When “Halloween” was released in October 1978, The New York Times didn’t review it. But it wasn’t out of snobbery. Printing press workers were on strike, and nothing was being published (not even the ...

“Alright, this is it! This is the big one! Happy Halloween, everybody!” declares Frank Zappa to a rabid New York audience on Halloween 78, and his is no hollow boast. On Halloween night of 1978, at ...