Significantly different than the theme that appears on the official soundtrack release from 1978. Previously mentioned on this blog, a "marching" beat was added for the release which doesn't appear in the film. A beat which, to this Halloween purist, detracts greatly from the theme. Both are amazing, of course, but I prefer the film version.
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Now Playing: Halloween Theme - Film Version
Hocus Pocus Halloween Pancake Cereal
I'm certain that a giant bowl of these sans the fruit would make me extremely happy for approximately four days. Oh, how I wish you could just buy a box of them.
Jester IV
Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines everywhere.
-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
In Nightly Quest Of His Head
Terrifier
I really dug the first TERRIFIER film and the graphic Red Band trailer is below. I resisted for the longest time thinking that it was going to be torture horror for the sake of torture horror, but I was wrong.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Haddonfield Souvenir Mug
Two versions of the writing on this mug and I chose the dirty bird varietal.
Annual Pumpkin Ale Reviews
Annual pumpkin ale reviews from Sam Heimer and Fatherkrespi. Two Halloween enthusiasts trying everything so you don’t have to.
I recently mentioned this IG account and they have just started posting this season's ale reviews.
Click below...
Monday, August 29, 2022
Back To School
I looked out the window this morning and saw kids waiting for the bus on the corner. Oh, how I loathed school. In all of its many forms. Sure, it meant cooler weather and Halloween, but what a cruel tradeoff.
La Pisadeira
In Brazil, a tall, skinny woman with long yellow fingernails and red eyes creeps along the rooftops, and watches families inside of their homes. She watches them as they sit at the table for dinner. She watches them while they eat.
The Legend Of The Packing Tape Ghost
Man, these always look great. Here's to the Ghost-Hangers out there who put these things up. Whether it be plastic or fabric or some kind of old garment with a skull head, or no head, it's the best decoration to see on a windy day in the Fall. But especially at night.
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Remember Beekman's Diner?
A widespread investigation of reports from funeral homes, morgues & hospitals has concluded that the unburied dead are coming back to life and seeking human victims. It's hard for us here to believe what we're reporting to you, but it does seem to be a fact.
Autumn Spirits
From Tamworth Distilling.
The Sierra variety was picked for its balance of light molasses notes and bright, wildflower honey aromatics, and was sourced from a family farm in Madeira County, CA. The flavors were double-extracted into Tamworth’s house-made neutral spirit, and finished with rhubarb root and damiana leaf to amplify bitter cocoa and nut flavors as well as floral and fruit aromas, creating the impression of a full, intact fig.
Click here for the collection.
And Sometimes Cats
"Yes," she sighed. "I'm one of an odd family. We sleep days and fly nights like black kites on the wind. If we want, we can sleep in moles through the winter, in the warm earth. I can live in anything at all - a pebble, a crocus, or a praying mantis. I can leave my plain, bony body behind and send my mind far out for adventure. Now!"
Into the air, over the valleys, under the stars, above a river, a pond, a road, flew Cecy. Invisible as new spring winds, fresh as the breath of clover rising from twilight fields, she flew. She soared in doves as soft as white ermine, stopped in trees and lived in blossoms, showering away in petals when the breeze blew. She perched in a limegreen frog, cool as mint by a shining pool. She trotted in a brambly dog and barked to hear echoes from the sides of distant barns. She lived in new April grasses, in sweet clear liquids rising from the musky earth.
-Ray Bradbury, The April Witch
Work by Christophe Chabouté.
House Of Horrors
Friday, August 26, 2022
The Creep
When you mention to your friend that you bought a new fog machine, and they suggest an inside test run with adjacent photo shoot... preferably a photo shoot featuring glowing eyes.
Trailer: GHOSTOBER 2022: Urban Legend
"Urban Legend" is an all-new anthology series, under the creative guidance of Eli Roth, that showcases classic urban legends as you’ve never seen them before. The series will premiere Friday, October 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel and Streaming on discovery+. Based on widely shared “true” stories that happened to a friend of a friend … of a friend, each episode of "Urban Legend" is a mini-horror film cinematically crafted to deliver a hyper-suspenseful and tension-fueled experience. Featuring lurking psychopaths, murderous mysteries, creepy creatures, and twisting tales, these disturbing legends prey on our most deeply embedded fears to shock and terrify. (Eight one-hour episodes)
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Roger And The Root
The tree root looked as if it had taken on the form of Roger Williams. It had traveled the length of Williams's body, splitting at the hips, bending at the knees and turning up at the feet. Since 1860 the Rhode Island Historical Society has cared for this special tree root as representative of Rhode Island's founder, and has had it on display in the John Brown House since 2007.
Dr. Wolfenbergen
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Lowe's Halloween 2022
Stopped into Lowe's and saw some nice Old School Halloween decor. They had a ton of Freddy and Myers stuff.