On Thursday October 18th, I attended a blogger event for CBS at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. After waiting a surprisingly long time to clear security (all the while the security guard kept my driver's license with him), I finally started my tour of the Ghost Whisperer stages. Along with a tour of the show's set, the press event also included interviews with the executive producers, a sneak preview of the Halloween episode (airing October 26th), and a tour of the show's back lot (in the context of the Universal Studios R.I.P. experience). Completely unrelated to Ghost Whisperer but interesting all the same, we got a sneak preview of How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills and an interview with writer/director Seth Grahame-Smith.

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Back in July I mentioned Starz would be airing the documentary Going to Pieces: The Rise and the Fall of the Slasher Film on October 13th. Well, that just happens to be today, so horror fans like myself should check it out. Masters of the genre such as Wes Craven, Sean S. Cunningham and John Carpenter will talk about their favorite horror films and discuss the genre that made them famous. Craven did an interview with TV Guide where he talks about the scariest films he's ever seen (The Exorcist and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and about his remake of Last House on the Left. Unfortunately, I don't have Starz, so if you do watch this documentary, think kindly of me while you do, for I shall be sad. You'll have to imagine a violin playing while you read that last sentence. The documentary airs tonight at 9 pm.