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Gross party favors, Mr. Peanut’s car and a survey.

Today on the Halloween Countdown, "Grosser Than Gross" Party Favors! Six bucks for a well organized clump of fake vomit, oozing bugs and other disgusting fun stuff.

By the way, I can't believe how much stuff I've already found for the Countdown. I'm actually at a surplus point. Don't remember it being so easy last year. I'm now up to eight different Halloween cereals (we've covered three already), but the real insanity was realizing that I've collected four different kinds of Halloween yogurt. I don't know what I'd do without this excuse to buy every pumpkin-graced piece of shit in sight...so much fun. Speaking of fun, I ran into Mr. Peanut's Nut Mobile today.

SPOOKY Survey: Not just a normal survey mind you yes. Okay, you're throwing a Halloween party. Nothing fancy...you're just having some people over, maybe in costumes, maybe not. There's a stormy forecast for the night, so if the party busts you can't blame the weather for setting improper tone. Your job: pick out five movies that'll haunt your guests, and one spooky activity so you don't all feel like you just sat around watching movies all night. OK GO.

Posted by Matt on 09/20/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 102 comments

Mexican hide and seek
When you find a person you all have to cram into that persons hiding spot

Chestnuts roasted by Evan @ 09/21/2004 2:28 PM

How about editing together all the clown parts from as many movies as we can find? The clown surgeons from Pee-Wee, Joker from the the original Batman series, because Ceasar Romero made him both insane and erudite, Joker from the Tim Burton Movie, because it’s Jack, Pennywise from IT, The John Vernon puppet scene from Killer Klowns, and whatever else you can thnk of. And between each segment, that bit from the John Wayne Gacy TV movie when Brian Dennehey says something about how no one would suspect a clown. I’m not coulrophobic, but I am a carrier.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/21/2004 2:42 PM

Thanks Trash!

That movie name and my overwhelming fear of clowns and ventriliquism dummies (Especially Ventriliquism Clown Dummies) has been the bane of my existence for years!! I just IMDB’d it and that is it. I can’t believe the established actors that were in it. I was eight when it was made, and saw it on HBO back in the day — so I was maybe nine. I bet it is one of those movies you see as a kid and feel like it was the most scary thing ever, now it would probably bore me to death. But many thanks!

Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 09/21/2004 3:18 PM

*shudders* clowns…

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 09/21/2004 3:25 PM

5 Movies:

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (original) – I don’t care what anyone says. No movie is scarier than this one. The Dinner scene alone is enough to freak people out for the whole night.

Alien – Not usually mentioned in the same breath as other horror movies but still scary as hell. In fact, in my film class in high school we spent a month on horror and this is one of the films we watched. Deservedly so.

Halloween – Duh! (I might switch this one with the original Psycho actually, depending on just who I invited. Some people would complain about the black and white)

Ghostbusters – If you’re watching 5 halloween movies you need something to give you a break from the horror. This is an absolute classic and it still fits the theme.

Freddy Vs. Jason – I’m a fan of the early films in both series’. I couldn’t figure out which one I’d like to represent and then it dawned on me that I could hit both. I was a fan of this film too.

As for an activity:

Beer Pong Tournament!!!! Who cares if it’s halloween themed or not. Any day’s a good day for Beer Pong and we could play our games while we watched the movies. Sweet!

Chestnuts roasted by T.J. @ 09/21/2004 4:21 PM

1. Any Nightmare on Elm Street Movie
2.House on Haunted Hill
3. The Worst Witch (the hairy, scary, creepy, crawly…)
4. The Shining
5. The Friday the 13th with Corey feldman in it…3?

Game…go to the graveyard and ouiji board. =)

Chestnuts roasted by Jenner @ 09/21/2004 4:54 PM

I dunno about movies, but I know that afterwards I’ll be playing the classic song "Down in the Boiler Room"!

Chestnuts roasted by JG! @ 09/21/2004 5:00 PM

Movies:
1. Zombi 2
2-4: Chucky, Chucky, Chucky, and Chucky w/ Jennifer Tilly

Game:
"I this a freckle or a mole?"

Chestnuts roasted by marvel bunny @ 09/21/2004 5:26 PM

5. Zombie
4. House of 1000 Corpses(Perfect for the casual MST-ing)
3. Hellraiser
2. The Hills Have Eyes
1. Satanis the Devil’s Mass/Sinthia the Devil’s Doll

And for the activity we’d all listen to Danzig albums and play DarkStalkers. Then beat up hobos while wearing masks.

Chestnuts roasted by Grandmaster Useless @ 09/21/2004 5:29 PM

It’s very difficult to choose 5, but here’s my contributions (one movie per director):

1) Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)

2) Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey, 1962)

3) Session 9 (Brad Anderson, 2001)

4) Night of the Living Dead (George Romero, 1968)

5) The Masque of the Red Death (Roger Corman, 1964)

Spooky activity? Sit around a campfire and read Gmail’s privacy policy. It’s scary stuff.

