tegan Posted September 15, 2014 ITs MO'FUCKIN HALLOWWEEN I fucking love Halloween, which is why I'm making this thread a month and a half early. I need to cram in as much terrible pumpkin-scented crap and as many Halloween specials and old monster movies as possible. What's on everyone's agenda/playlist? I either have or would like to watch the following before Halloween season 2014 is over (open to suggestions): ☑ Dracula ☑ Frankenstein ☑ The Mummy ☑ The Wolfman ☑ The Invisible Man ☑ The Creature From the Black Lagoon ☑ Bride of Frankenstein ☑ Young Frankenstein ☑ Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein ☑ The Monster Squad ☑ Night of the Creeps ☑ Ghostbusters ☑ Sweet Home ☐ Hausu ☐ Beetlejuice ☑ The Thing ☑ Alien ☐ The Whisperer in Darkness ☐ Creepshow ☑ Little Shop of Horrors ☐ Trick R Treat (this movie is great and I wish more people would watch it) ☑ Treehouse of Horror I-VIII, plus the new one if it's out by then ☑ at least one episode of The Real Ghostbusters ☑ a whole shitload of Scooby-Doo probably ☑ and also some Gravity Falls ☐ It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ☐ "Night on Bald Mountain" from Fantasia, at midnight on Halloween. It's tradition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted September 15, 2014 I fucking love Halloween, which is why I'm making this thread a month and a half early. I think you mean two weeks early, because as far as I'm concerned, Halloween starts on Oct. 1st and runs all month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted September 15, 2014 YEEEAAAAAAH also, I forgot Garfield's Halloween Adventure aka Garfield in Disguise. Garfield the comic may be completely creatively bankrupt, but that fucking pirate song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted September 15, 2014 I just pretend new Garfield stuff stopped being made sometime in the 90s (around the time of the cartoon), and remember everything else with great fondness. And the Halloween special is the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mangela Lansbury Posted September 15, 2014 I watch Hocus Pocus every year because I am a serious adult. I think I'm gonna do the Craft and 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo this year too, but I don't know what else. I've been wanting to replay some Silent Hill, so maybe I'll just take October as an excuse to do that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted September 15, 2014 Oh, a suggestion for one of my personal favorite fun Halloween/scary movies is The Frighteners. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted September 15, 2014 Is Costume Quest 2 coming out in time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yasawas Posted September 15, 2014 In line with local custom I will be sitting in the dark pretending I'm not in when the door goes. Ah, Halloween. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gwardinen Posted September 15, 2014 Is Costume Quest 2 coming out in time? Yes, it's out on the 7th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted September 15, 2014 HALLOWEEN TIME! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted September 16, 2014 Can we embed Vimeo videos? http://vimeo.com/78253247 YESSSSSS check out Garfield clearly yelling "ah, fuck it" at the twenty minute mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namman siggins Posted September 16, 2014 Marebito The Thing Alien Zombi House Slugs Hour of the Wolf Kill List Black Sunday Videodrome Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted September 16, 2014 Oh, a suggestion for one of my personal favorite fun Halloween/scary movies is The Frighteners. House Round these parts we specify 1977 or 1986. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted September 16, 2014 I'm hosting a Halloween house party. My friend has his birthday on Halloween, so we're always tied into doing whatever he arranges as a birthday party/night out which normally turns out to be bowling or some shit. So, we literally never get to dress up and "have spooky fun" on Halloween. I checked with him first and luckily caught him just 10 minutes before he made his facebook event for a night out in fucking Winchester which he's now moved the the following weekend. So i need a costume and house decorations, apparently pulling apart a tampon makes a good spider web I welcome costume ideas! first two that leapt out at me... my girlfriend said i could do better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Video Games Posted September 16, 2014 I welcome costume ideas! Olly Moss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted September 16, 2014 Olly Moss Sexy Olly Moss Marebito The Thing Alien Zombi House Slugs Hour of the Wolf Kill List Black Sunday Videodrome Oh shit, I forgot The Thing and Alien. Those are two of my favourite movies though, so I kinda watch them year-round. Also, do you mean House or House? Because I already put the latter up there as Hausu (to avoid confusion). I checked with him first and luckily caught him just 10 minutes before he made his facebook event for a night out in fucking Winchester ☐ Sean of the Dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperBiasedMan Posted September 16, 2014 To answer both Mington and tegan I suggest Cabin in the Woods, not sure whether that works well for tegan's purposes but it'd be a fine costume. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted September 16, 2014 I watched Cabin in the Woods a few weeks ago. It was pretty alright, even with its Whedon roots showing through every now and then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted September 16, 2014 OH MY GOOOOOOOOOD (...what about the Twinkie?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted September 16, 2014 Also, do you mean House or House? Because I already put the latter up there as Hausu (to avoid confusion). Sean of the Dead That's what I meant by: Round these parts we specify 1977 or 1986. Also, I'm going to be extra annoying and point out that it's spelt "Shaun" Mington, you can't just hire a costume, that's lame. You have to make your own. My most recent one was Evil Scarecrow which required a burlap sack, some straw and some shit clothes. It was really freaky but very very hot. One girl came to that party as the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth, that was amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted September 16, 2014 Also, I'm going to be extra annoying and point out that it's spelt "Shaun" Vanaman of the Dead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grufff Posted September 17, 2014 Mington, you can't just hire a costume, that's lame. You have to make your own. My most recent one was Evil Scarecrow which required a burlap sack, some straw and some shit clothes. It was really freaky but very very hot. One girl came to that party as the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth, that was amazing. I second this! One of the best parts of Halloween is deciding on an outfit idea and then working out how to make it. The last party I went to, I spent the entire night with my head wrapped in bandages, dressed as Hawley Griffin (The Invisible Man). It was really hot, I had to drink through a straw all night, and kept walking into things due to wearing dark goggles in a poorly-lit venue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted September 17, 2014 I watched House (1986). That is not a very good movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Posted September 17, 2014 Kill ListI think for me the most enduring thing about that film was the sense of domestic menace towards the beginning. I found it very intense and unsettling in a way more fantastical things rarely are. I should watch it again. Or if I want to completely depress myself, Eden Lake. I don't tend to do anything at all for Halloween, but I did spend one Christmas Eve watching Martyrs and drinking ginger wine. Last Halloween i was invited to a party up in Birmingham, but I was unclear in the costume situation, and dressing up is not something I feel at all confident about (which renders me boring and a spoilsport), so I ended up with this stupid fucking thing that I absolutely detested in a room almost entirely comprised of strangers, so I drank too much punch too quickly and ended up throwing up bright red despair into my friend's toilet. Being 29 at the time, I felt I was a bit old for that. That said, it sounds worse than it actually was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites