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Hangin’ With Mr. Krueger.

I got a couple of e-mails this week from readers wanting to know if I'd be doing a "traditional" Halloween Countdown this year. While my sanity would certainly benefit from doing a bunch of shorter blog entries, I've come to realize that the holidays are all about suffering for my bullshit art. YES, there will be a very traditional and very what-you're-used-to X-E Halloween Countdown this year. Very soon, in fact. Don't want to marry myself to a launch date just yet...but very soon.

And, now that I think about it, this will be the fifth annual Countdown. The fifth! Thanks to everyone who e-mailed in with suggestions and donation offers. If anyone else thinks they have something I can cover this year, drop me a line.


Hit the town last night on the hunt for spooky goodness, and among other things to be reported on in due time, I came across the beauty seen above: A Freddy Krueger hanging decoration. Only slightly expensive with its thirteen dollar price tag, I believe this a new-for-2007 item. I love the shit out of it. It's perfect for Halloween, but Freddy's reach is jusssst broad enough to make this one a genuine perennial.

The quality is terrific -- Freddy's head and hands are made of some kind of awesome rubbery material that's both realistic and fun to touch, while his trademark sweater is real wool, or at least, such a good facsimile that I don't feel the need to fact check.

Look close at Freddy's glove. I sure wish I did when I was at the store. Apparently, some hooligan saw fit to rip off three of Freddy's four glove blades, leaving him both a less effective killer and a constant middle finger-giver. I'm gonna head back to return it for not-wrecked version, and it'll be interesting to see how the conversation with the store manager goes.

I don't feel like measuring the hanging Freddy decoration, but if you're looking for some sense of size, he'd make a great hand puppet. Once I improve my ventriloquism skills, I'll be available for Bar Mitzvahs.

Happy SNT!

Posted by Matt on 09/08/2007. E-mail me!



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Halloween socks? Do you think anyone has Halloween shoes?
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Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 09/15/2007 12:12 AM

Since it’s a slow night, I’ll share with you a Angry Nintendo Nerd video list.

Angry Nintendo Nerd

Chestnuts roasted by fistpittingnork @ 09/15/2007 1:22 AM

I saw what I believe are the Halloween My Little Ponies yesterday, and if they are the Halloween ponies, they suck. They’re just dressed up, one like a ladybug and the other like a fairy (pegasus?). I bought Mr. Potatohead instead.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 09/15/2007 8:44 AM

Matt, et.al.: Just thought you’d be interested in MAKE magazine’s Halloween issue – it features Do-it-yourself projects for everything from halloween costumes (a headless Marie Antoinette costume, as well as creature make-up and spurting wounds) to tips for making your own haunted house (LED and laser jack-o-lanterns, do-it-yourself gravestones and coffins, etc.) The link is attached to my name.

Chestnuts roasted by Old Jim @ 09/15/2007 10:09 AM

Once again forgot it was game day and decided to go to Target. I stepped out my front door to find cars parked on my lawn. Pefect. I resolved to continue on my mission until I had driven four blocks in the opposite direction from the stadium and realized people were still holding up cardboard signs advertising ten dollar parking. I gave up, turned around, and got hassled by a couple of guys trying to sell my my own goddamn parking spot for twenty dollars. I offered to demonstrate that my key really would open the front door of my apartment, where I kept my vast collection of firearms and torture implements (Okay, so I was painfully polite and meek. Don’t blame me. I was raised in the South.)

So now I’m back in my apartment without pizza, milk, corn chips, or Blue Moon. Because of a football game. Once the traffic clears up, I think I’m going to go make a Halloween decoration from Mike Ditka’s desecrated remains.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 09/15/2007 2:45 PM

I hate game days. That’s one of the few crappy things about living in Norman.

Chestnuts roasted by Annette @ 09/15/2007 5:21 PM

Damn I want one of these Freddy’s! Where did you get this at?

Someone above was mentioning Freddy’s Nightmares (series can be seen regularly on Chiller now) and the Freddy video game (they also mention the Friday the 13th NES game which is fricken impossible because Jason dies and comes back three times only faster than lightning and really pissed off!)….

How many of you ever played the Freddy Pinball game? I went to a bar one night that had it and though I was prepared to spend all my money drinking I turned it all into quarters to play one on one against Freddy and his one liners. Most fun pinball game ever!!!

http://www.bmigaming.com/Flyers/Pinball/freddy_a_nightmare_on_elm_street-1994-f-1.jpg

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