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You guys cookin any Halloween typa stuff? I just made some beef stew n pumpkin tarts
>>38959547i'm making one of those pumpkin cheeseballs for my party
>>38959547I meant to make some pumpkin pudding today but got lazy. Rest assured I'll be making some beef stew later.
>>38959479Ow My heart>>38959547Mostly fall stuff like hot stews, chowder, and corned beef desu. Any time is a good time for those, though :D
>>38959547>>38959655>>38959756Stew Chads unite
>>38959771Made a nice slow cooked chili, and I'm waiting for some apples to go ripe so I can make a buttery apple crumble. Ashamed to admit I've also been enjoying pumpkin spice in my coffee. That shit's good, what can I say?
>Evil dies tonight!I hope they stop making Halloween movies. The first movie in the new trilogy was good, the second was bad joke and third was meh.
>>38959452>What supposedly haunted or Halloween-connected places do you want to visit?I don't really have any I want to visit, but when I was much younger, I visited a cemetery in my state that was reputed to be haunted. It was the first week of October (perfect timing) and I went with a few of my friends. We were there from sundown until like 2 AM.Long story short, nothing happened until like 12:30, when we started seeing strange small sparkly lights that would float around the cemetery and disappear if one of us got too close to them (maybe 20 feet was the closest we managed to get). They'd disappear and then reappear elsewhere in the cemetery. They were 100% not fireflies -- too late in the year to be fireflies, and a different color (the cemetery lights were a cool white, almost with a blue tint).Anyway they stopped appearing after a while of us trying to approach them, so we decided to leave. Very weird experience.>>38959479Ah yes, the perfect woman.
I wish NECA had sold a pack of backdrops to go with their figures this year.
>>38960367The decision to make Michael some kind of invincible energy vampire that can't be killed and recharges from killing people was so retarded it hurts. The premise is so much scarier when it's just a lunatic in a mask.
>>38960788Agree. I'd like to see what someone like Robert Eggers could do bringing the idea back to basics.
>>38960788Agreed. I like supernatural horror, monster horror, sci-fi horror, etc, but "guy in a mask killing random people for no discernable reason" should be the scariest because it's very realistic.
>creepy pasta is so 00s>now it's all about creeparooshttps://voca.ro/1cfwuvHsIS6V
Buying some pumpkin cookies tomorrow for baking.
Just watched this craphttps://youtu.be/rkbIjuVZ_54?si=7yO1xkJCXl-nn8_kFel like i could've done something else with those 10 minutes, cause holy SHIT, that was the most milquetoast, basic, pathetic and lame attempts at "horror" i've ever seen
I’m planning to make genesis/chiptune covers of Halloween-themed/spooky tunes. I already have a list and some made, but do you have requests? I’ll upload it later this month.
OP forgot to put "/hal/ - Halloween General" in the title. Into the toilet you go, OP.
>>38961965peepee poopoo
Making a jack o lantern headed marionette
>>38962365Cute!
>>38962402Thanks friend! This is the first time I’m using strips of leather for the joints opposed to mortise and tenon or just a rope connecting both halves. The movement is very nice jndeed
>>38961965He's seen some shitHo ho hee hee
>>38962648kek
>>38962365that's really cute in a horrifying sort of way.
>>38961965Goddammit. I forgot to gitgud
I'm doing some writing today - it's my day off. Later on I'm going to carve the pumpkins that I got from a farm stand a week ago or so. Weirdest thing, when I was running errands today I found that the inside of my car smelled vaguely like pumpkin guts? Pretty nasty, and no reason for this to happen. It's such a distinct smell. I have no idea why this would be? Maybe the Autumn Gods are watching me. Or maybe I just have pumpkins on the brain.Also: Does anyone have any good collections of Classical / Instrumental Halloween music? The "Classical Halloween" playlist on spotify can only supply me with so much, and too much if it is based on movie soundtracks. Damn you John Williams...
>>38964139very comfy anon. what kind of writing do you do?
>>38961779That funeral march song. Whatever it’s called
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I found the ol' halloween CSS theme for 4chan X!https://pastebin.com/3xCPAsNaTo activate, first get 4chan X on your browser ( go to https://www.4chan-x.net/ and follow instructions, but seriously how could you not have this already? makes 4chan 1000 times better)When it's all installed, hover your pointer at the top of the screen. the 4chan x bar will drop down. click the wrench icon in the top right. Click the "advanced" tab at the top. Scroll down until you see "Custom CSS", click the checkbox, and paste the contents of pastebin in, save, and voila! Spooky theme whenever you want it!
>>38964139>Or maybe I just have pumpkins on the brain.Bingo - you're just a pumpkin-brained spooooker. The Autumn Gods aren't real, so you definitely aren't a recipient of their fetid fury. Besides, it's not like you've mutilated their orange-skinned acolytes for decades. That would be ridiculous. >>38964868Thanks, anon.
>>38964868Based, thanks anon.If anyone doesn't want the dancing pumpkin skeltal up all the time, just don't copy/paste the last line of the code (line 39).
Anyone dressing up to hand out candy/party?
>>38965748Yup, we always deck out my grandma's yard and everyone gets into costume for the trick or treaters. It's a really populated neighborhood, we usually get a few hundred every year.
>>38965748I'm gonna be a wizard (not that kind) this year, I'm very excited.
>>38965748I'll have my own party but i've got a handful of others to attend. My neighborhood has good attendance so i'll have some sort of costume but i don't know what yet. Some of it depends on the weather, if it's not drizzling at all I'll camp outside and do some kind of gag with a dropper prop or some such.
>>38961390>Billy
>>38960780what do you call this architectural style?
this is really fucking dumb, and i apologise, but there's always so many cool crafty/artfags itts: how do you guys just make things without feeling cringe (for lack of a better word)? i want to make crafts, draw seasonal things, be productive, etc, but every time i try i feel like a fraud, or that the things i imagine and want to put down on paper are cringy, like i'm just pretending. i'm not sure how to describe it. i just want a nice hobby away from the screen. how do you just let rip and create without caving to the invisible, imagined judgement within and without?
