It’s Halloween, So Here’s Tim Curry

This ridiculous music video is a clip from the 1986 British made-for-TV movie The Worst Witch, about a school for young witches. Tim Curry plays the grand wizard. We have only one question: where can we get a bat-shaped bow tie?

Photos: Pop Culture Zombies

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From classic cinema to B-horror flicks, from video games to comic books—TIME looks at zombies throughout the decades.

New Amy Winehouse Album Announced

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Amy Winehouse Lioness: Hidden Treasures is a posthumous collection of outtakes, demos and cover songs from the late singer.

What Scares the People Who Scare Us?

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Just in time for Halloween, TIME turns the tables on the horror industry, asking those who scare us what frightens them the most

Music Monday: The Decemberists' Long Live The King

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Earlier this year, the Decemberists released their sixth studio album. And they’re already back with a follow-up EP. But these songs are not throwaways.

Walking Dead Recap: Save the Last One

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The Walking Dead took a dark turn last night, which isn’t easy for a show about the zombie apocalypse.

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Boardwalk Empire Watch: I Confess

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We’re at about the halfway point of season two, and this is a good time to reflect on what’s going right and wrong in Boardwalk Empire overall.

IQ84: A Murakami Novel Sans Murakami

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In his massive new novel, the beloved Japanese author reaches for greatness and falls short.

Puss in Boots Creeps to Halloweekend (and Hallo-weakened) Win

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The DreamWorks cat-toon shakes off some spooky hexes to play tricks on Justin Timberlake and Johnny Depp

Beyond The Monster Mash: What To Play At Your Halloween Party

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If you want to play Halloween-themed music at your party this weekend, you can either put “Monster Mash” on repeat or branch out into the world of psychobilly, 1950s horror songs and the Cramps.

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Dead Tree Alert: Shooting to Kill

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In my print TIME column this week, I take a look at the much-photographed and -videotaped death of Muammar Gaddafi.

TIME Readers Sound Off on the All-TIME 100 Songs

Over the past five days, hundreds of readers have left comments on our All-TIME 100 Songs list about what we did right and (mostly) what we did wrong. Here’s what some of our Twitter followers had to say and their suggestions for songs that we should have included:

Steve Jobs and Joan Didion: The Untold Story

In this week’s TIME, I review the new Steve Jobs biography and the new Joan Didion memoir.

Listen to the All-TIME 100 Songs in 180 Seconds

Early in the process of choosing the All-TIME 100 Songs—as we editors and writers wrangled over the choices in email chains that grew longer than the extended mix of “Nights in White Satin”—I thought it would be fun to create a single song out of all 100, a pop-tune mash-up spanning 88 years. The video [...]

Antonio Banderas in Puss in Boots: One Cool Cat

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This Shrek spinoff doesn’t expand the scope of 3-D animation, but its insouciant charm should keep kids and adults purring

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Charlie Sheen to Have Sitcom on FX, Possibly Until the End of Time

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FX announced Thursday that it has acquired ten episodes of Sheen’s Anger Management, and may buy another 90. In the words of Sheen: Duh, [overrepeated-catchphrase-ing]!

Could Margin Call Upend the Hollywood Business Model?

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What if every film debuted simultaneously in theaters and via VOD?

Hunter S. Thompson: A Gonzo Life In Pictures

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The Rum Diary, a fictionalized account of Hunter S. Thompson’s life as a freelancer in Puerto Rico, hits theaters on October 28.  In honor of the late-career novel that he wrote during his early days as a reporter, a look back at the infamous journalist’s life in pictures.