Halloween Post: Ghostface Mask

Ghostface is the main antagonist in the Scream franchise.  I have always wanted to get this mask.  The mask is made of thick rubber.  It was $7.99 at Walmart last October.

Halloween Post: Haunted House

Halloween Post: Bat Decoration

This is re post from an earlier enrty, A special Treat, no tricks.

Halloween Post: Monster Masks

These three monster masks used to go in one of the windows on Halloween with a strobe light illuminating them,  The black one is a "Lunar Lynx" from Be Something Studios, The brown one is a "Brown Werewolf" from Topstone, and the blue on is a "Carlisle Rainbow edition"  from Don Post.

Halloween Post: Old Records

Featured on the Mr.Ghost Facebook page and My Tumblr blog.

Halloween Post: Old Skeleton Decoration

I remember this from my youth.  I have no idea when it was first made, but I bought this in 1996

Halloween Post : Bride of The Universal Monster Pepsi cardbacks

The Bride of Frankenstien from 1991 Pepsi and Universal Monsters

Halloween Post : Pepsi and Universal Monsters

In 1991,  Pespsi products and Doritos featured the Universal Monsters.   1992 featured party versions. Retroist has an article.

Halloween Post : The Original Monster Mash (UK version)

The Original Monster Mash by Bobby " Boris" Pickett from London Records
Simulated Stereo (1973)

As far and wide as the internet is, I cannot find any good information on this LP.  As far as I can tell, it is a UK release from 1973.  I wonder if my readers can send any info/corrections.  But enough of that, here is the track listing:

side A

1. The Monster Mash
2. Graveyard Shift
3. Blood Bank Blues
4. Rabian- The Fiendage Idol
5. Monster's Holiday
6. Monster Minuet

side B

1. Transylvania Twist
2. Sinister Stomp
3. Me and My Mummy
4. Monster Mash Party
5. Bela's Bash  *
6. Let's Fly Away

(* #5 spelled as Bella's Bash)

Countdown to Halloween 2011

What a blast I had last year, (I probably already typed that). So Countdown to Halloween 2011 is coming up, want to join?   I had several favorite blogs added to my reading list.  A note to some of  the bloggers as to why  these blogs are  being listed as Not Safe For Work is that they may contain objectionable material such as Violence, Gore, Strong Language, and  Nudity.   I am not trying to insult the creative people behind these sites, its just that some of my readers may be offended and  have to proceed at their own risk.  If you would like to join in the countdown, go to Countdown to Halloween

Now onto last years 80 plus favorites:  (* denotes already favorite reading list before 2010)

• Alien Spouse
• All Eyes and Ears
• and everything else too
• Anime HELL
• Apetoes
• Arbogast on Film (NSFW)
• Armagideon Time
• Art by Bubba Shelby
• blackwood
• Blog of Frankenstien!*
• Branded in the 80's*
• Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!
• Caffeinated Joe
• Castle Monster (NSFW)
• Cavalcade of Awesome
• Celtic Pumpkin
• Cinema Du Meep (NSFW)
• Cinema Suicide
• Creepy Cupcakes
• Dartman's World of Wonder
• DAVE LOWE DESIGN: The Blog*
• Diversions of the Groovy Kind
• Doo Wacka Doodles
• Dracula's Crypt of Collectibles*
• Family-Friendly Halloween Movie Countdown
• Fantasy Ink
• Frog on the Pumpkin
• GEEKTARDED
• Go-Go Godzilla!*
• Gothic Tea Society
• Halloween Holler
• Halloween Specials.net*
• Haunt Style
• Highbury Cemetery
• Horror Host Graveyard*
• It's a Southern Thing!
• Jaclyn Di Ann (Crumpits & Creepies)
• John Rozum.com
• Jon's Random Acts of Geekery*
• Langes Fadchen, Faules Madchen
• Magic Carpet Burn*

Halloween Post: Link Believes His Pumpkin Patch is the Sincerest

Halloween Post: A special presentation

{For those of you with epilepsy or risk of seizures. If these lights bother you, please do not view}

This is the video I wanted to post for a long time, A replica of my dad's blinking pumpkin set-up.

My brother noted this was the correct set as he could remember it. ( Minus the porcelain cat or porcelain Jack-O-Lantern).

Halloween Post: Part 2

This is the full sleeve of the 1979 remake of Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of The Haunted House.

This time the record is more serious featuring a dungeon and an encounter with who we presume to be Jack The Ripper. There is no narration on this LP and the tracks fade from one to the next. The monster sound in the track "The Haunted House" sounds like the monster from "The Haunted Castle" with Vincent Price. Most think this follow up is inferior, though I am not one of them. I manipulated the image to add a jaw to the skeleton and brightened the lightning .

If anyone knows if I would get in trouble from posting a track from the two records on this blog, I would like to know.

Halloween Post: Never to return....

This is a special post. Chilling, Thrilling Sounds Of The Haunted House was released by Disneyland records in 1964 and re-released in a different sleeve in the 1970's. Many bloggers have posted this before. Most people have probably heard sounds from this record at on time or another from the catfight sounds to the howling shriek taken from the classic "Lonesome Ghosts". Some claim to be too timid to sit through the opening track "The Haunted House" with it's thunder and screams. This presentation is a manipulation of the cover I edited with photo software to make the lightning glow and window shine.

