It's Halloween!!!

Ahhh!!! Finally! It's Halloween! One of my favorite days of the year!

Sorry I have been so scarce lately but anyone who knows me understands that I literally camp out in front of the TV for hours around Halloween watching nothing but horror movie after horror movie. Doesn't matter if it's blood and guts or something psychological, if it's on or I can get it from Blockbuster, I am going to watch it! This year I have really outdone myself too. Last night alone I watched Poltergeist, Angel Heart and One Hour Photo. Tonight will be no different as I will probably immerse myself in some good old fashioned classics like Halloween and Friday the 13th!

I figured since I watched Poltergeist last night, I would post the myth and truths surrounding the deaths of some of the cast members! I love myths and urban legends....

Urban Legend: The Spielberg film "Poltergeist" was cursed with the deaths of cast members. This isn't really an Urban Legend but it is interesting since it's true. The film "The Exorcist" was also plagued with problems but that's another story.

The Story: An unusual amount of deaths have occurred around the three "Poltergeist" films, including three of the stars. These incidence have given way to rumors that the films were cursed because of their content. This seems a little silly, there are always explanations to "curses" like this. Or are there??

Two of the stars from the first film have died at young ages, two from the second film at not so young ages.

22-year old Dominique Dunne, who played older daughter Dana Freeling, died on November 4th,1982, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She had been choked into a coma by her boyfriend. Her boyfriend raced to her home while she was rehearsing a scene for a movie, dragged her outside, strangled her and left her in a brain-dead coma. Her family removed her from life support 5 days later.

12-year-old Heather O'Rourke died of septic shock on February 1st., 1988, at the Children's Hospital in San Diego, California. What was thought to be the flu turned out to be a bowel obstruction which caused toxins to enter her system. She died at Children's Hospital while undergoing surgery to remove the obstruction.

60-year-old Julian Beck, who played the evil preacher Kane in the second film, died of stomach cancer on September 14th,1985, at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY. Like Heather O'Rourke, he died during the period between filming and release, but in his case the film in question was Poltergeist II, which was released in May 1986. O'Rourke died before the release of Poltergeist III.

53-year-old Will Sampson, who played Taylor in the second film, died on June 3rd., 1987, in a Houston, Texas hospital after receiving a heart-lung transplant 6 weeks earlier. The cause of his death was attributed to severe pre-operative malnutrition and post-operative kidney failure along with a fungal infection.

Now, to finish up my post, I would like to post some costumes not to wear this Halloween:









But the absolutely best costume of all comes from FlyinFox.... Drum Roll Please....



Have a VERY SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!

Curing Boredom on a Sunday Morning

So here it is on a Sunday morning and I am doing not much of anything spectacular. So why not just babble on here right?????

Yesterday we had our bonfire at my aunt's house and it was actually quite a bit of fun. I will post some pictures as soon as I get them all sorted out. There was lots of beer drinking and fishing going on. Not to mention the beautiful fire itself. All in all, it was a really good time.

This morning I had a revelation. Anyone that knows me understands how much I absolutely adore horror movies. Especially all of the old ones. So what did I do today? I sat down and created a desktop for the month of October. Halloween, afterall, is like Christmas to me.

So what do you think?? It's an ode to all of those cheesy movies I love so much. Eventually, I would love to have a room in my home filled with nothing but old movie posters. How cool would that be? I love the dramatic use of colors they used when creating these pieces of art.

Besides what is not to love in these old classics? Who cares about special effects when you have overacting at it's best. The faces! The screams of sheer terror! Damn I am starting to quiver just thinking about it and it makes me wanna dig out my collection and start watching :)

Check out this list of old classics I have:

• 1959 - A Bucket of Blood
• 1960 - Little Shop of Horrors
• 1963 - The Terror
• 1960 - The Wasp Woman
• 1939 - The Gorilla
• 1941 - The Devil Bat
• 1939 - The Human Monster
• 1941 - The Invisible Ghost
• 1943 - The Ape Man
• 1962 - Carvnival of Souls
• 1940 - Chamber of Horrors
• 1924 - The Last Man of Earth
• 1932 - White Zombie
• 1958 - House on Haunted Hill
• 1961 - Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
• 1973 - Don't Look in the Basement

I found this on YouTube and thought everyone would enjoy. It's the original 1932 movie White Zombie staring Bela Lugosi who happens to be my all-time favorite horror movie actor! So get your popcorn, something to drink then kick back and become submersed!

Have a great rest of your weekend everyone!

30 Days of Night

In a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn't rise for over thirty consecutive days and nights. From the darkness, across the frozen wasteland, an evil will come that will bring the residents of Barrow to their knees. The only hope for the town is the Sheriff and Deputy, a husband and wife who are torn between their own survival and saving the town they love.




Now how is someone who loves the sick and twisted supposed to wait patiently for October to come around to see this movie??? I will be clinically and certifiably insane by that point. Remember nothing says good old fashioned family fun like living in a town of unleashed vampires during 30 days of darkness!!!


Now I am excited about this:

From acclaimed musician and filmmaker, Rob Zombie ("The Devil's Rejects," "House of 1000 Corpses") comes an entirely new take on the highly successful and terrifying Halloween legacy that began in 1978. While revealing a new chapter in the established Michael Myers saga, the film will surprise both classic and modern horror fans with a departure from prior films in the Halloween franchise. Audiences should brace themselves for unprecedented fear as Zombie turns back time to uncover the making of a pathologically disturbed, even cursed child named Michael Myers.

And this comes out August 31st! I will have to go and see it as a late birthday present to myself :)