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X-E Visits Halloween Playland!


Dead leaf on the windshield, dead leaf on the windshield, I so need to write a song, about the dead leaf on the windshield.

It's starting to get nice and pretty and orange and yellow outside, but probably not as much as I'd like it to be, because we keep having weather that could fly in July if it tried hard enough.

Speaking of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has anyone seen the new movie? I've already read all the spoilers like a big brat, but I'm just curious if it's any good, since reviews have seemed so "absolutely yes" or "absolutely not." I do know that, whether brilliant or banal, New Line is treating it like a real horror movie, and that alone might be enough to get me to yay out loud. I wouldn't say that the 2003 remake grew on me upon subsequent viewings, but I'm at least able to appreciate it for what it is instead of worrying about what it could've been. Hopefully, with less of a reason to compare it to anything, the new film manages to be entertaining without a "but."


Joining the Halloween Countdown for Monday is something quite very lots much really cool. A local lawn/flower/plant/fertlizer store transforms into the wondrous Halloween Playland in October, consisting of a pumpkin patch, inflatable funhouses, grim reapers and a portapotty full of fake shit. This entry deals with the ambiance; tomorrow's entry will cover all the fun stuff I bought there.

Posted by Matt on 10/08/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 68 comments

I can’t wait!

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 10/08/2006 9:51 PM

Awww…. now I want to go out to a cool Halloween-y place. God damn my lack of a sense of direction, I can’t go anywhere. *pout*

Someone take my ass to Jason’s Woods.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 10/08/2006 10:29 PM

I see a billboard on the Turnpike for Jason’s Woods often. It makes the commute more fun.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/08/2006 10:30 PM

This place seemed done up pretty cool, but if I were a kid I would be very disapointed. It looked like the only thing to do there was go in a halloween themed bouncy castle. I donno, I was a lazy kid, for me all that jumping would have tired me out. I liked the jonny on the spot, it looked just like the ones I saw today at the Balls Falls halloween craft show.

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 10/08/2006 11:03 PM

I was so surprised to find a new article! I was about to head offline when i thought “i’ll check XE, see if he updated” and low and behold for once he did! lol.

But this article looks so much of a good halloween-feel read i think i’ll save it for tomorrow when i can enjoy the feeling the rest of the day.

Chestnuts roasted by Dan @ 10/08/2006 11:03 PM

Sadly, I would be one of the people laughing hysterically at the port-a-potty.

There are a bunch of Halloweenie places on Long Island, but most of my friends work on the weekends. :(
I missed my oppurtunity to go to a Haunted House last night because I was feeling a little under the weather, but on Friday night my sister and our friends visited one of the abandoned psychiatric centers, which has been cleaned up since the last time we were there making it not as much fun.

We may take our young cousins pumpkin picking this weekend though. Better then nothing?

Chestnuts roasted by Denise @ 10/08/2006 11:07 PM

How’s this for unprecedentedly spooktacular?
http://www.campfear.net/giant.html
It’s a fullfuckingfledged inflateable haunted house! Going to try to hit it up the weekend after this. It’ll be about an hour long quest to get there, but will be well worth it to say I’ve gone through a 150 ft. dead guy balloon. :D

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 10/08/2006 11:14 PM

That looks pretty amazing, Eddie. Site mentions how it’s kid-friendly by day and bloodthirsty by night. Wonder how they pull off the switch so quickly.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/08/2006 11:24 PM

Eddie, “oh my god” is just about the only response I have to that. That and “I wish I could visit.”

Chestnuts roasted by Denise @ 10/08/2006 11:29 PM

I remember a place very similar to this in Millersville, PA (a rural college town just outside of Lancaster). I don’t know if they still do their Halloween Funland (it’s been years), but the place is called Funck’s if anyone is ever in that area.

Chestnuts roasted by Spoodles @ 10/08/2006 11:37 PM

Oops–it’s not Funck’s. It’s Funk’s. Here is a link detailing their Halloween funland if any PA residents want to have a similar experience to Matt’s.

