Franky's Monster is a pretty good representation of today's Halloween. Grotesque on the outside and yet inside, just an ordinary person.

But I think I have to go with the Wolfman.

Well, yes and no. Love it when Christians write these "history" things. The pagan holiday was NOT called "All Hallows Eve" as that was a Christian holiday. It was called Samhain, the "time between times" when the veil between this world and the spirit world grew thin and spirits could enter our world. Treats were left for them out of respect- not fear.

I remember a Christian man coming into my school about ten years ago and telling the Christian story.

They stole a lot of Pagan holidays. Yule, for instance! I mean, there's very little evidence to suggest Jesus was born on the 25th, let alone in December. There were only ten months a the time of his birth anyway!

It d be a monster which epitomises Halloween. A creature/monster with whom you can relate the occasion.

Some solid choices so far.


Spoken like a true Hammer fan! :D

Hmmm. When you put it like that it'd have to be witches. Really cheesy, pointy hats, green skin and warts witches.

But witches are not monsters. They are just black hoochie poochie poo thingies!

Give me until Tuesday so I can see Sam in action before making my final decision.

But as of now, The Wolfman.

For me, it has to be vampires.

October- 31 Days of Hallowe'en
 

It seems we always have an "All Things Hallowe'en" thread each year, so this can be it.

Post videos, links, thoughts, season plans, recipes, etc. to help further the mood and spirit of the season.

I'll start:

Thanks, now, for some reason the Silver Shamrock song is stuck in my head.

Gotta say either Frankensteins monster or the Mummy

I think I'm gonna make a pumpkin in 3D design class as practice today.

It's probably been done before, but a couple of years ago I made a 12 days of Halloween,but we could change it to 31 days. I had the lyrics written down but lost them over the years. We could make one of our own?

I normally hang out with my friends,we normally play DDR(Dance Dance Revolution), watch horror movies...of course, and hang out in town... (barns n noble,walmart... etc....while dressed up) :) hopefully going to go to some haunted houses this year.

Some videos, the first 2 are by Michael Dougherty (Trick 'R Treat)





And an old Halloween cartoon.

Hmmmm. Depends on how you see them. They may not be large, lumbering things, but as a child they scare you and they're probably the most halloween-y creatures, aside from ghosts I suppose.

Oh man, I love the old Skeleton Dance cartoon.

another great Disney one.

I believe it was Rod who originally posted this, but it bears repeating every year:

All this talk of skeletons reminded me of these telefrancais videos we had to watch in French Class in grade school with puppet skeletons, a creepy puppet named Natalie and a pinapple name l'anana (pinapple). This is what we do in school in Canada.

one of my creepy kid's poems


Underneath the Bed
(c) 2007

Mother said “it’s time to sleep”
And kissed me on the head,
Story time was over
And the prayers had all been said.
She wishes me sweet dreams
But my heart is filled with dread.
Mother won’t believe
There’s something underneath the bed.

There’s something underneath the bed,
I swear I heard it breathing.
Inside my troubled mind
All sorts of nasty things are seething.
Maybe it’s a blob
That absorbs its victims whole.
Maybe it’s a succubus
Who’s come to eat my soul.
Terrified to close my eyes
For fear I’ll soon be dead.
I lift the sheets – oh no!
There’s something underneath the bed!

“There’s something underneath the bed!”
I screamed into the night.
Into the room my parents flew
And clicked the bedroom light.
“I saw its bloody dripping fangs
And its yellow eyes!”
My father said “Son cut it out,
Stop telling awful lies.
I’ll show you there is nothing,
Not one thing for you to fear.”
And dropping to his knees,
Into the darkness he did peer.

But the darkness looked right back at him,
And yanked him down below.
And screams echoed through the night
As blood began to flow.
The mattress leapt, my mother shrieked,
Outside the house we fled.
“Now do you believe there’s something underneath the bed?”

Wow, Rod. How old is your son?

He means a creepy poem FOR kids...

I laughed so hard when I read that. Sorry, Fortunato.

i guess satan would be the ultimate "monster" that represented halloween in my opinion, but as forr favorite i have to say the mummy. seems like he's always left out....

Haha, no, no. That was really dumb.
I definitely didn't read that carefully.
I even copied it, too. Oy vey...

Ha! That was awesome! I needed a good laugh today.

But my eldest is 12 and he can't be bothered with "poetry" he spends his time writing songs with his band.

I've always felt like THE WOLFMAN myself. The man with a monster inside waiting to claw it's way to the surface.

More writing than most do around here.

Haha, I'm glad my temporary dyslexia can bring a smile to someone's face.

Playing in a band at 12 is pretty awesome, too. I didn't even start playing at all until I was about that age.

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I've been getting my Hallowe'en costume together. This year I'll be going as The Log Lady from Twin Peaks.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AzT5pruwnb...ogLady1989.jpg

I have everything but the log, which will be the most important part, obviously. Otherwise, I'll just be going as a lady for Hallowe'en...

Sweet costume, I think I'll probably go as one of the Baseball Furies this year. Nobody else wanted to be an angry mob of villagers heh.

Official decision on my Halloween costume issss:

http://www.gameguru.in/images/biosho...e-sister-1.jpg

I'll be following The Return as the Comic version of the Joker, simply because I bought green hair dye a few months ago for that exact reason.

That's awesome, cherret...I mean, ferret...the Joker is an awesome character...

I bought some Halloween cookies for friends on Wednesday. They was jack o'lantern faces! They were dark chocolate cakey cookies, with orange frosting on the inside like oreos, so that the orange brightness "shined" through the holes in the front of the JOL. Very clever effect, and they tasted pretty good as well!

I think I'm going as Patrick Bateman. But I can't find a see-through raincoat anywhere. So I'm not quite sure what to be.

I have a black cat. What then? Am I a witch?

burn the witch!!

I have only heard this story outside of Ireland..

A week or so ago I got a skull glitter globe, a skull vase like thing I put some dead white roses in, and a little bust of Medusa. They're creating appropriate atmosphere around my computer.

Thought this was pretty fun:

Moviegoods.com did a countdown of the 100 best vampire movie posters. There are a lot of great ones:

http://www.moviegoods.com/top_100_vampire/