaning a bit more heavily towards the classics.  Naturally, I knew our English correspondent, Pontiac Dream 39, would have some thoughts on the list.

As is often the case, I was right.  Ponty offered up his top three picks in the comments section.  Always on the lookout for easy—uh, I mean, quality—content, I asked the good bloke from across the pond to consider putting together a more extensive “explainer” of his choices.

Happily, he obliged.  Few writers put together a movie review better than good old Ponty, especially when he either loves or hates a film.  In this case, his love for these three flicks—and they are all, assuredly, classics—shines through, as does his acumen for writing a crackerjack film review.

With that, here are Ponty’s Top 3 Halloween Picks for 2024 (I’m hoping if I add “for 2024,” it means he’ll do more next year!):

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