if the skull bowl owner didn’t happen to hate that candy corn jones soda- you could use that and say it was peeing through its eyes. and Matt, whats the drink that tastes like cherry tootsie rolls? share the recipe!

Chestnuts roasted by cb @ 09/26/2007 3:16 PM

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I kind of want to make out with that fountain. Koolaidish Goulish deliciousness.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 09/26/2007 3:43 PM

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These would go great with that.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 09/26/2007 4:04 PM

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Last year when I lived in Hoboken, after years of waiting, I finally got to throw “the big Halloween party” i’ve always wanted.

The theme was “Night of the Living Dead”, which meant you could come dressed as what ever you wanted… as long as it’s dead. I dressed as a “black and white zombie” in honor of my own theme’s namesake, and other costumes ranged from the witty- The Death of Disco, to the macabre- a troop of girl scouts with thier wrists slit, to the just plan odd- Dead Gallagher. If you didn’t come dressed as something dead, such as my friend who dressed as a Mexican, you got taken to the “Zombie Station”- a corner of the hallway where you were doused with fake blood until you were better fit to theme. Fake blood stained the walls until I moved out.

Our apartment was in the basement, and every single possible inch was decorated… from the creepy sign upstairs that read “This way” (written on brown construction paper, then set on fire to give a burnt effect to the edges and holes), to blocking the decending stairway lights with red paper while an unseen radio played a homemade “creepy sounds”-type c.d.

The hallway was COMPLETELY covered in webs… so much in fact that in certain parts you had to push them out of the way. A closet with an “open me” sign housed a motion activated spider that dropped in front of the guests. One of those talking pictures hung on the wall, and a severed head inside a crystal ball welcomed the partiers.

I turned my bedroom into a crypt- using a dungeon themed “Scene Setter”, black table cloths, a 6-foot coffin with a severed arm reaching out, a stobe light under the bed (a really cool effect), and purple christmas lights lining the walls. The TV repeatedly played a DVD I compiled of old horror trailers.

The kitchen was pretty much standard fare, nothing too crazy- party streamers, jack-o-lanterns, more spider webs- but the livingroom/ dining room was pretty awesome- Scene Setter’s Haunted Forest filled the walls, a talking skull candy bowl held candy corn, and a miniature zombie screamed on top of the TV. The boiler room door was left slightly ajar and a red police light could be seen inside. When you opened the door, there was bloody handprint table cloths hung all over, and a motorized ghost light up and came flying toward you.

We kept the kegs outside in this little alley thing we had (there was a small 4-foot wide area with a wall that went up to the ground floor back there- it ran the length of the apartment, and you could see the lights of the bolier room through a window). We had skull lights hanging up above and a completely hidden smoke machine in the corner, whose controller ran through a nerby window so that the people inthe bar-area could press the button and scare the keg people with a loud hissing sound and a quick burst of smoke.

The radio blasted a combination of regular bar/club music interjected with halloween appropriate songs- The Monster Mash, Purple People Eater, Thriller, Nightmare on My Street, Freaks Come out at Night, Pet Cemetary, Werewolves of London, etc… and people that weren’t hitting the Skull-shaped beer bong, could partake in some good-old fashioned apple-bobbing.

That party was AWESOME! I only wish I had a bleeding skull fountain. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like i’ll be having another one for quite some time- i moved out of that apartment, and have no conceiveable way to have another party like that now.

Sorry for the long post… just thought i’d share!

Chestnuts roasted by BelmarBenny @ 09/26/2007 4:16 PM

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The oozing candle skulls last week, the juice-dribbling skull punch bowl today… it really is the season of the oozy-head-type things!

This is the sort of thing I’d be suckered into. I’d expect it to be EXACTLY like it shows on the box. Amazing how very-close-but-not-close-enough-to-fall-foul-of-trading-standards a quick Photoshop job can do to pull in the punters.

Chestnuts roasted by Jay Firestorm @ 09/26/2007 4:23 PM

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Dan H I’m in Denver, by Sloan’s Lake. So, fairly central to the state’s Spirit stores… will let you know if any turn up!

And: Special K Thanks for the drink recipe; it sounds great! My friend is a little repulsed by the thought of the chocolate syrup and carbonation, but I love that stuff in Coke.
I can’t find any of the big packets of Kool-Aid; how big are they (as in, how many normal size packets)?

Chestnuts roasted by Raechel @ 09/26/2007 4:51 PM

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BelmarBenny- That sounds like the best party ever. I hope someone I know throws something like that

Chestnuts roasted by Joker @ 09/26/2007 5:27 PM

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OMG FOB!!! I can see it now! “the bloody skull aint bloody bleedin’!”

Chestnuts roasted by mandy_vampir-ella_Reeves @ 09/26/2007 5:41 PM

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Man, hearing that someone as awesome as yourself doesn’t have any friends to invite to their hypothetical imaginary parties either does wonders for my self esteem. I have a feeling you’re exaggerating but I’ll take it.
On a quick look through Playboy’s Bar Guide, I’ve found a cranberry punch recipe that would probably work well. It’s mostly cranberry and vodka, but a splash of grape juice for color would probably work too.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/26/2007 6:45 PM

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Hmm…what if we put green liquid in that Skull Fountain bowl? Or blue or purple? One could get very creative.

Chestnuts roasted by Bert Raccoon @ 09/26/2007 7:07 PM

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