Celebrate Halloween with friends
and a Spooky movie ! by Andrew Hawnt
How can you celebrate Halloween on a budget ? What sort of films would make a great Halloween party ? How about Halloween themed collectibles ? Here author Andrew Hawnt takes a look at having a creepy night without breaking the bank .
Halloween is almost upon us once again , and the proliferation of celebratory items available in mainstream stores got me thinking- why isn ' t Halloween made into even more of an event ? Like a spooky Christmas . Think about it- you could have Halloween tree surrounded with sweets and rotting carcasses , and then you could all sit down to a Halloween dinner of roast pumpkin and goblin pie . Seriously though , it could be turned into more than just Trick Or Treating and bobbing for apples . Plus , there ' s more out there than just toffee apples to give out as Halloween gifts .
It isn ' t just kids that can celebrate Halloween . Taking it as the commercial version of Halloween and not the religious festival observed by the pagan community ( Samhain , prononced ' Sow-en ' or ' Savven ' depending on who you talk to ), Halloween can be a blast for kids and adults , and can serve as a bonding experience for families . Involving children in Halloween styled games can be a great way to entertain youngsters and educate them on traditional pastimes ( even when their origins have become so obscured by popular culture ). Dressing up , getting made up as witches and monsters and the like can be fantastic fun for all involved , and properly supervised Trick-Or-Treating is a great thing for making memories .
Another good method for making a Halloween party night memorable for children would be to gather a group together for a mini Halloween party before going Trick-or-treating . read them a spooky story , or show a suitable movie .
But Halloween isn ' t limited to the domain of kids , and nor should it be . With all manner of themed events on in clubs , cinemas and so on there ' s a ton that the adult Halloweener can sink their teeth into ( sorry ). There ' s a great deal of Halloween themed merchandise that would make great gifts for loved ones , such as licensed horror movie memorabilia and other horror merchandise such as action figures , posters , statues , and the movies themselves . You could check out things like the ever-creepy Living Dead Dolls figures , or the movie collectibles created by MacFarlane Toys , NECA and Sideshow Collectibles .
Want a great Halloween evening in ? How about you gather a selection of friends , some suitably kitsch horror movies ( Go for the cheese more than the hardcore dark stuff- zombie films , cheap B-movies , Chucky , Underworld , A Nightmare on Elm Street , Friday the 13th and its billion sequels , films you can shout at ),
Want a fun evening ' s viewing ? Check out any of the following horror flicks for some spooky entertainment :
For the younger crowd : NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS , CORALINE , POOH ' S HEFFALUMP HALLOWEEN MOVIE , HARRY POTTER , HE LEG- END OF SLEEPY HOLLOW ( 1949 version ), IT ' S THE GREAT PUMPKIN , CHARLIE BROWN , HOCUS PO- CUSCORPSE BRIDE , BEETLEJUICE , CASPER , HAL- LOWEENTOWN , THE WORST WITCH , GREMLINS , BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS , YOUNG FRANKEN- STEIN , LABYRINTH , THE WITCHES , THE BLACK CAUL- DRON and HALLOWEEN IS GRINCH NIGHT .
For teens and adults : CREEPSHOW , DAY OF THE DEAD , TRICK OR TREAT , POLTERGEIST , THE EVIL DEAD , FRIDAY THE 13TH , AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON , BAD DREAMS , HELLRAISER , EVIL DEAD 2 , RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 2 : HELLRAISER II , A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET , RE-ANIMATOR , SCANNERS , THE BURNING , CLASS OF NUKE ' EM HIGH ( okay , this is a spoof but it still a great flick ), FROM BEYOND , HOUSE , 976 : EVIL , WITCHBOARD , WARLOCK , THE THING , BAD TASTE , CAT PEOPLE , CHILD ' S PLAY , CAT ' S EYE , CHOPPING MALL ( BEST . TITLE . EVER ), DEAD ZONE , THE GATE , THE HUNGER , KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE , MONSTER SQUAD , SOCIETY , SORORITY BABES IN THE SLIME- BALL BOWL-O-RAMA ..... Jeez , there ' s thousands of ' em . Go seek out some fun .
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