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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

I don’t have any ideas for scary movies, so ’tis better to turn the house into the Satellite of Love, make everyone dress up like the Bots, and have a best quote contest for the following shitty movies:

Plan 9 From Outer Space
Reefer Madness
Gigli
Rocky Horror
Star Trek: Nemesis

Chestnuts roasted by MonsterDog @ 09/22/2004 3:26 AM

Halloween
The Exorcist
Nightmare On Elm Street
Friday The 13th part 3,4,or 5
Carrie-the orginal

activity:
call upon Satan himself.

Chestnuts roasted by Liz @ 09/22/2004 5:28 AM

Whoooooa – the longer I spend in the world, the more I realise: I don’t belong here…

Been reading Terry Pratchett’s Carpe Jugulum, very Halloweeny, with Vampires, witches and the Nac mac Feegle. Although the Feegles are funny, not scary. Mmmmmm.

Lessee, the apartheid government banned Texas Chainsaw Massacre original, as was considered too horribly violent; it was only unbanned a few years ago. By now, however, it too is simply funny. I find all old horror movies funny, especially apocralyptic ones starring Demi Moore and a cigarette-smokin’ angel who tells her her baby will grow up to be the Antichrist. So she says: "If we kill him, will God give the world another chance??" ::groans:: :P

So, can only watch several Mel Brooks films. Especially Dracula: Dead and Lovin’ It ["Give him an enema! It will give him a sense of accomplishment!" :) ], and Robin Hood, Blazin’ Saddles… any really stupid Wayans Brothers Scream-ripoff, and Valentine! Yeurgh! Bloody clever twists at the end.

For activity (if I were to celebrate We’en, which I won’t – no one else does, so no possibility of candy) will hang obliGatory [note...the...G...Matt!] long strings of black cotton thread from ceiling, all the way to the bathroom. Everyone who goes there will scream horribly, so everyone else will say "Oh, please, you aren’t scaring anybody you know…" until they go and – FIND OUT!!! Bwahahahaaaaa!

*ahem*. Sorry. It could be too much coffee, but I think it’s probably lack of. :B

Chestnuts roasted by eminentfreakthemighty @ 09/22/2004 9:54 AM

No Terd Fergusson, YOU suck. I liked Mothman Prophecies, probably because I wasn’t familiar with the actual legend….I don’t have to defend my movie choices to you!

Chestnuts roasted by B-Dawg @ 09/22/2004 9:55 AM

Starwenn,
I agree "The Others" is a good atmosphere movie. it would give a creepy vibe.
Thinking back on it I would like to add the movie Waxwork to the mix. That movie is B grade genious!

Chestnuts roasted by Jenner @ 09/22/2004 10:50 AM

Classic Disney Halloween Special with the night on bald mountain, the legend of sleep hallow and that sadistic short where Donald duck plays tricks on the 3 nephews. ( I hope one of the Disney channels plays this again.)

At a party I’d want to watch scary shorts If it was possible make a best of Tales from the crypt, Tales from the dark side and Alferd Hitchcock Presents, Some stuff from Spike and Mike Sick and Twisted Animation. Other than Creep Show are there any scary shorts compilations that people could recommend.

At the end with the few people passing out with me I’d put in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary with some nice dark drone music.

Activity
“Light as a feather Stiff as a Board” I’ve never done it. I know this only works for 10 year olds at girl scout camps, but I still think I missed out and want to try.

Chestnuts roasted by Angela @ 09/22/2004 11:44 AM

1) Halloween
2) Night of the Living Dead (The original)
3) House of 1000 Corpses
4) Rocky Horror Picture Show (Gotta have some fun)
5) It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (It’s not a movie, but it’s essential Halloween viewing)

As for the activity, probably just a horror/Halloween trivia game.

Chestnuts roasted by Tech @ 09/22/2004 12:41 PM

I wanted to add http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0842/">Tales From the Darkside (which is one of my favs now thanks to Matt) and Rocky Horror to my list as well, but I didn’t since that would be cheating (more than 5, yo). Are Will and I the only ones who like From Dusk Til Dawn? Young Frankenstein and Dracula: DALI are both excellent for funny/horror as well, though people seem to find Young Frankie a bit dry.
Hey, speaking of Tales from the Darkside, anybody think Buscemi was robbed the other night?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/22/2004 10:31 PM

woo #84

Chestnuts roasted by slerpees_rock @ 09/22/2004 11:15 PM

For a visceral Halloween that gives people nightmares –

1 — Twitch of the Death Nerve
2 — Blood and Black Lace
3 — Profondo Rosso (in Italian)
4 — The Beyond
5 — Day of the Dead

Fun activities — Sharing scary urban legends about horrible ways local people were murdered on Halloween. Pass out pictures downloaded from rotten.com. Serve a lot of dark red food like Black cherry kool-aide and lasagna to see if it bothers anyone.

For a spooky Halloween that gives people trouble getting any sleep at all (this would be MY ‘ween of choice)–

1 — Black Sabbath
2 — Night of the Demon (1957)
3 — Night of the Living Dead
4 — Suspiria
5 — The Haunting (1963)

My activity would be a relaxed discussion about personal experiences with the "otherworldly". With the lights still low, naturally. Maybe some soft, creepy music.

Chestnuts roasted by Phen @ 09/22/2004 11:37 PM

In no particular order…

1. Jeepers Creepers
2. In The Mouth Of Madness
3. Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight
4. Event Horizon
5. American Werewolf In Paris

relatively new, well known flicks that dont require your full attention, but will provide visceral eye candy, turn off the volume, play "whats that smell", get utterly wankered until everyones compares "Exorcist" impressions (use somebody elses house obviously).

