Through October, you will have seen one of history’s most mysterious occasions advertised left, right and centre.
You would have found it hard to go a hundred meters without seeing a blasted pumpkin!
Horror movies are on the TV every night, back-to-back, the most famous being the series named after the occasion itself.
Starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasance, the ‘Halloween’ film series has delivered enduring commercial success, with the 2018 revival alone grossing around $260 million worldwide. Overall, the franchise has amassed between around $ 900 million in worldwide box-office returns across its various iterations. These figures underline the commercial muscle of the series within the horror genre, and how it has captured the imagination of the Western public.
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