>>38966738Just do it, man. That's the first hurdle. There doesn't have to be any pressure.
>>38967060yeh bb
>>38966738Human beings are ultimately just disgusting filthy animals. Every one of your favorite artists have had to sit down, all sweaty and sick, and take a giant nasty shit. We are all frauds by design. You're just being hard on yourself for being new to fakery. These feelings might never go away, unless maybe you become a delusional egomaniac. So you can either embrace your suffering and use it as fuel for genuine creativity, or go mad creating something you can fool yourself into believing in. The path forward lies in either of these directions. You can either walk one, or you camp where you are, never making anything at all. That's your choice, but the fact that you reached out for advice to begin with tells me you know deep down what it is that you want. So do it, while you still can.
>>38966738Just bee yourself
>>38966738>how do you guys just make things without feeling cringeEmbrace the cringe. You may feel cringe for making a piece of art, even if most people who see your work don't think it's cringe. For some artists, this feeling never goes away even if their work ends up being very popular. You might just get over your insecurity eventually.Besides, the point of making any piece of art is to have fun. I don't buy into the "suffering artist" archetype. Any artist who unironically claims to be suffering through the process should throw out their art supplies and get a job working full time at a steel mill if they want to complain about suffering.
>>38966738>this is really fucking dumb, and i apologiseApologizing for something you *haven't* done is rock bottom. It literally doesn't get more cringe than this. Art is your ladder.
Savor the atmosphere.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W1tL-O3sUI
the classic
>>38966738Let go of expectations. Allow what can happen to show up through the process. You’ll be surprised with what does. Takeyour time too, you’ll look at something later and see what you didn’t before. Every other reply is spot on
how do i eat a pumpkin?do i scrub it first? peel it?can i bake it? not super keen on soupy stuff.if i can't finish it in one go, can i fridge it?
>>38971832Pumpkins are friends, not food. Why not go for a more sustainable alternative, like chicken?
>>38971832You're supposed to cut a hole in it, warm it in the oven, then let it cool off a bit so you don't burn yourself...
>>38971832Get a little pie pumpkin, cut it in half, get rid of the guts and seeds (you can roast the seeds if you want), then put butter or olive oil and seasoning all over the inside flesh of the pumpkin, then cook it cut side down on a baking sheet in the oven until a knife goes in easily. It might look burnt on the top at that point but it's okay. You can also stuff one of those pie pumpkins but I don't have a recipe for that.
Slowly adding more shit to my halloween toy shelf, by the end of the month it should be full and I'll pack them up for next year.
Stop being fags and post some good horror movie
>>38972325Five Nights at Freddy
>>38972325Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
>>38972325The Nest, from 1987.Also, check out /hor/ on /tv/.
>>38972230Lookin good>>38972325Last night I watched the OG "The Hitcher" (1986), after not have watched it in like 20 years. Still fucking great. RIP Rutget Hauer.
>>38972230Fun!>>38972325The Last Horror Film (1982) a.k.a. Fanatic
>>38972325>Wind Chill>Spanish version of 1930s Dracula>Freaks>The Ritual>Event Horizon>Basket Case>House on Haunted Hill (original then remake)>Ernest Scared Stupid
thinking of watching this later
>>38973442It's a good one.
what was her fucking problem?
>>38973442>>38973876Halloween 3 has nothing to do with the rest of the series. It's a fun little standalone horror film that I actually enjoyed as a bit of cheesy goodness. It's not as terrible as the Troll series, but don't expect anything high art or even really scary for the most part.
>>38974077autism
>>38974234imagine the kino we could've had if they'd kept up with the standalone film concept
>>38972325Horror-comedy family entertainmentthough i'll admit that i rate it a little higher because the production designer seems to have had decoration tastes that align with my own
>>38974534(me)forgot pic
Enjoy a short little comic featuring Zatanna.
And done.Happy Halloween.
>>38974673thanks, anon
>live in New England>during Covid for the first time in my life I got to spend all of October in rural New Hampshire for a very strong fall>now every year I'm back to being stuck in Boston as usual with shit to doThat one October was the highlight of the last decade of my life and I've been chasing it ever since. NEETchads, appreciate how good you have it
>>38959633>>38960691I hope Heaven is like this
>>38975026>I got to spend all of October in rural New Hampshire for a very strong fallFalls here are very nice, aren't they?
Anyone have more decent large (wallpaper or better) sized Halloween images?
>>38976197/wg/ has a Halloween general that's often a treasure trove
>>38977553I see a merchant
>>38974234Excellent b8.
Halloween 3 is the best movie of the series after the first one. Hell, I actually like it more than the first.
Might rewatch Mad God.
>>38979452Nah, watch From Beyond!
>>38980094>mfw I create a machine that opens doorways to other worlds that turns nerdy chicks into BDSM slutsI'd be having a REALLY good Halloween.
>>38978829Call me Chesterfield because I'd top her and her guests too
>>38980512....I don't know what the fuck you're talking about, but sign me up
>>38959633Hello new background
>>38974077Autism
>>38959452>https://gofile.io/d/6mnXqXThis links to an empty folder.Also, most of the entries preceded by "[YouTube]" aren't links at all.
>>38979452Mad God is a masterpiece but I will probably never want to rewatch it. It's miserable and it's extremely true to life in why it's miserable. The Alchemist's colorful little world is the only reprieve from the bleak, quiet, drawn-out horror.
>>38966704It’s Victorian and gingerbread. Dude was from Germany. Mostly gingerbread. Pretty cool compared to bleak white apartments.
>>38981336yeah it was one of those 'watch it once but won't subject myself to it again' films, like Von Trier's entire oeuvre.
