Sightings: Ghost Episode!
Oooh yeah, this is the good stuff. A ghost-themed episode of Sightings!
As I’ve mentioned before, Sightings was the poor man’s Unsolved Mysteries, but that occasionally worked to its advantage. Robert Stack’s crew would only let themselves be exploitative and trashy to a certain degree, but Sightings never really found its bottom. So long as it made the show more entertaining, in it went!
I’m currently trying to fight off something that feels like a fever but isn’t quite a fever, and by “fight off” I of course mean “wallow within.” Dim lights, cozy couch, way too many blankets, and that little space heater that will someday set fire to my apartment. A ghost-themed episode of Sightings is gonna work sooo well with that shit.
Macabre Mementos?
Confession: I’ve kept one of those Halloween Whoppers in my freezer for over a year.
I gotta be me.
What are some of your oldest and most cherished Halloween mementos?
I mean, I’m sure none of you are hoarding frozen cheeseburgers, but there must be something you can’t bring yourself to toss.
Do you still have any of the masks you wore as a child? Maybe some Happy Meal toys? A cardboard ghoul from Beistle?
Tell everyone, in the comments!
Let’s talk trailers.
Quickie survey for tonight: What are some of the most effective (meaning SCARIEST) horror movie trailers you’ve ever seen?
Here’s one of mine:
The Halloween III trailer. Amazing how it was so incredibly vague even while explaining the whole twist of the movie.
I’d also nominate the Evil Dead II trailer for plucking the very best stuff and making an already insane movie seem 400x MORE insane:
Hardcore.
Which horror trailers spooked you the most?
Trick or Treat!
I hope everyone kicked off October in style! (Did you do anything exciting? Talk about it in the comments!)
I tried to do my part with a bonus weekend video. If you missed it on the main site, Madd Matt is back… with 50 bucks’ worth of Halloween garbage from CVS. (Since I missed a couple of weekdays last week, I figured I’d give you my Sunday!)
Tonight’s movie is Trick or Treat, from 1986. If you listen to The Purple Stuff Podcast, you know that this is one of Jay’s favorite movies… and you also know that I’ve now spent more than a full year promising to watch it. Well, it looks like the time is now.
I know I’m gonna love it, by the way. Skippy Handelman in a death rock cheesy ’80s horror movie SET ON HALLOWEEN? C’mon. I’ve kidded with Jay about my apathy towards Trick or Treat, but the truth is that I’ve been dying to see it. Very excited about this one. I think you’ll like it, too!
