>Previous thread>>39100567> The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradburry> 1993 animated (Internet Archive)https://ia801707.us.archive.org/25/items/the.-halloween.-tree.-1993/The.Halloween.Tree.1993.mp4> 1972 bookhttps://www.readanybook.com/online/577434>Dia de los Muertos day by dayhttps://originmexico.com/blogs/news/the-complete-guide-to-the-celebration-of-dia-de-los-muertos> Scary movie stream. New films premiere nightly @ 12:45 AM EST with last nightly on Nov 4th. Watch thread for film announcements.cy(remove this)tu(dot)be(slash)r(slash)X-Halloween>Skeleparty Dia de los Muertos shorthttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jCQnUuq-TEE> Welcome to Nightvalehttps://tunein.com/podcasts/Radio-Drama-Podcasts/Welcome-to-Night-Vale-p524460/>Carving templates for Jack-o-lanternshttps://www.pumpkinlady.com>Happy Halloween /x/https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZUuXbbzXKgCinTDdxx7TXh_sbaFCYeyN?usp=sharing>Huge collection of Halloween and Horror related YouTube videoshttps://pastebin.com/UwN9Txwa>Fun Halloween MEGAhttps://mega.nz/folder/2kBGHILB#LuteajOMDYifUtrHB1lVHA*Thread Prompt*What's the best treat you had this year?
>>39141708A lot of the ritual quirks have been lost over time (I'm sure the Satanic Panic didn't help). Here's what I could find.>Energetically sweep your home using a broomCleans out dirt and lingering bad energy giving space for good energy like good luck.>Do basic cleansing rituals when you wake Halloween morningBasic salt, sage, shower routine to sweep away old energy for new. If you sweep the house, bathe afterwards to get the dirt and old energy off. Basic cleansing: https://wiredsage.neocities.org/cleansing>Pumpkins for prosperityThey are golden and green, the color of money. Eat pumpkin and pumpkin seeds for prosperity>Burn an orange candle starting at midnight. Let it burn out on its own.Same idea as the pumpkin. Fire hazard! Burn a small tea light on a plate in your bath tub or sink. It's safer this way.>Carry a pocket full of nuts in shell all dayNuts are small but grow into trees. Any work. Shells represent protection and hold the luck in. You can eat the nuts two days after Halloween or keep them for luck.> Black cats, four leaf clovers and white spidersAll extra lucky on Halloween. Look for them and be nice to them! Spiders Spinning webs mean more money coming in, too.Good luck (literally), anon
>>39144540Squeak cheep! Squeak! Cheep cheep! Chitter! What the nuts? Squeak squeak! Cheep! No way! Cheep cheep! Chirp squeak! What the fluff! Squeak! Cheep cheep! Oh no! Squeak! What the acorn?!
>>39144514check
>>39144514trick or treat bitch!
>>39144556ONE OFF
It's devil's night!
>>39144514bring back the old halloween costumeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARq-GIJcYGo
>>39144654Ahh, back when it was just people in their Sunday clothes wearing a paper mask. I made masks like that once. It's basically paper mache. You can use a store-bought mask as a mold if you want it to have a shape. It takes a few hours to make and a few days to dry. It probably won't survive more than one night of use if anywhere lets you wear masks at alk. But you definitely will look different!
Does anyone else feel like Halloween is calming down in terms of pop culture/general culture? I made a similar post last year and I'm still feeling it this year. It felt like Halloween really boomed in the late 2000s and 2010s, especially mid - late 2010s when it suddenly became "spooky month" but since the 2020s its kinda dying down. Just feels like there's no much going on and there used to be all sorts of events, movies being released, stuff on TV, decorations everywhere etc.
i wonder if this is'll be the last thread. it's been a pleasure shitposting through the season with you all
HAAAAAAAAAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY>t. 10 mins after midnight here
I’ve done what I can to try and enjoy the Halloween season. Thanks for making these threads again though I’ll admit I was a month late
>>39144805Zoomers and gen alpha are sluggish, apathetic zombies. Not the scary kind of zombies.
>>39144805For real, everyone is either "too mature" or thinks it's problematic, parents are afraid all their neighbors are serial killers putting poison in candy and would rather sit around getting drunk while their kid sits on an ipadPeople "don't have time" anymore because they spend all day on social media or working and just "don't have the energy"
>>39145129i remember that goosebumps
>>39144805I think it's a combination of factors. For starters everyone is working too damn hard just to afford a life that was easier to maintain in the 90's and 2000's. Another reason is no one wants to offend someone with their costume. Want to dress as an indian? Cultural appropriation. Want to go as Ted Bundy? Fetishizing real life monsters. List goes on. Secondly trick or treating has been replaced by trunk or treating, so kids don't want to go trawling through their towns at night because their parents won't let them, townships only allow it to happen from 5-7, and no one has money to buy candy. Plus, the mystique is gone. When you can buy spooky things at every gas station, and every wine aunt makes being a witch as part of their personality then its no longer a scary, creepy time. Personally I think once it dies down and we probably don't see much of it in the 2030's it'll get rediscovered in the 2040's. Things like this are cyclical.
>>39145156>Rosie on Facebook says they're putting razor blades in candy!>Thats it, you're not going out tonight!>I dont care! It was on Facebook so it must be true!
Fuck all the noise.
