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Tonight I’m in the mood to discuss scary movies. The first is “Psycho”, which I’ve posted about several times before, and it remains my favorite movie. I don’t know if any of you have heard about this, but a man named Rob Galluzzo is ambitiously putting together his own documentary called “The Psycho Legacy”, in which he is interviewing cast and crew from the entire franchise. I love it when people just decide to go for something full force. This is a completely independent project, he didn’t wait around to get help from a studio. He’s been posting news and clips for awhile now on his MySpace page. It’s great to see a work in progress as it comes to life. Here’s a brief tour of the Bates Motel: Also, “Psycho IV” is finally coming to DVD for the first time in the U.S.! It’s part of a triple pack with “Psycho II” and “Psycho III.” As expected, they completely skimped on the bonus features. I hope someday the “Psycho” movies are released in a boxed set that does them justice. But this is a step in the right direction. Next up is the “Halloween” remake. Whenever I hear about a remake, I just naturally roll my eyes and have my doubts. I hate to be that way, but come on… You know what I’m talking about. In any case, Rob Zombie is the director and this version is both a remake and a prequel. It’s supposed to delve deeper into Michael’s troubled childhood and focus on how he grew to become the monster he was. It sounds like a lot of work was put into this production, so I’m staying optimistic. The impact of the original “Halloween” is something that can’t be overstated enough. It launched the whole 80’s horror film craze with masked serial killers and monster flicks. It’s pretty amazing if you think about it. We’ll see what this remake brings to the table. Here’s the trailer:
Well, another weekend has come and gone. It’s really been a good one, but I’m sad to see Halloween just two days away. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and once again it feels like time has slipped past me. To make up for it, Rodney and I have been watching a lot of horror films/thrillers to get in the Halloween spirit. We love scary movies. Features included Hide and Seek, Halloween H20, Dexter, 100 Scariest Moments (something like that), Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man, and surely there are some others that I’ve left out. All of this murder and mayhem inspired some pretty vivid nightmares for me last night. As I’ve noted in some of my previous posts, my dreams can be pretty gruesome. I don’t recall much of it, but last night I had some dream about the killer from the Saw movies. He was trying to kill me, but I ended up killing him. That’s the cool thing about my nightmares– I’m never the victim. If I were in a horror film, I really think I’d be the survivor. I’m sure the film fest will conclude with Halloween and Psycho. Halloween the movie is a yearly ritual for both Rodney and me. As for Psycho, that’s my favorite, and Rodney saw it for the first time last Halloween. He’s now a huge fan and agreed that Psycho will be our true Halloween tradition. I also carved a pumpkin tonight, another one of our traditions. Rodney likes to sit with me and sometimes the kids (i.e. dog and cats) join in too. After that, I baked the pumpkin seeds and seasoned them with garlic, butter, salt and pepper. The whole thing made Rodney gag, but they are really good and very crunchy. We also made caramel apples, rolled in peanut butter cookie crumbs and two types of chocolate. That doesn’t even include all the candy we’ve been eating. I hope there will be some left for the trick-or-treaters! That’s been my weekend. I know, probably not very interesting to other people, but it’s been fun for us.
Do you believe in ghosts? I do. I’m a person who believes there are things in this world that cannot be explained with science. I do believe in an afterlife, although I don’t have any strong or solid opinions about exactly what happens. One thing that is commonly reported is a feeling of coldness when a ghost is near. I had never experienced this until a few months ago. I was walking Petey down the sidewalk of our street. There is a vacant lot at the very end of the sidewalk. We usually walk from our house to that lot, then turn around and come back. It was nighttime, and the air was hot and muggy. I was right at the vacant lot and walked through a certain spot on the sidewalk that felt ice cold. I kept walking and the air was hot again. I thought this was odd, so I turned around and walked through again. In one spot, everything felt cold. I tried going back and forth, and it was hot on each side. But in this one spot, it was consistently cold. I looked around for some sort of air flow, but there was nothing there to cause the coldness. It was the weirdest thing. I immediately wondered if there was a ghost there, but didn’t really know what else to do. Rodney was asleep, and I didn’t feel like waking him to have him come down and see if he felt it. So I just went home. I recently had this conversation with my friend Rey, who used to be a ghost hunter. He thinks it sounds possible that there was a ghost there. I’ve never felt the coldness again though. I guess I’m 70% certain about it. There just isn’t a lot to go on. I would be curious to know what the history of the land is. The neighborhood is very new, and most of the houses were just built in the last 2 years. I would like to find out what happened on the land before the neighborhood. Was the road always there? Was there an accident of some sort? It’s worth noting that Murfreesboro, TN is considered to be very haunted. During the Battle of Stones River, over 23,000 people died there. It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. I once wondered if they had died on the land where we live. But after doing some research, I found that the battle took place on a different side of town. Anyway, that’s my ghostly experience. Not too amazing, but it has made me wonder about what lurks on the land.
This is the best Halloween costume ever. Okay, not really, but it made me laugh out loud. This guy deserves an award for agreeing to pose for this photoshoot. If you want to see a man dressed as the devil with a buttplug tail, check it out after the jump.
