Horror Villains Conference Call

Thanks to Neatorama for the heads up.

Halloween is Coming!

Been battling a cold the last few days, so haven't been very inspired to write. 

For today, I will take a cue from my banner above,

and share what I have been reading, writing, watching, listening to or doing lately.

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Reading:

Currently reading the novelization of Halloween, by Curtis Richards.

Most of the book follows the movie plot, but there are some differences,

and some of them are jarring. I will do a post on how the book differs in the future.

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Writing:

The only writing I have been doing is the blog posts for the Halloween Countdown.

Not sure I will participate in this year's NaNoWriMo.

Busy couple of months ahead and not sure I can fit that in, too.

Are you going to take part?

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Watching:

I have been watching lots of horror films and Halloween specials

Some of the movies I have seen recently include:

Always great and always disturbing.

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A very early slasher film, to me.

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Fun and silly and wonderful.

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Never watched til this year and I loved it!

Fun and funny!

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Been watching this on Syfy and enjoying it.

Love seeing the weird items he comes across.

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Of course, most of my time is spent with AMC's FearFest.

Watched the Friday the 13th and Halloween marathons,

always like watching these, reminds me of when the films

were on TV and you had a sort of shared experience.

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Listening:

Mostly listening to the movies as they play,

but I also have spent some time listening to my huge

Halloween playlist on iTunes.

One version of John Carpenter's classic Halloween theme I enjoy



Love the child's voice-over of the Halloween season poem!
If you love the theme, listen to this version and tell me what you think.

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Doing:

Besides fighting a cold/flu illness this week,

I have been working on some Halloween plastic canvas crafts.

Working a pair of eyeballs that I will post when finished.

Also doing some Jason Voorhees items for a commission.

Woohoo!

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So, what have you been up to?

Friday the 13th Fun

I saw the following video yesterday,

and had to share it, followed by more F13 fun.

Enjoy & Happy Sunday!

