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Time to die.

I've held off for long enough -- The Halloween Countdown starts Monday!

If you're new to the site, here's how it works: Every weekday between Monday and Halloween, a new spooky article will be posted, covering both new-for-2007 Halloween stuff and tons of ghoulish goodies from yesteryear. I'm pretty happy with the amount of stuff I've found so far, especially considering that I've only really just begun to shop around.

I'm busy putting together next week's articles now, so enjoy the SNT!

Posted by Matt on 09/15/2007. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 153 comments

mjgrass: Yeah, that’s primarily the part I was referring to. That and the random see-the-guy-in-the-mirror scene. The whole Hell scene is brutal, but not as creepy as those.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/16/2007 12:48 AM

Heh, I was going to say The Exorcist too, and I saw it for the first time in the recentish rerelease. I guess I’m just a giant wuss.
Deathly Hallows, SNT = Saturday Night Thread.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/16/2007 12:59 AM

Scariest horror film I’ve ever seen would have to be the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It was a good movie but I didn’t feel all that unnerved until I had a nightmare that very night. In the nightmare I was watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre in a theatre and Leatherface ripped through the movie screen and attacked the audience. I then tried to escape in the back of a pick-up truck. Looking back it was all strangely meta.

Also a bit of a confession, I’ve never seen The Exorcist.

Chestnuts roasted by Radar @ 09/16/2007 1:02 AM

That would still have to be The Shining. That movie is proof that you don’t have to use a ton of special effects to be scary-it’s mostly distance shots, music, and makeup that does the work. Okay, so they did use pretty elaborate sets in that movie.

Heh, I’ve heard Stephen King didn’t like it. The book is indeed better, but the movie is still wicked scary.

Chestnuts roasted by Andrew @ 09/16/2007 1:03 AM

I saw TCM way too late in the game to be that affected by it, but I could totally see that I would have been had I seen it at a younger age.

All told, I’d say that the trailers and commercials for horror movies screwed with my psyche way more than the actual films. Remember the commercial for Elm Street 5? (Dream Child) With Freddy and the gothic stroller? Yipes.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/16/2007 1:11 AM

Geez…I’ve CTRL-F’d a total of 1.7 million “awesomes” in this SNT so far. I’d be inclined to make fun of that if about 100% of me weren’t thinking the same about the upcoming Halloween countdown.

Chestnuts roasted by O.T.I.S. @ 09/16/2007 1:14 AM

I was utterly traumatized by the Fire in the Sky trailers. I totally bought the whole “true story” thing.
The Shining is a great movie, and I love it. I remember watching it for the first time home alone one night…spooky. Now it’s too familiar to really be scary.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/16/2007 1:34 AM

YEA!!!!!!!!! HALLOWEEN COUNT DOWN SOON!!!! I just started decorating, my first string of halloween lights went up today!!!

Chestnuts roasted by crazy_mainer @ 09/16/2007 1:38 AM

I was always more scared by ads for those movies than the movies themselves. To this day I haven’t seen ‘Magic’ – the episodes of Buffy and the Twilight Zone with the living dummies were enough for me.

The Shining would be pretty much the only movie I’ve seen that actually scared me.

Chestnuts roasted by Moony @ 09/16/2007 1:53 AM

Radar It’s ok I’ve never seen that movie either. I should someday, but I am more into zombie movies then the creepy horror movies.

And the scariest movie I have ever seen? Kids lol

No really I think the movie that has creeped me out was that movie Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers. I think it’s because he lured virgins in for him and his mother to feast on and I think what clinched it was the scene where him and his mother did the wild thing. That was really creepy. I think at the time I thought they aren’t gonna, they aren’t, they wouldn’t put that in a movie, nuh-uh, and then they did lol. I think I was about 9 and I have seen it since and man that is creepy.

Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 09/16/2007 2:12 AM

Matt,

The new top is bitchin’. I’m especially digging the 5 dollar “Crazy Michael Guy” mask.

