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09/17/2007: X-E’s FIFTH Annual Advent Cal–no.

And, just like that, the fifth annual X-E Halloween Countdown is on! Over thirty terror-themed articles will be posted between now and Halloween night, assuming I don’t burn out and take a powder by mid-October like I usually do. We have to try to stay positive.

This year, the Countdown crawls out of the ground with a short and sweet ditty on Hanging Character Heads, a series of caped monster busts with loopy strings coming out of their skulls. I picked them up at K-Mart last week, but I’ve since seen them at just about every store I’ve been in, for various prices and from various distributors. They’re cheap and kooky, just like all the best Halloween things are.

You might also notice that the Halloween Jukebox has been updated for 2007, with a reorganized playlist and some new tunes. Big thanks to our pal Tummi for gathering, organizing and constructing such a deadly display of spooky songs!

And while I’m at it, thank you Mr. Brian Jacks, for taking time out of your busy schedule to once again grace us with such impenetrable web design talents. It wouldn’t feel right to do my holiday site stuff without a Tummi-birthed jukebox and a Jacks-birthed layout. We still have a couple of minor design tweaks to make, which will either be finished in the next few days or forgotten about entirely by next week.

A concerted lack of planning has left me with very little idea as to what’s in store for X-E’s 2007 Halloween season, but I’d say it’s a safe bet that we’ll see a fuckton of candy, plastic goblins and at least one appearance by a wrinkly old apple that looks like Doc Brown.

One thing I’m catching off the bat on my witch hunts is that a lot of the coolest Halloween stuff out this year isn’t exactly conducive to semi-lengthy Countdown articles. So, I’ll be posting about many of the smaller things here on the blog. I wouldn’t go so far to say that we’re doing a Halloween Countdown and October Megaparty simultaneously, but now that I think about it, that sounds pretty award-winning. Let’s test the waters with breath mints in the shape of pumpkins:

I would’ve never expected something like Ice Breakers to be able to pull off a Halloween edition, but this is a pretty good attempt. The spooktified containers hold a handful of speckled, pumpkin-shaped mints. Due to a poor choice of wording on the packages, I can’t tell if they’re supposed to be separate portions of orange mints and mango mints, or if they’re just orange/mango hybrid mints. Taste tests do little to clarify.

“Sours Pumpkins” seems like a miswritten title, but the name fits: They are extremely sour/sours. And while my palette has grown less fond of candies that make my jaw contort in silly ways, these aren’t so bad. If they weren’t shaped like pumpkins, maybe they’d seem worse.

Enjoy the start of the Countdown, and I’ll see you tomorrow in a not-literal way.

Sweet! Too tired to read this now, but I’ll sleep with visions of Icebreakers and Character Heads dancing through my dreams.

I got a feeling it’s going to make this year’s Halloween season the best since ‘88 when I went as a Garbage Pail Kid.

Nice hanging heads matt, love it. Have you seen the new jones flavors? Looking forward to a review of the new jones flavors, especially the licorice one. Look forward to all the good stuff Matt. I will spread the word, the Halloween countdown has begun!!!

Oh great, now that creepy clown thing is going to keep me up all night… but I am glad the countdown is underway

I need stores that will turn a blind eye if I have a hard cough and really need to spew a loogie on the floor.

That line barely beat out the “really adequate penises” line for my favorite — very funny stuff. A great start to the countdown…

Hi, Matt! I’ve been reading since 2004, but this is my first post. Just wanted to say that I absolutely love the Halloween Countdown (so much so that I always get out my Halloween decorations when the countdown begins). I can’t help but feel that this year’s countdown might be the last, though, so I’m going to try to go completely all out this year. Thank you so much for all of the entertainment that you’ve provided in years past and that you continue to provide today.

A new jukebox? AWESOME!!! I love the halloween jukebox, awesome idea, awesome songs.

Great Hanging Heads article! Can’t wait to see what else is in store for this Halloween season!

Weird Al’s “friend” in UHF was none other than Michael Richards pre-Kramer and racist fuckwad. Or do you mean the other guy? No idea then.

