Thursday, November 4, 2021
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Behind Every King Size Candy Bar
Is someone like me.
And truthfully, my candy choices for Halloween night are probably the reason king size candy bars are adored in every town across this nation. People like me make their occurrence rare. Variety is the spice of life, as they say.
Imagine if you got home on Halloween night as a child and poured that bag out and only had candy in the king varietal. Not to say anything about the struggle to get that heavy pillowcase home. Cheap candy is pretty light, you see.
Here's to the king size candy bar givers.
And here's to the rest of us.
Now Playing: Patterns In The Sky
By Tineidae, from the album Exo. Every track on this album is amazing.
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Dr. Lady's Creepy Cheapies
Some wonderful mask reviews on this guy's youtube channel. And a lot of cheese too.
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Henri Languille
I waited for several seconds. The spasmodic movements ceased. It was then that I called in a strong, sharp voice: "Languille!" I saw the eyelids slowly lift up, without any spasmodic contractions – I insist advisedly on this peculiarity – but with an even movement, quite distinct and normal, such as happens in everyday life, with people awakened or torn from their thoughts.
The Skeleton Key
Another classy and cool Halloween season in the bag over at K.O.'s The Skeleton Key blog.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2021
She Had Hair Like Kelp And A Voice Like A Boulder
Halloween was the time she figured most prominently in our thoughts. First because she was a witch, of course, and second because of a time-honored ritual among the neighborhood children concerning her and ourselves and that evening of the year.
From Yesterday's Witch, by Gahan Wilson.
Now Playing: PlasmaTronic
Another stellar release from the guys at Halloween at High Noon. It wouldn't be Halloween without a High Noon release.
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Halloween, Horror, And House Cats
Tonight is the night when dead leaves fly
Like witches on switches across the sky.
Like witches on switches across the sky.
Harry Behn
This stuff is pure artwork. Wes from the pumpkin_patch_pete instagram account has created SO much Old School Halloween charm with his frequent posts. More than I've seen in such a long time. He also posts some hilarious videos.
Some of my favorite shots below...
He's Crafty
One of my personal favorite things on Instagram: He's Crafty. This guy is amazing and his videos and how-to's are hilarious and they're always edited to perfection.
Click below for his Halloween Special...
Monday, November 1, 2021
And Speaking Of Michael Audrey Myers...
Now I've been handing out candy dressed as Michael Myers since the old days of Haunting my parents' house. I took a pause in 2011, and handed out candy dressed as ME for a while. Nowhere near as fun and I think I convinced myself that it wasn't mature or normal to do such a thing. I can be a dope.
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| Me in the old days, probably thinking "One of these days, I'll give out candy as a costume-less mature adult." Nope. |
So there I was this year, waiting in the house, a few feet from the door, straight back in the darkness. I would watch for the shadows of approaching kids. They would observe the display and then quietly knock on the door. It's a full length glass storm door, so what they saw was an adult figure coming from the darkness inside. They saw the candy bowl first (a red bowl to be exact, the kind Laurie filled with popcorn for Lindsay and Tommy back in 1978 [historical accuracy is key]).
I would open the door slowly and their eyes would rise to meet the face of the homeowner... but they would find instead Michael Audrey Myers. I hate admitting that I saw terror all night long. And I think I enjoyed it (I might have loved it).
There were so many trick or treaters this year, so the terror count was high. More than a few children RAN from the porch, without even getting candy. That has never happened before. The kids back at my parents' house were scared, but they would always seem to get candy first, before scream-laughing away into the night. They knew the value of free candy (even the cheap stuff that I give out).
Now, when you're handing out candy as The Shape, you have to get into character. You tell yourself that it's not out of the realm of possibility that Myers would hand out candy on Halloween night. We're talking about a guy who dressed in a ghost sheet while wearing the glasses of the freshly-murdered Bob. Your movements have to be slow and paced, and your hand has to scoop [cheap] candy out of Laurie's bowl and slowly glide over the bag or plastic pumpkin of the trick or treater. You then have to simply open your hand in a slightly jerky manner and drop the candy (often times this would cause some of the [cheap] candy to hit the ground). This technique seemed to really unsettle the majority of kids. A lot of the time it would cause them to look up at my face. And when that happened, without fail, I would do the classic Myers head tilt. Now THAT right there caused sheer horror. And it made me wonder if young children even knew who Myers was or if they knew that the head tilt was a thing. Though I'd imagine that was the brilliance of that moment in the film: a creepy dude in a blank white mask tilting his head is probably some kind of universal language of fear.
Needless to say, it was a neat night. The Night He Came Home. A night filled with screams and laughter and the sound of crunching leaves, rustling cornstalks, and spooky music. Long live HALLOWEEN.
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| Me succumbing to my inner Myers. This is definitely gonna be a thing. |
Now Playing: Hunter's Moon (And A Rant About HALLOWEEN KILLS)
I didn't last long enough to make it to the end credits song from GHOST (assumption), but HALLOWEEN KILLS was something of a black comedy to me. Actually, not even a black comedy. Just a straight comedy. I have tried for so long to adhere to "If you don't have anything nice to say...", but HALLOWEEN KILLS ruined that philosophy for me. Even the score was bad. And I'm a John Carpenter groupie and purist.
I will say one good thing about this film: Michael Myers' movements WERE absolutely stunningly and purely MICHAEL AUDREY MYERS. James Jude Courtney was phenomenal as The Shape. His movements were conjuring those of 1978's Myers. Courtney IS Michael Myers. He was a treat to watch.
Click below for Ghost's wonderful song Hunter's Moon...
Now Playing: Witchcraft
Huge fan of the Dark Ambient project Alphaxone. This fantastic track was one of the ones playing outside during trick-or-treating hours last night. The wind would pick up and scatter leaves and shake the corn stalks, whipping the fog and incense smoke back and forth in ghost-like swirls (being dramatic here).
And this music just made it SO much better to watch...
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Necrobones Halloween 2021
Always the first-featured yard haunt and it was another wonderful year for Necrobones. Imagine being a child and turning the corner and seeing this place glowing in the distance.
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