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It’s Tuesday which means there’s a new Hallmark movie to review!
ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN
Everly Stone is very firmly anti-Halloween. That is, until she is visited by three friendly yet spooky spirits who help her rediscover her true self and see what she’s been missing all along.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN
October 10, 2026 | Hallmark
CAST & CREW OF THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN
Writer: Nicole Baxter
Cast:
Meghan Ory as Everly Stone
Kevin McGarry as Beau Madison
BRAN’S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
We meet Everly Stone. She creates wedding dresses and is very ANTI Halloween! Her employee is like we should make Halloween costumes too! Everly is like NO!!! Hot firefighter Beau comes in for a fitting and invites her to the Halloween festival but she’s not having it.
When she gets home, lights are flickering. Leaves are flying. And she wakes up in the middle of the night to some thuds downstairs. When she gets down there, she sees her dead mentor, Anna. SHE’S BEING HAUNTED! She tells her she’s being Christmas Carol’d - 3 ghosts. But she tells her to heed the warnings or she’ll end up like her - miserable and alone.
Up first is the ghost of Halloween past. He takes her to 30 years ago. We’re at a Halloween party. Little Everly is dressed up like a witch with little Beau dressed up like a firefighter. They’re having the best time. Turns out she hasn’t always been a Halloween humbug. We then go back to 20 years in the past. Everly and Beau are at college together. He’s the star quarterback with lots of women interested in him, and she has a boyfriend who drives a big truck and honks at her when it’s time to go. And she left before she could hear him say that she’s settling.
Cut to 10 years in the past. Another Halloween party. She’s still with Rex who SUCKS and Beau is clearly not a fan. Beau is actually her dad’s successor down at the fire station. During the party, she finds ol’ Rex kissing another woman. EVERYONE SEES IT! Her younger self runs out but she gets to see that Beau confronts Rex and tells him that he never deserved her!
And just like that, she’s back in her bed. She wakes up to see her cat is on the roof, so naturally she calls Beau. He comes and they chat and apologize for how they left things earlier.
The ghost of Halloween present shows up and she’s a cool skateboarder. She shows her Beau driving up to Everly’s business looking all sad, her employee’s boyfriend complaining about Everly not valuing her like she should - he tells him that if nothing changes in 6 months, she’ll leave. She then sees another woman talk to Beau, telling him he’s such a good guy. If she’s not careful, she might lose him!
When she comes back, she rushes to the firehouse but there seems to be an emergency, so not the right time.
When she gets back home, the ghost of Halloween yet to come is there and his name is Grant and he’s the hottest. She touches his cheek and they show up 10 years in the future. She sees Beau with a kid at a pumpkin patch. She’s nowhere to be found. She’s real sad. The ghost takes her to where she’s at in the future - she sees her employee is now running her own business making Halloween costumes and she’s engaged. Apparently, she took all of Everly’s clients and we see that Everly’s shop is closed. We see that Everly is fully alone.
She wakes up and it’s Halloween day! She hasn’t missed it! She shows up at work, shows her employee some love, and tries to tell Beau how she feels and totally botches it.
After going home to be sad, she shows up at the party, gives her employee a raise, and tells Beau how she feels and they finally kiss! And they dance the night away. Happy Halloween.

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ABOUT THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic herald, the Silver Surfer.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
July 25, 2025 | Theaters
CAST & CREW OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards
Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm
Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm
BRAN’S THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS SYNOPSIS
The movie kicks off on Earth-828 in 1964, where the world is celebrating four years of the Fantastic Four. Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm became superheroes after being exposed to radiation during a space mission, and since then, they’ve become celebrities while also helping change the world.
Things get even more exciting when Reed and Sue announce that they’re expecting a baby. The whole world becomes fascinated with the idea of a baby with superpowers.
But then the Silver Surfer arrives on Earth with some very bad news: Earth has been chosen for destruction by Galactus, a giant cosmic being who literally eats planets. Reed investigates the destruction of other planets and realizes the Silver Surfer is telling the truth. The team heads back into space to try to stop Galactus before he reaches Earth.
The team is captured and brought face-to-face with Galactus. he senses something different about Reed and Sue’s unborn child, Franklin, so he offers them a deal: give him the baby, and he’ll spare Earth.
Obviously, the Fantastic Four say yes, right? RIGHT? They say no.
The team escapes & During their trip back to Earth, Sue gives birth to Franklin.
A month later, the Fantastic Four return to Earth, and Reed reveals everything during a press conference and is shocked people are upset.
Johnny starts figuring out the Silver Surfer’s language using their previous interactions and transmissions Reed intercepted from deep space.
As Galactus gets closer and the protests against the Fantastic Four continue to grow, Sue takes Franklin to meet with the protesters herself. She makes it clear that they aren’t going to sacrifice their son, but they also aren’t going to give up on everyone else. People are like ok ok.
Reed then comes up with a crazy plan: instead of fighting Galactus head-on, they’ll teleport the entire Earth somewhere else. Using technology he’s been developing.
Just as the plan is underway, the Silver Surfer returns and starts destroying the teleportation bridges. Johnny manages to stop her from destroying the final bridge in Times Square and reveals what he has learned. But she still refuses to help them.
With time running out, the team decides to use Franklin as bait to lure Galactus toward the final teleportation bridge.
Galactus eventually arrives and makes his way through New York, eventually capturing Franklin before the team can spring their trap. Sue uses everything she has to hold Galactus back with her force field while Reed manages to rescue Franklin.
Johnny then tries to sacrifice himself, using his powers to give Galactus the final push into the portal. But before he can, Shalla-Bal returns.
She pushes Galactus through the portal herself.
The portal closes behind them, but Sue has used so much of her power that she dies. Just when it looks like the Fantastic Four has lost her, Franklin uses his own powers to bring his mother back to life.
The movie ends with the Fantastic Four heading off on another mission as the world celebrates their fifth anniversary.
Then we get a mid-credits scene set four years later. Sue is reading to Franklin at home when she gets up to grab another book. When she returns, Franklin is sitting with a mysterious man wearing a green cloak and holding a metal mask.
And yeah… that’s probably important.

