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| KaijuFanatic | Sep 25 2006, 06:25 AM Post #1 |
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Hard to believe we're actually almost into October! :blink: Halloween decorations, costumes and candy is out in every store, now and I was curious if anyone decorates, costumes up or has Trick-or-Treat night in your village, town or city? Carol and I usually get a pumpkin or two and do the Jack-O-Lantern carving and I decorate a little. Our small village has Trick-or-Treat one evening for the kids and we put our porch light on and dole out goodies, too. I love having the kids come by, but get a little embarrassed to dole out the candy by myself, so I sit in the livingroom with Carol, put a classic horror film on and enjoy the two hours the kids are allowed to go out for candy. Sure is different from when I was a kid! I don't think there was a time limit and we hit every house we could! Heck, my Aunt used to bring her large brood of kids up to where we lived and they went out with us and Mom would take us down to their town on their night, so we could really get some major candy hauls. I think it's sad that these days, parents have to be so careful about goodies that are handed out and hospitals even offer to x-ray the kids candy and such! I think that was just beginning to be an issue when I was getting to the age not to go out. I remember hearing my parents talk about some poor kid that lived in a large metro area, biting into an apple that was full of razor blades! How could anyone do something like that!? very angry
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| packmule | Sep 25 2006, 05:20 PM Post #2 |
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As a youngster I "trick-or-treated" from the age of six(6) until I was about ten(10), dressing in various costumes(a vampire, a werewolf, a robot, and a zombie), and collecting quite the tonnage of candy, which my mother would immediately confiscate after my(supervised) prowling of the streets in the neighborhood, in order to prevent me from attempting to consume more of the candy at one time than she deemed appropriate. I once, in my early twenties, entered, with a young lady I was dating at the time, a fairly elaborate haunted house-it was cool, though not as high-tech as today's "haunted houses", what with their Hollywood-style makeup effects, gadgets, animatronics, creepy sets, and animated characters. I remember my own haunted house visit well, because I got into a scuffle with one of the "haunted house" employees, a guy dressed as a mummy who thought it appropriate to make physical contact with me in order to scare me. Mistake. After I slammed him against a wall I was asked to leave by a local off-duty police officer. nonono As I have aged and become something of a geezer, my sole Halloween fulfillment(or lack thereof) comes in the lineup of movies planned for AMC's annual Monsterfest, in some years really good, with plenty of material to watch and tape. Of course in other years AMC's lineup of films is little more than redundant replays of Halloween 4 or Halloween 5, or other celluloid fodder like Leprechaun thumbs down At least this year there is a good lineup of horror films on TCM, which will keep my DVD-recorder(the new one I just bought) busy, with uncut, and commercial-free, and oft letterboxed films. At AMC, the only thing I have seen lately shown in letterbox format are the commercials. nonono |
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 25 2006, 07:57 PM Post #3 |
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Great thread! I love this Halloween discussion. I love watching horror movies in October and let's not forget the annual airing of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! A Halloween tradition! Anyway, I love October. There's a crisp breeze in the air and Halloween decorations are adorned on houses throughout the neighborhood. I'm looking forward to going on hayrides and hitting up a few haunted houses. Hopefully, there'll be a Halloween party or two to go to. Just for fun, here's a pic of me dressed as Michael Myers (aka The Shape) from HALLOWEEN: (Please click thumbnail for full size)
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| packmule | Sep 25 2006, 08:03 PM Post #4 |
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Seeing this pic Dan, I believe you could give Kane Hodder and Fred Krueger a run for their money.
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 25 2006, 08:26 PM Post #5 |
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I don't know. Freddy I could take but Kane Hodder is one big dude. I'm only about 5' 11" |
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| packmule | Sep 25 2006, 09:07 PM Post #6 |
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True. Kane Hodder is a big fellow, which I believe was one reason why he got the part of Jason Voorhees, wasn't it? eyebrow |
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| KaijuFanatic | Sep 26 2006, 04:31 PM Post #7 |
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There really isn't anything about October I don't love! Mr Green I love the crisp air, the way it gets darker, earlier, the horror films, Trick-or-Treat and one thing I always remember loving, the apple cider and how life just seems more cozy! Ro-Dan, great photo of you as, Michael Myers! thumbs up |
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| Johnny Rod | Sep 26 2006, 06:27 PM Post #8 |
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But here in England October's horrible! I used to love Autumn when I was back in Spain, but it's so cold here! |
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 26 2006, 08:03 PM Post #9 |
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Thanks, Kaijufan! dancing emote |
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| packmule | Sep 26 2006, 08:05 PM Post #10 |
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Why is that? eyebrow Is this the reason? =
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 26 2006, 09:38 PM Post #11 |
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Here in Michigan it starts to get cold by Halloween. I remember being a kid and my mom would have me wear a jacket over my costume, which really sucked. Lately, however, the last few Halloweens have been quite warm. Hopefully the trend continues this year. As long as it doesn't rain, trick or treat will be cool. I love passing out candy. |
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| packmule | Sep 27 2006, 05:27 AM Post #12 |
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What do the kids really like these days, candy-wise? I know back when yours truly trick-or-treated, I always looked forward to: bitesized candy bars(Snickers), bubblegum, licorice, and various and sundry suckers(lollipops). The one candy type I despised was candy "corn". faster <!--emo&shifty eyes--> <!--endemo-->
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| Johnny Rod | Sep 27 2006, 01:08 PM Post #13 |
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Very much so! :D I don't particularly like cold weather. |
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| KaijuFanatic | Sep 27 2006, 03:35 PM Post #14 |
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I recall wearing a jacket under my costume, some years! It can get quite chilly here, as well, but I'm definitely a cold-weather person. I would prefer to live in an area where the day time temps never get above 60º-65ºF. Mr Green I always loved chocolate, but guess most women do. ;) I loved to get Reese's peanut butter cups, Snickers, Almond Joy, Pay Day, etc. I also liked Charm lollipops, anyone remember these, they were the yummiest! Not the Charm's blowpops, just your basic and simple lillipop...also, Tootsie-Roll pops were good, too. We used to get apples, homemade doughnuts, cookies and small bags of popcorn, too. Like you, Lee, I DESPISE candy corn! cheeky sick smiley |
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 27 2006, 06:05 PM Post #15 |
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Yep! Same here. |
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 27 2006, 06:06 PM Post #16 |
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God, it's amazing how similar we are. |
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| Johnny Rod | Sep 27 2006, 06:17 PM Post #17 |
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Not me! I love the hot weather!
