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Happy Halloween! Here's this year's spooky finale: a look at the scariest house in history, with dozens of horror icons immortalized as costumed mannequins, tons of bloody rubber heads, and even a few feet-eating alligators. We're currently fending off scores of trick-or-treaters with Almond Joys and Butterfingers. I'm about to bring the Countdown up to date, so if you're one of the poor souls without much to do tonight, check back later for some last drips of horrifying fun. Have a good one!

Posted by Matt on 10/31/2003. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 58 comments

Ok, my turn – Happy Halloween to Matt, X-Entertainment, and all Bloggers!

Matt, that house is amazing. I agree – far from being a disapointment, it was the perfect way to end X-E’s Halloween season. How can you beat a lawn covered with manniquins of every horror icon from Pinhead to an alien escapee from the National Enquirer? Even the ones that weren’t done quite so well (Leatherface) had a certain strange…um, charm. Nothing in Wildwood comes close.

Would that my Halloween was as plesant. I found out from the cashiers on the morning shift when I went to collect my paycheck that the manager of the grocery store where I work had suddenly and inexplicably decided that we weren’t allowed to wear costumes to work or give out candy. Not surprisingly, no one was thrilled. Some people had to take off their costumes after showing up in them. We did give out candy, though. Three employees sprung for a big bag of Reeces Cups to give trick-or-treaters. To hell with the stupid manager. On this holiday, the kids are more important.

I did get to dress up this Halloween, if not today. I went to a friend’s Halloween party as a flapper, a fashionable young woman of the 1920s. My senior prom gown passed for the beaded, low-waisted gowns popular then, and I wore a beaded headband, feather boa, and tons of junk jewelry.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 10/31/2003 9:53 PM

I was trying to make an Undead Lucas from The Wizard costume, and I ruined my power glove. Fake blood doesn’t come out as well as I thought.

Hey, good article.

Chestnuts roasted by LowMoralFiber @ 10/31/2003 10:37 PM

yay holloween
well if any of you drunk idiots can still read check this out if you live in nj this might scare the shit out of you. its one of my fave sites. http://www.midnightsocity.com

Chestnuts roasted by Jared @ 11/01/2003 12:09 PM

oopss im a little wacked my self i misspeled the link http://www.midnightsociety.com

Chestnuts roasted by Jared @ 11/01/2003 12:10 PM

Man, I wish the Germans knew how to celebrate the Holiday.

Your article and that single house has revived my waning Halloween spirit.

Pinhead bless, or something geek appropriate, I’m tired…its 8 in the morning here.

Chestnuts roasted by OhgodTheRats (the other or old Jared) @ 11/01/2003 1:28 AM

Nothing went on this year for halloween in my neighborhood. Most of the kids just went around collecting candy in their school uniforms. This article is the most halloween I’ve seen all year.

Chestnuts roasted by Adrastia @ 11/01/2003 1:44 AM

well im back from the little bit of clubbin’ so to speak ……… batman didnt show his face…..looks like the scarecrow,two-face,joker,harley quinn, and the riddler are too much for him all at once…i saw some crazy costumes though…one guy was dressesd as duff-man and two guys were the captain lou esque mario brothers…..

Chestnuts roasted by Scourge @ 11/01/2003 1:52 AM

hey! i thought the halloween house article was a great climax for the countdown! v. funny.

i wish we had halloween here in australia. the most "haloween-ey" we get are halloween themed jelly pops in the middle isle at k-mart. oh and a few spooky movies on cable.

since everyone was saying what their costume is/was, *if* i ever went trick-or-treating i would dress up as an angel. yeah.
rock on, matt. and im looking forward to a christmas countdown, too. ;-)

Chestnuts roasted by Rachel/Rachel Cakes @ 11/01/2003 2:35 AM

Happy Halloween all, and to all a good night. Can you believe I went trick or treating with a church group? What a world, I tell ya. I was a thief of a medieval sort with a harlequin mask. The house, Matt, I’m sure was glorious. It’s the spirit of intention and not big bucks that has made the world as splendid as it is. And horror has always been better with a small wallet. There’s always something much scarier about grime then gloss. And I’m spent. Adieu.

Chestnuts roasted by inkmage @ 11/01/2003 5:07 AM

Great article, I’d have loved to have seen that house.

Happy Halloween all (yeah I know its a little late…)

Chestnuts roasted by Lossenelin @ 11/01/2003 5:40 AM

Halloween = taking bong hits and wishing you rented "Silent Night, Deadly Night".