Halloween Post: Halloween cartoons

I'm going to post my list of favorite Halloween or Halloween themed cartoons.

while waiting for technical issues to be resolved.

(comments)

*It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

( I got a rock)

* Garfield's Halloween

*Lonesome Ghosts

(I know you.. you're a ghost)

*Trick-Or-Treat

(Donald Duck tries to put one over on his nephews)

*The Flying Sorceress

(Tom & Jerry: Tom is tired of being yelled at, so he becomes a witch's new cat)

*Fright to the Finish

(Bluto tries to scare Popeye & Olive Oyl)

*Witch's Night Out

(Just saw this one in 2007)

*Halloween is Grinch Night

*The Skeleton Dance

*The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

(from the "Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad")

*Transylvania 65000

(Bugs Bunny meets a vampire at a castle)

There are some other wonderful blogs listed on The Countdown to Halloween

so join me and other blogs and sites.

These folowing links I found through the countdown from 2009:

Halloween Specials

The Ghosts of Halloween Past

Those sites cover the cartoons and specials better than I could at this hour.

And from 2010:

Family Friendly Halloween Movie Countdown

A place where you can review movies and specials that are good for the younger children who might be scared of some spookier entertainment

so go give those sites a visit

Halloween Post: Not Retro, but Still Fun

In continuation of a mini Dracula theme, this next exhibit is a retro style face mask that I bought from Walgreens in 2005. The other styles were
*pumpkin
*witch
*skull
*Frankenstein's monster
*I think there also was a devil mask.
Though these masks are foam instead of PVC.
I also repainted this mask to my liking.

Halloween Post: Enter freely of your own will!

This exhibit is an American Greetings Count Dracula door poster from the mid 1980's. It appears to have been originally done in oil pastel.  It is large enough to fit on a door, but it is difficult to properly photograph. This poster used to greet trick-or-treaters for about 5 or 6 seasons. I had to do restoration on a small section near the cape.
I have found out it was painted by artist Pete Hawley in a newer post

Halloween Post: Ghouls Like to Rock, Zombies Like to Roll

I'm going to begin with a list of my favorite October/Halloween songs from over the years. I bet my readers have some they would like to share.
* "asterisk" denotes that I've heard it on Dr. Demento (I miss that show)




"Dinner With Drac part 1" - Zacherley

"Blood Bank Blues" - Bobby "Boris" Pickett

"Sisiter Stomp" - Bobby "Boris" Pickett

"Man With The Weird Beard" - Arthur Godfrey *
(When I heard this back in'95 I was all WTF?)

"I Want My Baby Back" - Jimmy Cross*
(most people are put off by this teen tragedy spoof)

"Haunted House" - Ray Noble & His New Mayfair Orchestra

"Haunted House"- Jumpin' Gene Simmons
(Not Gene Simmons from KISS, This one was a country singer ;) )


"It Was A Monster's Holiday"- Buck Owens*
(Good Buddy you may get me, but brother lemme tell ya yer gonna
hafta catch me first)

"Headless Horseman" - Kay Starr
(this was a remake of the Bing Crosby version from " The Adventures of
Ichabod And Mr. Toad" [1949])

"Tammy" - Spike Jones (featuring Paul Frees)

"Monster Mash Party" - Bobby "Boris" Pickett

"Bella's Bash" - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
(I like how Bela is Misspelled as Bella, so the bash must be

for a beautiful woman :) )

"My Old Flame" Spike Jones (featuring Paul Frees)*

That's all I can think of.

Art Gallery: Hurrah for the next who dies

This is a heavily corrected picture that I hastily drew from a picture of "Bram Stoker's Dracula" in Starlog magazine. I originally intended to present this as a part of my November 13th post commemorating the release of the movie in 1992 :
http://mrfenwrightsmuseum.blogspot.com/2009/11/dracula-complete-vampire.html

And I almost forgot this was a homemade blacklight poster. I colored the background and Dracula's eyes with flourescent colored pencils, and with a blacklight on, it was an interesting effect.

Halloween Post: A special Treat (No tricks)

Good evening, I have a special exhibition for this October night. There are some things that remind us of our youth and bring back memories of Halloween's long past. A certain magic was in the air on that autumn evening, and every time I see these next presentations, Those nights out in the cold come back to me. These were used as a window display along with the previous posts, Blow mold decorations and "Disco Witch".

Now this first piece is called "Jack O' Lantern Goblin" made by Beistle in the 1970's and was reissued this decade as a blacklight version. (This will be the blacklight version) In the 1980's it was reimagined as a pumpkin goblin with a witch hat. There was a series of goblins that were issued including, Witch Goblin,  Skeleton Goblin, and Jack O' Lantern  Goblin.

(some of you may recognize this decoration from "Halloween 3")

Jack O' Lantern Goblin 1976

This next decoration is a Large Bat that is about 30" inches across and glows well under a blacklight. It is unknown which company issued this bat.

And now I will present my pumpkin mask from Hallmark stores, it was released as a series of masks in about 1984. The masks were : Vampire, Vampiress, Pumpkin, and Skull.

I have repainted this mask to be blacklight reactive, as the original paint was not in good shape.

Hallmark Cards Pumpkin mask 1984