SEYMOUR — Click the play button above to listen to an interview with Rob Caprilozzi, the director and producer of “Halloween in a Box,” a documentary scheduled to premiere 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 at the Naugatuck Event Center, 6 Rubber Ave. in Naugatuck.
Tickets are $10 at the door or in advance.
Click here to check out the premiere’s Facebook event page.
Caprilozzi lives in Seymour with his wife, Christine.
“Halloween in a Box” is about the three companies behind those old-school plastic-masked Halloween costumes so many of us wore growing up. The film focuses much attention on Ben Cooper Inc., the Brooklyn-based company that manufactured the costumes from the 1930s until the 1990s.
Caprilozzi and his crew snagged interviews with former executives and employees, and, while filming the interviews, learned how the Tylenol poisoning cases on 1982 nearly canceled Halloween and almost ruined an industry.
Check out the trailer for the documentary below, then keep reading:
Caprilozzi’s documentary is getting noticed. It was was picked up for distribution by a company called Indie Rights. That means the documentary will be on streaming platforms such as Amazon and Google Play on Oct. 1.
The Caprilozzis own Horror News Network, a genre-related website, and they organize the recently-held CT Horror Fest.
They’re putting on a number of Halloween-themed shows at the Naugatuck Event Center in October. Click this link to find out more about each event.
The lineup includes (in addition to the “Halloween in a Box” premiere Friday):
UFOs In Connecticut
Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m.
$10
Legacy of the Connecticut Witch Trials
Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.
$10
Horror Movie Trivia Night
Friday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m.
$10 per team of four
Halloween 4 and 5 Double Feature
Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.
(NOTE: This is in Seymour at The Strand Theater and is presented by CT Cult Classics)
$10
Halloween Arts And Crafts Show
Sunday, Oct. 20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free admission
Paranormal Connecticut Panel
Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.
$10
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