The 411 Interview: Andrew Grevas

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Andrew Grevas is a writer and journalist based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Grevas founded the websites 25YL (25 Years Later) and Horror Obsessive, and has a history as a broadcast journalist on the indie pro wrestling scene. Grevas has written a book about the Halloween franchise, Horror in Haddonfield: The Untold Stories of Halloween, which is set to be unleashed upon the world October 7th, 2025 from Tucker DS Press (you can pre-order the book via Amazon here or via the Tucker DS Press website here. In this interview, Grevas talks with this writer about writing Horror in Haddonfield: The Untold Stories of Halloween, how long it took to write the book, his interest in the Halloween franchise, the hardest interview to get for the book, and more.

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Bryan Kristopowitz: Why did you want a book about the Halloween franchise to be your first book?

Andrew Grevas: I knew that I wanted my first book to be about something that I was passionate about. I had it narrowed down to a few ideas, but I kept coming back to Halloween and how it spans several generations of fans. It’s not a horror franchise that only die hard horror fans watch, either. Most people have seen at least one or two Halloween movies. When I started to think about this series being something that grandparents watched at the drive-in back in the day and their grandkids streaming the newer films on Peacock the day of release, that really made me want to dive into the forty year plus history of this franchise. Halloween has become this connection point for us as a society. Everyone knows Michael Myers.

BK: What first attracted you to the Halloween franchise?

AG: The first film is a perfect film, in my opinion. I watched it at too young of an age and growing up in a small town myself, I could relate. I could see myself in that world, which made the film scarier. It also got my mind moving in a creative direction as a kid.

BK: How did you decide on the format for Horror in Haddonfield?

AG: I always knew that I wanted long form interviews for the book. Originally, I wanted to do one interview per film and have the book be more essay heavy. But, after the first few interviews, I knew that this book needed to be more interview based. Sometimes, the work tells you what it should be. I had a little voice in the back of my head telling me to change direction while I was transcribing the early interviews, telling me to capture as many stories as possible.

Image Credit: Compass International Pictures

BK: What was the hardest interview to get for Horror in Haddonfield?

AG: I was very fortunate to get the interviews that I did. A lot of people put in a good word for me. I have a friend who is friends with Stacey Nelkin and put us in contact. She was the first interview for the book. Dwight Little emailed Alan McElroy and Danielle Harris and encouraged them to speak with me. He really enjoyed our interview and liked the idea of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers being well represented in the book. While I was on the phone with Danielle, she said “Want me to text Scout and get her for your book, too?” and a few weeks later, I had an interview with Scout.

BK: Were there any interviews that you wanted to happen but it just didn’t work out?

AG: There were multiple people from the recent Blumhouse trilogy that wanted to be in the book but it didn’t work out. They were going from job to job and didn’t have a lot of time, which I understood. I don’t believe I’ve said this publicly anywhere but I did interview Greg Nicotero for the book, but there was a problem and the audio was lost. Huge lesson learned for me and I’m really bummed that his amazing Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers and Halloween H20 stories aren’t in the book. That still really stings.

BK: How did you decide on the images used throughout the book?

AG: My friend Ivan sent me a lot of the location photos early on. Brad Loree and Phil Parmet sent me their personal photos from the films they worked on. Using real location and set photos I felt gave the book a documentary feel. A real look at Haddonfield, to go along with the stories told to me for the book.

BK: How long did it take to write Horror in Haddonfield?

AG: Two years, almost to the day. A lot of lessons learned though, so hopefully quicker for the next one.

BK: Did you cut anything from Horror in Haddonfield that you wanted to include but couldn’t make it fit/work?

AG: A lot. With a franchise as big as this one, there were a lot of things I wanted to explore. Whole ideas for chapters got discarded. But, as I settled into the idea that the interviews were the most important part of this book, it became easier to take things out. Hopefully, those ideas can be used elsewhere down the road.

BK: Your interview with Danielle Harris is fantastic. Did you always intend to have that interview be its own chapter?

AG: Before we spoke, I intended to split her interview in half. The first half would go in the “Jamie Lloyd Era” chapter and the second half in the “Rob Zombie Era” chapter. In the middle of the interview I blurted out, “You’re getting your own chapter.” Sometimes you really hit it off with someone you’re interviewing. I think Danielle felt comfortable talking to me and that interview is emotional and heavy at times. It’s a highlight of the book, in my opinion.

BK: You have a chapter on the various timelines in the Halloween franchise. Did you ever intend to have the producer’s cut of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers as its own timeline, or are the differences between the producer’s cut and the theatrical cut just not big enough to warrant a specific producer’s cut timeline?

AG: In my interview with writer Daniel Farrands, we get into this some. Certainly, an argument could be made that the producer’s cut is its own timeline. But the end result is still the same – Jamie Lloyd dies and that timeline ends abruptly. I honestly believe a whole book could be dedicated to The Curse of Michael Myers. Ultimately, neither the theatrical version nor the producer’s cut match Daniel Farrands’ original script and to me, that’s the real story. The best version of that film exists in the script.

BK: Any upcoming projects you can tell us about?

AG: This October, I’ll be doing a few fun events to promote the book. More details to come. I’ll also be writing weekly articles for TV Obsessive this summer, covering each episode of Dexter: Resurrection. As far as my next book goes, I’m being tight lipped for now but the ideas are there.

BK: What do you hope readers get out of Horror in Haddonfield?
Any interest in a Horror in Haddonfield sequel of some sort?

AG: I’m not ruling out a sequel book. There were a lot of ideas I didn’t get to do here that I’m still interested in. I have a long list of people from the franchise whose stories I’d love to capture. Clearly, this franchise is going to continue. What that looks like is anyone’s guess, but there will be more stories told. As the future of the franchise takes shape, that might also compel me to work on a sequel book.

As far as what I want people to get out of the book, there’s a lot. In my opinion, the strength of this book is the variety of stories. Some are heavy. Some are funny. Some are behind the scenes, newsworthy things. There are stories geared towards cinephiles, with how stunts were performed or with camera work. I hope people give the films they didn’t like another shot after reading some of these stories.

Image Credit: Compass International Pictures

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A very special thanks to Andrew Grevas for agreeing to participate in this interview.

Horror in Haddonfield: The Untold Stories of Halloween will be available starting October 7th, 2025 from Tucker DS Press.

You can pre-order Horror in Haddonfield: The Untold Stories of Halloween via Amazon here or via the Tucker DS Press website here!

Check out my review of Horror in Haddonfield: The Untold Stories of Halloween here!

Check out the official Horror in Haddonfield: The Untold Stories of Halloween Facebook page here!

Check out Andrew Grevas on Twitter here and Bluesky here!

Andrew Grevas photo courtesy of Andrew Grevas. Horror in Haddonfield: The Untold Stories of Halloween book cover image courtesy of TS Ducker Press/Fayetteville Mafia Press. Halloween poster image and Michael Myers image courtesy of Compass International Pictures.