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!
Tales from the Cryptkeeper!
Here’s a perfect pick-me-up for the first weekend in October: The premiere episode of Tales from the Cryptkeeper!
Yes, this really happened!
The series (through this exact episode) debuted in late September of 1993. I can’t remember if it was any good, and that’s sort of why I chose it. I need to brush up!
Besides, I sure could use a simple, spooky cartoon tonight. The weather is right!
OMG IT’S OCTOBER!
Oh my. It’s here. Already.
OCTOBER.
I’m excited and I’m terrified. Excited because hey, THIS IS THE MONTH. Terrified, because I feel like I was just championing September’s arrival five goddamned minutes ago.
Hey, kids? When people warn you about time seeming to move faster as you grow older, believe them. Believe the hell out of them.
So yeah, I’m happy that it’s October because October rules, but I don’t like knowing that I only have ONE MONTH to cram in every last morsel of Halloween fun. Of course, my anxiety is tempered by the knowledge that when it’s all over, I’ll get giant balloons and big plates of stuffing.
Tonight’s special OCTOBER survey:
1) What’s the best “Halloween thing” you did in September?
2) What’s the biggest “Halloween thing” you have planned for October?
Tell everyone, in the comments!
(TBH, I was so busy with the site that I didn’t actually get out and DO much during September. I guess that trip to Wayback Burgers would be my #1, dumb as that sounds. As for October, no big plans yet, but I always try to spend at least one October evening getting blasted in a cheap hotel. It’s become a bit of a tradition.)
Oh, and since it’s both October 1st AND the weekend, it’d be criminal to not give ya something to watch:
It’s the original House on Haunted Hill, from 1959. I’ve seen its most famous scenes (they’re hard to avoid, even in GIF form) but I’ve never bothered to watch the whole thing. That changes tonight. I f’n love the remake from 1999, so I’m sure I’ll be okay with this one, at the very least.
