Apple Movie Junkie

“Satanic rituals and blood-spattered gorefests!” This is what iTunes has for us this Halloween holiday. I’m talking about hour and hours of horrors! iTunes has a horrific page called Halloween Treats that is dedicated to the everything scary for the silver screen. Choose from old-school horror to modern day mayhem.” So heat up the popcorn, turn off all the lights, cozy up on the couch and treat yourself to an sleepless night of frighting flicks!

Update: Click HERE to view the list of all horror flicks on iTunes.
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Update – As site visitor Rick-O pointed out in the comments, Slacker Uprising is now available in the iTunes Store and in HD on the Apple TV as a free download.

Michael Moore’s newest film, Slacker Uprising, is now available to watch for free online at http://slackeruprising.com. The movie also available on Lycos, downloadable via Hypernia, on DVD via Amazon,coming soon iTunes! iTunes and in HD on the Apple TV.

The following is a synopsis of the movie straight from the site.

“Slacker Uprising” takes place in the wake of “Fahrenheit 9/11,” during the run-up to the 2004 election, as I traveled for 42 days across America, visiting 62 cities in a failed attempt to remove George W. Bush from office. My goal was to help turn out a record number of young voters and others who had never voted before.

Wether you agree with Michael Moore’s politics or not, it’s nice to see someone bypassing the studio route and releasing a movie directly to the people.

It took them squeezing every once out of the definition “Movie”, but Ars Techinca is reporting that Apple has finally done it and reached the 1,000 mark. Wow. At this point, a few months late, is it really a mark to even bother following anymore? Call me when they hit the 1,000 HD movie mark and hopefully they won’t be doing that with a load of HD “Short Films”. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, give me quality Apple, not quantity.

Update – Official Press Release

According to the Hollywood Reporter Apple is expected to announce today that it has struck a deal with a wide array of major and mini studios to offer many new releases for purchase at its iTunes Store. “The move would allow a broad slate of top-shelf films to be offered day-and-date with home video releases, which risks cannibalizing DVD sale.”

There is no mention of titles being released in HD in the article. Obviously this is exactly what Apple has been preparing for all night with the release of the new titles. If the major studios are willing to risk cannibalizing DVD sales why not go all the way with HD content as well, considering that the HD market is that much smaller. At the very least we can only hope that at tthis will mean a more consistent release schedule for HD titles.

I want to say thanks to Aditya for the heads up about the article.