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How seriously do you think I take Halloween? Well, I’m fairly frickin’ anal retentive anyway, so I need to book my viewing in advance. I mean I’ll deviate from my itinerary, but I at least need a plan. I can’t be the only one out there with a stick up his ass. So this October/Halloween Season I figured we needed a little guidance. There’s too many damn channels on the cable box, no horror hosts and shit for advertising. So let me be your TV Guide… Keeper.

We won’t touch on everything and I’m sure new programming will come up as October gets itself moving. I’ll throw an update out there from time to time if a special is airing or a new programming line up is discovered, uncovered, revealed or undead. Yes, this is for cable or dish. Network TV will...

• New to the Ioncinema team roster comes local cinephile Pierre-Alexandre Despatis - who you’ve might have already read as a contributor to the excellent Montreal-based webzine called Synoptique. His insight and maniacal obsession for the 7th art will be apparent in his almost daily overview of Montreal’s ‘05 edition of the Fantasia Film Festival. Sleepless nights will be the sum result of the terrifying task of covering a fest which specializes in nightmarish worlds and hellish afterlives. If you happen to stumble across Mr.Despatis, please make sure you give him your support and let him know if the goldfish needs feeding. Before you read further, let’s make this clear: I’m a self-proclaimed movie geek. If the fact I saw 8 movies on the opening day of a film festival last year doesn’t prove it, perhaps my overtly detailed screening log and its numerous cool yet unnecessary statistical charts will.

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