The greatest thing about the Hanging Head Monsters is that they fit perfectly onto a GI Joe, or any other 6′ action figure.

This is that year in my life where ive come to the relazation i love k mart! and this thursday thats where i am going! its an hour away.
i cant wait to find the hanging heads thanks matt!

Well that was just spoOoOoOoky. I’ve actually got a couple of K-Mart’s hangin’ heads meself. My flavorite? An eerie g-g-ghost with a robe way whiter than his dirty grayish head. I stuck him and the gutters untill his robe was nice n’ dirty. Now he’s perfect!

I think I’ll vote for Jason Vor-Whinnie the Pooh-hees. Did you make up that little guy yourself Matt? I love him. So cuddly he’ll kill you if he wasn’t so garsh darn rumbly tumbly.

I’m so excited! You’ve got me in the Halloween spirit. =) My housemates and I are planning an Alice in Wonderland themed Halloween party…anyone have any tips or ideas to share?

As a disclaimer I’ll add that I have never done LSD, or any other drug. I’ve never even smoked a cigarette for crying out loud.

*In Palance-esque voice* Believe it… or not. But you should believe it, because it is true.

“…and at least one appearance by a wrinkly old apple that looks like Doc Brown.”

It actually got down into the 40’s here last night.

I am unbelievably stoked, and trying not to think of how it’s going to warm up more by the end of this week. I’m making my first *real* Halloween buying run tomorrow … er, later today. I love Target’s Halloween stuff, but it seems like they just never have quite enough different stuff. KMart, on the other hand - it’s always a goldmine for tons of Halloween shit packed into several ailse (sp? I never remember how to spell that :oops:). I love it… and every KMart must be just as run down and bleak, because I feel like Matt went to the one in my town, by that description. You’d think they’d do something about that.

Matt!!! In the first picture of the grape faced Dracula, there’s a Winnie the Pooh with Jason’s gear on… Where on earth did you get that?!

I gotta know… I’m in love.

Anyone else see a resemblance between Frankenfreak and Charles Bronson? Also, that fuckin clown is scary.

Funny Mummy and Mark O’ Lantern look like the annoying neighbors that always wander onto your lawn “just to say hi.”
Matt, to reiterate what basically everyone here has said, I am stocked for this countdown. Thanks for starting off at the decidedly mixed, but occasionally awesome K-Mart stuff. I’m kicking back with my Jones Candy Corn soda as we speak.

This my first halloween reading this blog, I am really looking forward to it. I love this site.

Woohoo! It’s officially open season on all candy with a hint of orange on the wrapper!

Ariel: You’ve probably already done this, but pick up a pack of luggage tags so you can make little signs saying “Eat Me” and “Drink Me” for all the consumables. Also, serve oysters. Or at least Clamato.

For decoration, there are a number of Alice-themed objects that are either cheap and easily procurable or already in your house: playing cards, chess pieces, a tea set, mushroom candles, or croquet equipment, if you’ve got a set. The hookah is, of course, entirely down to personal preference. Since the book has been published continually for nearly a century and a half, you can find old hardback copies on the cheap in most used bookstores if you need a centerpiece.

If your friends are geeky enough, click my name for a collection of Carroll’s puzzles and riddles, which mostly deal with mathematics. Could make for fun party material.

And finally, since it is a Halloween party, you’re more or less obliged to incorporate some of the eeriest poetry in the English language:

Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die:
Autumn frosts have slain July.

Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.

I haven’t posted in a while, but this is my favorite time of the year. Yah! Halloween Countdown!

Time to start my favorite season. Now, if we can only get the damn department stores to keep the christmas items in the back room for another 45 days.

Great start to what sounds like another great Halloween Countdown. I really love these. And I’m especially stoked that it’s starting in mid-September. I’ve been ready for Halloween since I went to the Horrorfind horror convention in Baltimore last month. And it seems like more people are realizing how cool it is to start celebrating Halloween in September. I live in Virginia, and imagine my excitement when our Busch Gardens decided to start its Howl-O-Scream festivities this past weekend to run all the way through the last weekend in October. If you haven’t been, Matt, you really need to go to BG in Williamsburg for Howl-O-Scream. I think you’d enjoy it.