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 09/16/2007 2:21 AM

Happy Birthday Eddie!.

Just wanted to send a quick Happy SNT to everyone. My allergies have been murder today so I have been fairly drugged up tonight.

I can’t believe I was in a medicinal haze through a horror movie conversation. Oh well, I am sure that there will be a few more over the next six weeks.

Hope everyone is well.

Chestnuts roasted by Magic Toy @ 09/16/2007 2:35 AM

I’m excited, I can feel Fall coming! The wind is picking up, the leaves are starting to fall, and the air is becoming brisk. Soon the corn mazes will start, then all the cool local Halloween festivals, and the summer amusement parks will turn into spooky weekend affairs. Bring on the candy corn, motherfuckers!

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 09/16/2007 2:49 AM

thanks for the birthday wishes, all! yall are awesome :D

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 09/16/2007 3:14 AM

Oops, now I feel like a jackass. Hope it’s a good one, Eddie :D .

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 09/16/2007 3:19 AM

Hooray Halloween Countdown!!! I’ve been looking forward to this for the past two months. I can’t wait to see what fun stuff you’ve got this year.

A friend recently told me about Jones Blueberry Pomegranate soda. I bought some last night, and it’s pretty dang tasty. I’m not one much for fruity sodas. But this one is nice. Partially due to the cane sugar instead of the HFCS goo in most other sodas.

I just got a new copy of the “Things You Never Knew Existed” catalog. It’s chock full of great Halloween goodness!

Chestnuts roasted by Justin @ 09/16/2007 3:35 AM

Im not big on scary movies. If you want something that’ll mess with your head, watch the Japanese Guinea Pig horror series.

Flowers Of Flesh And Blood is one of their movies, and that particular movies gives me the chills.

Chestnuts roasted by James [XMrStayPuftX] @ 09/16/2007 3:55 AM

GloriousKyle: That Freddy was the coolest thing I’ve seen today. If they made a Nightmare on Elm Street game for the Atari, that’s what Freddy would’ve looked like.

In General: Ah, the Halloween season. Forget christmas, this is the big holiday for us at X-Entertainment. Merry X-Entertainmas everyone! Commence the Partydown!

Chestnuts roasted by DocDragon @ 09/16/2007 4:04 AM

Whoo! I’m in Hawaii now, and have regular access to the web…RIGHT in time for the countdown. I’ve got a ton of catching up to do. But, better late than never! Woot!

Chestnuts roasted by MissJess @ 09/16/2007 4:44 AM

Bout damned time!!! :D

Chestnuts roasted by BloodMist @ 09/16/2007 7:55 AM

I don’t think I’ll really dress up, but I’ll probably don my Fedora and Freddy glove.

I’m really excited about Halloween already, yesterday I started decorating my room. Cool that the Countdown will start on Monday.^^

Chestnuts roasted by Kapprika @ 09/16/2007 9:35 AM

jjwspider: Hah! Jayne is the voice of Superman! I’m definitely going to have to Netflix that one.

If we’re talking about the scariest movie overall, I’m going to have to join the Exorcist crowd. Even when you know most of the scenes going in from all the outside references, that’s still a big steaming bowl of screwed up.

However, I’m going to have to say that the movie that scared me the most, personally, was The Last Unicorn. Have you seen it lately? That film is a bad, bad trip to lay on a four-year-old. Fucking red bull. And that witch woman from the circus…

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 09/16/2007 10:38 AM

I constantly try to E-mail you but it doesn’t work. I was wondering if you could make this years jukebox mp3 fourm so we can convert it to our I-Pods? I really want to have the songs when I’m out and about. Huge fan.

Also do u still have AIM. PLEASE reply

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Devco @ 09/16/2007 11:02 AM

i feel like i should get this out in the open – i hate candy corn.

Chestnuts roasted by Andrew # 1 @ 09/16/2007 12:09 PM

Cool! This is my first countdown, and I can’t wait! Woot!

Chestnuts roasted by josherjohn @ 09/16/2007 12:10 PM

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