"Way back Wednesday" 

Going way back with this one to my first ever horror/scary movie.

 

 This was the first movie that I can at least remember watching as a kid and my first introduction to horror/scary movies. We would make it a nightly event when on TV or when someone was daring enough to rent it. We would go all out with snacks,drinks and all other great stuff we would pick up at a corner store down the street we grew up on that just happen to be named Elm St.

 

Been closed now for years

but if you walked in with $5 you came out with snacks to last you a week...or at least a few hours. 

  Most of these post are going to be short and to the point....sorry but at least it will give you time to go and check out more awesome blogs at http://countdowntohalloween.blogspot.com/ and also check back here for other cool stuff to come all month long.

 

"Getting Zombie Figures Ready"

 Still working on painting them, I'm having a bit of trouble choosing a color scheme for each.

  (still working on this one)

 But I think they are coming out pretty good.

 

Just to give an idea of what they look like before paint.

and yes these will be given away later this month.

Well hello everyone, another Halloween month has come and id like to start it out by watching...

and yes also watching it on HDDVD, if you follow me on here or on my Facebook page then you will know that I like the classic stuff.

This was just a quick hello and please stay tuned as I will have giveaways throughout the month.

Happy Halloween

"Repairing Halloween"

The other day we were taking out the Halloween decorations we had our first casualty, one of our pumpkins did not survive the year long storage and was found shattered in pieces. Of course my wife’s answer was, oh just throw it away, I said nope! I’ll fix it. So I gathered all the pieces and got to work.

 These were all the decent pieces that I could find, all the rest had turned into dust.

 I also had to recreate one of his eyes as the pieces were to far gone.

Here he is all put back together, I would give all those kings horses and all those kings men a run for their money.

And Here with the first coats of paint, went with a bit more natural color.

13 Nights of Halloween

The 13 Days of Halloween Lineup for ABCFamily 

Oct. 19
1:30 p.m. — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
5 p.m. — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
9 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
12 a.m. — Corpse Bride

Oct. 20
4 p.m. — Corpse Bride
6 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
9 p.m. — Stitchers 2015 Halloween Special
12 a.m. — Casper

Oct. 21 
5 p.m. — Casper
7 p.m. — The Addams Family
9 p.m. — Addams Family Values
12 a.m. — I Know What You Did Last Summer

Oct. 22 
4 p.m. — The Addams Family
6 p.m. — Addams Family Values
8 p.m. — The Hunger Games
12 a.m. — I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Oct. 23
5:30 p.m. — The Hunger Games
8:30 p.m. — Sleepy Hollow
12 a.m. — Matilda

Oct. 24
7 a.m. — Matilda
9 a.m. — ParaNorman
11 a.m. — Corpse Bride
1 p.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
2:30 p.m. — Casper
4:30 p.m. — The Addams Family
6:30 p.m. — Addams Family Values
8:30 p.m. — Monsters University
11 p.m. — Toy Story OF TERROR!
11:30 p.m. — Hocus Pocus

Oct. 25
7 a.m. — ParaNorman
9 a.m. — Corpse Bride
11 a.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
12:30 p.m. — Casper
2:30 p.m. — The Addams Family
4:30 p.m. — Addams Family Values
6:30 p.m. — Toy Story OF TERROR!
7 p.m. — Monsters University
9:45 p.m. — Hocus Pocus

Oct. 26
5:30 p.m. — Sleepy Hollow
9 p.m. — Toy Story OF TERROR!
9:30 p.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
12 a.m. — Frankenweenie

Oct. 27
4 p.m. — Frankenweenie
6 p.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
7:30 p.m. — Toy Story OF TERROR!
9 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
12 a.m. — ParaNorman

Oct. 28
4 p.m. — ParaNorman
6 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
8:15 p.m. — Dark Shadows
12 a.m. — Casper

Oct. 29 
5 p.m. — Casper
7 p.m. — The Addams Family
9 p.m. — Addams Family Values
12 a.m. — Hocus Pocus

Oct. 30
2:30 p.m. — The Addams Family
4:30 p.m. — Addams Family Values
6:30 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
8:30 p.m. — Poltergeist
12 a.m. — Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Oct. 31
7 a.m. — Batman
10 a.m. — Batman Returns
12:30 p.m. — Poltergeist
3 p.m. — Sleepy Hollow
5:30 p.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
7 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
9:15 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
11:30 p.m. — Sleepy Hollow


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"I'm the baby"

It’s funny how a child can change you, it’s not just that you grow up because you are now responsible for a human life but this child has made me a baby myself. Before I go on there will be Halloween in this post I promise, I find that every time I see a newborn I quickly think he or she is just adorable and that is not a word I use regularly or was ever in my vocabulary, also I find myself fighting back tears with every video I watch of a baby or young child in it...gosh huh…..wait “gosh” where did that come from.

But I will also do anything for this child…anything. When we watched the first episode of The Walking Dead there was a scene where a bad guy had a baby by the neck and threatened to harm her. I had the worst feeling on that scene and I swear that I would have done something bad to that guy I mean I was angry, sad, felt hopeless and it was just a TV show but if you have read my blog you know how much I get into movies and shows.

Then there is this…

I wasted no time painting my daughters bum so that my wife could make a bumpkin out of it. See this is in the Halloween spirit, even though I used my daughter as the butt of this joke…get it. HA HA.

 

We even attempted to take pictures of her in a pumpkin patch but this was the best that we could get out of her, she was more entertained by the grass as it was the first time that she felt it between her toes. I will say this, she kicked the crap out of the grass and we all had fun.


Oh and Daddy made that bow....yup!

 

Sweet Dreams

Well this is the final setup, oh and last night I also modified the skull to open and close its jaw electronically

we also had a little helper out there with us little Miss Emma, well more like telling us what to do....

and we ended the evening with a nice little BBQ in the park. 

Oh and Sweet Screams Dreams

 HA HA HA HA !!!!

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Fun with no space....

Well we will attempt to put this fun stuff up this weekend, we have a lot of decorations and not enough space on an apartment balcony for it all and I think a 5ft inflatable pumpkin would be overkill in such a small place. My favorite decoration is the one that we made from scratch it even has bright LED's installed in its eye sockets. The best part is that we paid less than $20 for the material to make it compared to $45-$50 decorations at a store.
 I will Post it set up and in action, there is also a cauldron that we put water with dry ice to make a neat effect also with LED's. Oh and some lights...blah blah blah check back tomorrow for an update on the set up...

Day #8 "Who You Gonna Call?"

This was and still is one of my favorite ghost/paranormal movies of its time, I believe that it was also the first ghost/paranormal movie that I ever watched. The toy line was awesome and as an adult I still want them, I'll probably just run around the apartment annoying the cats and wife trying to catch them.

The Movie was great, the special effects were cool and despite of the fact that this movie was technically released in June back in 1984 I will throw this in the lineup with a technicality because it has ghosts in it, also I remember getting scared as a kid when I watch this movie so yeah.
I do have a small cool(I think) collection of items of the Movie.

 Yes that is a record album its a small collection like I mentioned but i like it.