Chestnuts roasted by Markus @ 11/01/2003 5:56 AM

I just read your Ugo top ten, Matt, but I need convincing on the subject of Fright Night. I’ve heard of the film but know only that it has Roddy McfreakinDowell. So all who’ve seen it–tell me why I should watch for it. The rest of the list is pretty damn solid. Kudos must go to the re-viewing of Night of the Living Dead. In my opinion, the masterpiece of the genre. When the little girl comes back from the grave and kills her mother with a trowel–I don’t think I’ll ever see a death scene that disturbing.

Chestnuts roasted by inkmage @ 11/01/2003 7:41 AM

You know what was the highlight of my night last night? I was at a party, standing around, talking, and happened to bring up X-E to make a point about…well, something or other. To my surprise and glee, the person to whom I was speaking not only knew what I was talking about, but was also an avid reader! We spent the next hour or so playing the "do you remember the article on…?" game. At first, I thought, "ok, how sad are we that we’re talking about a website at a party?" Then I thought "who the hell cares? what the hell else are we going to talk about, the status of the economy?!" So, Matt, just know that people were thinking about you last around 10 or so in Orlando! You’re so universally loved…well, nationally at the very least.

Chestnuts roasted by purplegirl247 @ 11/01/2003 8:34 AM

Awesome finish, Matt! And I think the timing of it worked out great-at least it did for me. The day after Halloween is always a slightly weird day in its own way. This morning I got up, stumbled past the how-in-the-world-could-they-already-be-rotting pumpkins, plopped down at the computer and voila! A perfect way to wrap up my month!

Hey, there’s a bowl of candy sitting by the door…

Chestnuts roasted by Kidd Video @ 11/01/2003 9:16 AM

I thought it was a good finale to the Halloween countdown :) We have a house like that at home at Christmas. Only, um, y’know, Christmas decorations, not the Cryptkeeper and Freddy.

Anyhow, I know that’s what my mum would like to do to the house to decorate for Halloween, if it were up to her.

Chestnuts roasted by jjgoreha @ 11/01/2003 10:09 AM

Seeeeeeeeeeend more paramedics!

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 11/01/2003 11:45 AM

Weren’t those bearded witch men those Weird Sisters from Macbeth?……aaaaahhhhhhhaahaha

Chestnuts roasted by Bile Secretion @ 11/01/2003 1:15 PM

We only had like 7 groups of Tricks or Treatsers all night. My mother suggested we give them tons of candy. She gave them each like 3 or 4 pieces. That pissed me off. The leftovers were gonna be MINE, damn it. All the chocolate is gone. Runts and nerds are all that’s left. My jaw hurts. I probably ate too much candy.

Chestnuts roasted by Cam @ 11/01/2003 2:08 PM

What more, I find it somewhat comical that the movie you said sucked… (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) has a great big old ad at the top of my screen right now. You better be nice to them peoples that pay you your moneys. UGO loves you, Matt. Love them back, or you be poor. :(

Chestnuts roasted by Cam @ 11/01/2003 2:10 PM

It is great to read the whole countdown. I am really glad you stuck through all 40+ entries. The world is a better place because of it, Matt. p.s., nice job color coordinating your hair with cereal. I wouldn’t expect any less of ya.

Chestnuts roasted by Kit @ 11/02/2003 12:42 PM

hey if u want to have the sacryest house in the wolrd let me an my friends to it for ya we will topem all my e mail is gillam2269@msn.com

Chestnuts roasted by justin gillam @ 11/02/2003 12:53 PM

It’s kind of sad to see October come and go without Madd Matt. I’ve had possession of my soul all month. And now I realize it’s not much to possess.

Chestnuts roasted by TOP1214 @ 11/02/2003 1:28 AM

Yeah, the Madd mood strikes very sporadically. For what it’s worth, he appeared in August, and Halloween was already on my brain then.

For those who missed it, the Countdown has been COMPLETED, woo hoo. Working on a movie review now, couldn’t resist. Loads of fun stuff coming up next week.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 11/02/2003 1:30 AM

haha I found it funny. These people in my neighborhood, you never see them outside or anything but when Halloween rolls around, they go all out and set their yard up. They create scenes. Last time I went they did executions in their electric chair, and they did "surgeries" in their front lawn. This year, they had more executions, a guy with a chainsaw, a cannibalistic diner…it was some pretty rad shit. People from all over town come to their house just to see their Halloween decorations. They do some nice Christmas lights too…but again, you never see them outside.

Chestnuts roasted by Lanie @ 11/02/2003 2:42 AM

Matt, you gave somebody a Halloween to remember for the first time since he was 15. Kudos!

Chestnuts roasted by Tony @ 11/02/2003 2:43 AM

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