Chestnuts roasted by Spoodles @ 10/08/2006 11:39 PM

Yeah, I’m gonna have to take a trip to Texas before Halloween! That is just so awesome Eddie!!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 10/08/2006 11:49 PM

IHAQ: Regarding your earlier comment — you’re right. This place was for kids, but for really little kids. If like, I was in the sixth grade and saw HALLOWEEN PLAYLAND WITH HAUNTED HOUSE advertised in the local paper, I’d be pretty upset to find a bunch of bouncy castles when I got there.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/08/2006 11:51 PM

I’m with Dan, I’m saving this for tomorrow, after work. I gotta get up in 5 hours. :(

Holy crap, I wanna visit the big inflatable giant, too! :o

I just saw a commercial about 10 minutes ago for The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D! It’s playing at select theaters Oct. 20th. I can’t believe I didn’t hear about this sooner! I would die to go see that, but I’m sure it won’t be playing near me.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 10/08/2006 11:57 PM

If anyone gets to see NBX 3-D they’re going to have to tell us about it because it’s not playing near me. :cornfield at night? This is something I’ve got to check out. We’re waiting ’til the moon is new so there will be less light to spoil the fun.

I may have to go to Texas as well! That Giant is effing SWEET!

Chestnuts roasted by broomstickjockey @ 10/09/2006 12:12 AM

I SO wish I could still jump on the bouncy castles.. those were the best when I was little. Someday, I WILL own a huge trampoline that my lust for bouncing may be satiated!

I’m taking two of my younger nephews to the local punkin patch this Saturday. Face painting, petting zoos and pumpkins! The short sheets’ll love it. :)

Chestnuts roasted by LemonWitch @ 10/09/2006 12:13 AM

Seems something funky happened to my last post. I was saying that I’m going to a Haunted Cornfield Maze in two weeks. It sounded dumb when I first heard about it, but then I heard you could go through it at night. Now I’m definately curious.

Chestnuts roasted by broomstickjockey @ 10/09/2006 12:14 AM

Ryane: Our local theatre is going all-out for The Nightmare Befor Christmas 3-D. One entire half of the 20-screen theatre is being done up as Halloween, complete with workers in costumes, the other half as Christmas, with workers as elves, etc. Should be pretty rad.

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 10/09/2006 12:20 AM

Two of my favorite Countdowns linked at the bottom there…I CAME 2 SEE GARLIC…still hilarious.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/09/2006 12:25 AM

For a small-timey place like the Halloween Playland, it’s pretty good. I probably wouldn’t enjoy the port-a-potty though, just because I don’t associate poo with the end of October.

I can imagine a UFO trying to land on earth, then leaving just as fast once they see that giant inflatable house Eddie showed. I hope aliens know the meaning of the WTF facial expression, because they’d be doing it.

Chestnuts roasted by Dr. Acula @ 10/09/2006 12:26 AM

I know this isn’t exactly Halloweeny, but the link in my name will lead you to a site where you can play bunches of games with no downloads.

Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 10/09/2006 12:34 AM

If only each and every pumpkin had a Charlie Brown great pumpkin sticker on it.

Chestnuts roasted by flygrl358 @ 10/09/2006 12:51 AM

“People always assume Babylon to be a faraway place; you really never look for it when you’re in a negotiable walking distance from your house.”

And if you live on LI, it’s just a short drive away!

Speaking of LI, yes there are also lots of Haloweenie places! Like Schmidts Farm! (any LIer here knows that damn tv ad for that place)

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/09/2006 2:12 AM

i saw texas chainsaw this weekend, a rehash of the original old school movie with a few situations changed and a different character assortment. it was basically an hour of watching people you care nothing about getting tortured, and then the retread of the lone surviving girl at the dinner table, jumping out of a window to be chased thru a field by leathface with a chainsaw, blah blah blah i was bored out of my mind.

Chestnuts roasted by drbong @ 10/09/2006 3:06 AM

This is why I wish we observed Halloween in Australia.

Chestnuts roasted by Daniel85 @ 10/09/2006 6:03 AM

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