Fannish Items of Interest--A Mostly Halloween Round-Up

[calliopes_pen]

geeksofdoom posted 5 Things We Hope To See In A New Superman Film.

The 10 Best (And 10 Worst) Songs For Halloween. Ray Parker, Jr. singing Ghostbusters is #4 on the best list. The Addams Grove, by M.C. Hammer is #10 on the worst side. At the time, it seemed okay, if only for the duel between Gomez and M.C. Hammer—plus, Christopher Lloyd is there as Uncle Fester.

Io9 explains that The Most Terrifying Movies Aren’t Horror. In the comments, people point out other movies that scarred them. Garfield’s Halloween Adventure, Return to Oz, and Labyrinth are all mentioned. I’ve never seen that last one, but I can certainly understand the first two.

Sears offers online retailing for zombies. Would you like your brains in paper or plastic?

The 13 Scariest Books Not Written By Stephen King. It’s a great list.

Coffin Technologies That Protect You From Being Buried Alive. Well...this won’t save Days of Our Lives’ Vivian, but it’s the thought that counts. Of course, someone needs to actually want to let her out, first...

Behold the geekiest of pumpkin carvings. Plus, someone at ihasatardis made an Adipose pumpkin.

I went to Rifftrax Live: House on Haunted Hill, and it was fantastic. There were only 12 people in our theater, but everyone had a great time. Loved the jokes from their guest riffer, Paul F. Tompkins, too. Did anyone on my friends list go? For those interested, Satellite News has a thread for people that saw it to post their comments in.

Comments

[yamx]

You must watch Labyrinth!!! Run, don't walk, to the nearest Blockbuster/Netflix-capable computer or Wii NOW!!! It's only one of the best films ever!!!

In fact, the mere fact that you mentioned it just now made me decide to dig out the DVD and watch it forthwith. :)

[calliopes_pen]

seandc has said the same in the past. *laughs* Within 10 minutes, I tracked down a torrent of it--starting the download now, should take about a day.

I suspect I saw 10 minutes of it when I was 11, thought it was dull, and sent it back. Was there a musical number at any point in this?

I don't like Jennifer Connelly, but I put up with her for The Rocketeer, so I can put up with her for this.

[yamx]

There are several musical numbers, some of which are awesome. But the first ten minutes of the film are sort of the prologue--the story doesn't really get going until she's actually IN the labyrinth. Watch the whole ting, you'll like it. :)