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X-E’s Halloween Season: 2004!

Well guys, it's up. It's friggin' up. This one took a WHILE to put together. X-Entertainment's 2004 Halloween Season has been activated, and it's already bursting with creepy content -- but we're barely getting started! I'll make the intro quick, because I've been up all night on this and I'm ready for whatever creature this night calls itself to be over.

First of all, huge thanks to Brian Jacks for putting together what's gotta be one of the best layouts X-E's ever had -- and it may just be my personal favorite. As you can tell, it's a lot cleaner, sharper and just outright cooler yo than what I'm usually able to piece together from Google Images Searches and scanned Tang advertisements. I fucking love it, to be honest. Make sure to take notice of the new scrollbar on the list o' articles -- that'll keep the page from running a mile long from now on. Yay Ween! If you like what you see, send Brian some love in the comments. He worked really, really hard on this for us.

I'll get into the assorted other features tomorrow -- there's a great one near the bottom, and much much more to come. The 2004 Halloween Countdown has begun, with five days' worth of entries. They're all linked on the main page, but we'll have a master index for those as well come early next week. In case you missed the fun last year, here's how it works: everyday, from now until Halloween, a short spooky article gets published. It can be anything from Halloween candy to decorations to costumes to movies and beyond, infinity. The first batch is a good mix, but I've saved the extra ghoulish stuff for later. We've got chocolate, body parts, death soda, Shockfreakintober, and these weird pills that turn into skeleton-shaped sponges in water. I lack the energy to say anything else, but expect more insanely creepy content this weekend -- lots of it.

PS, I wrote this last night, obviously. We had a small technical issue that kept the site from going up till just now. Enjoy!

Posted by Matt on 09/18/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 110 comments

Also, the site is tits! Great job guys

Chestnuts roasted by Gnarkill @ 09/18/2004 4:54 PM

Never give up. Never surrender.

Chestnuts roasted by The Unstoppable @ 09/18/2004 5:01 PM

Wow…that was a long wait. But worth it for more Matt-brand narratives than ever seen in weeks.

This stuff may be creepy, but it doesn’t come close to a bar full of rubber politicians. Wooooooooo!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 09/18/2004 5:09 PM

Raisinettes and Crunch Bars DEAD LAST?

I don’t know who your are anymore, Matt. I’m taking my stalker equipment and going home.

O_o

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 09/18/2004 5:12 PM

Think about it, NT. If we were sharing candy from these bags, we’d both get our first picks.

The glass is half full and all.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/18/2004 5:13 PM

finally. Jesus.

Now that I’ve read it all, I can peel my ass off the chair and go outside, or something.

don’t ever do that to me again, Matt. My child went hungry because daddy had to see spooky x-e. Not really. but I hope you feel bad. not that you should.

I have no point.

Great update though, kudos to you and the other guy.

Chestnuts roasted by Whirred @ 09/18/2004 5:21 PM

Well… okay, that’s a good way to look at it.

And the site-designer-guy did a GREAT job :)

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 09/18/2004 5:26 PM

Great start to halloween, nice work Matt

P.S. Thank jesus for the return of zombie movies

Chestnuts roasted by sexynigelthepharoahwizard @ 09/18/2004 5:38 PM

AWESOME. Excellent job, much love to Brian. The new layout is cool and much easier for navigating. Can we keep it until it’s time for Xmas, IhopeIhopeIhope?

Doesn’t goober mean peanut? Heh, apparentely the Brits call em groundnuts or monkey nuts. I hate Butterfinger too, I always wished El Barto had chosen a better candy to shill for.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/18/2004 5:47 PM

THIS LAYOUT ROCKS MY SOCKS!!!!

Crunch bars are good!
Now I hate you 1% more, but the layout made up for it.

Chestnuts roasted by RPharazon @ 09/18/2004 5:48 PM

I love it, as always.