by Dave Lowe

of PARA Abnormal

To see the rest of the photos from this

Engagement Photo Shoot, go to

~~~ pleated jeans ~~~

Sexy Versions of Horror Villains

The Crooked Ninja Turtle Gang site did a post about
The Worst "Sexy" Halloween Costumes.

That same day, while browsing a Halloween costume site,

I was shocked to come across one of those

sexy female version costumes of a certain horror movie villain.

Before I get to that costume,

let me post the others I came across,

in descending order of bad taste.

And disclaimer:

Do not get me wrong:

Everyone should wear whatever the hell they want.

I am just posting my opinions here.

You wanna be Sexy Ernest Borgnine, you go for it.

Doesn't mean I have to like it.

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First up, Sexy Jason Voorhees

This one doesn't bother me as much as the others,

mainly because they aren't trying to recreate the actual villain,

instead making a Jason-like costume.

You get who she is portraying, but in a fun way.

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Next, Sexy Freddy Krueger

Now, is the costume provocative? Yes. I don't dispute that.

But she is basically wearing a sexed-up version

of a child murder's outfit.

That doesn't scream "sexy" to me.

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Here is Sexy Chucky

Um, okay.

Chucky is a child's toy possessed by a serial killer.

This makes that sexy?

Nope. This is creepy. In the wrong way.

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Now we come to the one that just threw me.

I actually said "what the fuck?" out loud.

I present, Sexy Michael Myers

Why?

I love that the costume is head to toe,

instead of the mini-skirt workman's uniform we could have gotten.

And I am sure some designer out there had to actually fight for this.

But, it is just... so freaking wrong.

Ugh.

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At least I didn't stumble across any Sexy Leatherface costume.

Those don't exist.... right???

Goddammit.

I give up.

What do you think?

Sexy? Unsexy?

Let me know.

It's Halloween!

Can't believe it is already Halloween!

Enjoy some randomness

to celebrate the big day!

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October goes by too fast!

This quote, from Ray Bradbury in Reader's Digest in 1975, sums it up so well.

Thank you to The Skull & Pumpkin for posting it.

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Party time with a

Halloween Light Show!

Thanks to The Daily What

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Michael Myers does the heavy lifting today,

so Jason is enjoying a coffee break.

coffee break Jason by Le Capitan Tanaka

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Speaking of Mr. Myers,

The Night He Came Home

by Dan Mumford

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Here is a quote I love from Halloween,

which I made with yarn on plastic canvas:

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My daughter wrote this in anticipation of Halloween:

"Every night, the old teddy bear in the back of your bedroom closet wakes up and comes forward. He pushes the closed closet door open just a crack and watches you sleep for the entire night. When you wake up suddenly in the middle of the night, for reasons unknown, it's because you felt his blank marble eyes on you. His only movements are his slow, slight, stitched-on grin and his soft, plush grip tightening minutely on the edge of the door as he watches you. All night. Every night. He just wants to be with you again. 

Happy almost Halloween."

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Anyway, enough dilly-dallying!

Get out there and enjoy the day!

Tricked Out Halloween Treats

When I was a kid, my mom was into cake decorating.

She made some amazing cakes and had a few of the Wilton Cake books.

We'd go through them, cover to cover, admiring the amazing works of art

made using cake and frosting with a few plastic decorations.

This is from one of the books she had, which I read often.

Thanks to Neato Coolville for posting this.

Go there for more on Wilton cakes!

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Here are ten cakes I found that I think are amazing!

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via F... Yeah, Halloween Things

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 via Handfulofrubies on Flickr

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via Pictures of Birthday Cakes

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via The Contaminated

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 via Halloween Forum . com

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 via Your Happy Baker

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via River Front Times 

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via Edible Crafts

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 via Fitness For The Rest Of Us

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via Free Press Release

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Hope you have enjoyed these!

Now I am hungry! LOL

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Want more?

Just do a Google search, there are tons of awesome

Halloween and Horror cakes out there!

If any of these links are wrong,

just email or comment and I will correct it.

13 Friday the 13th Victims I Would Have Saved!

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Other blogs have done this over the years, but I haven't... until now!

I am going to pick a victim from each of the Friday the 13th films

that I would have liked to have lived to see the sun rise over Crystal Lake.

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Friday the 13th (1980)

Marcie (Jeannine Taylor)

Marcie was just cute and fun -

and did a pretty good Kate Hepburn impression -

and it was such a sad loss to see her

meet her end via Mrs. Voorhees' big axe!

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Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Tie for this one:

Alice Hardy (Adrienne King)

I would have loved for Alice to have survived.

Why bring her back for this sequel just to off her in the opening?

Would have been great to get an F13 20 years later film, like Halloween H20,

where Alice returns years later to face down her demons.

&

Crazy Ralph (Walt Gorney)

Alas, poor Crazy Ralph, ye went too fast!

We only get him in the first two flicks, and that is not nearly enough.

Would have loved for Ralph to have been a recurring character for years.

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Friday the 13th Part III (1982)

Andy (Jeffrey Rogers)

Look out, Andy!

I chose him because I thought he was fun and free-spirited.

And he was a good friend to Shelly,

who sometimes really did not deserve it.

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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

Rob Dier (Erich Anderson)

Rob was a good guy!

He was at Crystal Lake to avenge his sister's murder.

She was Sandra, who was killed in Part 2.

Rob was resourceful and was kind to Tommy.

And he worried for Trish's safety

AS he was being killed by Jason.

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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

George (Vernon Washington)

He was Reggie's kind grandfather, the man

who was raising the young boy when no one else would.

He didn't deserve to die at the hand's of a Jason impostor.

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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives! (1986)

Cort (Tom Fridley)

Cort was just wicked cool to me back in '86.

He was confident and fun and the kind of teenager I wanted to be.

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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Maddy (Diana Barrows)

Poor Maddy.

She overcame her self-image issues and gave herself a 

makeover, determined to change her luck with the dudes.

Unfortunately, she chose the night she was to run into Jason.

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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Colleen Van Deusen (Barbara Bingham)

All this good-hearted teacher wanted to do was help

her students have a good time on their graduation cruise,

and to maybe help Rennie overcome her problems.

When she needs help out of the police car about to explode?

Yeah, no one helps.

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Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Vicki (Allison Smith)

Vicki was a good friend, trying to clean up Diana's murder scene

before her friend Jessica walked in to see it.

She also watched over Jessica's baby for her, and when

"Jason" descended on the diner, Vicki stepped up and did her

damnedest to stop him, only to be killed in the process.

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Jason X (2001)

Janessa (Melyssa Ade)

Janessa was the wise-ass, smart-aleck, not-quite-bad

yet not-quite-good girl from the future.

And it really sucked when we lost her.

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Freddy vs Jason (2003)

Charlie Linderman (Chris Marquette)

Linderman was the nerdy kid who had trouble talking to girls.

But just when he started to find his self-confidence and

make some small progress with Kia, he ends up in the middle

of a war between Freddy and Jason!

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Friday the 13th (2009)

Jenna (Danielle Panabaker)

You know what they say, if it wasn't for bad luck,

Jenna wouldn't have had any luck!

First off, her boyfriend is Trent. Ugh.

Second, she goes off with Clay to help him find his sister

and what does she get in return?

Skewered by Jason!

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Let me know in the comments if you agree or have different choices!