>>38981738>oeuvregreat word mr. etymologist
>>38981747He never mentioned bugs.
>>38965748Based Scary Farm
>leaves are getting very close to peak color>it's gotten cooler the past few nights>owls in the woods near my house hooting every nightSuper comfy. >>38980936From Beyond is an awesome movie.>>38981747>>38981883Lmao
I got recommended this video today by the YouTube algorithm and it made me sad. I'm curious what /hal/ thinks of it. Is Halloween dying? And if so, can it be saved?https://youtu.be/7da7o0ksJ6Q?si=8WCEVJrv9mFMTowC
>>38981819This is absurdly comfy for some reason
>>38982773the prolefeed served me the same the other day but i bailed when i saw that the examples of this were from plebbitit's a complaint from children who have gotten older but have failed to grow up
>>38982773That's actually sadBut it does happen in big cities right?
>>38982773Unfortunately, I think it's true. In the 2000's I loved giving out candy to trick-or-treaters, it was like a two-day thing and would often go on till midnight a lot of times. Trunk or Treat pretty much killed it, and parents don't trust their kids being out and alone on their own. I still think it can be saved though, but I think people are going to have to actually try to organize it now instead of it being an organic thing. Which is a shame since half the fun of trick or treating as a kid was walking around a small town at night seeing your town in a different light at 11pm.
I watched the original TV miniseries of Salem's Lot earlier and enjoyed it very much.
>>38966738Honestly? Just like with any talent or developed skill, right when you start, it's all going to be cringe creations. Keep going, and once you've gotten all of the bady, cringy creations out of you, only the talented creating will be left to come out.
>>38982939>>38982773Helicopter Parents and Satanic Panic killed Halloween. The Satanic Panic was found to be lies drummed up by Christians looking for a cash cow, but people keep spreading the rumors and lies anyway. Here's the Cinema Snob taking on a classic Satanic Panic video trying to ruin Halloween:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJe5W1ccQxA
>>38982773>>38982939Always wigs me out when a large group of people all get the same youtube recommendation. No conspiracy theory to it, just not good how much junk content people all watch. I catch people parroting opinions from shitty video essays all the time. It deserves its own /x/ thread.This one nails it though. Covid, trunk or treat, and the plenty of shitty parents all contribute to the death of another great American tradition. I think the biggest factor though is people not wanting to break from the norm. Especially at night in a silly costume. Do you really want to be the only one out at night bugging people for candy? In a shitty neighborhood?He makes a good point about it too, we need to be the change in the world we want to see. I could write a few long text posts about it all but I'll save you each the blog post. Have kids, give out king size to trick or treaters, and attend your local events.
>>38982773Yes, I even dropped a comment there, so I won't repeat myself. But life is just so much more dangerous and complicated than it used to be. The idea of having children walking out at night on their own to knock on strangers doors sounds surreal to me.Stranger danger, laced candies, pedos and covid killed Halloween. Now it's half-assed themed party for teens and young adults to get drunk, a facade for kids who celebrate an ultra sanitized event at school or their parents' workplace, and yeah, a little lonely ritual for people to watch a spooky movie at night and have a snack.It's funny because the aesthetics, decorations and overall knowledge about the holiday are at a peak somehow, but the actual celebration is gone, it's just an excuse to sell decor and themed junk food.
>>38983045>stranger dangerhow is any child suppose to get properly socialized if they're never allowed to take this risk?>laced candiesonly one recorded incident and it was the parent who did it for an insurance claim, right? I don't think there's ever been an actual happening of drugs being given out either>pedossupposedly, in most states, cops will visit them in person and tell them to BTFO but I doubt this happens anymore>covidare people still worried about this?I feel like all of these could be solved if you just fucking go out with your kids and keep an eye on them. Teach them not to enter anyone's house, check the candy, be a parent. My trunk or treats I volunteer at are hours-long events with kids running around everywhere where all these issues are still present. Just doesn't make sense to me.
>>38983033I do pretty much what he says he does at the end, minis the streaming part. I.e. forcing myself to watch scary movies, play spooky vidya, or go to a corn maze or bake pumpkin cookies or something every single day that I can in October. It helps a lot.
>>38983045>laced candiesI thought it's been common knowledge since the fucking 90s that this is urban legend stuff that happens less frequently than humans getting hit by lightning
>>38983078the thought of getting a bunch of zoomers and gen alphas baked on gummies on Halloween night sounds fucking based and incredibly lulzy
>>38983089No it doesn't, that sounds incredibly retarded. Why the fuck would I waste a ton of money on edibles to give them to a bunch of kids? Why would I not take the edibles myself? What's funny about kids getting high somewhere? I'm not going to be there when they eat it, and why would it amuse me even if I was? Moronic.
>>38983065>>38983065>>pedos>supposedly, in most states, cops will visit them in person and tell them to BTFO but I doubt this happens anymoreIt still happens in my state. The known offenders not in jail are actually pretty heavily monitored. Cops stop by at random sometimes just to remind them to behave. >CovidIt's actually still going on, it's just not being talked about because Americans can't handle the idea of personal restraint and personal responsibility. It's the same kind of things that ruined Halloween. Also current Covid map: https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-currentlevels.html
>>38983067Same. I watched a few spooky videos earlier, checked out a few of the suggestions in the /x/ youtuber thread, and now Im eating a big bowl of clam chowder, huddled in a blanket in the dark while it rains like hell outside like I'm some sort of 19th century lighthouse keeper watching old Disney Halloween cartoons on a laptop. I'm pretty damn cozy and into the holiday spirit this year. Now I'm wondering if there are local things going on I can dip into to capture some of that magic back.
>>38983162Based. Last night my girl and I took a bag of mushroom gummies each and watched the Nightmare Before Christmas and random Halloween cartoons on Disney+ by candlight. Was a great fucking night.
