Getting the most out of Halloween on a budget
Halloween is almost upon us once again, and the amount of goodies available made me wonder- why isn’t Halloween made into even more of an event? Something akin to ‘annual psycho clowns with pick-axes’ day. Think about it- you could have jolly old Satan Claws come and fill your stocking with guts, surround your Halloween tombstone with goodies and rotting carcasses, and then you could all sit down to a pleasant Halloween dinner of roast pumpkin and Gutted Bystander. Really though, it could be turned into more than just simple Trick Or Treating and bobbing for apples, even in these financially erratic times.
Halloween can be a blast for both 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 ghouls and goblins and the like can be fantastic fun for everyone, and supervised Trick-Or-Treating is a great thing for making memories.
But Halloween isn’t limited to the domain of kids, and nor should it be. With all kinds of themed events on in clubs, cinemas etc, there’s lots that the adult Halloweener is able to sink their teeth into (sorry). There’s a great deal of Halloween themed merchandise that make great gifts, such as licensed horror movie memorabilia and other merchandise such as action figures, posters, statues, and of course 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? Gather your friends, some suitably kitsch horror movies (Go for the cheese more than the darker stuff- zombie films, cheap B-movies, Chucky, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and its billion sequels, films you can shout at), Halloween snacks (stock up on kids snacks and themed sweets- there’s nobody saying the grown-ups can’t have some fun too), add some suitably spooky/fun music (I recommend ‘Project 1950′ and ‘American Psycho’ by the Misfits, and anything by the Cramps) and voila, you have the makings of a fun Halloween party in your own home. Okay, that sounds like a pretty normal night in at our place, but I’m sure there are people out there who are actually normal. Somewhere. I suppose. get your place decked out with fake cobwebs and plastic skulls and make an event out of it.
Want a fun evening’s viewing? Check out any of the following horror flicks from the golden age of 80s cheese for some entertainment with your gore:
The Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, An American Werewolf in London, Bad Dreams, Hellraiser, Evil Dead 2, Return of the Living Dead 2, Creepshow, Day of the Dead, Trick or Treat, Re-animator, Scanners, The Burning, Poltergeist, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, A Nightmare on Elm street, Class of Nuke ‘Em High (okay, this is a spoof but it still kicks ass),. 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….. There’s literally thousands of them. Go seek out some fun.
There are so many easy ways to make your Halloween a fun night to remember. Start off with a movie night as suggested above, then maybe go along to a themed party or concert. Preferably costumed. Check your local listings for events in your area, the more ridiculous the better. If all this sounds like a no-brainer, that’s because it really is. With little effort you can change a commercial event into a day you can genuinely enjoy. Don’t think of it as unwanted cost- think of it as a welcome break from normality and a way to celebrate in these hard times. Halloween celebrations shouldn’t be all about handing out sweets to bored kids on your doorstep- it should be enjoyed and relished. I mean, how often can you actually run around caked head to toe in rubber gore during the rest of the year? Actually, don’t answer that.
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