My Own Private Halloween Session

I had a tough day yesterday -- killer yoga class, office work till 9pm -- so when I got home, it felt perfectly natural to turn down the lights, get comfy on the couch and pop Halloween into the DVD player.

It was the second time I saw the film; the first time was a long time ago, in a galaxy country far far away. I must have been 12 or 13, at the summit of my horror obsession.

( Review of Halloween - including spoilers )

Horror Enthusiasm Gone Too Far

LONDON (Reuters) - A horror film fanatic who wanted to be an infamous serial killer was found guilty on Thursday of murdering four strangers during a three-day rampage through southern England.

Daniel Gonzalez, 25, compared his murders to those in the film "Halloween" and told police he wanted to know what it would be like to be "Freddy Krueger for the day" -- referring to the crazed killer from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street".

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