>>38983045Making me nostalgic. I remember when I was a kid in the 90's (Im an oldfag shut the fuck up) when me and several of my friends would go walking through our small midwestern town trick or treating. There was a graveyard in the middle of town that we had to walk by to get to my house, and walking past it at 7pm was okay, but not at midnight. It was amazing seeing people passing out candy, even at midnight. There's just something that's kind of scary, but also fun about walking down a dark street in your hometown that you've never walked down before and getting lost in a place that you've lived most of your life at that point. All for some candy.
>>38983183damn that sounds fun as hell.
>>38983188I'm even older. I remember kids lined up at every house on the street. You kept a 20 foot distance from the house, then waited your turn. Lines of kids covered every yard. On the way home around 11 PM you would pass by houses with parties just getting started. You didn't trick or treat past that time mostly because people would be too drunk or high to hand out candy. Either that or the music would drown out the knocking on the door so nobody would answer. You could look in the windows and see all kinds of wild things getting started. It was awesome.
>>38983000>Helicopter Parents and Satanic PanicFantastic trips, but you're a naive retard. Parents don't want their kids going out alone because of actual abductions that are completely divorced from the satanic panic bullshit of the 80s.
>>38982773lol, can't relate. I get about 200 trick or treaters each year minus 2019 or 2020.
>>38983065>I feel like all of these could be solved if you just fucking go out with your kids and keep an eye on them.I think that's what most people do (I've got two young kids, and the neighborhoods we've lived in during the past few Halloweens were very alive with trick or treating, there was just a lot of parent involvement.)
>>38983439What state?
>>38966738you don't feel cringe, you feel useless and lazy because you lack creativity and motivation to create something and you pass it out as cringe>t.it happens to me very often but i already accepted im an unoriginal fuck who can only copy
>>38983417It's been on a huge downswing for decades. Kids are safer now more than ever but scare tactics started in the 70's and 80's keep up the myth that Halloween is dangerous. >The rate of missing children significantly declined, from 9.2 per1,000 in 1999 to 6.3 per 1,000 in 2013.> Reported missing children—those reported to police for the primary purpose of finding them—significantly decreased, from 6.5 per 1,000 in 1999 to 3.1 per 1,000 in 2013. >Date Published June 2017https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/pubs/250089.pdf
>>38983441In the 2000's that felt like the norm. I remember being out on my porch in a scary costume scaring kids and giving them candy and would often see minivans with like 5-6 kids pull up with a parent or two hitting the block with them. Wasn't uncommon to see cars driving slowly down the streets watching their kids, or cops just patrolling back and forth all evening.
>>38982773Damn bro is really passionate about Halloween. He sounds like he's about to cry :'(Keep that passion anons, that's how you save it.
>>38983415God that's the sort of halloween I want to have. Give out candy and scare some kids till 10pm or something, and then go to a party. Im not interested in music, dancing, and stuff anymore, but i'd love to get a potluck with some friends and watch horror movies all night while drinking. Maybe I should organize that shit next year.
>>38983575>the pedophiles who run the government told me that chidl abductions are declininghell yea
>>38983534Near Phoenix but in suburbia. Neighborhood has been built since the 80's, so it isn't track home bullshit. But not coontown/barrio slums either.
>>38983623Do it! No, really. You could even get a potluck going for this year. Invite some friends over, tell everyone to bring one dish (no chips or pasta salad because those are cop-outs) and that's all it takes. Make sure you have some beer and two main dishes ready just in case nobody brings things. There's 20 days. I'm sure you can do this!I actually do things like this sometimes. It's fun.
We had a similar discussion in last year's /hal/ threads about the death of trick-or-treating.Truth is, most parents today are paranoid and don't want to let their kids go trick-or-treating even while chaperoned. They don't trust anybody. Hell, a lot of people don't even know their neighbors anymore. Damn near everyone goes through their days in their little bubbles, never really socializing IRL with anyone. Any social interaction that doesn't involve a phone screen is anxiety inducing for a lot of these people.Another thing I wonder about -- do kids today even care about Halloween or trick-or-treating? Even more so than their parents, it seems most of today's kids spend their time looking at screens. Social skills are absolutely cratering.I live in a nice, very low crime 90% White state, and even here the slow death of trick-or-treating was obvious. I used to hand out candy with my gf at the time in the early '00s. Plenty of kids were trick-or-treating back then. But starting around 2008/2009, I noticed less and less trick-or-treaters. At this point I almost never see them. It's fucking tragic.The death of trick-or-treating is very clearly tied to the abysmal levels of socializing and American society in general becoming low trust. This country is a fucking mess.Anyway, sorry for the long effortpost. I rarely get upset over anything, but I love Halloween, and I loved giving candy to trick-or-treaters, and it's extremely disappointing to see what's happened to the holiday.
>>38983979I wonder if it is a socializing thing. Thanks to this thread and this discussion, I checked out my local community calendar to see what Halloween stuff is happening on a local level, and there's tons of stuff. Small time theaters are running horror movie marathons for the price of one ticket. Theres hay rides outside of several large farms. A zoo in a city close by has a trick or treat thing going on where kids and even teenagers come dressed up and get candy for visiting exhibits. A couple of libraries are doing live goosebumps readings. Even some art galleries are doing local horror art. There's even a zombie walk that's planned. It seems that people still love the holiday, but trick-or-treating is quickly disappearing.
>>38983979>>38984026you must live in the neighborhoods all the out-of-town trick 'r trickers who invade mine are fromduring covid it dipped to a little under 200 but bounced back to 250-300 again the following year
>>38985002Niiiice.
>>38984283Saved>>38985002>What happens when you walk thru the doorway?
>mfw outside still too warm and greenThink october thoughts for me, bros
>>38986191We'll telepathically banish the sun together. Hold on for a bit longer. Let autumn's embrace of death trickle slowly as to prolong the colors of the season once they do begin to fade in.
Anyone got some good recommendations for Halloween decor?
