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calliopes_pen) wrote2010-10-31 07:56 am
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Writer's Block: The Witching Hour
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Oh, yes. I love the history of it. So much so that I wrote a research paper on the topic in college. I celebrate through Zombie Walks, giving candy to whatever trick-or-treaters we might get, and watching as many horror movies as I can. What I like the least? Probably the fact that we don't get trick-or-treaters anymore, and they don't show the older horror movies as much anymore. The lower number of trick-or-treaters is due to Trunk-or-Treat being held at various churches in the area, including my own.
My horror marathon today? I watched Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn for the first time, thanks to AMC showing it--it appeared to be uncut. I liked it. This was followed by me watching the first Halloween movie for the first time, also thanks to AMC. I located a Rifftrax of that, so I’ll give it another viewing later. I have a copy of Snow White: A Tale of Terror, so I’ll be watching that, along with The Oblong Box and The Haunted History of Halloween. And whatever else might be airing, or is free through On Demand.
AMC has a few older horror movies on their website, so I’ll see which ones I want to watch from that. Probably Werewolves on Wheels.
A&E shows Ghostbusters around 11 AM today, so that’s part of my marathon. The Hallmark Channel is doing a Munsters and Addams Family (the tv series) marathon, so I’ll be going back to that on occasion. Yesterday, I watched Urban Legend and They Live for the first time. I started to watch Shaun of the Dead, but realized it was time for the Zombie Walk.
Which reminds me—there was a Zombie Ash spotted in the Zombie Walk. He had his “boomstick” strapped to his back, a chainsaw hooked to his hand, and cuts in various spots just like in Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. It also looked like the same shirt. I almost applauded. I hope he won the costume contest at Whaler’s Catch when they got there.
There were around 200 people there. They started 20 minutes late, and were only on one side of the street this year. Nellie’s grown daughter—Donna--showed up. She went to the side of the street with the zombies to get a better view, and one gave her a finger. No, not that one. A plastic severed finger in a baggie. Severed body parts for everyone, I guess. There was also a zombie being pulled along in a wagon. Turned out it was to get a better view to film them all.
There was one lone Dracula in the midst of the zombies. He looked amused.
Oh, and on the way to the Zombie Walk? We briefly got stuck behind an ice cream truck. A few kids were near it, looking confused--it's a little cool out for ice cream. And what was the truck playing? Silent Night. After a few moments, it drove off.
Oh, yes. I love the history of it. So much so that I wrote a research paper on the topic in college. I celebrate through Zombie Walks, giving candy to whatever trick-or-treaters we might get, and watching as many horror movies as I can. What I like the least? Probably the fact that we don't get trick-or-treaters anymore, and they don't show the older horror movies as much anymore. The lower number of trick-or-treaters is due to Trunk-or-Treat being held at various churches in the area, including my own.
My horror marathon today? I watched Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn for the first time, thanks to AMC showing it--it appeared to be uncut. I liked it. This was followed by me watching the first Halloween movie for the first time, also thanks to AMC. I located a Rifftrax of that, so I’ll give it another viewing later. I have a copy of Snow White: A Tale of Terror, so I’ll be watching that, along with The Oblong Box and The Haunted History of Halloween. And whatever else might be airing, or is free through On Demand.
AMC has a few older horror movies on their website, so I’ll see which ones I want to watch from that. Probably Werewolves on Wheels.
A&E shows Ghostbusters around 11 AM today, so that’s part of my marathon. The Hallmark Channel is doing a Munsters and Addams Family (the tv series) marathon, so I’ll be going back to that on occasion. Yesterday, I watched Urban Legend and They Live for the first time. I started to watch Shaun of the Dead, but realized it was time for the Zombie Walk.
Which reminds me—there was a Zombie Ash spotted in the Zombie Walk. He had his “boomstick” strapped to his back, a chainsaw hooked to his hand, and cuts in various spots just like in Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. It also looked like the same shirt. I almost applauded. I hope he won the costume contest at Whaler’s Catch when they got there.
There were around 200 people there. They started 20 minutes late, and were only on one side of the street this year. Nellie’s grown daughter—Donna--showed up. She went to the side of the street with the zombies to get a better view, and one gave her a finger. No, not that one. A plastic severed finger in a baggie. Severed body parts for everyone, I guess. There was also a zombie being pulled along in a wagon. Turned out it was to get a better view to film them all.
There was one lone Dracula in the midst of the zombies. He looked amused.
Oh, and on the way to the Zombie Walk? We briefly got stuck behind an ice cream truck. A few kids were near it, looking confused--it's a little cool out for ice cream. And what was the truck playing? Silent Night. After a few moments, it drove off.