Chestnuts roasted by Kristian @ 09/21/2004 5:29 PM

Roach Masturbation…

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 09/21/2004 5:50 PM

I would also like to know more about the 7 deadly sins game, sounds cool.

Chestnuts roasted by Frito Munchin! @ 09/21/2004 6:01 PM

Hey, B-Dawg, you suck. Mothman Prophecies was absolutely terrible and nothing like the real legend, which is in fact way scarier then a tiny glowing moth.

1)Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter
2)Plan 9 from Outer Space
3)Freddy vs Jason
4)Donnie Darko
5)Dawn of the Dead (original)

Chestnuts roasted by Terd Fergusson @ 09/21/2004 6:16 PM

Oh, I forgot to add an activity.

After all the movies were over, I would wake up to the sound of static on my television and I would realize there hadn’t been anyone at my house at all. Then I would go into my room and cry, and play Silent Hill until I blacked out from the combination of fright and loneliness.

Nah, just kidding. After that many movies it would probably be really late. I would suggest a night game of hide-and-go-seek and then lock everyone outside while I went to bed.

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 09/21/2004 6:17 PM

And yeah, it does look an awful lot like Mr. Peanut is compensating for something.

Chestnuts roasted by Night_Trekker @ 09/21/2004 6:19 PM

mmmmm!
Cockroaches and masturbation go together like.. umm.. err….peas & carrots?

Cockroachin’ with the cocklotion!

Chestnuts roasted by The Other White Meat @ 09/21/2004 7:16 PM

The Shining
The Exorcist
Nightmare on Elm Street Dream Warriors (3?)
Plan 9 from Outer Space
From Dusk Til Dawn

Rosemary’s Baby is a favorite, but I’ve never been able to get a group of people to sit through it without losing interest. Perhaps perfect for clearing out the party?

Spooky activity: Hmm, about going through all the receipts for assorted holiday-themed cereals and gooey body parts and figuring out the total? Nope, too scary, even for Halloween.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/21/2004 8:17 PM

Texas Chainsaw Massicre (possible substitue Texas Chainsaw Massicre 3 if the video store has rented TCM out which it always does… lousy video stores, if you want to watch a good horror movie on Halloween you have to rent it September 3rd and pile up late fees for 2 months)
uh… what was the topic?

Chestnuts roasted by s0fa @ 09/21/2004 8:26 PM

hmm…anyone else have the side banner with the close up eye that keeps flashing? I’ve got to say, it’s the scariest thing I’ve seen in a while…except of course the spooky Halloween theme on xe

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 09/21/2004 8:50 PM

The activity is easy – bobbing for apples. The apples have been good this year, I’m an old-fashioned woman, and I’ve always WANTED to see someone actually try that. The movies, however, as a non-horror fan, are going to be harder….

1. "Ghostbusters" – We’ll start with a giggle and one of the great horror comedies.

2. "Young Frankenstein" – Still funny and still classic, but not quite the pure comedy that "Ghostbusters" is.

3. "Scream," just so everyone can get their blood quota in and I can go hide somewhere for an hour and a half, because I get queasy over a papercut.

4. One of the classic Universal horror flicks – "The Mummy," "Dracula," "Frankenstein," "The Bride of Frankenstein," "The Wolf Man." Whatever I can rent or borrow from my dad.

5. "The Others" – One of the few horror movies I’ve ever LIKED, and a night way to end the party on some good, spooky atmosphere.

As for the Halloween Countdown, that cockroach is just so wrong. It reminds me too much of the fact that I desperately need to get my landlady to get similar creatures out of MY apartment…

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 09/21/2004 9:14 PM

OK, so I keep having reoccouring dreams about a cereal I used to enjoy in my wilder youth. It had something to do with genies, and it was star shaped and sprinkled. They sort of tasted like the non marshmallow pieces in lucky charmes. Except wayyyy better. Does anyone know of these, or are they just a figment of my imagination brought on by watching Aladin on LSD?

Chestnuts roasted by Andrew @ 09/21/2004 9:42 PM

1. night of the living dead
2. dawn of the dead
3. evil dead
4. tcm 2
5. the sixth sense
my activity would be killing newborns and writing stuff in their blood!

Chestnuts roasted by bartman15 @ 09/21/2004 9:57 PM

Movies: For a horror party? Gotta have the big 5: vampires, zombies, werewolves, mummies, and aliens.

-Return of the Living Dead
-Some classic Dracula movie.
-Teen Wolf
-Some classic Mummy movie
-Alien 3 (probably the darkest of the lot)

Game: Probably a pumpkin carving compitition.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 09/21/2004 10:14 PM

Night Of The Living Dead
Dusk Til Dawn
The Cube
Any Freddy movie except for the last and Vs. Jason
Final Destination

Chestnuts roasted by Will @ 09/21/2004 10:31 PM

I liked the Masturbation line, personally.

Chestnuts roasted by Valacosa @ 09/22/2004 1:15 AM

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