>>38986275I bought these this season and have been very happy with them. $13 for 24 candles and they look great with solid battery life.https://a.co/d/9NOV0aM
>>38986191Its chilly here, but the sun is shining bright and the trees are turning orange. Sending October your way since no one should miss out on this comfy
>>38959452It really angers me there is no title to this thread. Like if you had literally 1 THING it would be the title
>>38983979kids dont even want to trick or treat nowadays. theyd rather stay in and stare at a screen. my little cousin stopped in 5th grade. its sad. its not like i live in a bad area either. they just have no excitement for halloween
>>38986466Is the screen really is so addicting that they won't go out for a walk to get free candy? That's the most concise and most depressing reason I've read here so it's probably true.
I'm the anon who's been opening one spooky toy/trinket/whatever this month and damn did I feel sad and lonely doing it alone while reading this thread.
>>38986705kids use uber eats now. theyre ruined from the start
>>38986713Damn
>>38986743at least they can use a cell phone ww2er
>>38986713Some anon with more free time than me should do a daily hangout spooky movie stream ITT
>>38972325Bram Stoker's DraculaThe Brothers GrimmNeedful ThingsMight post moar later
>>38987143>Bram Stoker's DraculaI was blown away the first time seeing this, wish I could experience that again.
Oh look all the oldfags showed up. Complaining and crying, with little plan of resolution.
Done with the body! Now to make the clothes
>>38987143post moar I'll watch the first one
Dumbass forgot to add the subject to the thread Anyways, apparently Tubi, the free movie app, has thousands of horror movies. Way more than any other streaming service
>>38959547I'm eating my wife's ass later.She's a witch so it counts as a seasonal snack.
>>38987562Eat her poopy ass to pay off evil karma, call it black magik
>>38987617I'll sprinkle some pumpkin spice and put some Cool Whip on top to complete the pumpkin pie experience. For my birthday I'm going to ask if I can do something like when they serve sushi on a naked woman, but instead I'm going to put salami and cheeses on her butt.It's called a charbooterie board.
>>38959547Pumpkin pie!I did it for the first time a few years ago and it went great. This year I'm thinking a couple of pies, maybe some small tart-sized ones, maybe some pumpkin cookies too.
>>38986170>What happens when you walk thru the doorway?Nobody's been able to come back to let us know.
What I wouldn't give to be a kid again and go trick r' treating on a cold Halloween night.
>>38988309i much prefer sitting outside with a neighbor or two, handing out candy and beer to parents, getting a buzz on. Someone usually takes turns pretending to be a mannequin scaring people or operating a drop-gag.
>>38987492event horizon, this one is the closest I've seen a movie get to true eldritch horrorNefarious, best demonic possession movie I've ever seen. accurately depicts how a demon would behave according to Christian theology Dog Soldiers, a good ol blood and guts action movie about werewolves. They need to make more vampire and werewolf hunting movies that aren't gay or trash
>>38987318I first saw it when I was about 5 years old. Lets just say it had quite the impact on my psyche, and still does...
>>38988911>fellow Event Horizon fanMy nigga. That first reveal is some terrifying shit.
>>38988921Yuuup, nothing can really beat eldritch horror
>>38988996For me, it's Dagon
>>38987517Tubi is unironically the best horror streaming service. It's fucking mind blowing if you're into b-horror that something like pic related would be available to stream.
tfw no witch gf>>38986713That thing looks like someone suffering from autogynephilia scaring little girls in the women's restroom.>>38987143>>38987318>>38988920>Bram Stoker's DraculaEveryone screeches about how distracting Keanu's inconsistent accent and acting are in this movie, but it's such a damn good movie that I barely notice.>>38988911>>38988921Event Horizon is the best "haunted house in space" movie. People frequently say that title belongs to Alien, but Alien has an actual monster and not a supernatural force.
>>38987468Very creepy anon. Well done, reminds me of the behelit.
>>38989122Yeah, Alien is a slasher in space, Event Horizon is supernatural horror in space. Very different subgenres, both great films.
>>38988911>They need to make more vampire and werewolf hunting movies that aren't gay or trash.Amen brother
>>38987562Based ass eatert. I also enjoy eating my wife's ass from time to time. She thinks she's a witch, but I doubt it
>>38989122>tfw no witch gfit fucking hurts bros
>>38987318>>38989122The visuals and presentation of that Dracula movie are next level. I go back and forth on the actual quality of the film itself, it does have some pretty glaring weaknesses, but the spectacle is so fucking incredible that it doesn't really matter how bizarrely wooden a couple of the performances are (from actors who can be and usually are much better) or how it doesn't quite earn the original author's name in the title from adding its own storylines.
>>38987562>>38989746There's nothing quite like being told by a reserved and decorous gal how much she enjoyed being rimmed. It's an enticing act, involving what is arguably her most private of places. Cleanliness of course paramount and I get why not everyone can handle the notion but once you've become acquainted with it you've become about as intimate as humanly possible and there is something special about that closeness.
>>38988309I don't need to tell anyone here how special Halloween is, especially when you're a kid, but I've got to level with you, trick r' treating wasn't really the high point of the season. It's unique and memorable revelry but it could be hot, sweaty, exhausting work if your costume wasn't weather-appropriate and you didn't have a beverage on hand. Whoever at McDonald's decided to give out free drink coupons as bucket stuffers was a genius. Speaking of costume complications, we all remember those plastic masks with the mouth slots that were like a razor blade raking your tongue, and anything you couldn't quite breathe in or see out of without constant adjusting. When you're young you can put up with plenty of annoying little things for some excitement but the more vivid memories of my Halloween flights are the uncomfortable ones. My best Halloween was probably my last proper one, where I went over to a friend's house and played video games all night after the event ended. I have vague recollections of houses that were particularly well decorated or adventurous to get in front of in the dark. My old crush unexpectedly answering a door in a witch outfit to hand an unrecognizable me candy was a fun one (It was one of those early infatuations just based on looks and superficial mannerisms and sparse interactions, definitely wouldn't have gone anywhere). But it's mostly "This mask fucking sucks" or "I'm tired of holding this prop" all the way down. It breaks my heart that kids don't seem to carry on the tradition properly these days, but I almost sort of see why. I must agree with >>38988519 in that Halloween is a great holiday to be on the other side of as an adult. We get full access to the horror flicks and lovely ladies in exchange for having to give up marching around in the dark with no visibility to get some Tootsie Rolls and Hubba Bubba pieces that'll still be in the candy bowl a month later.
