Doho, I’d venture a guess that you might be underestimating the initial popularity of Nightmare. When the toys started showing up a few years ago I got the distinct impression that they had been long awaited.
Big thumbs up for the Scream Awards. The corny jokes, the gore, the audience full of fans who are actually into it rather than row after row of bored celebs, the predatory birds, it all added up to a fun time. Still standing by my “only winners bothered to show” position but that’s no big deal…I do wonder if there were any awkward exchanges backstage between Manson and McGowan. If anybody missed it they’re replaying it Sunday and Tuesday (at 2 am!).

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/11/2006 10:51 AM

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My son and I have been having a mini-Tim Burton fest this week with watching Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride and tonight, Beetlejuice. I have to be in a certain mood to watch Nightmare and Corpse Bride. I have always went back and forth as to whether Edward Scissorhands is a “Halloween”-y movie. We watched Sleepy Hollow a couple weeks ago to get this season jump-started.

Chestnuts roasted by freudguy @ 10/11/2006 12:03 PM

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You can’t forget about Ed Wood. That’s one of my favoites. It’s kind of a Halloween movie….. sort of….

Also, I remember going to see Nightmare Before Christmas in theaters when it first came out, and I loved it. I was 9 or 10 that year. I remember, even though I never asked for them I got a couple action figures for Christmas. I also got the soundtrack, and I still have it to this day. The funny thing is, I haven’t watched it once since then, and I don’t really want to.

Chestnuts roasted by Deuce @ 10/11/2006 12:24 PM

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Muppet Baby: That really sucks! People are such assholes!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 10/11/2006 3:07 PM

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Plane crash in Manhattan, pretty weird.

Went last night and bought a shrunken head. It is weird how those things are popular this year.

They had some awesome stuff though. In particular, the severed head in the bucket of blood fountain is the winner of over the top halloween decorations this year.

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Chestnuts roasted by Bricker @ 10/11/2006 3:46 PM

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So I wrote this little Holoween rant for my page. What do yall think, I know It still needs to be corrected, but hows the message look

So one of the best holidays is just around the corner, and yes I do
consider Halloween a holiday, in fact I will be so bold enough to throw
in Halloween as part of the holidays that go along with thanks giving and
Christmas.

So there have been some people who have been trying to piss on my
holiday spirits by saying Halloween is for kids or Halloween is evil. Well
lets step back an analyze what Halloween really is, and I don’t mean in
the historical sense of the meaning, I mean in the regular what the fuck
Halloween is for you.

Ok first will come up with a rebuttal worthy to challenge even the most
pious of Christians. These people say that celebrating Halloween is
evil. Oh yeah, what makes it so evil? Is it because kids dress up like
monsters and super heroes, one night out of the year and get to walk
around getting candies? Oh yeah… I see allot of evilness going on
there… Damn them damn them to hell! But some will still argue that it
is because it is the devils night, and that evil lurks in the shadows.
Listen says who Halloween is what you make it up to be, Christians have a
celebration called Halleluiah night, celebrated on guess what night?
That’s right kiddies on October 31. Now doesn’t that sound like a cop out
move? Actually it sounds kind of hypocritical. I mean come on they are celebrating some thin on OUR night of fun, but there just changing the name of it to suit there needs, but there still celebrating some thing on the 31! Now before some holy roller tries to smash me on that, let me just say I know they aren’t celebrating Halloween for the sake of the devil, but neither are kids and post facto kids who are still celebrating it. They are celebrating it because its fun!

Next are the people who say, your to old to be celebrating it, and
that’s bull shit to. As a parent it is my job to instill the spirit of
Halloween to my children, which is a bonus because I get to live
vicariously through them and get a deeper satisfaction of it when all is
said and done. Halloween is about candy for kids, hell its about candy
for adults to, let me explain….( and you knew I would) Halloween is
the only time of the year that a women can dress like a total whore, and
its ok! Even the most unadulterated of women can dress like one of the
pussy cat dolls and its a ok! She won’t be judge because the Halloween
law protects them. And vice versa for women, who enjoy seeing guys
dressed like a roman gladiators.
So back to candy for adults…. it’s called eye candy, so u see candy is
involved for all age groups.

The important thing to remember that we as Halloween believers don’t see
it as a religious event, we don’t go out and sacrifice small children and
then have blood orgies, and speak in tongue, wishing in the lord of
darkness, we see it as a one day out of the year event to dress up in
costumes we think are cool, to be able to have our own month of spooky
happenings, all this fun and its still social expectable to the open
minded. So the next time some hater tries to hate on my Halloween, ill give them a
smile and wish them a happy holiday and let them ponder on what the hell
just happened.

Chestnuts roasted by mjsgrass @ 10/11/2006 4:08 PM

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Perhaps I am under estimating the initial fan base but I know no one around me at the time was into it. It came in 93 according to IMDb and I didn’t see this fanbase come about out until around 2004. So, I literally forgot about the existance of this movie for about 10 years and never had a single conversation that brought it up in that time.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 10/11/2006 6:11 PM

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when Nightmare Before Christmas came out my parents wouldnt let me see it. now it is one of my favorites!

also…what happened to mr.T’s gold chains? its just not mr.T with out them, you know?

Chestnuts roasted by mightypiratekalypso @ 10/11/2006 8:34 PM

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Yeah, all my high school friends were hugely into Nightmare back in the far off days of the late 90′s (ran with the goth kids) so you must’ve just missed the hype, doho. I guess that’s why it’s “cult” and not just plain old “classic”.
Muppet Baby, that totally sucks. I witnessed a hit-and-run recently and got so much satisfaction out of calling the 5-0 and busting the jerk. Hope things work out, good luck!
I didn’t need to be sold on Grindhouse (perhaps that’s obvious) but MACHINE GUN LEG! would’ve done it…I’ve actually been avoiding digging for info on it because it makes the wait for spring even more interminable, so it was an awesome and total surprise to see Danny Trejo kicking ass, taking names, and making time with fine ass tricks. Robert Rodriguez is so my hero. As for the Scream Awards, my money’s already on Dexter to win Best TV Series next year.
(Mr. T stopped wearing his gold chains after Hurricane Katrina, as a show of sensitivity if I’m not mistaken)

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/11/2006 9:49 PM

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Maybe “Pokemon Pumpkin” is the actual name of that breed. I know it sounds weird, but it’s possible someone bred a psychedelic pumpkin and named it in 1999.

I got a little bit of Thanksgiving news for you. This year for the 80th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, they have brand new balloons of Flying Ace Snoopy and Pikachu as well as a giant Energizer Bunny float. Oh yeah!

A new ‘Chu? I thought for sure this would be the year in which he’d retire, but apparently not. Pikachu must be going for Garfield’s record.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 10/14/2006 2:53 AM

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I must be a complete and utter Halloweiner but dear god after reading that I want one of those adorably creepy little rats so so so bad. And it can’t be just ANY stuffed rat. It has to be one from a gift shop that reeks of fertilizer and stocks rubber body parts.
Also mjsgrass is completely right. There’s a Christian school over here that celebrates ‘fall dressup day’. This makes me sad enough to break out my sad emoticon.

Chestnuts roasted by Dani @ 10/19/2006 1:29 AM

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