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  • Lights, camera, boo! &pictures turns full on spooky

    Lights, camera, boo! &pictures turns full on spooky

    MUMBAI: Trick or treat, but make it filmi! This Halloween, &pictures is turning up the spook-o-meter with ‘Full On Halloween’, a fun-horror movie marathon airing all day on 31 October 2025. Promising goosebumps, giggles and ghostly surprises, the channel is set to deliver a perfect mix of fright and fun.

    From eerie small-town tales to supernatural showdowns, the line-up packs in something for everyone. The chills kick off at 8:45 am with Kakuda, starring Sonakshi Sinha and Riteish Deshmukh, followed by the mischievous The Bhootni at 3:15 pm, featuring Sanjay Dutt, Palak Tiwari and Mouni Roy. At 5:30 pm, Phone Bhoot dials up laughs and scares with Katrina Kaif, Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi, before the visually rich folklore fantasy Tumbbad closes the night at 10:40 pm.

    Adding to the fun are K3 Kaali Ka Karishma, Om Bheem Bush, and Bhaagmathi, keeping the thrills fresh and spooky spirits high. With a blend of humour, horror, and high-energy storytelling, Full On Halloween promises a day where jump scares meet joyrides.

    So this 31 October, grab your popcorn and your courage, because Halloween on &pictures isn’t just on… it’s Full On! 

  • Wendy’s rave serves burgers with a scare

    Wendy’s rave serves burgers with a scare

    MUMBAI: This Halloween, Wendy’s is swapping ketchup for cobwebs and fries for fright. The burger chain is turning its outlets in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune into haunted rave zones for one wicked night of food, fun and fearless partying.

    On October 31, Wendy’s Rave, Halloween edition will transform the restaurants into spooky diners with eerie lighting, creepy décor and surprise jump scares. Guests can feast on unlimited burgers, fries, beverages and desserts while grooving to a mix of Hindi cinema and EDM beats that promise to raise the dead, or at least the dance floor.

    Instead of the usual neon wristbands, party-goers will get glowing devil horn headbands, turning the crowd into a sea of red light and mischief. The surprise highlight? A DJ set by “Wendy” herself, complete with haunting Halloween makeup and a playlist that’s equal parts spooky and spectacular.

    “Halloween is all about bold, expressive fun, and Wendy’s is taking that spirit to the next level,” said Rebel Foods chief marketing officer Nishant Kedia. “The Wendy’s Rave is our way of serving flavour with a side of madness and a whole lot of music.”

    As beats drop and burgers flip, expect ghostly laughter, spine-tingling sound effects, and crew members in scary masks dishing out your meal with the occasional jump scare.

    It’s a night where burgers meet the bizarre, fries flirt with fright, and Wendy’s proves that food can be just as thrilling as a haunted house. This Halloween, your meal might just scream back.

     

  • Call of Duty: Mobile goes gothic for Halloween with WWE crossover

    Call of Duty: Mobile goes gothic for Halloween with WWE crossover

    MUMBAI: Nothing says Halloween quite like watching Undertaker suplex a zombie on a haunted Mexican estate at midnight. Welcome to Call of Duty: Mobile’s latest update.

    Season 9—Midnight Rumble—launches today with a hefty serving of Halloween content, including the return of fan-favourite modes like Attack of the Undead and Hordepoint. The update introduces night mode on the Isolated map for the first time since 2020, forcing players to adjust their tactics in near-darkness. Hacienda returns as Haunted Hacienda, complete with ghost ships, jack-o’-lanterns and creatures lurking in the shadows.

    The headline addition is a limited-time WWE collaboration that lets players fight as wrestling legends including Undertaker. Players start matches with boxing gloves and can transform into WWE operators on winning streaks, gaining enhanced health and signature finishing moves that work from any direction. It’s an unlikely crossover that signals the game’s confidence in experimenting beyond military realism.

