Just posting a quick one today to say Happy Halloween everyone! Whether you’re taking your kids out trick or treating, staying at home to watch some scary movies, heading out to a Halloween party with friends, or stuck at home handing out the candy, I hope you all have a fantastic Halloween and a very safe but spooky night 🙂
Since Halloween has unfortunately fallen on a Monday this year, I did all my big celebrating with friends over the weekend on Saturday. And yes, if you’re wondering, it was costume mandatory. I myself decided to go with the very simple DIY costume of a vanilla ice cream cone. Tan pants, a white top with totally realistic construction paper cut out sprinkles taped on, and with a homemade cherry headband to bring it all together, I’d say the vision was definitely there.
To top the night off, we settled on “watching” the sci-fi horror classic, The Thing (1982). I say “watching” because while everyone else actually watched, I pretty much just hid behind two pillows and watched maybe a total of 5% of the film. It was, uh, a little too graphic and gory for me 😉 I’m debating on writing a (not so full, 5%) review on the film because despite barely seeing what happened, I followed along with the plot and do have some interesting thoughts that might be fun to share. So look forward for that!

But today on the actual Halloween holiday, I’ll be doing my best to stay festive too. I’ve got a nice night lined up – carving some pumpkins and watching some totally acceptable but not so scary Halloween movies 🙂 (if you’re interested I made a scaredy cat friendly list here!). What will you be doing tonight on this holiday, or did you already celebrate on the weekend like I did? Would love to hear in the comments below how you’ll be celebrating Halloween tonight and hey, any costumes you want to share? And if you’re spending the night watching some movies, I’d love to hear what you’re checking out!
Looking forward to that review of The Thing, Cathy (that is, once you have sufficiently recovered…🙂). Tonight the door gets propped open as the trick or treaters descend on the neighborhood once again. A busy, fun time for all. Happy Halloween!🎃
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Happy Halloween Bruce! 👻 Hope you have a great night full of trick or treaters 😊
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Happy Halloween! 👻🕸️🎃🌕👽🍭
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Happy Halloween Cindy! 👻🍬🎃
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Happy Halloween and The Thing is one of the greatest horror movies ever and its practicle effects are so well done they hold up to this day. As for what I plan on doing is going trick or treating with my GF and her daughter and then maybe watching The Exorcist or Werewolf by Midnight depending on the timing.
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Happy Halloween! The Thing was definitely too graphic for me but I do appreciate what it’s done for the horror genre and practical effects all together 🙂
Sounds like a great way to spend Halloween though! Hope you have a great evening 👻🎃👻
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The Thing is a great choice, very frightening, and one of John Carpenter’s best. I look forward to your upcoming review! I”m staying home with my roommate, and we plan on watching the classic monster horror movies on turner classic movies. Have a safe and happy Halloween!
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Sounds like a great way to spend the night! Hope you have lots of fun 😀 Happy Halloween to you too!!
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