Addams Family Menu at IHOP!
If you didn’t hear the news, IHOP just unleashed a special SPOOKY menu in celebration of the new Addams Family movie, which hits theaters on October 11th. I’m pretty sure I’ll be seeing the movie, but I was 100% sure that I’d be eating purple pancakes within 12 hours of IHOP’s announcement.
And, well, mission accomplished:
We picked the perfect IHOP for this. It was tiny, empty and had so much wood paneling. They even decorated for Halloween, lining the walls with crude bats made from black construction paper.
The special Addams Family menu is a laminated, coffin-shaped beauty that I might have possibly stolen before we left. As for what’s available, it’s mostly a reskin of what IHOP did for last year’s Grinch movie, meaning pancakes, hot chocolate and an omelette that’s big enough to be genuinely disquieting.
I went with Jay, and there were four of us total at the table. We all wanted to try the spooky treats, but nobody was down to turn this into a 5000-calorie extravaganza. Instead, we each ordered “normal” meals, and then sampled from communal plates of the various purple monstrosities. Good thing IHOP was empty: The sight of four people forking at one plate of pancakes must’ve been something.
We skipped “Gomez’s Green Chile Omelette” partly because we didn’t want to waste food, and partly because it looked like an inside-out pig mixed with a beached whale. But we tried almost everything else: Read More…
Shakin’ Mutants from the 1990s!
If you’ve never heard of Shakin’ Mutants, I have good news and bad news. The good news is, you’re about to hear a whole lot about Shakin’ Mutants. The bad news is also that.
Just look at those gorgeous mofos. They’re in ratty condition, but I’d still call ’em some of the best Halloween decorations I own.
Shakin’ Mutants was a line of Halloween monsters sold under the Spearhead banner, though by then, Spearhead itself was under Paper Magic Group’s umbrella. I know these are the sorts of details nobody cares about, but I put in five minutes of research, and I wanna profit from it.
Released in 1994, Shakin’ Mutants would stick around through the late ‘90s, returning to drug stores and pop-up shops every October. Back then, Halloween garbage worked differently than it does now. Licenses for major movie monsters weren’t handed out nearly as liberally, so companies who banked on the Halloween season more often had to come up with their own intellectual properties.
Tl;dr: Instead of the 50,000th Friday the 13th window cling, we were just as likely to end up with batshit awesomeness like this. Read More…
Dino Drac’s Scary September Funpack!
Okay, here’s the deal! If you’re already a Dino Drac Funpack subscriber, good news: You’re locked in for the Scary September Funpack, and all Funpacks beyond, so long as you don’t cancel!
If you’re not already a subscriber, the bad news is, subscriptions are currently closed! (Too close to the quantity limit, I’m afraid!)
HOWEVER, I have a few spares that I can sell on an individual basis. If you’re not a subscriber and you really want this Funpack, skip to the bottom of this post for details!
Now then! Let’s talk about the SCARY SEPTEMBER FUNPACK. It’s perhaps the most ghoulish and ghastly box I’ve put together in all my many years of, uh… Funpacking? Is that the right word?
We’re in the midst of the Halloween season, and this box is stuffed with deadly delights that should add to the festivities. There may not be too many items in this one compared to previous boxes, but I think it’s a quality-over-quantity situation. There are some seriously haunted heavy hitters in this baby! Read More…
I ate pancakes at the Friday the 13th diner.
Hey, did you hear? It’s Friday the 13th. I hope you’re making the most of this holy day, whether it’s with movie marathons or masked mirror selfies.
I wasn’t planning anything special for the occasion, but on a hot tip from my pal Lindsey, I ended up in Blairstown, New Jersey, where parts of the original Friday the 13th were filmed.
There’s a lot happening there today. Movie screenings, meet-and-greets with various Jasons, and the list goes on and on. I can’t tell you about any of that, though. I just went there for goddamned bloody pancakes.
Shown above is the Blairstown Diner, which famously made an appearance in the first film. It’s a year-round tourist stop for diehard fans, but on Friday the 13th, this place really plays it up. More on that in a minute. Read More…