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 27 2006, 08:34 PM Post #18 |
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Does England celebrate Halloween? Or is that what Guy Fawkes day is? |
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 29 2006, 07:26 AM Post #19 |
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This weekend will be the 1st of October. That means it'll be time for me to break out my Halloween decorations. I have a few of those light up faux Jack-O-Lanterns and a little haunted house with an internal light. I love this time of year. Anyway, off to work! |
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| KaijuFanatic | Sep 29 2006, 07:53 AM Post #20 |
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Mr Green I have really enjoyed checking out some of the Halloween decorations at various stores, lately. Monday, Carol and I weer down in the 'big' city, about an hour or so from where we live and we hit a Dollar Tree store and they had some pretty neat classic horror goodies. They had what looks like half-sheet (22x28) reproduction posters of; King Kong, Curse of the Werewolf (Hammer, Dracula, The Mummy, King of the Lizards (Godzilla0 and Bride of Frankenstein and all for $1. thumbs up This store also had the figures of said creatures, playing cards, thumb war puppets and 'ooze'. I did pick up the posters, but sadly, Bride of Frankenstein wasn't available and I picked up the figures, but passed on the small jars of ooze and the thumb puppets, they were just ugly! Carol said she may take me back down to the city to another Dollar Tree store, just to see if I can complete the poster collection with, Bride of Frankenstein. The posters are all quite nice, but I'm curious, was Godzilla known as, King of the Lizards? I only ever recall, King of the Monsters. I also don't really care for the print style used for Hammer's, Curse of the Werewolf, it looks nothing like the printy style used by Hammer, so I may see if I can find something online and print it off to cover the print on the poster. |
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 29 2006, 06:23 PM Post #21 |
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Cool! Poster reproductions for a buck? Can't pass that up. Especially Frankenstein, Kong, and GODZILLA! |
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| KaijuFanatic | Sep 29 2006, 08:40 PM Post #22 |
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We hit two Dollar Tree stores, today and found the final piece to the reproduced posters, The Bride of Frankenstein in the second store.....man, was I thrilled! Mr Green I forgot to mention, the same stores are also offering some $1 DVDs, I had all the live-action films on DVD, so I passed, but they offered some fun titles, so folks may want to keep an eye out for those, too. The only other Halloween decoration I picked up, today was at Michael's craft store, a skeletal hand holding a huge eyeball....the eyeball is a candle, but I won't burn it, just use it for a decoration....was on clearance for $3. thumbs up |
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| packmule | Sep 30 2006, 10:54 PM Post #23 |
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So Kimi, are you expecting any of the costumed little ones at your door this year, bags in hand, wanting candy? eyebrow |
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| KaijuFanatic | Oct 1 2006, 08:04 AM Post #24 |
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Most definitely! Mr Green We will, because we'll pop the porch light on, inviting the little beggars. ;) Yesterday, Carol and I went out to run a few errands and Carol picked up a new pair of hospital scrubs, a zombie-like mask and some blood and she's dressing at work as a zombie doctor and said she'll hand out candy this year in full costume, so that should be a lot of fun! I can't wait to see the look on little faces when she opens the door! :lol: |
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| Ghost the Bat | Oct 1 2006, 11:21 AM Post #25 |
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Our family never really decorates or anything, we just hand out candy each year. Every Halloween I usally have a horror movie marathon. This year I am probably going to watch Silent Hill, The Spiral, and One Missed Call. |
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| packmule | Oct 1 2006, 06:31 PM Post #26 |
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I can relate to that, as I do similarly every year. I usually watch the older horror films, e.g. Hammer titles from the 50's/60's, and with a Universal horror flick thrown in for good measure. thumbs up |
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| KaijuFanatic | Oct 2 2006, 06:22 AM Post #27 |
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I've kind of started my month-long horror fest, was interrupted for a while, yesterday, with NFL games, but I use the entire month to watch a ton of classic and not-so-classic sci-fi/horror films. They don't always have Trick-or-Treat on Halloween night, here, but I always make sure I have some classic horror film playing while the kids are getting their goodies. I believe last year, I may have had one of the Creature From the Black Lagoon films playing. |
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| packmule | Oct 2 2006, 04:25 PM Post #28 |
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Such as? eyebrow Any of the tykes ever ask if they can sit down with you and watch some of the movie?
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| Ro-Dan | Oct 2 2006, 05:16 PM Post #29 |
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I just broke out my Halloween decorations yesterday. I always do it on October 1st. It's a personal tradition of mine. |
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| packmule | Oct 2 2006, 05:26 PM Post #30 |
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Planning on visiting any "haunted houses" Dan? There's a couple here in Atlanta that I have heard are really good, as far as effects and costumed characters. I have seen images of the some of the ghouls/monsters in the newspaper ad-they look on par with what you would see in a horror movie nowadays...or better. thumbs up |
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