>>38987562>>38989746>>38990015Keep it seasonal, gentlemen. When she presents her ass, say "trick or treat?" If she says "trick," rub an ice cube on her butthole.>>38990072>we all remember those plastic masks with the mouth slots that were like a razor blade raking your tongueYeah, those shitty mass produced costumes were the real threat, not some mythical razor blade in candy, lol. Even as a kid I was amazed that those costumes sold as well as they did. I get it though. A lot of parents just wanted something quick and cheap for their kids.
>>38990093My worst tongue-cutter was a devil. Didn't even look particularly good. The vintage devil mask they sell at Spirit now is swanky, I'd have been delighted with it back then. How many of your costumes do you guys remember? I had ~17 Halloweens before I threw in the towel and begrudged that I was too old for it. My very first was a pumpkin, that's probably the standard for a baby. I was Batman when I could walk, probably my first autonomous costume. A Jurassic Park T-Rex was in there somewhere. I think I was also Godzilla once, or maybe it was just Godzilla as far as dinos go? Unclear. I had a Dracula cape that became a staple whether I was a vampire or not, and paired it with a cool and unique werewolf mask I had that got reused as I got older. I was an alien one year, the Tall White variant of the Gray. I'm definitely missing some that I've totally forgotten somehow.
>>38990161I didn't get to go trick-or-treating much as a kid. My mom was an evangelical Christians and thought Halloween was a Satanic holiday. I missed out on a lot of fun as a result.When I was a kid, I was really into the Ninja Turtles. One year, my aunt made me a ninja turtle costume. She made a shell and plastron out of cardboard, papier-mâché and paint. They connected together with a nylon belt. I got a green skull cap, green face paint, a red bandana mask (Raphael was my favorite ninja turtle), and some toy weapons. Easily the best Halloween costume I ever had. I had no idea my aunt was so artsy. She's a tomboy, into cars, hiking and other outdoors stuff.
>>38990232My condolences on being victimized by popcorn Christianity. A shadow cast on many an eccentric, or just a kid who wants to have some harmless fun. Those kinds of homemade costumes really are the best. No one in my family had a knack for that sort of thing, least of all myself. >Raphael was my favorite ninja turtleMine too, on account of a massive doll of him I had as a tyke. It was so much bigger than me when I got it. When I became the bigger one, it was a strange realization. He looked so small and helpless after a few years when he once dwarfed me and seemed indomitable.
>>38990161>How many of your costumes do you guys remember?I remember them all, but my favorite is this homemade Power Ranger costume that my Mom made. It was shitty and nothing more than half-stitched white velvet on green pants and shirt and a construction paper mask she made. I got made fun of by the other kids because it totally didn't look like the Green Power Ranger at all and I remember hating it because it didn't look cool. Now as an adult, I think back to it and realize she did it because she's always been an artistic person and she spent the time and money to make it because she wanted to make something for her kid.
>>38990161The one that'll always stick out is my Scream costume that came with a rubber heart pump that you could squeeze and it would squirt fake blood over the mask behind a little plastic cover. It would recycle back into the costume so you could do it over and over. Got a lot of genuine gasps from people in the late 90s. I also dressed as Jack Sparrow in my later years, and went as Beetlejuice one year as well.
>>38990325And that's something those other kids didn't have, from the sound of it. >>38990347I remember those masks! Gimmicks like that were the shit. I'm now recalling one of my getups, I split the difference between the grim reaper and a Dementor with a faceless shroud mask and some skeleton hands.
>>38990364There was one with a skull too, but I always thought the blood looked creepier when it was Ghostface. This year I've got a huge fuckoff inflatable clown costume, it's something like 8 feet tall. Not trick or treating, but we're handing out candy and I plan to scare the living shit out of everyone.
>>38990390Yeah, Ghostface is creepier for sure. The original movie's alright, the killer character/s are never worth much, but that design is iconic. I think that mask carries the whole franchise, easily. I love those huge inflatables, godspeed. The costume that scared me as a kid was fucking Spider-Man. Humiliating. I didn't find him scary in any other context, I guess the guy leapt out of a tree or something and startled me. The lack of a visible face and the image of those wide, blank, unblinking eyes in real life probably cinched it.
>>38990414>>38990414>I love those huge inflatablesSame. It's the Towering Terror brand. This creepy motherfucker. I had him back in 2020 and it was a massive hit but when I was removing the costume at the end of the night it caught on a random fucking nail and destroyed it. The clown was impossible to find after that but I lucked out this year.>I guess the guy leapt out of a tree or something and startled meFucking kek that's great. Made me think of thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJYegjPQXBw
>>38990161I don't remember most of mine, but I know I did a Grim Reaper as a kid and a Green Lantern as a young adult.My lantern "costume" was lame except for the domino mask which I was really proud of. I stuck little magnets on my temples and used them to easily don/doff the mask without needing a band around the back of my head, just like in the comics.
>>38990442>Made me think of thisHe was definitely doing the spider movements, he really had them down, I'd never seen a person move like that in front of me before. >>38990458Impressive! Domino masks are inherently ridiculous but they're so stylish, especially when executed properly.
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>>38982773Halloween is just a day for cosplay, drunks, and sluttery. Nothing more.It's over.
