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X-E’s Halloween Countdown: 2005!

Has anybody seen my tambourine?

And we're off! X-Entertainment's 2005 Halloween Countdown starts now, already stuffed with four articles in a growing archive that will be added to every weekday from now until Halloween -- plus some weekends if you're lucky. We've got popcorn balls, the return of the Ghost With The Most, a spooky version of Mr. Potato Head, and an early-posted entry for Monday about Epoch's 1982 electronic Dracula game. What's next? You'll see!

We're also pulling the soul out of one of the site's Christmas traditions with the first annual Halloween Jukebox, crammed with dozens of spooky songs, movie themes and instrumentals that'll stream for hours with just one click. Big thanks to sporadic X-E audio engineer Tummi for finding, arranging and normalizing each file. He'll be adding more songs in the coming weeks! And thanks to Brian for the swank toxic sludge Countdown section on the main page!

I'm exhausted, I've got work to do for tomorrow, and I'm sick of this chair. Go read, enjoy, and stay tuned for more and more and more and more updates! Happy friggin' Halloween.

Posted by Matt on 09/11/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 83 comments

YES!

Chestnuts roasted by A Reader @ 09/11/2005 12:26 PM

Well, it looks like my efficiency at work is gonna go down about 75% in the next month and a half. Sorry boss – I can’t be expected to get anything done with X-E’s Halloween countdown going on – I’m sure you’ll understand.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 09/11/2005 12:38 PM

Long time reader, first time poster…all i have to say is these are always the best articles!

Chestnuts roasted by Jedimonkey @ 09/11/2005 12:40 PM

For the hopefully few of you using an AOL browser to hit the site, you may experience some difficulties until tomorrow. IE/Firefox users should be fine.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/11/2005 12:40 PM

What a thing of joy to brighten up one’s Sunday. :) I almost cried.

I love you, Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/11/2005 12:41 PM

Ohh very cool! Now Im getting excited! Thumbs up to you!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 09/11/2005 12:44 PM

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Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/11/2005 12:46 PM

dude, yes this is most awesome. And the music! nice touch. Im stoked. Ahh, to have a reason to wake up everyday.

Chestnuts roasted by the80sruled @ 09/11/2005 1:02 PM

YAAAAAAAAAAAY for Halloween countdown time!

Oh, and Matt – sorry about the tambourine. I was using it to play Begin the Beguine.

Chestnuts roasted by gadgetsgirl @ 09/11/2005 1:06 PM

Oh hell. Now I really DO have the Tim Curry song stuck in my head.

Dammit.

HAIRAH!

SCARAH!

CREEPAH!

CRAWLAH!

HALLLOOOOWWEEEEEN!

(My sister’s favorite movie for a blessedly brief time was "The Worst Witch.")

Chestnuts roasted by gadgetsgirl @ 09/11/2005 1:13 PM

The new Ghost With The Most comic is the best thing I’ve seen on the internet since at least last week.

Chestnuts roasted by oh who cares @ 09/11/2005 1:25 PM

You single-handedly restore my faith in all that is spooky! Now if only my dial-up would play the Halloween jukebox without buffering every five seconds.

Chestnuts roasted by Julie @ 09/11/2005 2:16 PM

Like most X-E’ers, I’m excited about the Halloween countdown…no seriously…I have to change my pants. Plus, the added fun of listening to the Halloween Jukebox while reading the articles, added to the experience. Also, I don’t know if it’s been going on with anyone else, but has there been less and less kids T&T ing in all your neighbourhoods? I just find that really sad, cause Halloween is my X-Mas. Hell I’m 22 and I’m still planning on going out and getting candy (gotta love masks!) Anyhow, can’t wait for the next batch of entries..so keep up the great work Matt. I also send out my thanks to Brian and Tummi..and Happy Haunting everyone!! (cheesy…but I typed it!) :D

Chestnuts roasted by Jabo @ 09/11/2005 2:20 PM

THANK YOU!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Carri @ 09/11/2005 2:26 PM

There is a god. Thank you for restoring my faith Matt. Snagle Tooth Salute!

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 09/11/2005 2:30 PM

God those videos had me cracking up. Your skills are truly on par with Jimmy from "The Wizard". Also, thanks a lot for the jukebox! It provided the perfect atmosphere for reading the articles :D P.S. Any chance we’ll see a commercial haunted house review this year?

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 09/11/2005 2:36 PM

Hey Matt you made a mistake on your Halloween Jukebox list: Somebody’s Watching Me is NOT by Michael Jackson but rather the one hit wonder Rockwell. However, Jackson IS doing the background vocals and the chorus. But the rest of the lyrics are Rockwell who (bit of trivia) is Motown mogul Berry Gordy’s son. But love the rest of the selections though I have to admit never thought of Magic Dance from Labyrinth as Halloweeny. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Melissa Y. @ 09/11/2005 2:46 PM

I knew I shouldn’t have deleted "Rockwell" when renaming all of the MP3s.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/11/2005 2:47 PM

WOW!! It’s here and a day early!! Looks great man but I can’t get the jukebox to play. A RealPlayer window opens up and then…nothing. Any word?
Thanks again for all of the mayhem!!

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 09/11/2005 3:09 PM

Manimal, I would try reconfiguring so that RealPlayer isn’t the default file-opener for this. You shouldn’t have any problem in Windows Media Player, Winamp or iTunes.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/11/2005 3:13 PM

I’ve been a little angsty lately myself, and that last panel of Ghost with the most totally struck a chord. Give Maw and Paw my TV.
Good on ya for working the ‘weenie archive, Matt. Don’t be self conscious about the old stuff, that’s what got some of us hooked in the first place. Your writing has certainly improved as time’s gone by, which is ideal, but one of my favorite things to do is to go back and read those old articles. I’ve probably read the http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/663.html">House review eleventy billion times. Conservatively.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/11/2005 3:28 PM

Wow. Articles are great, and the jukebox is awesomely thorough. Matt, you have singlehandedly made me excited about Halloween. Impressive, since my birthday is in two weeks, and I usually wait until after then to care about Halloween :)

Chestnuts roasted by Vegan Mike @ 09/11/2005 3:29 PM

Couldn’t see the video but I could hear the music. Windows Media Player said "error downloading codec". The Dracula game does look like those Coleco table top games from those commercials with Mr. Arcade. Anyone else think Mr. Arcade sounded like Howard Stern? I wonder if he did the voiceover for that commercial.

Chestnuts roasted by Pat @ 09/11/2005 3:55 PM

Matt,

Have you seen that Mountain Dew brought back Pitch Black for this year? Now they’re calling it "Pitch Black II." Wonder if it’s any different.

Chestnuts roasted by Yow @ 09/11/2005 4:33 PM

I was eating one of those Act II Halloween popcorn balls when I came here and saw that article up, which is too eerie for words. I was ditched one Halloween too, when I was about ten. I had a friend who I was planning on going trick-or-treating with. But right on Halloween night, he decides to suddenly call me up and go Jack Chick on my ass, going on and on and on about how evil the "Devil’s Day" is. Then he hung up and I never saw him again. It was one of the most bizarre experiences I’ve ever had. And I didn’t even get a popcorn ball.

That jukebox is going to be playing nonstop on my computer until Halloween. All it needs is that lovely jingle from "Halloween III." That thing can make snakes and bugs explode from one’s head even without evil microchipped masks.

Chestnuts roasted by Monte @ 09/11/2005 4:43 PM

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