... the genome of a meiofaunal priapulan, Tubiluchus corallicola, a species that reaches a mature adult body size of only 1–2 mm in length. Screening our genome assembly for molting-related Halloween genes has revealed a putative ortholog of shadow, implying an older origin for this gene family...

... understandings of the franchise and invites a nostalgic revisiting of previous films. To examine nostalgia and retcons, this article uses the first eleven films of the Halloween series (1978–2018) as a collective case study, as the franchise is distinguished by frequent retcons. Further...

... for gain- and loss-of-function studies. CRISPR/CAS9 prothoracic gland ecdysone Halloween genes steroid hormone polytene tissue endoreplication It is crucial to have the ability to conditionally manipulate the activity of genes, be it to overcome embryonic lethality of null mutants to study later...

... cytochrome p450 Halloween genes molting Endocrine control of insect development is a complex symphony, with hormones produced in overlapping waves that determine the timing and nature of each developmental transition. In Drosophila melanogaster larvae, an endocrine organ, the ring gland (RG...

..., such as nematodes, vertebrates, and lower eukaryotes. Graphical abstract Ecdysteroidogenic enzymes are essential for biosynthesizing the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone that triggers developmental transitions in insects. steroid hormone ecdysteroid dafachronic acid Halloween genes Drosophila...

...Also known as the Halloween Massacre, on November 3, 1975, President Ford announced a number of changes within his cabinet which included Henry Kissinger's removal from his post as national security adviser. Though he was able to retain his job as secretary of state, this apparent demotion...

...This chapter re-examines Burns’s poem ‘Halloween’, suggesting that rather than folklore with footnotes, it is a satire on the belief that it was possible to foretell who an individual would marry by invoking the help of the Devil. This superstition was held particularly by orthodox Calvinists, who...

... Initiative Belva Davis Herb Caen Gore Vidal Jerry Brown Ronald Reagan Pete Wilson Willie Brown People’s Temple Leo J. Ryan Rev. Jim Jones Jonestown Guyana Polk Street Halloween Festival Shilts was such a prolific writer that it is not altogether surprising to find that his writing style...

...This chapter explains that Halloween is more than simply a setting in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), but that the film is indeed centrally concerned with the contested meanings of the day when it takes place. The film is a cultural artefact of how Halloween was thought about...

... the influence of Blood and Black Lace on foreign cinema, such as the film “Halloween” in 1978 by John Carpenter that reinvents Mario Bava's expressionless, ubiquitous, and mute assassin into a new icon. It also cites the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street that features...

... early story collections and novels that anchor Bradbury’s twenty-first century reputation, and a parallel summation of the important achievements of the last forty years of his career. These include The Halloween Tree’s affirmation of life over death, the six-year run of Ray Bradbury Theater, the role...

... and parents to Halloween, which includes holding a rival ‘Hallelujah night’. We take this as an opportunity to reflect broadly on multiculturalism and education in Ireland. Dundalk Emigration James W Multiculturalism Music Pentecostalism Schools Tales by Moonlight Teachers Dance Local and European...

...The subject of this chapter is the growing popularity of Christian alternatives to Halloween haunted houses. The most famous of these is Keenan Roberts's Hell House, a multiscene morality play that uses the techniques of horror entertainment to illustrate both a general and a specific narrative...

...’ between living and the dead, including beliefs about revenants contingent on ‘bad deaths’ or appearing at the season of Halloween. The character and importance of late medieval funerals and post-mortem intercession (masses, obits) is assessed, and the strong imperative for people to be ‘remembered...

... ‘Martin’ was the prelude to this factor – with ‘Halloween’ predicting a new market for stylish productions that could compete against Hollywood’s biggest and best. As with hardcore sex films, horror films would develop into a VHS staple in the 1980s – arguably the true lineage of the gritty...

... Carpenter’s Halloween and its recent remake by Rob Zombie, and then expands this comparison into a demonstration of the larger transformative mechanisms by which American filmmaking has been appropriating earlier texts to new social and political circumstances. Ain’t It Cool News remakes...

... Macbeth fits with the Folk Horror The Wicker Man (1973) or slasher classic Halloween (1978) and shows how the film is situated within the history of the horror genre. The chapter illustrates how Polanski managed to combine an eleventh-century setting and William...

...Chapter 32 begins with Bradbury’s reaction to news of Federico Fellini’s death on Halloween, 1993, and explores Bradbury’s sense of Halloween as a time of “fervor and excitement,” but not a time of happiness. Bradbury’s reflections on the later Fellini films gives way to the more positive process...

...This introductory chapter provides an overview and a synopsis of John Carpenter's Halloween (1978). Halloween is an acknowledged horror classic, and one of the relatively few horror films added to the National Film Registry by the U.S. Library of Congress...

...This chapter discusses how Halloween (1978) was developed and created. John Carpenter's name appears above the title on Halloween, but the project existed before he came on board. Independent film producer Irwin Yablans rightly claims the mantle of ‘The Man Who...