Jamie Lee Curtis

Today on her Huffington Post Blog, Jamie Lee Curtis (best known to horror fans as the original Lori Strode in John Carpenter's Halloween, as well as the star of thr original The Fog, Prom Night and Terror Train), shows us she's actually very anti-horror on Halloween.

Her desire to 'tone down' the gore on halloween, especially when it comes to kids, just really gets my panties in a twisted, bleeding bunch.

"Halloween, the holiday, is a breeding ground for a seemingly unending gruesome gore fest," says Curtis. "Has it always been this way? I don't think so. I remember Halloween as a time to dress up in a costume other than myself. That was what was fun..."

Women's website BellaOnline has an article about the career of Jamie Lee Curtis by the horror movies editor Steven Casey Murray. You can read his fun little piece here. Also in the news is an article about female directors from CNN.com called Chicks directing flicks. Mentioned are Pretty/Scary favorites Sophia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow, and Sarah Polley. Read the article here.