The witching hour approaches and the fire is burning low, dear friends. So gather close and listen we list some of the greatest Halloween classics to… what? Made them up? Of course not! All of these are one hundred percent genuine films. If by genuine you mean that they came to us in a dream and we wrote them down and crudely edited some images. In that case they totally are.

Thinking about rewatching From Hell this Hallowe’en weekend? Before you do, cast an eye over this week’s Face/Off, where two of our most debauched and confused writers will be trying to hammer out an answer to that thorny old question: are films adaptations of Alan Moore graphic novels universally dreadful? Come, read and make up your mind…

It’s nearly Hallowe’en, and that means three things – today is Kayleigh‘s birthday (yay!), the horror DVDs are about to come out and everyone needs to get outrageously trolleyed. So with at least two of those considerations in mind, we present our slasher film drinking game. Watch out for that precariously balanced knife…

As the Best For Film team grows by two, our collective wisdom is increased by a factor of A MILLION. That’s maths, sunshine, and if you ignore it then God only knows what you’ll end up watching this week? Bleeding mobiles? Monteing Carlos? Don’t be a mug; come on in and have some intellectually nourishing citrus juice.

Ever wanted to go to a quality film festival, but been unable to offload the children? Ever sat through an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie and cursed the lack of varied children’s entertainment on offer? Ever wanted to watch a hand-picked film with like-minded and passionate people? From 22 October – 6 November, Dundee has the answer.

To commemorate the release of Paranormal Activity 3, a franchise which has made more than $100m through the simple expedient of filming a bedroom in which nothing happens, we’ve created a new ghostly character to appeal to its simple-minded fans. Can you identify its components? At least we didn’t rip off Blair Witch…

Ever since we watched the new Three Musketeers film we’ve wanted to drink ourselves to death. That’s not a sensation that’s likely to go away, but if there’s one thing that might fix it it’s a massive injection of quality swashbuckling. Drink along with us, and if you don’t shift the despair at least you can hasten that coma!

There’s a possibility we were just a little too pleased with last week’s cinematic output. Dizzy, giddy and possibly even rampant with the deadly cocktail of Tinkers, Drivers, Tyrannosaurs and Lion Kings, it was inevitable that we would crash. And so we have. Or have we? THE THREE MUSKETEERS IS OUT. We have.

Are you bored of the usual vampires and witches and ghosts of the spooky season? Tired of the Scream mask people don when trying to make a movie reference in their Halloween costume? Us too. And that’s why we have lovingly compiled a how-to costume guide for your perusal. Dress up as any of these and your awesomeness points will, literally, hit the roof, so approach with caution…

He brings out a new film every twelve to fourteen minutes, he has permanent standing orders to both Matt Damon and George Clooney, he’s about to direct a Liberace biopic before retiring to focus on his painting and he’s REALLY bald. Any guesses? It is of course Steven Soderbergh, and if you’re planning to see Contagion you’d better get involved with our Cheat Sheet…