But is it just me, or does Freddy’s voice on his album just sound a little bit like Leonard Cohen’s? It doesn’t help me to shake that feeling when they both overemploy the hell out of female backup singers. Oh, and they both kill people in their dreams.

Chestnuts roasted by beastofbourbon @ 09/18/2004 6:14 PM

I remember those Shocktober ads. If I recall correctly WPIX did a variation on that for every month ‘The November movies of Ch 11′ ”The July movies of ch 11′ etc, but October was always coolest. Only Pix could get away with including "Star Trek – The Motion Picture" as a horror film. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Garrison @ 09/18/2004 6:16 PM

GOOD JOB, BRIAN! ps. that freddy kruger lp kicks ass.

Chestnuts roasted by ieatpoop @ 09/18/2004 6:21 PM

Shocktober beats the hell outta the "Rocktober" radio stations usually have. One OKC station has a "Zepptember" and does Led Zepplin-themed giveaways all month. A little Led for the head does a body good.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/18/2004 6:34 PM

Hold on, I need to masturbate to this glorious new layout and start decking out the house in my own Halloween garb.

I’m too excited for words. So all I have left to say is: IUQFHRUI6`2356546541$#%*&&#^%fg$#@#$#&^%&^$!!!!!!!!1 WOO!

Chestnuts roasted by Meg @ 09/18/2004 6:42 PM

Matt, DON’T SLEEP! DON’T DREAM!

Thanks to you, I know have that Freddy song stuck in my head. Is that even supposed to be Freddy singing or what? I’m sooo confused.

If possible, try and keep the same general layout all year round. Just change the colors, if you will. Because this setup r0xxx0r!

Chestnuts roasted by Evan @ 09/18/2004 6:56 PM

I’m compelled to post for the first time to ask: What’s with the hostility towards the Crunch bar? You admitted to munching on Krackle in the Shocktober article, so I can only assume you prefer the red wrapper over Nestle’s red, white, and blue. Damn commie rat!

Chestnuts roasted by EricG @ 09/18/2004 7:01 PM

Thanks for the comments on the design. Matt’s modest; he had a ton to do with the concept as well. Glad everyone is enjoying it.

Now get out there and find a costume. I’m going as the Warriors.

Chestnuts roasted by Brian J @ 09/18/2004 7:05 PM

G*d damn that Don Dokken…

Chestnuts roasted by Cerebral Parsley @ 09/18/2004 7:40 PM

site looks great! thanks brian!
ah the halloween countdown, finally.

they need to have a mcdonalds ‘im lovin it’ commercial with a little kid trying to rap about XE

Chestnuts roasted by ralph @ 09/18/2004 7:48 PM

Matt-I just thought of something. Are we gonna have a return of Madd Matt?

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 09/18/2004 8:05 PM

I have to say, that layout fucking rules all. Out of anything I could’ve expected, I must admit, i’m blown away.

Viva la Countdown!

Chestnuts roasted by Doctor Plusbee @ 09/18/2004 8:11 PM

I was the type of kid who if in 5th grade discovered "Instant Halloween" in my plastic pumpkin, would have mistaken it for giant Tic-Tacs and ended up with a new form of Halloween Bellyache altogether. I can’t imagine how I escaped a stomach full o-sponge all these years???

Chestnuts roasted by Compton @ 09/18/2004 8:28 PM

Brian bend over, cuz I gots lots of kissing to do. I’m with Matt, I’ve been reading the site for about two years now and this is without a doubt the best layout I’ve ever, ever seen. All together now, WAY TO GO BRIAN!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by The Dude @ 09/18/2004 9:09 PM

You better have the Count. I found him in a search on Google for "Killer Rabbit."

I have no idea what the Count thinks he’s doing there. He may have fangs, but he doesn’t have a cotton tail or floppy ears. And therefore, he’s not a rabbit.

Chestnuts roasted by Yama @ 09/18/2004 9:31 PM

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