" Day #1 - Step #1"

Day #1 - Step #1

 Hand a classic Polaroid camera to a 4 YO and see what happens...

Enjoy and Stay Tuned for the final product .....

 and don't forget to check out all the other "cryptkeepers"

"Still Here"

Hey all, We are still here and still working on the websites, well a little here and there really.
but im surprised by all the views that we am getting and even our Facebook page is up in likes.
Well I just wanted to say that we are still here and all is well.

Oh and its time to clean house in the Nostalgic Memories Office(aka spare room) so all the stuff that I can part ways with must go to make more room for other vintage stuff. I will put stuff up on eBay or find another way.

The First Day

Happy 1st day of October and the start of a fun filled month of Halloween themed goodies.
I will start of by saying that if you read my blog last year I tried to post everyday of the month, made it more than half way and failed. So this year instead of pulling out my hair because I didn't post anything in a day I will be posting a few times a week and maybe twice a day if there is something that I have to share. Also this year my wife and I were blessed with a beautiful baby girl so that also means that majority of my attention will go to her because she is awesome :)

Well let’s start the fun, the background in the my blog has six "Horror Movie Houses" you can scroll up and down to see them, there is only six of them and the picture is repeated so that you can see them all (hopefully). This if for fun, so try to name all the houses that are pictured in any order and name the ones you can.

Have Fun!

Thanks for reading

I failed you.....

I

I Have Failed you....

 

Well I didn't make it to the end of the Halloween countdown. That is a picture of me crying in shame. I took a business trip and forgot my laptop so I couldn't work on my blog, so when I got back home I was going to catch up, but I waited too long, and then I got sick and did not feel like sitting in front of a puter. So again I’m SORRY.

On the brighter side its November and a whole other month of decorations, movies and not to mention food. I will get into more of that later as I will be posting sporadically throughout the month. So stay tuned and keep reading.



Day #16  "1408"

A film that I have in my top 5 favorite has to be 1408. This movie is based on a short story by Stephen King. The movie stars John Cusack who plays a writer who reviews supposedly haunted hotels and has him staying in various places, though his stay at The Dolphin Hotel is a whole different story. HA! pun intended....

This is another one of those movies where I get lost in the movie so much that it feels like I'm there.

Let me explain this one, I have an hour lunch at my job so sometimes I watch movies but by the time I get settled and situated to eat and watch I have at least 35 to 40min to watch a movie. So with all that I don't get to finish a movie in one day, so it stays in my head when I go back to work and its just a weird feeling. Get It? No! oh well.....

 24hr Rental                    BluRay                      DVD

   

Day #15

"Night of the Living Dead"

(1968)

This movie is on the list of favorites for me even though it's a low budget film and not a lot of special effects it still grabbed my attention the first time I watched it. This is the very first movie by Gorge A. Romero and it started the whole plague of zombie movies.

This movie takes place in a farmhouse where you have a man (Ben) and a young lady (Barbra) trying to figure out what's going on outside with strangers attacking others. Later they find out that there are other people in the house.

 

"This is pretty much what she does the whole movie."

 

Even though the movie lacked special effects, it still shows the distinctive difference between humans and zombies.

I am amazed that the style the zombies had in the movie is still kept in all zombie movies to date, and is what formed them and brought them to life......um....well you know.

 

 

 



      24hr Rental                      DVD

      

Day #14

"IT"

This was another movie that I didn't watch until later in my life, this being one of the wife's favorite scary movies it was introduced to me then. I watched and instantly liked the time and era the movie was filmed, it was around the time I was a kid so this brought back memories of me my sister the neighbors causing trouble.

 You know seeing the movie later in my life probably was a good thing, it didn't traumatize me as a kid because I was always outside playing with friends and going into places we shouldn't have.

Day Lucky #13

"The Walking Dead"

This day should probably be about Jason Voorhees in no other than Friday the 13th, but the fact that Season 4 of The Walking Dead premiers today.....so how can I resist. I was a late bloomer to the show being a fan of all the George Romeo Zombie films I thought that this was just another show that cashed in on the zombie craze, boy was I wrong. This show rocks and I could not stop watching it since watching the first episode on Netflix the show was already starting of season 3 when I got to season 2 so i had a way to go. As soon I caught up to the show and had to wait for the series to get released on blu-ray I was hooked and wanted more so I also got in to the comic book. The Comic is what started it all and this month marks the 10th Anniversary of the comic in which they released the first issue in color (all issues are printed in black and white).

