Pumpkins & Spooks Oh My Hallows

Monday, October 4, 2010

Midnight Syndicate in AOL’s Best Halloween CDs

Three Midnight Syndicate CDs make AOL Radio’s Top 10 Halloween Music CDs of all-time.

AOL Radio has just released a list of the Top 10 Best Halloween Music CDs as ranked by AOL/CBS Radio listeners. In the company of such greats as The Exorcist soundtrack and Rob Zombie, three of the ten CDs were Midnight Syndicate discs (Born of the Night #8, Realm of Shadows #4, and Vampyre #3), ranking only behind Danny Elfman’s Nightmare Before Christmas and John Carpenter’s classic Halloween soundtrack.

Vampyre and Out of the Darkness (a collection of the best music from Born and Realm) are currently available at your local Halloween retailer – see below!

Midnight Syndicate CDs in stores nationwide this Halloween season!
Halloween Music
Midnight Syndicate and Van Helsing’s Curse CDs are now available at your local Halloween retailer. To find the store nearest you, visit our Store Locator or shop online at the Midnight Syndicate Store.

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Monster Cereals are back for 2010 — with a whole new look

Boo Berry's 2010 Cereal Box Photo: Holly Quinn

They’re back! Monster Cereals — Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and my personal favorite, Boo Berry — are in stock again for the Halloween season, and the look is all new. I picked up this box of Boo Berry yesterday, and wow! The style has changed pretty drastically from any of the Monsters designs we’ve seen before (outside of fan art, anyway). Boo has a more translucent look, and all three are looking more like characters on a modern Cartoon Network show than pure nostalgia.

I think it’s super cool, personally. What do you think?

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“Halloween Horror Nights” audition for a dance troupe of vampires!

HOPEFUL VAMPIRE DANCERS STRUT THEIR STUFF AND BARE THEIR FANGS
AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD’S HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS
OPEN CALL AUDITIONS

Get out your fangs and sashay down to Universal Studios for the chance to bite into Halloween Horror Nights at the open call auditions for a dance troupe of vampires!

Dancers of both genders are encouraged to assemble at Universal Studios Hollywood to perform a series of elaborate dance sequences, choreographed to techno-funk music, but please leave your garlic and wooden stakes at home.

Ghastly go-goers recruited for annual Horror extravaganza, kicking off on Sept. 24

WHAT: They only come out at night, but for this audition, they’ll make an exception:

Universal Studios Hollywood’s “Halloween Horror Nights” holds open call auditions for a dance troupe of vampires with the all the right moves.

Candidates-expressive and versatile dancers of both genders–will assemble at Universal Studios Hollywood to perform a series of elaborate dance sequences, choreographed to techno-funk music. Fangs are helpful but not required for consideration.

As the place where legends of Horror come to life, Universal Studios “Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights” kicks off on Friday, September 24 and will offer spine-chilling new mazes based on the horror genres’ most compelling characters. Rob Zombie and other top artists are collaborating with Universal Studios Hollywood in the creation of new mazes, “scare zones” and backlot experiences.

“Halloween Horror Nights” begin on Sept. 24 this year. Information available at www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com/hollywood

WHO: Blood sucking dancers that bite.

WHEN: Wednesday, August 18 at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: The Globe Theatre venue at Universal Studios Hollywood

(100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608)

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Want To Be Haunted This Halloween?

One of the best things about Halloween, besides candy, is taking on the haunted houses! October 31st brings with it not only trick-or-treating and costume wearing, but all things spooky as well.

Haunted houses that people put on during the Halloween season are all in the name of fun. True, some of these haunted houses are made to scare you right down to the bones, but in the back of your mind you know that it’s not real. Or at least that’s what I try to convince myself of as I’m making my way through some of the scarier haunted houses! If you’re thinking of building your own haunted house this year, check out these great haunted house props. Believe me, the animated horror props will have your customers screaming for the exit!

However, there are haunted houses AND there are houses that are haunted – two completely different realms of terror. Places that have had paranormal activity where ghosts have been seen or heard are definitely a little more spine tingling and hair raising.

Here are some of the MOST HAUNTED PLACES TO VISIT.

The Amityville House As the story goes, on Nov. 13, 1974, Ronald Jr. (“Butch”) DeFeo killed six members of his family in a house in Amityville, New York. He claims there were demonic forces in the home that drove him to murder. When new owners moved into the house at 112 Ocean Avenue, they too experienced terrifying phenomenon, which led to a best-selling novel and two films.