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Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.
We are less than a week away from another holiday season kicking off on Deck the Hallmark! To help us get ready, it's time journey back to 2018 to revisit our very FIRST kickoff episode! This episode originally aired on October 26, 2018.

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It's the final Festive Friday of the year with a chilling holiday thriller!
ABOUT DO YOU FEAR WHAT I FEAR
Claire's fresh start in the city turns chilling when eerie holiday decorations begin to appear in her apartment, each one a message from someone who knows her too well. Who is the dangerous "Secret Santa" who's watching her?
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR DO YOU FEAR WHAT I FEAR
December 4, 2025 | Lifetime
CAST & CREW OF DO YOU FEAR WHAT I FEAR
Director: Peter Sullivan
Writers: Adam Rockoff, Jeffrey Schenck, Peter Sullivan
Cast:
Ciara Hanna as Claire
Josh Henderson as Steve
Justin Cole as Miles
Michael Silberblatt as Jesse
BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
The movie starts like your typical Christmas movie. Claire, who works in marketing, and Jesse, the town handyman, are decorating the town together and seem like they're setting us up for a cute little Christmas romance. Except Claire just landed a big job in New York and is leaving her hometown of Pine Hollow for the big city.
Her college friend Sloane, who helped get her the job, shows her around NYC. The company hooks Claire up with an absolutely unreal apartment, which immediately makes Jesse insecure. He didn't want to break up, and he doesn't really understand why Claire has to move away.
A neighbor named Miles helps Claire with her Wi-Fi and comes into her apartment to check the modem. He lives next door, and seems like he could be a sketchy ball.
Claire keeps hearing random noises.
Meanwhile, we meet Steve from the end of the hall, who is much suaver than Miles and asks Claire out on a date.
The date goes well, and Claire listens to smooth jazz while making pasta. She hears something in the hallway, but it turns out to just be someone moving into the apartment next door. She asks the doorman about it, and he basically laughs in her face.
The next morning, Claire notices a snow globe from her hometown sitting out on the mantel. She could have sworn she put it away. Then she finds a card with "DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?" written on the back.
Claire's voice assistant, Elmer, normally plays nothing but smooth jazz. But then it gets hacked and starts playing Christmas music. Claire and Steve make out, and Elmer refuses to play smooth jazz while they're smooching which makes Claire real mad.
Then she comes home the next day and her ENTIRE HOUSE IS DECORATED, some of it nice, but most of it creepy.
Claire immediately calls the police. Everyone is just as concerned as Claire. Steve and Sloane both offer Claire a place to stay.
Miles turns out to be gay, which pretty much eliminates him as a potential romantic stalker, but does NOT eliminate him as a potential Christmas KILLER. Claire de-decorates her apartment and changes all of her locks.
Unfortunately, that doesn't stop the messages.
Claire asks the maintenance guy for help, and honestly, he's also incredibly creepy. He tells her to get Miles to set up surveillance cameras in her apartment. Miles installs a fire alarm camera, and Claire pretends she's going out of town so they can catch the intruder in the act.
Miles and Claire stay up watching the camera and eventually catch the intruder red-handed, which they do...well, kinda. They only see what hat he's wearing.
Claire finds a hat in Steve's apartment that she recognizes from the surveillance footage and leaves very scared and he's like wtf? She goes back to the detectives and they search Steve's apartment, find some evidence, and things are NOT looking good for our guy.
Claire decides to go back through the surveillance footage when she finds out that Steve is actually cleared by a solid alibi. She notices a reflection in the mirror in the footage.
IT'S THE HANDYMAN FROM HER HOMETOWN. JESSE!!!!
Jesse shows up at Claire's apartment and Claire starts throwing EVERYTHING she can find at him. Unfortunately, Jesse manages to grab her and drag her into his secret hideout.
He explains that he thought if Claire believed the city was dangerous enough, she would move back home and be with him. Claire hits him with a wrench and screams!
One week later, Claire is thriving. Everyone at work thinks she's incredible at her new job. She starts dating Steve and tells him she's finally home with him.

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We're back and it's time to breakdown the second batch of Hallmark Christmas movies!




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