Take a deep breath and scream your lungs out — there's a killer on the loose again. MICHELLE WILLIAMS, star of TV's Dawson’s Creek and new horror movie Halloween H20, spills the beans on spilling the blood while, over the next few pages, The List looks at the Halloween events in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Words: Peter Ross
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'In the 70s and 80s. it was all about big—bre ted women in implausible situations getting their throats slit while they hap ed to be in a bikini.‘ she says. ‘The recent horror films have really put women i ie role of the heroine rather Tan the victim and really coming out strong and sm' 1. Scream is what started it all. , ‘he role that Neve Campbell played was really em wering to women.‘
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