    The Halloween update kicks off a three-season arc dubbed Black & Gold that will run until the game’s sixth anniversary in Season 11. The campaign starts with Black, bringing back the most popular maps, modes, operators and weapons from the game’s history. Season 10 will flip to Gold  with fresh content before the anniversary finale.

    Beyond the WWE mode, players can earn free legendary weapons through seasonal events, including the FFAR—Shredder and RPD—Road Mongrel. The battle pass introduces the Sten submachine gun, widely used by British forces in the Second World War, alongside Halloween-themed operator skins like Ajax—Insanely Jacked and Seraph—Witch’s Holiday.

    The store update includes a new Mythic weapon draw featuring the Type 25—Deepstar Piercer, two WWE-themed draws for Alexa Bliss and Undertaker, and returning Halloween weapon blueprints in a series armoury. Two previous battle passes—Graveyard Shift and Winter War—are also returning to the vault.

    For a mobile game competing against console-quality shooters and battle royales, the strategy is clear: pile on the content, embrace the absurd, and keep players engaged with constant variety. Whether that approach sustains momentum through to the sixth anniversary remains to be seen, but Activision is betting that zombies and wrestlers make a winning combination.

  • PVR INOX unveils a cinematic treat for Halloween enthusiasts

    PVR INOX unveils a cinematic treat for Halloween enthusiasts

    Mumbai: Halloween, the season of thrills, chills, and supernatural wonders, is upon us. It’s that time of year when the air becomes crisp, leaves crunch underfoot, and the world is draped in hues of orange and black. As the days grow shorter and the nights darker, a sense of mystique descends upon us. This year, PVR INOX invites cinema enthusiasts to celebrate this eerie occasion like never before by announcing the Halloween Film Festival.  From 27 October to 2 November, PVR INOX will host a spine-tingling Halloween Film Festival across select multiplexes, showcasing movies like Evil Dead, The Forever Purge, Exorcist, Nun 2, Talk To Me and the first and second edition of The Quiet Place. Taking the Halloween spirit a notch higher, PVR INOX has transformed a few multiplexes into a realm of all things dark and eerie with Halloween décor from 28 October to 2 November. The theatres include PVR Promenade, Delhi, PVR Logix, Noida, PVR Kurla, Mumbai, INOX Malad, Mumbai, Phoenix Market City, Bangalore.  

    Speaking about the Halloween Film Festival, PVR INOX Ltd co-CEO Gautam Dutta expressed his excitement, saying, “Halloween is that magical time of year when we get to wholeheartedly embrace our love for the supernatural and all things spooky. It’s a fantastic festival that has inspired countless captivating movies. At PVR INOX, we are absolutely thrilled to bring our patrons a truly unique cinematic experience during this Halloween festival. It’s a time for our audiences to revel in the thrill of these specially curated films and the immersive atmosphere we’ve created.”  

    In addition to the spine-tingling décor, PVR INOX will host a Witch Cosplay event on 31 October at Delhi and Mumbai cinemas that are decked in Halloween décor. Patrons are encouraged to embrace their inner witches and wizards and participate in this magical experience. To make Halloween even sweeter, PVR INOX has partnered with the renowned House of Candy brand to distribute candies in four cinemas in Delhi. On 31 October, between 6 pm and 11 pm, patrons at PVR Vegas, PVR Promenade, PVR Logix, and INOX AIPL can indulge in a candy extravaganza, adding a delightful twist to their Halloween celebration.

    PVR INOX’s Halloween Film Festival promises to be a treat for horror aficionados, featuring an impressive lineup of films that will send chills down your spine. Be ready for a freaky, mind-numbing cinematic journey with horror hits like Evil Dead Rise, The Forever Purge, Exorcist: Believer, Talk To Me, A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place 2, and Nun 2.