>>38990581I don't think it's over. There still seems to be a lot of love for the holiday. I just think it's going to take a while to come back since in the last 10 years, we've seen the economy tank, a global pandemic shut everything down, and a housing crisis that makes building a permanent home nearly impossible. So people don't want to get invested in neighborhoods when increasing rent prices will force them out somewhere else in a year or two. I'm going to be optimistic about it anyways, and reading this thread made me look into local events going on and call up friends to see if they want to do a potluck, booze, and horror night on the 26th.
>>38990530If I'm around when a new thread needs to be made, I'll do it so it's not fucked up.>>38990671NTA, but I think trick-or-treating might mostly be over. I think kids will be more involved in other activities, like haunted house attractions, haunted hayrides, and stuff like that. Other than that, Halloween is largely becoming a holiday for adults to dress up and party.Really, I just want to keep Halloween as alive as possible.
>>38990791>I think trick-or-treating might mostly be overnoooo.... :'(
>>38986901I should be able to do some streaming. I'm usually on late night, US time. I made a small survey. Please let me know what kinds of things you want to see! https://www.surveyhero.com/c/kusppj9rI will count the survey as closed when this thread hits bump limit. If I don't get any answers I'll just play whatever the fuck I want, so please answer or you're going to have to deal with whatever weirdass films I decide to make everyone watch.
>>38989149That's a good comparison!! but thanks man I'm making the outfit rn, thank god for sewing machines (for 10 years I sewed everything by hand, never going back)
>>38991037i appreciate it, anon. i'll try to join whenever i can since i got no one else to watch with
>>38990072>My old crush unexpectedly answering a door in a witch outfit to hand an unrecognizable me candy was a fun one
>>38988921>>38988996Both of you motherfuckers are based. Oldfag here, I actually saw Event in theatres on opening night when I was 15 and it scared me retarded. Prior to that, I'd only seen Scream or goofy shit like that in theatres. This bothered me in a different way.
>>38992915I only 5 or so when it came out so yeah there was no way my parents were letting me see it in theaters or at all, but I bet that was a fucking experience. Even just watching it on a computer screen made me uncomfortable, and the first time I watched it I was in my early 20s. I always thought of it sort of like Hellraiser in space, the first two Hellraisers are some of my favorites. Space is scary as shit anyway.And no Bloodlines doesn't count
>>38992915so basted
>>38983065Trunk or treat is gay as fuck.
>>38992915>This bothered me in a different way.I know that feel. The irony of lovecraftian fiction is that, just like in his stories, thinking about it too much can legitimately drive you mad. Even if none of it is real, you really shouldn't try too hard to understand something so beyond human comprehension.>>38992934>I watched it I was in my early 20sMe too lol. It's the only sort of horror that still legitimately frightens me.
>>38992915Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see.>>38993395Trunk-or-treat is what happens when neurotic busybody women decide to sap all the fun out of something by making it "safe." Apparently it was started by churches down south in the '90s. Big surprise. However, busybody church ladies have been replaced in THE CURRENT YEAR by busybody middle class liberal women in the suburbs. Typical helicopter parenting. The kind of woman who won't let her son dress up as a samurai for Halloween because it's "cultural appropriation," so he has to go trunk-or-treating as a vampire instead. What a shitty timeline.
>>38993590Funny. Out here Trunk or Treat is spread by busybody conservatives who think every house is full of devil worshiping pedos unless they know them from church. Mind you, this is the Bible Belt where there's more churches than anything else in town and live Nativity scenes every Christmas. The same women who panic over a boy wanting to play with a doll (can't learn to be a decent dad, no! It's gay!) and hates the Church nextdoor for not being the exact same kind of Christian... As if Protestant, Lutheran and Catholic are warring factions. Sometimes they still show kids the 80s Satan scare films about Halloween being evil. They keep the anti-Halloween crap alive and only tolerate Trunk or Treat at most.
>>38993590>>38993830I'm an elementary school teacher in a low income, mostly immigrant area. We're not allowed to do Halloween stuff (or even Thanksgiving or Christmas) so as to not upset the muslims. Wouldn't want the kids to get beaten by a belt because they made a paper jack-o-lantern in class.
>>38993962Honestly fucking kill all mudslimes.
>>38993395100%>>38993830>>38993962Hell on Earth>>38993994100%
>>38994001>>38993994Majority white schools still do holiday stuff, so don't fear too much.
>>38972197thinking of doing this and then putting food in it, like a nice rice
>>38993830>Out here Trunk or Treat is spread by busybody conservatives who think every house is full of devil worshiping pedos unless they know them from churchI got a decent dose of that back in the late '80s and early '90s thanks to my mother being an evangelical Christian. Those nuts definitely had a "everything I don't like or understand is Satanic" mindset. Thankfully my mom came to her senses for the most part when I was around 13/14 in the mid '90s.I live up north though, and up here it's paranoid shitlib women who are terrified of letting their kids interact with anyone unless they're looking over their shoulder the entire time. It's fucking crazy, because these are the same kind of people who hand their kids iPads when they're 2 and think the kids haven't figured out a way around parental controls on their devices by age 8. Unfettered internet access is going to fuck those kids up big time, but mom is worried about them roaming around the neighborhood collecting candy from the neighbors for a single night, lmao.>>38993962Sounds like hell on earth. My condolences. Those monkeys shouldn't even be here.
>>38994407>Sounds like hell on earth. My condolences. Those monkeys shouldn't even be here.Thanks. some kiddos aren't bad but overall they just aren't compatible with our society. Basically every teacher I work with agrees, but we have to put on a happy face and hope an opening happens at better schools.
>>38993962Damn when I was in elementary school, we would do Halloween parades on the day of. Everyone wore their costumes, and we all took turns by grade walking through the halls, so everyone could see you. No weapons or masks, it was comfy.
