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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