Chestnuts roasted by BastardoElGrande @ 09/23/2004 9:57 AM

This place is a tomb!

Chestnuts roasted by L.F. of Event Horizon @ 09/23/2004 10:06 AM

Liberatei mei!!

I HATED Event Horizon! ::shudders:: O_o

Chestnuts roasted by eminentfreak on a headless horse @ 09/23/2004 12:02 PM

Poltergiest(This movies scared the hell out of me…..)

Return of the living dead (Cult Classic. Go Tar! )

Haloween 23

Mr. Vampire (Gotta Love hopping chinese zombies)

One man comes, in the name of love…One man he did come…IN THE NAAAAAAME oF LOOOOOOVE! ONE MAN! IN THE NAME OF LOOOVE….

Oh, and Mass Pumpkin orgy. Just make sure you smooth the edges of the holes…

-Take several pumpkins.
-Scoop out the guts of them and place them in a bowl
-Take the biggest pumpkin and put several holes in it of various sizes
-Warm up the guts in teh microwave

-Get stoned/drunk out of yor mind
-Fill the big pumpkin until it’s full.

Throw some cockroaches in there for good measure.

-Throw the pumpkins out and smack yourself in the face. Then run out to the trash and hump-away.

Chestnuts roasted by Quentin TarentinO's @ 09/23/2004 10:00 PM

seriously, i won’t be home on halloween. this year, daylight savings time ends. that means we get an extra hour of drinking on a night when drink specials are flowing like 13 year old girls looking justin timberlake posters. come on.

Chestnuts roasted by bastupid @ 09/24/2004 3:19 AM

How about Night of the Lepus?

Chestnuts roasted by Bob Knight @ 09/24/2004 7:30 AM

Here’s my list, they’ve all been mentioned but I think they’re all great:

Jacob’s Ladder
Evil Dead 2
Dead Alive
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Phantasm

And hide & seek in the dark sounds fun.

And of course throughout the whole night you should be getting as wasted as possible.

Chestnuts roasted by BlackZombie @ 09/24/2004 9:26 AM

Fave Horror Films
1. Nightmare on Elm Street (so bad, they’re great)
2. Amityville Horror (part 1 was filmed down the street from where my dad had his deli! He passed by the house!)
3. I Know What You Did Last Summer (ok, this movie is bad)
4. Child’s Play
5. Scream

Whenever I see "I Know What You Did Last Summer," I can’t help but giggle at Sarah Michelle Gellar’s demise and scream when Freddie Prinze Jr. get hit by the killer’s hook–I was in ninth grade when I saw this in a movie theater on Halloween, and I yelled "No! Don’t kill him! He’s too good looking!"

And About Amityville Horror, the house is on Water Street in Toms River, New Jersey. It’s been redone since, but then again, everyone knows this!!!

Oh, and while I’m plugging sites in Ocean County, New Jersey, I gotta mention a weird landmark 15 minutes from my house–the chair on top of the old house in West Creek/Eagleswood Twp., New Jersey! It’s pretty creepy! Hey Matt, that’s a suggestion. You should visit it!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 09/24/2004 11:43 AM

BTW, even though these aren’t even remotely scary, I like watching the Goonies, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, and anything Scooby-Doo around Halloween b/c they are the perfect Halloween classics!!!! Not everything has to be horror, and not everything has to have the "ARTISAN" production company logo on it. ARTISAN sucks!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 09/24/2004 11:46 AM

I want your salad. Yes, you!

WOO! Elephant ya!

Chestnuts roasted by Groovy Hamster @ 09/24/2004 4:33 PM

1. Freaks
2. Psycho
3. Scream
4. The Stuff (I don’t know if you’ve seen this but it seems like something you’d review on here.)

annnnnd…

5. The Worst Witch (I own it on DVD and I found your site by searching for it on yahoo. I love that movie.)

Chestnuts roasted by Corie @ 09/24/2004 9:55 PM

I think If I could, i would get a door prize…like the grosser than gross packs all combined, rent some movies and play 6 degrees of separation or whatever it is called. But alas, that would require alot of planning and research. So, here is the five random scary, or so terrible it’s scary movies I’d like to play:

Rock Horror Picture Show
Shock Treatment
IT
(this terribly cheesey movie about a serial killer haunting and killing through electricity when his death by electric chair goes awry)
The Ugly.

As for a game that I’d pul out of my ass because I wasn’t expecting it to happen, probably indoor foxtag or indoor capture the flag, full contact to add to the danger…just think turning off the light and running into walls and crap all for a tea-towel.

Chestnuts roasted by Bitsy&Roary @ 09/26/2004 1:16 PM

I’d probably go a diff route than others that have posted…

I’d show movies like Ichi the Killer, PreMutos, Salo, real mindf*cks.

Chestnuts roasted by Mty @ 09/29/2004 2:15 AM

rosemary’s baby
return of the living dead
zombie (shark vs. zombie anyone?)
excorcist
from justin to kelly (painfully scary)

game= find the teacup

Chestnuts roasted by zombone @ 09/29/2004 6:47 PM

1. House of 1000 Corpses
2. Suicide Club
3. Any Horror Hentai (gotta keep their attention somehow)
4. TCM
5. Ginger Snaps

Activity: The TCM Drinking Game!

Chestnuts roasted by Hikaru @ 10/02/2004 9:12 PM

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