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2007′s Best Halloween Candy, Part I.

There seems to have been a small debate as to whether I was going to make the deadline for tonight's entry. Guys, guys, guys! You know I usually wait until we're at least two weeks into these little projects before I start letting people down. No, I made it. I've got five of this year's greatest Halloween candies, right here.

God, I wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow. Why do I always get inspired to do the best "doing nothing" things when I have no time to do them? I really want to degenerate into a pool of couch slime and watch Dream Warriors or something right now, but there's no time. Now, tomorrow night, I might have some time...but will I do it? There's a moral in here if you peel away enough words. Don't waste the time you have to do nothing doing something. Gon' run that shit on a tee shirt with mah domain name underneath it, yes sir I am.

Survey: Weird one. Name a horror movie you've always wanted to see, but somehow never have, and count on everyone else to tell you if you're missing out or not. I realize that this is a bit of a convoluted survey, but that's okay, I have faith in us. If horror movies are too far from your point of interest, I guess we can open the doors to other types of films, too.

Posted by Matt on 09/24/2007. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 211 comments

IXPlodestuf: Eraserhead really creeped me out. It’s incoherent and just generally messed up. It’s unsettling because weird shit goes on and everyone treats it as normal, like a nightmare on film. The scene that sticks in my mind is where the guy eats dinner with his girlfriend and her parents and they have “man-made” chicken.

My friend kept trying to tell me that the baby was cute. wtf.

Chestnuts roasted by Bluejay @ 09/26/2007 7:29 AM

Now that I’m not “down with the kids”, I don’t know what kind of Hallowe’en sweets (that’s ‘candy’ in America) are offered up UK-wise these days. But I do know that at very most, it’s standard ‘candy’ with maybe the odd generic bat slapped on the packaging to make it seasonal; not much of the more extravagant US-style treats unless you’re willing to shop around a bit.

Oh, and horror movie I’ve never watched but always meant to – ‘Child’s Play’. I should probably hang my head in shame. After years of no Chucky, I actually bought it on DVD a couple of months ago, but haven’t actually sat down to watch it yet.

Chestnuts roasted by Jay Firestorm @ 09/26/2007 9:02 AM

Just a quick question. if the entry for last night is coming today, does that mean we get 2 articles today, or just miss an article?

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 09/26/2007 9:03 AM

scott: Hookers In A Haunted House? Seriously? Dammit, now I’ve got to add that shit to my wish list…. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Dr Sketch @ 09/26/2007 9:03 AM

Any reason why you’re not allowing video responses on your Youtube videos? I made one for Dancing Skelly, go to post it, and bam, can’t.

Chestnuts roasted by Ktulu @ 09/26/2007 9:07 AM

Sorry this is off topic,but i’ve been passing the time, reading the notorious Photog blog, for… i don’t know how long.
Have read over 500 posts and the suspense is killing me.Does he ever show up?
I’ve never laughed so much,btw…you guys are so funny.
When i finish reading all posts (and i will!) my life will be complete.
Thankyou X-E
(Honestly,i’m the kind of girl who still watches the game after hearing the score…does he show up?)

Chestnuts roasted by diamonds @ 09/26/2007 9:07 AM

I’ve been meaning to check out Fright Night. d]Did you know that the original version of the Library Ghost from Ghostbusters was used in that Fright Night because it was deemed to scary for Ghostbusters-
Erasurehead is another one I have been meaning to see.

Matt, I would buy T-Shirts in a snap. I love DJD’s idea about X-E T-Shirt day.

Chestnuts roasted by Joker @ 09/26/2007 9:29 AM

I am late, but o well. Sky Captain sucked. I was bored to tears, got up and cleaned house instead.
Shaun of the Dead is one of my favorites. Want to see the next movie they made together, though it isn’t anywhere near the same thing, just the same guys.

Chestnuts roasted by Whit @ 09/26/2007 10:18 AM

I’ve seen a lot of horror movies and consider myself a big fan of that genre, yet I’ve somehow managed not to watch Evil Dead. So … is it as good as people claim it is?

Chestnuts roasted by Kapprika @ 09/26/2007 10:42 AM

DJ D: is i spit on your grave the one that opens with a guy getting head from a decapitated head?

Dr Stretch: just check out IMDB. apparently there’s a whole series of Hookers in Places

Chestnuts roasted by scott @ 09/26/2007 10:43 AM

sorry bout gettin your name wrong, Dr. Stretch. is that a reference to mr. fantastic?

Chestnuts roasted by scott @ 09/26/2007 10:44 AM

i’m an idiot. don’t anyone talk to me.