Issue #1 "The Walking Dead"

 Rick, Carl, and Lori(Comic Version)

I personally recommend both  tho' the comic is completely different from the show and I say that as a good thing, but I really would not recommend this material for younger readers as its a bit graphic, but the choice will be yours. I can't wait for tonight......bring it!

    

 Day #12

"The Exorcist"

The first time I watched this movie was when it was re-released(Restored Version) in theaters back in 2000 I figured this is the way I should experience this movie. Before that all I would hear about this movie was how great it is and how scary it was. This movie at the time was one of the scariest movies I've ever seen and experiencing it on the big screen was worth it. 

 This was one scene that caught me by surprise, I remember the whole audience in the theater react the same way I did, by jumping a bit of the seat.

I also thought the makeup was the best that I've ever seen in a movie and on a young actress.



What did you think of this great classic and do you remember the first time you watched it?

24HR Rental $2

    

Day #11

"Christine"

This movie was first introduced to me by my sister and I thought, how can my little sister make me watch a stupid movie? Well I was wrong this movie was cool no wait... Awesome! I must say for a movie that was released about 15 years before I watched it, I say bravo John Carpenter for directing the movie and
Stephen King for the novel. The movie is about a nerd that (you know gets picked on most of the time) finds a strange car on the side of the road that is being sold by a weird man who tells the kid that the car has an evil mind of its own......no more go watch it.

A Model kit that I will never build.

and a toy car I will never open.

Okay enough of that, this movie was good in that it really didn't stray to far off on anything else but the car showing everything evil about it, and how it affects who ever owns it.

 This is right before that character Arnie changes his demeanor.

The beast showing its true colors.

If you have not seen this movie amazon has a 24hr rental that you can watch on your PC or Portable Device*.

                |

                |

                |

               \|/

24hr Rental on PC or Portable Device*

                                                                           
*Not all devices supported

 "They're Here"
Day #10

I remember watching this movie as a kid and it scared the crap out of me, especially the clown in the kids room. I never had a phobia of clowns but if I ever see one in person and I start to feel a bit of fear I blame this movie. This movie would also make kids fear closets, storms, and trees outside their windows.

"Who loved clowns after this movie?"

 

On the lighter side of things there are also numerous amount of movies and tv shows that poke fun at this movie and reference parts of the movie in some scenes, here are some just to name a few.

 

"Casper"

 

"American Dad S2E2"

"You moved the stones, but you left the bodies"

"He didn't clean his plate, He only moved the Food"

This scene is the most memorable of the whole movie for me, I just cant get over of how big his teeth are.Well if you have not seen this move I recommend it its a good movie, the special effects might not be great,buy its still a good flick.



     

Day #9

 "I Got A Rock"

We watched this the other day and its been a long long time since I've seen it, I found myself remembering some parts but it was like I was watching something new. I liked this cartoon, it has a lot of memorable scenes that make it a great show and suitable for a Halloween tradition and should be watched every year. 

 As the gang get ready for Halloween night, Sally and Linus prepare to spend the night in a pumpkin patch and wait for The Great Pumpkin.

As they go door to door collecting candy someone gets a special treat

(you know who if you've seen it, if not watch it, it's funny)

 One of my favorite scenes in the show was when Snoopy took on the Red Baron.

 So I'll leave you with my last memorable scene and the hidden identity of the Great Pumpkin Himself.

(Original Opening)

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.

                                            

"The Costumes 

The Choices"

That pic up there is of the wife "she has a mask on" but as we were walking through the store i was wondering who buys all these random costumes of a basic clown or of an old man with a moving mouth attachment?

A demo by the wife once more.

 

I mean who goes and buys a Emo Girl mask?

I remember I once made my mom buy me a Freddy Kruger makeup set that you glued to your face with a matching glove and hat that was about $80.I ended up going as the Crow, I uses $3 makeup. Yeah sorry MOM.

If I remember correctly that was the last time I dressed up, I think I was in my mid teens and probably thought it was not cool anymore. You know I think that I do see myself dressing up in the future and scaring my kids friends, my dad did that a couple of times and it was funny as heck.