Now, tonight I get to initiate my first act of getting into the Halloween spirit proper - I bought a limited edition pint of Edy’s pumpkin ice cream and watching the new DVD release of From Beyond.

Sorry about the hijack…I went grocery shoppng yesterday, and I found that Kellogg’s cereals are including “XBox” LCD games as prizes. I put “XBox” in quotes because the only thing XBox-related about them is that they have “XBOX” etched above or below the screen. There’s about 7 games to collect. The one I got is called “Ninja House.” It’s just a Ninja running across elevators moving up and down to collect shuriken.

I too must know where you aquired that jason/pooh.
and TB Tabby, I think thats the second time they have done that, i got a lame DDR ripoff shaped like a micraphone outta a box of miniwheats before.

Woo-Hoo Halloween Countdown!!! Tonight shall be decorating of the house to the sounds of the updated Halloween Jukebox. I promised my son we would decorate this week and we are both excited for the season!!

Hooray for the Halloween Countdown! Big props to Tummi, Brian and of course Matt

Our Kmart had the Halloween stuff out first too, though Target finally caught up. I really wanted to buy a Santa Yoda water globe there yesterday but I figured it was just too early. I may regret it later since I remember looking for it all winter last year.

Matt,you HAVE to open up that 20th anniversary Optimus. He is SO badass when you turn him into a truck.

My brother’s now ex-girlfriend loves those sour(s) mints and she’ll probably have an aneurysm when she sees these pumpkin shaped ones.

…But wouldn’t you expect pumpkin flavored mints? I would expect that a little more than orange/mango/orange-mango/green-yellow flavored mints…

Weird Al’s “friend” in UHF was none other than Michael Richards pre-Kramer and racist fuckwad. Or do you mean the other guy? No idea the

I believe Matt is referring to Al’s character’s best friend in the movie, Bob. He was played by David Bowe.

I think that Matt is referring to Mushmouth as who Mark O’Lantern “kind of resembles.” There were 3 boys that were known to have hats on the show: Russel, Dumb Donald, and Mushmouth, and Mark definitely looks like Mushmouth.

And excellent, excellent start to yet another countdown! You still have it in you after all these years, I’m still laughing at “ass cancer.”

This may be my 5th one! I know I started after the first Christmas Advent Calendar, but how long ago was that? 2002? Man, I feel old. And I’m 20.

Matt:
i did notice a typo, in the hanging heads article you put the date as sept 18 and not 17.. it glared at me cuz the 18th is my b-day :P… just an fyi

Your Kmart still has the cafeteria? I’m so jealous. I get so nostalgic for those things. It’s not the food so much as the concept. It reminds me of Saturdays shopping with my grandparents. They were cafeteria people. If it involved walking through a line with a tray, they were there. I’ll never understand that. Anyway….

Threnodaemis, are you planning on hitting up FearFest at Kings Dominion? I’ve never been, so I don’t know how it compares to Hallowscream. I tend to avoid those things because I don’t appreciate paying the same admission so they can shut down a good percentage of the rides and try to make it up with atmosphere.

HOORAY!! It’s officially Halloween season now in my eyes now that X-E is in full swing. And Matt, just the fact that you used a word like “fuckton” in your blog makes me happy

I swear I think I have a few of those from a few years ago and yes they are from K-mart. I know for a fact I had the Grim Reaper dude.

Is there anyone else here that plans on attending Universals Halloween Horror Nights this year? Its looking to be a great year, with Freddy, Leather face, and Jason all making appearances.

Yay! Great way to kick things off. Also, your Jason the Pooh is awesome, indeed.

We never had K-Marts much around these parts. But I miss the snack bar thing at Wal-Mart. I wish they still had old-school regular-ass Wal-Marts. I’d drop in just for nostalgia purposes. Part of me died when they closed the old one and built a supercenter.

We went to Kmart a couple of weeks ago and it was still in school mode. I think I may swing in there today. Every time I am in there I think of the show Malcome In The Middle. I don’t know why.

Hey Lori. I prolly will not be making it to King’s Dominion, unfortunately. The nice thing about Busch Gardens is that it’s right up the road from where I live. Dominion is a little bit farther. Plus, if they shut down most of the rides like you say, I can’t see it being worth it. BG actually keeps the rides open the whole time, with the exception of Escape From Pompeii and the train. The water ride part of Pompeii gets shut down and the “Pompeii” building itself gets turned into a haunted house. The train goes from being just transportation for around the park to being an actual haunted train ride. It’s pretty cool stuff.

The new juke is sweet… Be sure to watch Shaun of the Dead this Hallo-day season.
Gotta respect “Nightmare Before Christmas” playing on both the Christmas and Halloween juke!

Thanks SO much Tummi! I love the Trick or Treat song from that Donald Duck cartoon.

Is it just me or do the pumpkins not have stems on them? The packaging clearly shows stems and the actual mints appear to be lacking them. That kind of crap bugs me for no real reason at all, but it does!

Glad it’s finally here. And the kick-off was something i contemplated buying this afternoon also. I might go back later tonight and buy them after seeing an article devoted to them.

Loving the 2007 jukebox btw Matt. And nice to see a pumpkin on the homepage buttons. So props to Mr. Jacks also.

Yaaayyy, the Halloween Countdown’s here! I’m hoping to head over to some of the local dollar stores (sadly, the closest K-Mart is a half-hour away) and look around for some nifty fall stuff myself, especially now that the weather feels more autumn-y. It’s COLD out there, probably no more than 70, maybe not even that. I need a sweater. It’s glorious.

FUCK YEAH! Halloween Countdown has begun!! Sorry for the profanity, but damn it I’m excited. September - December is my favourite time of the year, and neither Halloween nor Christmas starts officially until X-E says it has. Btw, that was an awesome article, and fully worthy of being first in the 2007 season.

And, like many others have said before me: I want the Jason-Pooh!!! I already have a worrying habit of thinking of horror characters as ‘cute’, so seeing that Jason the Pooh just made my problem worse. Yay for bloodstained hugglez!

Ha, I recognize that bottle of Creamy Cucumber dressing in the first pic. Nice bloody Pooh, too. (That has the potential to sound absolutely disgusting)

I’m excited for the countdown, but more and more lately I’ve been listening to my Christmas mp3s, especially my Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack and John Lennon’s “Happy XMas (War is Over)”. I blame Wal Mart and their shelves of Christmas lights, table/mantle top decorations, and A Christmas Story and Rudolph ornaments.

Special K I didn’t see the quarter, but forgetting to read your post telling me where it’s at, before I left for the day, mixed with the $5 cups of beer, it was something that just couldn’t and didn’t happen.

I did, however, find a booth inside one of the buildings selling those little drums on a sticks that have 2 balls hanging off strings thingies that had horrible rip-offs of popular cartoon and comic book characters.

If these had writing on them, they would definitely fit nicely alongside the “DROA the Explorer” bag Matt found one his cruise.

I took a picture of the Mickey Mouse one, which looked more like a human American tourist wearing a Mickey Mouse head, not even wearing the right clothes, but it was taken on a Treo cell phone which does crappy pictures. I’ll upload it later on this evening.

Cricket: You’re right, the mints don’t have stems. Don’t worry, it bugged the shit out of me, too. And they taste kind of gross. I was all up for pumpkin-flavored mints, but then I get mango and my mouth goes all retarded.

Well, the house is nearly done being decorated. I’ve already spent too much money on candles and costumes for the cats. By the way, Matt, you should review cat costumes from PetSmart (if you have a PetSmart close), if for no other reason than I really want to see your cats dressed up again.