This story is from October, 2005, when our dog Petey was still a baby. Before he was trained, we often had to take him outside in the middle of the night. Our back patio is fenced, so we just let him go out there and do his business. We live right off an intersection, with only a hill of grass in between our fence and the street. It was about 3 a.m. (the Devil’s hour, if you didn’t know) and I didn’t bother turning on the porch light. It was dark, and the moon cast an eerie glow over us. I stood outside while Petey sniffed out a spot. I looked up and this very unusual figure was walking down along the hill. As he passed under a streetlight, I realized how disfigured and scary he looked. He also had a very strange walk. As he got closer, he looked more and more like a monster. He seemed to walk faster and faster. I became increasingly nervous. I didn’t want him to see me. It would only take a few seconds to run down the hill and jump the fence. I was praying that Petey wouldn’t make a sound. Petey finished his business and I quickly scooped him up and slipped inside the sliding glass door. I double locked it and closed the blinds. Safe at last. In daylight, this whole story would be different. But when it’s late at night, and we’re alone…vulnerability creeps up on us. I guess I’ll never know what this thing was doing outside the house. But it scares me to imagine.
A lot of people have been posting some really great Halloween content on their blogs. I love the stories of people’s own life experiences with the supernatural. I also love the funny Halloween pics. Have you seen this one from Purple Twinkie’s blog? It features dogs dressed up in Halloween costumes. I have to note Kirk’s blog, My So Called Strife. This place is Halloween Central! All month long, Kirk has been posting spooky stories from his childhood, vintage Halloween photos, Halloween humor, TV schedules for horror movies, and more. If you haven’t been there, check it out. There are so many great Halloween posts to read. Happy Haunting everyone!
Although the actual 25th anniversary of the “Friday the 13th” series was this past summer, the celebration of it has been reserved for the Halloween season. Cast and crew from all 11 of the installments in the horror series gathered at Universal Studios to celebrate. Sounds like fun. I love the “Friday the 13th” movies. They have no plot, bad acting, and all that stuff, but they are classics in the history of American horror cinema. Now there is a new book called “Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th” to celebrate the anniversary. The book also covers all the deaths of Jason’s victims over the years. The most memorable one to me was in “Jason Goes to Hell” when that couple was having sex in the woods, the girl was on top and Jason split her in half. That was gory & disturbing, though clever. To top it all off, apparently there is a Freddy vs. Jason vs. Michael Myers movie being worked on. Wow.
One of them was all about the ghosts of Savannah, GA. I really do believe Savannah is haunted. I know that a lot of ghost-sightings are just the imagination, but I do believe there are forces above and beyond what humans can understand. This is my own experience with a ghost in Savannah. I know I could be very skeptical and analyze the situation, and conclude that it was just my imagination. But it’s fun to think I did see a ghost, and it’s Halloween season! So here goes… Background on Savannah If you’ve never been there, I highly recommend it. Savannah is the most beautiful city I have ever been to and we hope to retire there. It is filled with history, Southern charm, art, old houses, and I love the moss hanging on the trees (But don’t touch it! It’s illegal and has bugs in it that get under your skin.). I forgot how the history goes, but once there was a deadly plague that spread in the city. Everyone was getting sick and dying. There just wasn’t a way to accomodate all the bodies, plus nobody wanted to touch them for fear of getting sick. So hundreds of dead bodies were disposed of in the underground tunnels of the city. They were stacked up throughout. Over time, many of the bodies have been removed. But to this day, some bodies still remain hidden. Sometimes when there is a new construction project, the bones will be discovered. It is believed that the spirits remained in Savannah, angry because of the awful way their bodies were treated. Because these bodies were spread throughout the city, you could literally be walking over a body anywhere in the historic district. And anywhere you go could be haunted. My Experience with a Ghost For a good time, you can take a ride in a hearse through the haunted areas of Savannah at night. The hearse you ride in has actually been used to transport dead bodies. So there is a creepy feeling as soon as you get in. Rodney and I went to Savannah with my parents last year, and we decided to take the tour. We drove by all kinds of haunted areas, and the guide told the stories behind them. We got to an old cemetary, where there have been many ghost sightings. Naturally the tour had a couple of surprises that were supposed to be scary. But they were actually pretty predictable and not scary at all. While we were riding through, I saw this one building with a light shining. I saw the form of a person standing in the light, and thought for sure the person was going to run up and try to scare us. But the person didn’t move. We continued down the cemetary and I stared at the figure. Nobody else noticed it and nothing was said. I kept waiting, expecting something to happen. As I stared at the figure, it just disappeared. It was really weird. Nothing like in the movies when the figure fades out. The figure just sort of blended into the darkness and was gone. He hadn’t moved, he was just gone. So that was my experience. I do believe it was a ghost, because I’ve never seen something like this. The person didn’t have a shadow when he was standing in the light, and I doubt it was some high-tech special effect. Remember, this was just some cheesy hearse tour. All the scares consisted of somebody jumping out at the car or hiding in the backseat. Why would they take the time to make sure one person noticed a figure disappearing from a light? If you ever go to Savannah, you’ll love every minute of it. Just know that the dead are with you.
October is finally here. I love Halloween, it’s my favorite holiday. I love the peanut butter taffy that only comes out once a year, wrapped in orange and black wrappers. I love the hours of documentaries about haunted homes and ghostly cities that play on cable networks. I love the monster marathons and stupid horror flicks. Here are my top 5 favorite scary movies. I don’t claim to be a film critic, and I’m sure someone could easily argue that some films are better than others based on dialogue, special fx, etc. But when it comes to my personal preferences, these win every year:
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