>>38993962This total capitulation to other cultures is going to bite us really bad some day soon. As they gain majority they will some day decide "convert or die" for all of us. I fear that day fast approaches.
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>>38997117>That feels when even in 1929 someone was selling costumes of popular copywritten characters
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>>38997135nice findpeople have set up reprinting services of the old dennison boogie books on amazon, i have one that's fun to flip through but all that crepe paper combined with every other game involving candles well...
>>38996224Agreed. Google the Moriori. They were a culture dedicated to pacifism to such a degree they literally allowed the Maori to walk into their villages and start enslaving and even eating them. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
>>38993830It's the same where I live. I live a short drive from a certain famous tourist town and for a few years, Spirit Halloween was open downtown and many people loved it until the churches shut it down. The Satanic Panic never fully died out and there are still people online (usually on Facebook) who complain about how there are now three different LGS stores specializing in D&D. Everything you're describing hits very close to home, right down to the warring denominations, 80s scare tactics films, and Hell Houses.
>>38997651>until the churches shut it downSeriously? Do they really have that kind of pull? Stupid fucking Christcucks
>>38997680They do. Even the comparable liberalism of nearby college town Springfield an hour's drive away is tempered by the churches around every corner. They're only regarded with suspicion by the churches because of the college students trying to pull "woke" antics and getting shut down by even otherwise open-minded secular colleges. Mind you, this is mostly for their protection, keeping the students safe from the wrath of the churches. Book burnings, protests, and other fundamentalist antics are a constant and close reality where I live. All of this talk of "Current Year" and Muslim-controlled areas is a distant concept for me. The only non-Christians who get treated with respect are Jews (big surprise) and astonishingly enough, the burgeoning population of Sikhs. The turban-wearers are honestly genuinely nice people and are accepted mainly because they've made it abundantly clear that they were persecuted historically by Muslims and will help fight off any who come to this area. But that's Springfield. Everywhere else is podunk Jesus-land.
Just finished this, it was okay. Very hit or miss like a lot of Junji Ito's stuff. I honestly feel like he's fairly overrated, as most of his stories just end up being over the top gross-out body horror, which sucks because a lot of the time the atmosphere and build up is genuinely creepy and unsettling. There were a few standouts that I really liked, specifically Ice Cream Truck, The Hanging Balloons, The Sandman's Lair, and Tomb Town.If you're into anthology horror, you might give it a watch, but I wouldn't consider it a must by any means (though I do strongly recommend the stories I listed above). It's also got a great OP by MADKID.I've been watching Uzumaki as well, and episode 2 was so unbelievably poorly animated that it was laughable. No idea what the fuck they were thinking.
>>38997913>like a lot of Junji Ito's stuff. I honestly feel like he's fairly overratedI'm a Junji Ito fan, but you're not wrong. I think he's just been in the biz long enough that he's got enough good stuff out there to make a "best of" series. I didn't know they made animations of his works though so I'll have to check it out.If you're a fan of schlocky, campy, violent horror you might like Pumpkin Knight. The english translation is weird, and the story itself is even weirder, but if you got a few days to kill and like over the top gore and violence and don't care if the story makes sense its an ok time.
>>38998217>I didn't know they made animations of his works though so I'll have to check it out.There's Maniac from just last year, and they did an anime in 2018 that was just called "Junji Ito Collection" along with a two-part Tomie OVA. Uzumaki/Spiral is airing right now, it's only 4 episodes long though and episode 2 just dropped this past Saturday. As previously mentioned, the animation and general level of care employed was absolutely horrendous, especially following episode 1 which was pretty decent.I have a few of his manga collections that a friend gifted me and I've been told the manga is quite a bit better visually, so I need to get around to reading them. Just from that art I'm already interested.
>noticeably colder today, chilly enough for jackets & sweaters>grabbed some "pumpkin egg nog" on the way home>fallen leaves starting to crunch under foot>shipment with my halloween candles and some baking accessories arrivedI can finally hear the clarion call of autumn, brothers
>>38998332fuck yea brother. Pumpkin egg nog, Halloween scented candles, the sound of wind whistling outside, chilly air, and crunching leaves. Add a blanket and that sounds cozy. You reading/watching/listening to anything?
>>38997913>>38998217I love Junji Ito. Yeah, most of his stories aren't heady stuff at all, but I really love his art, and he does come up with some cool concepts in his stories, even if the overall plot isn't anything mind-blowing. The mangas are WAY better than any of the anime adaptions, although the upcoming Uzumaki anime actually looks great.>Pumpkin KnightOh man, I was reading this a few years ago, is it still going? I rarely read comics/manga, but this one caught my interest, so I read all the scanlated chapters that were available at the time.
>>38998352Nah, nothing in particular but I might give some of the recs ITT a watch.My music and reading lately are just a lot of whatever autumn/spooky playlist I can find on youtube and catching up on a few occult books.
>>38966738Just try some tutorials that interest you. Try different approaches to what they suggest. Eventually your own ideas with come thru stronger.
>>38991037Movie anon here. So far we have 5 answers on the survey! Feel free to chime in while you still can. https://www.surveyhero.com/c/kusppj9r I spent today checking and testing various streaming options. So far watchparty.me seems the best, but I am willing to look at other options if anyone knows a good choice that doesn't require plug-ins or log-ins. I like that watchparty can set up a playlist to keep the party going even if I am offline.Would you all prefer a constant "stream" to pop in and out of or a a scheduled stream that only happens when I'm online to hang out with you?
can a kind anon repost that recipe for beef stew? ideally inside a pumpkin>>38999401the divegrass people use cytube, if that helps
>>38998332very nice
>>38999751>beef stew>inside a pumpkinI'm sorry, WHAT? I cook my stews in a slow cooker.
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>>38972325Oh, and I remembered another good one: The 7th Seal, it's about a game of chess with death himself
>>38998332Same, today is way cooler than it was yesterday. Gonna go on a walk later.