  • Halloween-a tricky holiday for us and a sweet treat for pirates

    Halloween-a tricky holiday for us and a sweet treat for pirates

    MUMBAI: In all spirit of spookiness, there were a total of 653,260 search visits to piracy sites by consumers interested in viewing horror content—25 times higher than search visits to legal sites. Monster and Killer movies/TV shows were the most popular genres being illegally downloaded, but Paranormal was a close third when it comes to TV shows. Irdeto’s data also found clear spikes in the level of activity at peer-to-peer pirate sites during the month of October across horror genres.

    While it is clear that consumers are looking to get their Halloween fix through illegal means, the film or TV show they are watching may not be the only scare coming their way. By downloading pirated content, consumers are openly inviting malware and other viruses to hack into their systems and steal their personal information.

    More Halloween piracy findings can be found on Irdeto’s latest Horror of Piracy blog and interactive website for your reference. Please let us know if you're interested to run the blog post or use the piracy findings for a story you're working on.

  • Budweiser says face your fears in Halloween

    Budweiser says face your fears in Halloween

    MUMBAI: Halloween is not about being timid and shy, it’s about being fearless! This Halloween, Budweiser urges consumers to come forth and face fears on their own terms.

    The campaign brings together multi-faceted elements to turn this dark night into one of revelry by unlocking freedom like never before. The Halloween week will be ushered in with an anthem by American song writer and Grammy nominee, Kehlani Parrish in collaboration with Budweiser. The song called ‘Touch’ went live on Kehlani’s various music platforms on 14 October 2017.

    Joining the ‘Fearless’ movement are popular personalities like Kavya Trehan – singer-songwriter and one-half of indie pop band Mosko, Shaan – the talented and youngest ever electronic DJ/music producer in India and one of the first Indians to play at Tomorrowland and India’s leading super model – Erika Packard. Through a series of fun engaging videos, these trendsetters will reveal their most irrational fears.

    AB-Inbev associate marketing director Vineet Sharma says, “Globally, Halloween is one of the most celebrated occasions and we are truly excited to bring the fear and fervor associated with it to India. We believe that one can be free by being fearless and through this campaign Budweiser is giving fans a chance to face their fears.”

    For those who enjoy playing dress up and going all out on Halloween, celebrity Makeup Artist Elton J Fernandez has created a DIY Halloween make-up tutorial urging his fans to be a part of Budweiser’s #JoinTheFearless movement.

  • Halloween comes early on Star World Premiere HD

    Halloween comes early on Star World Premiere HD

    Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition and it seems to have arrived early on Star World Premiere HD. The channel that takes pride in bringing the biggest and most critically acclaimed shows to India is set to premiere the two spookiest shows of television – Ryan Murphy’s Horror Anthology series American Horror Story Season 6 and Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s horror drama The Strain Season 3.

    The vampire drama The Strain is set to return for its third season on 3 September at 11 pm in India and stars Corey Stoll (House of Cards), David Bradley (Argus Filch in the Harry Potter film series and Walder Frey in Game of Thrones) and Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings) in the lead roles. The Strain comes from a trilogy of novels written by Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim, Hellboy) and Chuck Hogan, who wrote the novel, Prince of Thieves that Ben Affleck used as the basis for The Town.

    Regarding the concept, del Toro sought to de-romanticize vampires, which have been humanized and turned into love interests in recent years. During the launch of the series, del Toro had said: “Vampires have been romanticised. We’ve kind of de-fanged them. I wanted to do this not as a movement, but as an alternative. It is gory, but not gory for the sake of being gory. I would say it’s biologically curious. But the way the vampires breed is truly brutal.”

    The thriller started with an investigation into a mysterious viral outbreak in New York City with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team and his team wage war for the fate of humanity itself. The season three begins with New York City being written off by the federal government, leaving the remaining residents fighting for survival on their own in this battleground.

