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Halloween Countdown ’08: Scary Art Contest!

Welcome to the first Saturday Night Thread of the 2008 Halloween season! EXCITING. While normal SNTs usually exist without any set theme, Halloween is a special time of year...so if you plan to converse, think deadly!

One of my favorite things about the spooky season is the increased amount of horror movies on television, and though we're still a few weeks away from that effect really sinking in, there are a few choice films airing this evening. Pick your poison!

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III -- 11:35 PM on Cinemax More Max
The Craft --  11 PM on HBO Signature
Trilogy of Terror 2 -- 1 AM on Sci-Fi

Note that all of the times listed are EST, so adjust accordingly depending on where you live. Much as I love TCM III, I think I'm going to go with The Craft leading into Trilogy of Terror 2, assuming I don't pass out before one or both movies airs. (It's looking to be a martini night.)

If you're looking for a Halloween activity a bit more spirited than watching scary movies on cable television, maybe this X-E Art Contest will help you out?

Your Mission: Create a work of art featuring Jason Voorhees dancing. That is your only rule. You can draw it, build it in Photoshop, make it out of macaroni pieces -- whatever you like. It just has to feature Jason Voorhees DANCING.

(UPDATE: The deadline has passed! Thanks!) You have until Sunday at 12 noon EST to complete your piece. When finished, e-mail your opus to me, and I'll highlight the very best entries in tomorrow's post. Actually, if only ten of you enter, I'll highlight all of them, no matter how horrible the entries are. We'll see how this goes.

Need more incentive? I will objectively choose a grand prize winner, and that person will receive five packages of ancient Ghoul-Aid, the spookiest Kool-Aid flavor ever! I must add a disclaimer that the Ghoul-Aid is being offered for collectible purposes only, but I'm fairly certain that it's still safe to drink.

Five runners-up will receive single packs of Ghoul-Aid, so even those of you who aren't modern day Da Vincis have more than a fair shot at getting free Kool-Aid.

Remember, all entries must be received by noon EST Sunday!

If you're not interested in watching the proposed horror movies or drawing Jason Voorhees dancing, you're still welcome to partake in the usual SNT festivities. Enjoy!

Posted by Matt on 09/20/2008. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 395 comments

I’m not scared, the struggling actor moonlighting as a security guard will protect me!

Chestnuts roasted by Tresjolie9 @ 09/21/2008 2:40 AM

Wow, this lady just isn’t having a good day. Eaten by rats, killed by demon son, and now a Zuni doll is after her. Poor girl’s only had a slice of pizza all day!

Chestnuts roasted by Captain Will @ 09/21/2008 2:47 AM

I love the tense “Whoops, forgot my keys” music.

Chestnuts roasted by PhelpsPhan @ 09/21/2008 2:48 AM

I know, not just a Zuni doll, an evil animatronic puppet Zuni doll!

Chestnuts roasted by Tresjolie9 @ 09/21/2008 2:49 AM

That little guy tried so hard to be a Ghoulie but failed to make the cut. Thus…

Chestnuts roasted by Thorzul @ 09/21/2008 2:50 AM

Didn’t I see this in Gremlins I? What other movies have featured evil animatronic knife wielding rubber monsters?

Chestnuts roasted by Tresjolie9 @ 09/21/2008 2:51 AM

Hey, we literally just got finished watching Creepshow 2! And now I’m eating Halloween Oreos.

Is the movie over?

Chestnuts roasted by Special K @ 09/21/2008 2:52 AM

Grab the blade! Great idea!

Derr!

Chestnuts roasted by Captain Will @ 09/21/2008 2:53 AM

Yes, grab the blade with your already cut up fingers. Don’t try to find something else tht you could potentially stick the blade into. And didn’t this woman have a ax before?

Chestnuts roasted by Tresjolie9 @ 09/21/2008 2:55 AM

Tresjolie, the terrible Child’s Play movies. I had a joke lined up about them and this but decided to wait it out, and now that I mentioned it the reference won’t seem so hilariously zany.

By the way, is bold [ B ] or ?

Chestnuts roasted by PhelpsPhan @ 09/21/2008 2:55 AM

Why did she decide to take it back out of the acid?

Chestnuts roasted by PhelpsPhan @ 09/21/2008 2:58 AM

What was your Child’s Play joke going to be?

Also for bold, use the HTML bold code, this site uses HTML codes as far as I’m aware, no BB Code.

And I’m sorry but that woman hasbeen possessed by the Zuni Doll now, whiskey tango foxtrot!

Chestnuts roasted by Tresjolie9 @ 09/21/2008 2:58 AM

That was terrible x3.

Chestnuts roasted by Thorzul @ 09/21/2008 2:59 AM

This is just about the least scariest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen Child’s Play 3.

The next movie will probably be scarier. It stars Stephen Baldwin.

Chestnuts roasted by PhelpsPhan @ 09/21/2008 3:00 AM

Not sure why she decided to take it out of the acid? To preserve it for scientific reasons? Because she is too dumb to live?

Chestnuts roasted by Tresjolie9 @ 09/21/2008 3:00 AM

Matt, this needs to be a regular Saturday night feature. Pick a bunch of scary movies and we will try to be there. Or, pick out a DVD a few days ahead of time. Good fun!

Chestnuts roasted by Thorzul @ 09/21/2008 3:01 AM

Did anyone else find that little doll funny?

Chestnuts roasted by ULTRAMAN @ 09/21/2008 3:02 AM

Tresjolie9:I find it funny when people who aren’t from the South or Kentucky try to fake a redneck accent. Like you, we can tell when someones tryin to fake it. lol.

Chestnuts roasted by ULTRAMAN @ 09/21/2008 3:07 AM

That doll was hilarious. And I would love to have a flick picked every Saturday night, preferably something on basic cable, so all can enjoy. Or since this DVD has people in all different time zones, perhaps an easily obtainable DVD would be best.

Chestnuts roasted by Tresjolie9 @ 09/21/2008 3:08 AM

Oh yes Ultraman, forgot to say a major part of that rule, fake Southern accents offend Southerners. Contrary to US and international ears, there is not just one universal Southern accent. People from the Carolinas, Geroga, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas don’t all sound the same.

Chestnuts roasted by Tresjolie9 @ 09/21/2008 3:10 AM

Oh crap it’s Billy Zane.

Chestnuts roasted by PhelpsPhan @ 09/21/2008 3:17 AM

Tresjolie: Yep, because you get freaks like me whose parents were in the military, so they moved all over the place to the point where they have a weird southern accent all there own. I got pegged as a Virginian by one professor I had… the closest I’ve ever lived to Virginia is North Carolina!

Chestnuts roasted by Captain Will @ 09/21/2008 3:17 AM

Something tells me i need to go to bed… can’t type worth a damn… getting there confused with their… I never do that!

Chestnuts roasted by Captain Will @ 09/21/2008 3:26 AM

I may be really late with this, but Cameron, are you the creation of Dr. Light (or Right, if you live in Japan)?

Chestnuts roasted by Ben @ 09/21/2008 3:27 AM

I’m sorry about saying that The Craft is going to be on again tonight but they are showing it a lot this week. At least 4 times or so, once starting at 9:30 pm. I am going to work on my drawing now and watch some tv.

Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 09/21/2008 4:24 AM

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