Alcatraz – The infamous San Francisco Bay’s prison, a notorious penitentiary, known for its cold dark cells, saw many murders, riots and suicides during its 29 years of service. Now a national museum, it’s said to be haunted, with tales of inexplicable sounds, cell doors closing on their own, disembodied screams and scary apparitions.

Saint Augustine Lighthouse - Legend says three little girls died on the construction site, while playing with a rail car. When the car spun out of control, the girls were drowned in the water below. Now, visitors can hear a female crying, “Help me!” inside the tower, as well as mysterious lights and footsteps.

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Fraggle Rock Returns With “Scared Silly”!

Do you remember the tv series Fraggle Rock? It was a beloved children’s animated show in the 80's created by Jim Hensen and made up of what else…muppets! It was right up there in popularity with Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. Well, it’s coming back to the US next month in the form of a DVD just in time for Halloween called “Scared Silly” and is sure to be a big hit! It consists of three mysterious and magical Fraggle stories that will entertain kids and parents alike!

The Fraggle Muppets of Fraggle Rock are curious, clever and brave. The five main muppet characters are:

Gobo – He loves exploringMokey – She loves paintingRed - She loves sportsWembley – He loves playing the bongosBoober – He loves doing laundry and cooking

They live in a cave called Fraggle Rock and spend most of their time playing, exploring, and having fun. I think that’s why children love to watch them!

And it’s not just the DVD bringing Fraggle Rock back into the spotlight, but these fun loving characters are coming out as Halloween costumes as well! What a great idea for a group costume! All you men that want to relive a fun memory from your childhood, grab a Boober or Gobo Costume and for the ladies wanting to get in on the fun be sure to order a Red or Mokey Costume and bring those lovable Fraggles back to life!

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Sunday, October 3, 2010

Laughing in the Dark

GIVE IT BACK

I’m not sure if you young’uns remember Nickleodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark, but it was one of the most awesome shows of the early 90s. For those unfamiliar with it, the basic premise is that a group of preteens form a club, called the Midnight Society, and take turns telling scary stories around a campfire. Each show has a dramatization of the story being told.

As much as I loved the show, it had a tendency of giving me some pretty terrible nightmares. One of the episodes in particular stands out as being particularly creepy, due to its gratuitous use of carnival music and scary clowns. Here’s a synopsis of the episode provided by toplessrobot.com:

“… The clown in this case, Zeebo, worked in a carnival during the Great Depression. Desperate for money (like every other schlub during this time), Zeebo stole the park’s payroll and hid out in the spookhouse. But Zeebo was careless with one of his cigars and the spookhouse caught fire; burning Zeebo to death. As a memorial to the thieving bastard, the carnival rebuilt the spookhouse and put a dummy of Zeebo inside, dooming the place to be haunted. Years later, Josh (Christian Tessier, who would go on to play Lt. Tucker ‘Duck’ Clellan on Battlestar Galactica) decides to prove how tough he is by stealing the red nose off the Zeebo dummy. Urban legend turns into reality as Josh is visited by the ghost of Zeebo. Everything works out in the end (seriously, where the hell does a 12-year-old purchase a box of cigars?) but not before some seriously scary shit goes down. Everyone remembers the laugh, the balloon, the phone call, and all the other nightmare-inducing tricks that drove many to check our closets before bed. It’s like the writer of this episode was pissed at his kids and decided to scar them and the rest of us for life.”

Things I learned from this episode (video below).

1. “It’s a spookhouse, lameball. It’s supposed to be spooky. You’d gotta be some kind of doofus to think it’s real.”

2. Do not be a ginger. Especially not a ginger who steals stuff from scary clowns.

3. Give it back. Always give it back.

4. Following any childhood dare will always lead to bad things.

5. Do not trust carnies. They will sell you out to their scary clown friends in an instant.

Have a look and tell me what you think. You might want to keep an extra clown nose around, just in case.

Laughing in the Dark, Pt. 1

Laughing in the Dark, Pt. 2

Laughing in the Dark, Pt. 3

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Live in Sin? Come on in: Sexy Celeb Devils

It’s almost Halloween. The countdown is just about on. One of the most classic costumes for Halloween is of course the Devil. There are different variations of the old stand by so check out how these celebs made the devil their own.