    Next in the line-up is the much-awaited Season 6 of American Horror Story that will mark its debut on 18 September at 11:30 pm in India. Each year, Ryan Murphy gives television it’s most bafflingly and sinister hour of television with American Horror Story and this year seems even more intriguing as the show creators have kept the theme of forthcoming Season 6 a closely guarded secret. However, the cast-members Evan Peters, Matt Bomer, Leslie Jordan, Cheyenne Jackson, Lady Gaga, Sarah Paulson and Angela Bassett have confirmed their involvement for season6.

    Ryan Murphy had hinted on the Season 6 during an interview last fall, “We’re doing something we’ve never done before on a show where we’re doing two different groups of writer’s rooms. Some of our writers will be bouncing around, but a whole different group is coming in late August. The next thing we’re crafting up is very, very different than [Season 5]. Not smaller. Not just not opulent. More rogue and more dark.”

    This year also marks many firsts for the series as it is the first time that the series is making a debut outside of October in its history and it is the first season to not release a subtitle, before the premiere, since its launch!

  • Halloween comes early on Star World Premiere HD

    Halloween comes early on Star World Premiere HD

    Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition and it seems to have arrived early on Star World Premiere HD. The channel that takes pride in bringing the biggest and most critically acclaimed shows to India is set to premiere the two spookiest shows of television – Ryan Murphy’s Horror Anthology series American Horror Story Season 6 and Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s horror drama The Strain Season 3.

    The vampire drama The Strain is set to return for its third season on 3 September at 11 pm in India and stars Corey Stoll (House of Cards), David Bradley (Argus Filch in the Harry Potter film series and Walder Frey in Game of Thrones) and Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings) in the lead roles. The Strain comes from a trilogy of novels written by Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim, Hellboy) and Chuck Hogan, who wrote the novel, Prince of Thieves that Ben Affleck used as the basis for The Town.

    Regarding the concept, del Toro sought to de-romanticize vampires, which have been humanized and turned into love interests in recent years. During the launch of the series, del Toro had said: “Vampires have been romanticised. We’ve kind of de-fanged them. I wanted to do this not as a movement, but as an alternative. It is gory, but not gory for the sake of being gory. I would say it’s biologically curious. But the way the vampires breed is truly brutal.”

    The thriller started with an investigation into a mysterious viral outbreak in New York City with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team and his team wage war for the fate of humanity itself. The season three begins with New York City being written off by the federal government, leaving the remaining residents fighting for survival on their own in this battleground.

    Next in the line-up is the much-awaited Season 6 of American Horror Story that will mark its debut on 18 September at 11:30 pm in India. Each year, Ryan Murphy gives television it’s most bafflingly and sinister hour of television with American Horror Story and this year seems even more intriguing as the show creators have kept the theme of forthcoming Season 6 a closely guarded secret. However, the cast-members Evan Peters, Matt Bomer, Leslie Jordan, Cheyenne Jackson, Lady Gaga, Sarah Paulson and Angela Bassett have confirmed their involvement for season6.

    Ryan Murphy had hinted on the Season 6 during an interview last fall, “We’re doing something we’ve never done before on a show where we’re doing two different groups of writer’s rooms. Some of our writers will be bouncing around, but a whole different group is coming in late August. The next thing we’re crafting up is very, very different than [Season 5]. Not smaller. Not just not opulent. More rogue and more dark.”

    This year also marks many firsts for the series as it is the first time that the series is making a debut outside of October in its history and it is the first season to not release a subtitle, before the premiere, since its launch!

  • ComicCon & Woodland ride on the Halloween bandwagon

    ComicCon & Woodland ride on the Halloween bandwagon

    NEW DELHI: Advertisers and event managers are taking full advantage of Halloween to promote themselves and their products.

     

    Leather outdoor gear manufacturer Woodland launched #Woodoo on Twitter and a video on Facebook to connect with viewers.

