Sinister Survey! (#6)
For this week’s Sinister Survey, I’m curious if y’all have anything on your MUST-DO lists for October.
One reason I’ve become such a proponent of celebrating the Halloween season early is because IT FLIES BY. Really, it does, and that thing you’ve heard about time moving faster as you get older? It’s totally true.
In many ways, this’ll be the quickest October of our lives. With that in mind, what are some of the things you simply MUST do before Halloween is over?
I’ll start with a few of mine:
1) There are a few chain restaurants (or just food-related businesses) that have limited edition Halloween goodies available. I don’t want to name ‘em because it’d be spoiling future articles, but yeah, all of those are on my list.
2) Go to a drive-in. We have a few that are arguably close enough, but it’s still a trek. All of them are running impossibly cool movies tied to the season. I have sooo many options, and I’ll be really mad at myself if I let this whole season slip by without indulging at least once.
3) Do two videos before Halloween. Obviously this has not been a “video season” for me, but I know I gotta do at least one more. I’d like to aim for two. Fortunately, I have something I specifically bought for a video (at great expense), so I expect I will succeed. It would be an enormous waste not to!
4) Carve a pumpkin and roast the seeds. Yeah, it’s obvious, but I could see this being one of those things I randomly forget to do. Fortunately, I bought a pumpkin weeks ago, and it’s a great one. Shaped just like the one from the intro to Halloween, actually.
Your turn! Big or small, name some of the things you’ve just GOTTA DO before November 1st!
(To view last week’s Sinister Survey, click here.)
Macabre Movies of the Week! (#6)
If you’ll permit me to swipe text from Wikipedia, ABC Weekend Specials was a “weekly 30-minute American television anthology series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997, which featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated.”
I noticed that several episodes had a spooky slant, so for this edition of Macabre Movies of the Week, all three videos were originally eps of that show!
First up is Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit. While this originally aired in 1982, it looks like this particular broadcast — which includes the original commercials — aired in October of ‘83.
And then we have The Red Room Riddle, a ghost story about kids trapped in a haunted mansion. This broadcast is from 1984, and it’s another one with all of the original ads still intact.
Last but not least, Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream, which aired very close to Halloween back in 1992. It’s kind of an origin story. If you grew up collecting the figures, this is a real treat!
Enjoy! If you’d like to check out the previous Macabre Movies of the Week, they’re over here.
Chilling Challenge! (#6)
For this week’s Chilling Challenge, all ya gotta do is RECOMMEND SOMETHING.
Obviously, I mean something with a tie to the Halloween season. (Even if it’s a very small tie.)
Could be a movie, a TV show, a book, a video game, a type of candy, whatever!
I’ll start. Stephen King’s The Mist. Meaning the book. Or novella. Story. Whatever you call it.
It’s actually the only Stephen King book I’ve read. I picked it up at an airport after seeing the movie, and devoured the whole thing on one single flight.
As much as I adore the film, I like the book even more. There are some big differences, including a wildly different ending. (I don’t want to spoil things, but I strongly prefer the book’s ending!)
Your turn! Think about something you love, and leave a comment pitching it to everyone else!
(To view last week’s Chilling Challenge, click here.)
Frightening Free-For-All Thread! (#5)
Okay, now we’re getting to that point in the season where time seems to move at double-speed. I don’t know, is it just me?
So let’s all look at this week as a little “reset button.” Think about how you want to spend your free time in October, and start making some plans!
This is your Frightening Free-For-All Thread. Talk about whatever ya want, all week long. Dino Drac After Dark has also been updated with new editions of the Sinister Survey, Macabre Movies of the Week and Chilling Challenge. Have fun!