And I was eating lunch as I read the first Countdown article. I literally had to stop eating, those character heads were making me so nauseous. Something about the wrinkles and the bad paint jobs grosses me out for some reason. And then that damned clown… *shudder* I’m not a fan of clowns at all, especially not Satanic ones.

And lastly, a big WELCOME to all the newbies! You’ve found the party! Come on in!

I definately think the clown is the scariest of them all. There’s just something about clowns that makes them perfect Halloween fodder.

Anyway, I was looking through my onscreen tv guide and noticed that the QVC shopping network is doing 2, hourlong shows on just Halloween stuff tonite.

Got up to the Fair a bit late and didn’t hit all the usual stuff. but to get to work and find a nice kickoff to the countdown makes up for the fact I couldn’t afford the full-size Kingdom Hearts Keyblade at that one booth.

While I don’t really begrudge people their irrational fears, the evangelical fervor I have encountered concerning fears of Clowns never fails to surprise me. But I find solace by telling them that there is a large part of the population who are secret clowns, who put on their colors behind your back, their red noses, giant shoes, waiting for a signal to be given. It’s usually at this point that I get punched.

The object of my childhood traumas was caused by the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz movie. Not an uncommon fear since that even made an appearance on a Gilmore Girls rant.

Target already has a whole bunch of Halloween stuff. I saw Jones Sodas in two new Licorice flavors. If I remember right, one was red and one was black. Anyone know if there’s reviews up anywhere of these?

Yay! I am very excited for this year’s Countdown. It’s really hard to believe I’ve been here for all of them. (They’re still awesome every year.)

Ha! That clown is one of the best Halloween “things” I have ever seen. I must have one. Also, wtf at “Sour Pumpkins” not really tasting like pumpkins…? That makes no damn sense to me. Granted, a pumpkin flavored mint sounds like ass, but maybe they should have gone with something like blood red mints. I don’t know.
Any who, let the Halloween countdown begin!

I totally bought “Ghastly Grandpa” today at a CVS. He is now being dangled from the arm of the winged skeleton demon I bought last Halloween.

okay so .. i spent the entire day (at work) re-reading old xe halloween countdown articles. yay!!!

I’m so excited. I haven’t gone trick or treating in years and will be going this year. I don’t know what to go as this year. I’m thinking Reginald Veljohnson or Uncle Jesse.

That Winnie the Pooh is ACE, but I’m even happier to see Diamond sitting there.

Haha, I don’t usually post, I like to read, so I feel like I know you all. I’ve posted every now and then ever since the that trip Matt took to that house where he and his friends had some NES games and what not.

The Halloween Jukebox is amazing this year! I’m so excited for Halloween. I’m going to be Luigi, my best friend is Daisy, and we’re on a crazy buying spree for all sorts of Halloween Junk.

Just got back from a day of Halloween store hopping. We picked up all the Jones Sodas and a Fall Yankee candle. The Eagles are on tonight and Octoberfest beer is already kicking in. Bring on the next article. I’m ready for it now.

Nothing like a cheesey Marilyn Manson song to put me in the mood for Halloween. It will stuck in my head for weeks to come.

Longtime reader, first time poster. Matt, the Halloween countdown is one of my favorite parts of the season. It’s gotten to the point where it doesn’t feel like Halloween unless I can read about some obscure, Halloween-related pop culture bit. Keep it up.

Long time lurker, first-time poster. This is my favorite site on the internet, and I would like to personally thank Matt for introducing me to the exquisite pain of losing auction after auction for discontinued food and drink on ebay. I salute you for introducing me to so many hobbies.

