A Haunted Toys “R” Us?
Here’s another neat pick from jjwspider!
A haunted Toys “R” Us? Count me in!
He adds: “I have a feeling you may have covered this one before, but the Toys ‘R’ Us in Sunnyvale, CA is rumored to be haunted. Here is a video that interviews one of the psychics that has been to this store and talked with the ghost. This video is a perfect blend of nostalgia and Halloween, mixing ghosts with Toys ‘R’ Us and Leonard Nimoy.”
To jjwspider’s point, I actually have had this video bookmarked for ages. Can’t remember if we’ve run it on After Dark before, but it’s good enough for a second round even if so!
1980s Horror Movie Trailers!
I’m back from a loooong weekend away, still needing 10 more hours of sleep and — oddly specifically — Lipton Noodle Soup.
Here’s a quickie for tonight:
This is a collection of horror movie trailers from the ’80s, and a BIG one, too. Looks like there are around 200 trailers on this playlist, including lots of rarities.
I should warn you that some of these are pretty graphic, so don’t watch this around the wrong crowd or while eating wet red things.
Free-For-All Friday!
Tossing this up early as it’s slated to be a very late night. Talk about whatever!
Claymation Comedy of Horrors!
Suggested by Jason H., here’s Will Vinton’s Claymation Comedy of Horrors, from 1991:
Totally great pick, because while I’ve long been aware that this had a following, it’s not something I’ve seen. You guys are helping Dino Drac After Dark broaden its horizons!
Jason adds: “This one is tied into one of my most favored Halloween memories. Basically, one night when I was like 9 or so (must have been around 1992), my dad took me to a Halloween ‘zombie walk’ maze out of nowhere, unannounced and unprompted.
“While we waited in this tented waiting area for the tour to begin, we watched the first half of ‘Ghoulies 2’ on one of those school A/V TV setups; I don’t know where they got it. (I also never figured out what the movie was for like two decades afterwards.)
“After the walk ended, we ended up going to Taco Bell for dinner, in order to snag some of those ‘Monster Eyes’ eyeball straws they were hocking at the time.
“Then we went home, where he managed to produce a bag of Halloween orange-and-black M&M’s for dessert, which I had never seen at that point (for whatever reason) – I thought that was the coolest thing. To top it all off, we got back just in time to watch this, which I believe was airing on the Disney Channel that night.
“I don’t know what prompted all of this Halloween-osity out of my dad, but it was one of the best nights of any Halloween season I’ve ever had.”