Chestnuts roasted by scott @ 09/26/2007 10:45 AM

I checked and it doesn’t look like Shaun of the Dead is airing in the next couple weeks, but I’m sure Comedy Central will be airing it constantly as Halloween gets closer.
Sorry diamonds, he never shows. Not definitively anyway.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/26/2007 10:52 AM

shaun of the dead = classic. evil dead 2 is a must see, and anybody interested in horror should start with the granddaddy night of the living dead! http://www.archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead

Chestnuts roasted by drbong @ 09/26/2007 11:13 AM

So much good stuff here. Always cool to talk horror movies with people that love horror movies.

A couple of comments.

freudguy: Session 9 is really great. I was expecting not to like it, but it’s one of the creepiest movies I’ve seen.

The new Halloween: I didn’t love it. But I didn’t hate it either. I thought the prequel half of the movie was pretty good, but the remake half kind of sucked. A couple years back I showed Halloween (the original) to my girlfriend at the time. She’s somebody who got scared at 13 Ghosts. Seriously. And she had no reaction at all to Halloween. Not sure what that says about society and desensitization to violence (if anything). I think it’s a lot like Psycho. What made people faint 50 years ago just doesn’t do the job now. Not sure where this is going. Obviously nowhere.

Chestnuts roasted by Chris Martin @ 09/26/2007 11:15 AM

Hey! Thanks for responding Squee!
I just finished reading the whole thing…every word!
Thanks for hours of entertainment!

Chestnuts roasted by diamonds @ 09/26/2007 11:27 AM

Damn, I think I am stuck in the spam filter again. :(

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 09/26/2007 11:30 AM

that gummy skeleton ribcage looks like a transformers logo, so it’s awesome.

Also, Leprechaun 2, cause I’ve seen the rest.

Chestnuts roasted by Joe @ 09/26/2007 11:45 AM

I’ve also never seen either Last House or I Spit on Your Grave.

I must be the only person on the planet who enjoyed “Sky Captain” and own the DVD. It’s a great way to pass the time and the visuals are great.

Last night, I saw a commercial for a new dvd called “Flight of the Living Dead.” Yes, zombies on an airplane.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/26/2007 12:03 PM

Cannibal Holocaust is a lot smarter than people give it credit for being. There’s a tragic humanist story underneath all those special effects.

Lisa — Faces of Death was largely fake. Although some of the news footage was real, the more explicit stuff was fake. The BBC did a fascinating segment about it in their documentary on the snuff film legend: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2695085153314436603. Skip to the 23 minute mark to see the Faces of Death segment. There’s also a spot devoted to Cannibal Holocaust where they talk about the controversy and show how they did some of the effects!

Chestnuts roasted by Phen @ 09/26/2007 12:19 PM

I know these have pretty much been covered, but I have to agree that Psycho is absolutely great and everyone should see it at least once. I saw Rosemary’s Baby when I was pregnant with my daughter… whoops… but still a good creepy movie. I bought Slither to have playing for people out our annual Halloween party last year, but still haven’t gotten around to watching it myself, I’ll have to break it out now.

I don’t know if I am the only one that saw this one, but The Gate was the first horror movie I ever watched. Scared me just enough never to dig in the yard again.

Chestnuts roasted by Heather @ 09/26/2007 12:51 PM

I have to weigh in on Slither – it’s hilarious. And I usually can’t even stand campy horror.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 09/26/2007 1:08 PM

for old horror/thriller movies check out Turner Classic Movies every Friday night after midnight. they have one or two films each Friday as part of their TCM “Underground” they show stuff they usually wouldn’t show at any other time. a week or so ago i saw Dementia 13 for the first time after wanting to see it for years. it was o.k nothing special.

since it was brought up already,Showtime has had Fright Night on rotation this month. it wasn’t as good as i remember it being since it had been many years since i had last saw it

aside from the original Night of the Living Dead,I’ve never gotten the appeal of the sequels/remakes.

Chestnuts roasted by TheGrid @ 09/26/2007 2:09 PM

scott: No worries man. It’s actually a reference to “Sketch Turner” from ComixZone (I adopted/stole it for my online name). A friend added the “Dr” part… long story.
Kapprika: Short answer: No. No it isn’t. You’d actually be fine skipping Evil Dead altogether, and going right into ED2 and Army of Darkness. The first movie is (IMO) the crew attempting to refine their skills. By numbers 2 and 3/AoD, they know what they’re doing, Ash is a bad ass (unlike “Ashley” from part 1), and everything is much funnier.

Chestnuts roasted by Dr Sketch @ 09/26/2007 2:45 PM

Hey Matt, where did you get the candy for this countdown entry? For the past two days every time I pass by a convienience store or food mart I duck my head in there and none of them have had it. Nor have they had those pumpkin icebrakers you wrote about a couple weeks back.

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 09/26/2007 3:29 PM

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