Movies To Scare Your Costume Right Off
October 22, 2018
This 1980 classic movie is about Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson, getting a job to be the winter caretaker of the isolated Stanley Hotel. He brings along his wife Wendy, portrayed by Shelley Duvall, and his son Danny, portrayed by Danny Lloyd, to the hotel for five full months. “Blood, when the blood comes out of the elevator, that was pretty fricking cool or when he is stabbing through the door and he is like ‘Here’s Johnny’,” Kaelyn New ’20 said.

This 1978 gem is the starting point of the legacy of Michael Myers, portrayed by Nick Castle. In the movie, Halloween Michael Myers starts out as a young six-year-old boy who decides to murder his 17-year-old sister. He then goes to prison for 15 years, but of October 30, 1978, Myers escapes and returns to the humble town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to find his next unsuspecting victim.”The death scenes were really good, for being that old of a movie,” Reese Cruz ’20 said.
Mr. Roger Perron, portrayed by Ron Livingston and his wife Carolyn Perron, portrayed by Lili Taylor, and their five daughters recently moved into a farmhouse, where a non-human presence has made itself known. To try and solve the problem the Perron’s call two paranormal investigators Lorraine Warren, portrayed by Vera Farmiga, and Ed Warren, portrayed by Patrick Wilson, hoping they will be able to fix everything. Unluckily this problem escalates very fast. “[I liked it when] all their guts got ripped off, but not too much. They just thought about it and it was really cool,” Jenny Tran ’21 said.
This interesting take on a scary movie follows a husband Dan, portrayed by Simon Rex, and his wife Jody, portrayed by Ashley Tisdale, who just brought their newborn infant home from the hospital. They then find out a demon is stalking their family, they consult paranormal specialists and install cameras to drive out the spooky spirit. This movie brings up references from the “Paranormal Activity” franchise, “Mama,” “Sinister,” “Evil Dead,” “Inception,” “Black Swan” and “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.”
This movie was based on a tv show that was based on the Stephen King book. In the movie, a demon possesses an evil killing clown, pennywise portrayed by Tim Curry, and seven outcast teenagers have to go toe to toe with it. Thirty years later the clown comes back and the original seven kids reunite to finally take the clown down and I am not taking downtown I am talking about six feet underground.



![Minutes before the Activities Fair in the gym, president Abhi Gowda ‘26 prepares the stall for his club Helping Hands, Sept. 4. A relatively new club, Helping Hands was co-started by Gowda and focuses on assisting the homeless, and just last year they succeeded in raising a couple hundred donations to send to shelters. This year, they have goals to expand, with hopes to increase volunteer opportunities and take in-person trips to shelters, as well as extend their help beyond just homeless people. “The Activities Fair gives a lot of underclassmen the opportunity to really get to know the Canyon culture, and it gives them many opportunities for service and volunteering,” Gowda said. “[Through the Activities Fair,] I hope to find a bunch of new and passionate members about our club and just get our name out there and spread awareness to the cause that we’re fighting for.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-2-1200x885.jpg)







![The winter guard team makes fifth place at the state championship finals in the Denver Coliseum, March 30. The team performed to Barnes Country's “Glitter and Gold,” lead by coaches Margo Sanford, Blair Bickerton and Anna Orgren. In their class there were a total of nine groups participating, and the top five who made it to finals received a plaque. “[Walking onto the stage] is very nerve-wracking, but also very exciting as well. When you first start color guard there's a lot of anxiety and uncertainty when you first perform in front of an audience, but once you've done it for a while, it starts to become the best part of the season,” Ella West ‘25 said. “It's very fulfilling to see an audience react to something you've put your heart and soul into.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Both-socal-media-nd-website-main-1-1200x846.jpg)


![April marks the 25th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, created by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). This month is to spread awareness of the harassment, assault and abuse that happens around the world. The symbol that represented the month was a teal ribbon; however, some survivors of assault create different symbols and movements like the TikTok trend in 2022, where survivors would tattoo Medusa on their body, in honor of her backstory in Greek Mythology. “I don't think [this month is known] at all. I rarely see anybody talk about it. I rarely see much of an emphasis on posting it online, or much discussion about it, and I feel like there needs to be way more discussion,” an anonymous source said. “I think just validating every experience that a person has gone through, regardless of the degree of it, the severity, is an essential step into making sure that people are aware that this is a very real problem in a society and that we need to do better in addressing it.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_0011-1200x900.jpg)













![Lesbian Visibility Day is April 26, and it’s a holiday to celebrate the lesbian community of the world. Lesbian Visibility day was established in 2008 by many queer activists and organizations who sought to raise more awareness for lesbian history and culture. “So this is why during Lesbian Visibility [Day] we celebrate and center all lesbians, both cis and trans, while also showing solidarity with all LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people,” Linda Reily, in an article written by her, said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lesbian-Visibility-day.jpeg)