     

    It started with the rolling out of a spooky image with the message ‘Do Not ReTweet.’ This evoked the curiosity within its users and people did exactly what they were told not to do and expectedly they re-tweeted. They took it one step further by taking the profile picture of the person who had re-tweeted the message and customised it in a template. This template was re-tweeted too. It created a thrill and excitement in people to see these horrifying images of themselves, which they proudly flaunted on their Twitter handles.

     

    Woodoo was ideated with an objective to engage the young internet audience between the ages of 16 – 25 through the festival of Halloween.

     

    The video can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/woodlandadventure/?fref=nf

     

    The brand through this activity is reinforcing its international identity and getting its Indian audience to identify and relate with the same and in turn participate and create their own moments.

     

    The campaign is witnessing a high level of interaction and engagement because of its uniqueness. It has already trended on the social platform as it is a novel concept and has seen remarkable engagement.

     

    In Mumbai, ComicCon India marked Halloween with party-loving fans donning horns smeared with zombie make-up and wearing Dracula capes at their “creepiest-best” at the Goosebumps Halloween Party at Sante Bar.

     

    The fans were seen enjoying in the latest costumes inspired by movie and comic characters. The food menu was specially designed to suit this occasion. Drinks like Praying Mantis, Werewolf were the special highlight of the party.

     

    A special screening of the unseen footage from the movie Goosebumps which released on Friday on the occasion of Halloween was organised for fans at the party. The ones in the best scary costumes got two free drinks. DJs played some popular dance numbers.

     

    The aim of the party was to announce the Mumbai Film and Comic Con 2015 at Bombay Exhibition Centre on 19 and 20 December.

  • English entertainment channels get spooky this Halloween

    English entertainment channels get spooky this Halloween

    MUMBAI: It’s that time of the year when giving your nerves a jolt of terror feels like the right thing to do. It’s the time when the moon becomes a brute and black cats are seen. It’s the time when witches go on a ride. It’s the time to trick-or-treat: it’s Halloween on Saturday, 31 October and sure enough English entertainment channels have turned up their horror quotient to spook viewers further.

     

    Halloween is usually celebrated amongst family, friends and, sometimes, co-workers. However, some areas hold large community events. While some adults may celebrate by watching horror films or by holding costume parties or creating haunted houses or graveyards.

     

    English entertainment channels have lined up power packed shows all night long for viewers. If you are browsing for horror movies to stream tonight, we’ve got you covered. 

     

    After perusing the available options on channels like FX India, Star World, AXN, and Comedy Central, we recommend a few under-the-radar titles for your Halloween viewing pleasure.

     

    Read on:

     

    FX India

     

    FX has upped its creepy ante by airing the American Horror Story: Hotel with it’s Halloween special episode 4, Devil’s Night. The episode showcases some gruesome incidents influenced by the supernatural that take place within the walls of Hotel Cortez. It will see devils at play, vampires continue to feast and the eeriness of Hotel Cortez goes up a notch. The special episode will air on 31 October 2015 at 11 pm.

     

    Star World

     

    Tune-in to the channel for a spookier ride this Halloween by watching episodes 13 – 18 of Sleepy Hollowseason 2 airing on 31 October at 12 pm. The show is a thrilling, mystery adventure drama series spanning two and a half centuries, in which a resurrected Ichabod Crane pairs up with a present-day cop to save the enigmatic town of Sleepy Hollow and the world from unprecedented evil.

     

    AXN

     

    AXN will premier the episodes of Penny Dreadful season 2 all night long this Halloween. This season of the second part horror-thriller will intertwine the lives of men and monsters. It opens with Vanessa Ives and her allies finding themselves locked in epic battle against an unholy evil. The episodes will air 12 am onwards on 31 October.

     

    Comedy Central

     

    The channel will air Deadbeat all night this season from 12 am. The series revolves around a lazy slacker and a medium for hire, who attempts to solve various ghosts’ unresolved issues, so that they can move on to a final resting place, occasionally with the help of his best friend and drug dealer.

     

    On that note, Happy Halloween!