Anyway, I’ve been to a K-Mart maybe once in the past five years. They terrify me, as the ones that haven’t been converted to Big K have retained a peculiar 1970s-1980s store architecture that evokes in me, since I was alive in neither of these decades, a sense of alien-ness like I’ve fallen into a time warp where the USA lost the cold war. The chipping creme-colored paint on the walls, blinding fluorescent lights, and hard-faced employees feel like something out of a failed soviet state. I have faint memories of the food courts from when I was a small child–around here in Ohio, every K-Mart had a Little Caesars and a little case that you could buy oversized Otis Spunkmeyer cookies out of, two things which I had an insatiable taste for. I would kill to see one of those again. I can definitely attest to the rudeness of the workers, too. If memory serves, it’s the only store where I’ve ever been called a “crazy turd” by an employee, which, in this instance, was brought on by nothing more than my buying two copies of the same video game. Wish I had one closer to me, though. Living in the country, the nearest one is 40 miles away. This site is pretty much a reflection of who I would be if I lived in the city.

I’m beyond stoked for this year’s Halloween Countdown. I’ll be on the lookout for the Sours Pumpkins (who would have thought that Ice Breakers would take it upon themselves to try and steer America toward romance language sentence structure? Very ambitious.), if only to verify their dismal un-pumpkiny shape with my own eyes.

Great Caesar’s Ghost! I wasn’t trying to copy your first sentence, Mr./Ms. Poster-Above-Me. Apparently I took an extremely long time to type out my post. Sorry for the plagarism-ish-looking-coincidence-thing.

anyone remember the 80’s or early 90’s movie called “Trick or Treat”? I think that’s what it was called. Where the dead rocker would come back to life if his record was played backwards??

ahhh memories… I remember being young enough to think it was about a real rock star lmao…. ahhh stupidity….

I got the Frankenstein and the “Ghastly Grandpa” last year but at WAL-MART. I cut off the robes and just kept the busts. They are very cool. If Matt could swing an Oprah-esque moment, he would tell us to look under our chairs and find one taped to the bottom.

Totally hit Target around the end of September - the time Halloween stuff should really be starting anyway. They have some SERIOUSLY tasteful Halloween shit (like, some stuff that almost doesn’t look like Halloween decor until you look at it closely). The goofy, bloody stuff is in abundance as well, but you have to admit it’s kind of refreshing when a store takes Halloween so seriously that their black, skull-shaped candlestick holders could be part of the Martha Stewart collection.

Best new Target thing: a big plastic animatronic skeleton that sounds like Ed Wynn. One of the lines he spouts: “Have you got the time? Oh, look at me - what do I care?” It’s almost like he’s shooting the shit with you, and not trying to play out the fact that he’s a plastic skeleton.

The fall weather has made its way to New York, the days are giving way to night much earlier in the evening, and the countdown has begun. This is truly a special time of year, X-E fans.

Matt, or any other NYC locals, what are some fun ways to celebrate the season in the big city? I’ve lived here over two years and have yet to come away from a Halloween season completely fulfilled.

I leave town for the weekend, for TWO lousy days, and what happens??? My first official Halloween Countdown that I’ve been looking forward to for soooooo long kicks off with out me. Grrr…. I even got a message from Bill saying something to the effect (and I’m paraphrasing), “Dude, what the hell? We’re Countdowning it up over here…where are ya?” Where was I, you ask? I was out of town training at my new job that I’m super jazzed about. Just got back in town this morning. So, if I had to miss the kickoff to my first ever official X-E Countdown as a somewhat newbie poster, I guess it was for a good reason. Right, well, here’s my thoughts so far:

Jukebox–Loving it. I’m listening to it as I post this, specifically “Big Bad Wolf” (god, that brings back memories-I’m crushing on Boof all over again). Good job, Matt on the inclusion of a good selection of old school goth/industrial dance staples. Being a long term goth/industrial radio and club DJ, I feel like I’m in the studio right now doing my show–which will be back on the air in a few weeks and streaming all over the net, btw (pardon the shameless plug).

–I think someone above mentioned what Universal Studios is doing this year, and I’m dying to check this thing out. Too bad all this has to happen right when I’m getting ready to move into a new place and start a new job and counting like every penny. I’m putting some aside for Halloween decorations/festivities but don’t think there will be enough for any trips. But, man the thought of going to like a live action boiler room with some real money thrown into it and being chased around by Freddy himself sounds incredibly sweet.

