Another Glowing Halloween

Finally, the big day arrives!

Sis and I spent half of the holiday seeing horror movies.  I also watched on TV some of the Travel Channel’s “13 Most Terrifying Places in America” and the “Halloween” series on AMC Fear Fest.  Besides that, I listened to the radio.  I heard “Ghostbusters”, “Thriller”, and “Monster Mash”.  Unfortunately, there wasn’t a lot of Halloween music on.

While doing these activities, I stuffed myself with a variety of treats such as pumpkin seeds, popcorn, candy bars, chocolate pudding, and butterscotch pudding.

Before the night was through, Bro turned the jack o’ lanterns to face the open shutters of the window.  He kept them there from 11 pm until 3 am, to keep away evil spirits.

In retrospect, it was probably a good choice to show the last films right on Hell Night and Halloween, even though it made it difficult to blog.  At any rate, it certainly gave us something to do. 

My only regret was that I didn’t find the “Fear Finder”, a haunted attraction newspaper.  However, since we never seem to go to a haunted house anyway (because there are none in the area), it doesn’t really matter.  Too bad…it would be nice to experience one of those places.

Other than that, I had a great Halloween season.  I hope you had a wonderful time too.  Until next time, take care and have a fantastic 9 months!

Thirst: Movie Review

For Halloween, I’m reviewing “Thirst”.  A vampire cult wishing to unite two great families kidnaps a woman who’s the descendant of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory.

This movie’s bloody for sure!  It’s also very original.  David Hemmings stands out as compassionate Dr. Fraser, who has his own villainous way of conditioning Kate.  Though they never say, I’m guessing that the other’s family’s bloodline dates back to Vlad the Impaler.

Unfortunately, half of the tape was messed up, so I couldn’t enjoy the ending.  Thank goodness I’ve seen it before.

Based on my previous screenings, I give it a big thumb up.

Hell Night Double Feature

We decided to see two movies, since it was Hell Night, or Devil’s Night.  One was “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” and the other was, of course, “Hell Night”. 

A priest is prosecuted for telling an alleged possessed girl that she should discontinue her medication in “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”.

This thriller-drama is fascinating.  As a true story it’s also very creepy.  You never know whether the girl was really possessed (although I think she was).  Furthermore, I found it interesting to watch the growth of the priest’s lawyer during the trial.

In “Hell Night”, four pledges must spend a night at infamous Garth Manor.

This monster film is one of my favorites, one that I haven’t seen for a year.  Surprisingly, it still has the power to shock me.  Besides that, they seemed to spend some time on character development, so you actually care what happens to these people.

Anyways, we survived Hell Night.