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Well, I certainly shouldn't expect that too many people are around this Saturday night considering my own disappearing act, but if you're here, feel free to comment. What a weird Halloween season. I know it can't just be me. I'm off to find my macabre mojo for a while, but I'll be back later.

Posted by Matt on 10/13/2007. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 252 comments

Silent Hill 3. Maybe that’s what I need. A scary video game.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/13/2007 9:11 PM

Ta hell you been, Brian?

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 10/13/2007 9:12 PM

by the way, I’m new here. Been reading for years but never participated in a SNT or anything. Hi everyone.

Chestnuts roasted by xcharliemx @ 10/13/2007 9:12 PM

The thing that always gets me in the spirit, no matter what, is the cartoon 1940′s era Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It’s just spooky good fun! Of course, Monster Squad is also good for mojo conjuration, too.

Chestnuts roasted by FyarlGirl @ 10/13/2007 9:13 PM

My tip for getting into the Halloween spirit… volunteer for a Haunted House. By trade, I’m an illustrator / graphic designer and was invited by a friend to take part in a local haunted house. I said ‘sure’ and was surprised that we started work during the summer. Several months of painting backdrops has made me very eager for some howling at the moon.

As far as Halloween film marathons go:
I just watched 28 days later last night.
Tonight is 28 weeks later (I’m told I’ll be disappointed)
In my Netflix Q:
• Transformers (OK, it’s not for Halloween, but dammit I grew up with these guys)
• Planet Terror
• Something Wicked This Way Comes
• The Watcher in the Woods
• Ghost Story
• Phantasm (Never seen it, is it good?)
• Night of the Demons (1 & 2)
• Witch Board
• Demons (1 & 2)

Chestnuts roasted by HauntSpot @ 10/13/2007 9:16 PM

Welcome, Charlie :)

Definitely, Matt. SH3 is just delightful. I remember rattling off my list of complaints about it to the friend who lent it to me last year, but then feeling horrible everyday because of how awesome it really is despite those flaws.

The first true level is a mall, which for some reason in my mind is the ultimate horror locale. My only BIG complaint about it is that you almost always play the regular side of a level first, and then the “hell side.” Constantine does a much better job of it. You switch back and forth to solve puzzles and progress. It is so like A Link to the Past that it makes me SQUEEE!

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 10/13/2007 9:19 PM

HauntSpot, it is totally cool to have non-scary things in the Halloween mojo cauldron. It’s about fun. The best Halloween memory I have as a child was winning a coloring contest, and I got to actually talk on the air for a bit. Yeah, it sounds kinda lame now, but at the time it was the coolest thing going on in my 5-year old universe.

Chestnuts roasted by FyarlGirl @ 10/13/2007 9:21 PM

We bought costumes for the kids this week, Yoda and an awesome Burger King Mask and robe. It looks like the real deal and I’ve already been causing chaos around the neighborhood.

I wonder what would happen if I wore it to McDonald’s?

Happy SNT everyone!

Chestnuts roasted by MikeyD @ 10/13/2007 9:24 PM

Maybe I should go pick up a copy of Dead Rising for my 360. I havent played that yet except a few minutes with some friends.

Chestnuts roasted by Minnick @ 10/13/2007 9:28 PM

Having Kids eventually will make Halloween alot more fun, I’m sure. In the year 2012 I want my kids to be Yoda and the Burger King.

Chestnuts roasted by Minnick @ 10/13/2007 9:30 PM

Kneg -
Whaaa?? Hell? 0_o

Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 10/13/2007 9:34 PM

Why doesn’t everyone get up and go for a walk.

Chestnuts roasted by ellaenchanted @ 10/13/2007 9:39 PM

OH! And I forgot I visited an awwwwweeeesome pumpkin patch in Northern VA earlier this week. Free cider, free pumpkins, rope swings, slides, rope swings, hay rides, baby piggies, a volcano (slide), turkeys, and more! They even have a giant dinosaur themed slide called “Slide-A-Saurus”! Check this place out: Cox Farms. Its ok, to giggle at the name, too.

Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 10/13/2007 9:41 PM

Hit target, cvs, walmart, tru today… not really digging the Halloween goods they have this year. Maybe I’m looking in the wrong places. Or maybe Matt got all the good stuff from the places I went to today. :P

Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 10/13/2007 9:48 PM

Brian: YES! If you know of a local pumpkin patch near you VISIT! It’s an experience that will instantly get you in the Halloween spirit. The charm of a pumpkin patch will capture your heart.
In fact, I’ll be visiting one later this month ‘Black Barts’, they always have some home-made Halloween decorations and free (over salted) popcorn! Each year, that’s the exclamation point for ‘It’s Halloween!’ for me.

Chestnuts roasted by HauntSpot @ 10/13/2007 9:52 PM

Jessica Marie

Mad props for a reference that 80′s and geeky. I’ve been clearing out my house on eBay to get cash for living/giant television. Nothing feels more 80′s to me than a non-cluttered, clean house. Reminds me of when I was a kid. Now if I could just find my darn Boo Bucket from McDonalds! I know it’s here somewhere…dig dig dig

Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 10/13/2007 9:57 PM

Happy SNT everyone!

I lost close to $300 playing Poker in Atlantic City yesterday -
That being said, I have been surprisingly able to keep a decent Halloween spirit so far this October.

Chestnuts roasted by Joker @ 10/13/2007 9:57 PM

I wish I had the time to go back to that place. It was epic. Several acres big and it smelled like goats and was made of win. Oh man.

And “Black Bart’s” has a name that makes it sound infinitely cooler. Does it have a pirate theme? That would be like a second layer of icing on an already iced cake. Party on, HauntSpot!

Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 10/13/2007 9:57 PM

Just released from the hospital, so I am up for a night of SNT! I don’t have the Halloween vibe yet either…of course, now I can’t eat candy, so that doesn’t help.

25 Weeks Later ROCKED.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 10/13/2007 10:00 PM

You’ve been in hell, Bryan? That sucks :P It’s been way too long since you’ve graced us with your presence here :)

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 10/13/2007 10:06 PM

People keep posting while I’m posting. Grrr.

Yay, Muppet Baby!!

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 10/13/2007 10:07 PM

As have I. A sudden dip in the temperatures (it was 85 a week ago and 63 today) and finally getting to put up my own Halloween decorations has certainly boosted my “macabre mojo.” Alas, my one larger pumpkin did rot from last week’s awful, un-Halloweeny weather, but it’s little mini-pumpkin siblings and their cousins the bumpy squash are weathering the change in weather just fine. I can pretty much net a replacement for the big pumpkin any time – the grocery store where I work is littered with them.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 10/13/2007 10:10 PM

Nah, not hell. Just busy AS hell. This is my last weekend home for the nxt 6 weeks, so I’m kicking back watching movies with my best friend when I remembered it was Saturday and Saturday = SNT! And I feel like I posted a comment here or there the past while. Or maybe I’m crazy. How’ve you been?

And Muppet Baby, hope you’re feeling much better!

Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 10/13/2007 10:11 PM

*This is really more of a Kingklash job but since I got here first*

I can’t believe what I am hearing. What is wrong with everybody?? True, I don’t want anyone to fake it (“Boy, Halloween is going great.” *through clinched teeth*) but I ain’t having it!!
True, the weather has been off, true, we are all getting older, true even the Manimal thought about letting this be the year that I scaled back. We all have our doubts but you pull yourself and bust out of the quagmire. IT’S THE AMERICAN WAY.

Now, I want 2 FRIDAY THE 13th references and at least one obscure Halloween joke from all of you by the time the night’s over.
*blows coach’s whistle* COME ON TEAM, SUCK IT UP! Play like the champions you are! “One of us, ONE OF US!”

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 10/13/2007 10:12 PM

Matt: I know what you mean. This year feels really odd for some reason. I hate to admit this, but for some reason I’m more excited about Christmas than Halloween this year.

P.S. – I had a weird dream about you the other night! It was pretty random.

Chestnuts roasted by Jen @ 10/13/2007 10:13 PM

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