–My costume this year–probably the same thing I’ve done the last 2 or 3 years. I go as “Buffalo Bill” from the Silence of the Lambs. (No, before you ask, it’s not from the “Would you fuck me? I’D fuck me”, ‘tucking’ scene). I wear a basic blue shirt with brown pants and carry a bucket with a rope tied to the handle. On my shoulder is a stuffed poodle–Precious–and of course there’s lotion in the bucket. I walk around the bar, getting up on the tables, lower the bucket to people, and say (repeat after me, you all know it..) “It rubs the lotion on it’s skin or else it gets the hose again!” It’s one of my know-every-effin’-word-of-it movies.

Here’s something non-Halloweeny, but probably interesting to some of you. I read this afternoon that Robert Jordan, author of the ‘Wheel of Time’ series died yesterday. It sucks. I was never much of a fantasy guy, always more into horror, until my freshman year of college when my roommate turned me on to Jordan, and I was hooked ever since. The series is up to 11 books and I kind of abandoned it around Book 8, but he was working on a 12th. I guess it’s bigger news around here cause he was from SC and lived here all his life so he’s got a pretty big following here. I believe I read that a staff of writers he was close to are going to put together what he’s written so far and finish the 12th book. I think he originally planned on it being around 16 books long so I don’t know how that will wrap things up. Oh well, just throwing it out there.

And may I add reason #4,768 why Matt is one of the coolest people I know of: the award he won for his commercial work shares the same shelf space as his Masterpiece Optimus Prime.

Bill- Did you get the Autumn Leaves candle? If you did not you now have to go back.

Whoo! Halloween Countdown! I must admit that Halloween has never been a big holiday for me, but in recent years with the countdown, my appreciation for it has grown tremenduously. Thanks for making the world a more goulishly-gratifying place, Matt.

AWESOME Jukebox! The inclusion of Stephen Lynch’s “Halloween” alone makes this the best one yet! (I just found MC Hammer’s Addams Family Groove…I forget if it was in last year’s but kickass nontheless). The Rammstein song was an awesome idea.

Although the Scooby Doo Theme used is from “The New Scooby Movies,” technically it has the label of “Scooby Doo Theme” so it wasn’t stating any specific series. I apologize if I ever bitched about this one in past years.

Its after midnight, so i’m eating a big bowl of Boo Berry in milk wearing nothing but my Hanes comfort band boxers. Reading some of these comments.

BUCKLY: Looking for NY Halloween fun? Hit up a bookstore like Barns n Noble or Borders grab the book “WEIRD N.Y.” by Chris Gethard (yeah thats the dude’s real name haha) its got plenty of real places to check out that will give you the creeps including asylums n stuff. Pretty cool stuff.

I disagree… I think “Grapey Vampire Guy” more closely resembles Edward James Olmos (alive) than Roy Schneider. (Dead)

At least K-Mart is being honest by calling you a “shopper”… I can’t stand it when Target refers to you as a “guest” rather than as a shopper or customer…

If anyone makes their own decorations, check out this site http://www.halloweenmonsterlist.info/
Its brilliant for teaching you how to make just about anything.

sup matt,
I visit the same krudmart where you found these, it has been some solid time since they first offered the hangigng heads for all-hallo’s eve and im surprised at the variations. Hooded Haunter looks like he was run over at the loading dock near the bus terminal, way to go. I have a cleaner version of the skeleton, i think the chinese painter might have been working in the lead toy department too long when he picked up the brush for your special remake.
Keep up the good work!

Love the countdown, Matt. Your descriptions of the hanging heads killed me. HI larious. I have a Kmart literally about 5 min. from me near the mall and I can’t wait to scour the aisles for Ghoul stuff this weekend. Nice. BTW~ Is anybody else disappointed by the apparent LACK of Dollar Tree Halloween stuff that’s out?

Ye gods, I can’t believe I’m not posting this until right now… Anyways, loved the heads. The FrankenFreak really DOES look like the Incredible Hulk minus his lips… And also, October Megaparty plust Halloween Countdown? Soon the Partydown begins!

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