Michael Dougherty

Before the tricks, before the treats, a humble, hand-drawn animated short film called Season's Greetings first introduced the world to Sam: the Spirit of Halloween. Now, for the first time ever, the original short screens in theaters nationwide in beautiful 4K, painstakingly restored frame by frame by Origins Archival, with a stunning 5.1 audio mix by original composer and sound designer, Evan Chen. For 2025, the Season's Greetings remastered edition will play exclusively with the @trickrtreat theatrical re-release, October 14th and 16th. Get tickets here: fathomentertainment.com/releases/trick… Remastered. Restored. Reborn. #Halloween #spookyseason #animation #horror #october #seasonsgreetings Teaser edited by @gorskievan

The Scariest Christmas Movie Ever Made, Michael Doughtery’s ‘Krampus’ Demands Reevaluation indiewire.com/features/comme…

Who’s watching KRAMPUS this month? 🎄💀 Michael Dougherty’s holiday horror classic hit theaters on this day in 2015, and instantly became a must-watch every holiday season! 👹🔥 Just make sure you’ve been nice… you don’t want to end up on his list.

Michael Dougherty's KRAMPUS was released on this day in 2015 - TEN YEARS AGO ?! A classic family Christmas gets invaded by festive nightmares in Dougherty's holiday horror favorite, which did for Christmas what his Trick 'r Treat did for Halloween. And we love it just as much.

Nov. 1st. —— 🎃💚♥️🎄 —— #trickrtreat #krampus

@Mike_Dougherty @FathomEnt Getting my setup ready for my Halloween party with Sam

We are thrilled to present the long awaited re-release of TRICK ‘r TREAT Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by @douglaspipes! Featuring re-mastered audio, deluxe packaging, artwork by @f_francavilla, and all new “Samhain Splatter” colored vinyl! bit.ly/4h5K0Zm

Being able to watch Trick ‘r Treat and Seasons Greetings on the big screen was one of the greatest experiences! @Mike_Dougherty did a Q & A afterwards and gave a ton of insight on the filmmaking & we even showed off Ultimate Sam! Don’t miss the next showing on Oct 16th! 🎃

Waking up October 1st!! #fall #October #trickrtreat

Four Favorites with Trick ’r Treat director Michael Dougherty (@mike_dougherty) 🎃 Trick 'R Treat returns to theatres October 14 & 16 for its first nationwide release in 4K via @fathomentertainment. Get your tickets ➡️ hubs.la/Q03J2QcQ0 #TrickRTreat

He’s correct. And this is why you should always use fake child-eating spiderpeople for your yard haunt instead of summoning real ones.

⚡ Extinct for 600 years. Taller than 12 feet. The giant moa was the king of birds. Now, with Ngāi Tahu Research Centre and Sir Peter Jackson, we’re bringing it back. This is conservation on fire. Science and Indigenous leadership rewriting history. 🇳🇿

Make sure to follow the rules because Trick ‘R Treat is returning to theaters for 2 days only! Catch the film, now restored in 4K and with bonus content from director @mike_dougherty, on October 14 and 16. Get Tickets Now at FathomEntertainment.com

Colossal Biosciences announced their plans to bring back the tallest bird that ever lived, which has been extinct for nearly 600 years. The giant moa. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

🐺🌧️ Dire wolves out here living their best soggy doggy lives

Thank you Gareth Edwards @JurassicWorld @UniversalPics for inviting me to the #JurassicWorldRebirth NYC premiere to see the amazing film and discuss all things de-extinction and @colossal on the red carpet. 🦖🦖🦖

Must Watch TV. The @colossal Dire Wolves. LFG. #justgettingstarted - Thanks @Mike_Dougherty and @gorskievan for being wizards!

Just gonna drop these here

Don’t try this at home, but Colossal Chief Science Officer, Dr. Beth Shapiro, breaks down the extremely complex process of making a dire wolf into a simple seven steps you’ll actually understand.

TIME's new cover: The dire wolf is back after over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species ti.me/4jlJB54