Halloween Festivities
 

Like many other members of HDC, I am a huge fan of Halloween, the one holiday that celebrates the dark side of human nature.

It has become a tradition at HDC, to have a thread each year dedicated to our Halloween activities, so post away, friends! What are your plans for this year, what costumes are you creating, how are you decorating, and what links and resources do you have to get us in the mood?

I'm not doing a broadcast this year, but I did write a blog featuring some great indie Halloween bands over at the Crappy Indie Music Blog.

Feel free to check it out:

http://crappyindiemusic.blogspot.com...bands-for.html

And here's this year's edition of fortunato's fabulous Halloween podcast. Great job, as always, Jordan!

http://weirdomaticwax.podomatic.com/...18_38_06-07_00

Usually we answer the door for a few hours then head out for coffee and I'll read whatever horror book I selected for the season. This year I'm finally getting around to DRACULA. Started it yesterday after finishing Dashiell Hammett's great anthology of horror, CREEPS BY NIGHT (highly recommended) and so far I'm enjoying it immensely. Stoker's got this slowly creepy thing down pretty good.

Usually my halloween involves talking a few friends into watching a bunch of horror movies and trying to select movies they wont find too boring or 'gay'.... I'm trying to find a local cinema showing some classic horror flicks, but I'm drawing a blank. Halloween just isnt a big deal over here, rarely get trick or treater's and usually when you do its a bunch of lads in their mid teens with their hoods pulled over their heads trying to scam a bit of spare change.:rolleyes:

Regardless of what I end up doing this halloween, this time of year is always my favouirte time. Already started slowly building up the amount of movies I make time for during the week and digging out crates of dvd's that 'need' watching over the next few months. :cool:


Listening to fortunato's podcast right now too, good stuff.

I listened to one of Jordan's podcast yesterday at work....very good...very "NEW" sounding ;)

This is the first year in a long time that we aren't having a party.....but we still will have fun.

watching movies....listening to Halloween tunes....nice time of year.

although I'm not looking forward to winter.....hate that shit

Horror, 19-20 of 24 hours a day. Same as the rest of the year, really.

Hey everybody, thanks for digging the podcast! I'll have another episode up in a week or two.

I'm onto horror movies only this month, as always. Probably going to watch something tonight and enjoy a seasonal brew or two. Or three.

I always love getting up early on Sundays in October and going to the apple orchard. Might do that tomorrow.

moving house.yipeee.but the difference is i will own this house so i could carve a massive "happy fuckin halloween" with a pentagram on the wall and no real estate agent can give me shit.
as michael myers said though,its pretty much halloween all year round for me anyway.i read horror watch horror,most music i listen to is horror themed,and in this part of the world its hardly celebrated anyway.maybe a few little kids trick or treatin,but ya wont see any of them where im movin

If you're having a party, you might want to order a lot of these:

http://www.doitmyself.org/zombie/images/eyeballs1.jpg

For a few years my brother had been creating a haunted attraction on his yard for Halloween night and had even turned it into a walk through. He hasn't done it in a couple years but finally this year he's doing it again, this time with a zombie apocalypse theme. I'll be helping him build it and then i will be participating in it as a zombie.

I'll also be attending The Headless Horseman Haunted Hayride attraction next Sunday.