Less than 3 hours until it's officially Halloween on the east coast!>>39144805>>39145044>>39145156>>39145426>>39145390All true posts. It's unfortunate. We have this discussion every year. Current kids are joyless screen addicts, their parents aren't much different, and covid really put a damper on Halloween back in 2020 and it hasn't really recovered.The reality is, people who want Halloween and its related festivities to survive are going to have to work extra hard to keep it alive. I've sort of accepted that most of today's kids don't seem to care about trick-or-treating, and their parents don't care either. So fuck it, at least there are still plenty of adults who like the idea of spooky costume parties and horror movie watch parties. If that's what Halloween mostly becomes, so be it. It's still a bit of a shame, but you can't force kids to care about a holiday, especially when their parents don't.
>>39145607Yep its Gen X and Early Millennial parents who are too stressed and tired from constantly working 60+ hours a week to make ends meet so they just shove phones and tablets in front of their Gen Alpha kids just to placate them and distract them so they don't have to deal with it and relax. Then its Late Millenial and Gen Z adults who no longer do the costume parties and horror watch parties as they're working so much for their one bedroom apartment that they're too busy or too exhausted to host one or go to one which is doubled by the constant screen time they're getting which is rotting their brains and feeding them doom and depressing them. Then its Gen Alpha kids who have their brain rotted from constant screen time and short form content which causes them to be unable to watch a Youtube video beyond 10 minutes nowaday, just sitting inside all day watching TiKToks rather than going out trick of treating
>>39145949True I was forgetting that aspect, people are genuinely overworked and underpaid, but it's also just that one night of the year you know? Why shouldn't parents let their kids wander around the neighborhood, it should be a national holiday god damnit
>>39144805> Halloween goes up when goth, punk, and/or emo are popularSpooky trends increase Halloween visibility but having the trends decrease won't kill it. And no, it wasn't better in the 10's. That's nostalgia talking. In the 10's we had one festival, period. Stores started selling in August. Zero adults wore costumes in public. And nobody decorated except for Goths, punks, or Emos. This year is way better! Stores here started selling Halloween things in August. People's homes and stores are decorated. I bumped into three adults in lowkey costumes working in stores (black cat, witch and devil). And my town has had events all month. Tomorrow there are THREE festivals in one day. There's parties, karaoke, open mic night, wine tasting and more, too! There was more earlier this month, too. There always are people who don't participate. Now they are on phones instead of watching TV. And all the festivals are still swarming with kids and parents. It's not as bad as you think. Pic related: took this a day ago when out for Ice Cream. The entire store was like this.
>>39146055In the 10s they started in September at best, not August. August on the brain. Meh. More OC, same store.
>>39146071I also have pics from one of the local breweries if anyone is interested.
also nice to see that Japan loves Halloween
>>39144805Might be a regional thing. In my area, Halloween celebration seemed to peak around 1999 or 2000, and came to a crashing halt in 2001 with the moral panic and terrorism paranoia after 9/11. Went from hundreds of trick-or-treaters knocking on my door on 2000 to literally 3 in 2001. It seems like it has been a slow steady recovery ever since, with the scamdemic being a major setback. It's also become weirdly "christmasized" recently as well, with the dominant decorations no being light up inflatables that basically "reskinned" christmas decorations, eg. a snowman recolored to be a stack of pumpkins with a tophat for some reason.>>39145949The grind is brutal, but I still managed to make time to make my daughter a costume, put up some prop tombstones in my law and hang a ghost in the tree, and carve jack o lanterns. I'm going to take her trick or treating at the local downtown business district festival, but won't have time to hit the neighborhood because I have to wake up at 4:30 and work 12 hours Friday.For those lamenting the end of October, remember there are some spooky things happening the firs week of November. The 2nd is all souls day, and the 5th is bonfire night when we commemorate the torture and execution of a Catholic terrorist.
>>39146055>People's homes and stores are decorated.Yep. I've seen a lot of houses decorated. Made me happy.
All things come to an endIt has been a pleasure Halloween posting with you lads
>>39146152Also, I forgetWhat was it, 2017 or 2018 when Zak Bagans opened the Dybbuk Box on Halloween, and /x/ was cooking?I remember one guy was in a hotel room on a business trip posting We need times that like here againI don't know if anything is going down tomorrow night /x/rated
>>39146121Indeed
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>>39146180The Dybbuk Box is interesting. Apparently was a hoax initially, but for one reason or another, it became genuinely paranormal and dangerous for a while. Zak Bagans having it does nothing for its credibility, though, certainly not after that one guy was caught making shit up on camera (which they LEFT IN).
HAPOY HALLOWEEEENNNN!!!!
Fresh carvings
>>39146514>>39146521very nice
>>39146514>>39146521Love them.
>>39145129Say cheese and DIE!
The day is almost here bros, what are your plans?Also, it's time for FANCY DANCINGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofJG1svfmyI
It's almost Halloween! And tonight's stream is all about our favorite holiday. Come chatter, listen to some tunes, and relax with us! Loading music starts now.cy(remove this)tu(dot)be(slash)r(slash)X-Halloween> Tonight's itinerary > AFI's Halloween album (13 mins)> Night of the Demons 1988Having a Halloween party in a haunted abandoned mortuary sounded fun. And it was... until they learn it wasn't abandoned due to ghosts. It was abandoned due to demons. A fun supernatural slasher film.> Intermission music > Trick 'R Treat 2007An anthology made by a goth that is so dripping in Halloween atmosphere it has been playfully dubbed "Halloween porn". Come see the weird and spooky things that happen in one little town on Halloween Night.
>>39146121I've noticed that too. Korea has some Halloween parties too. It's interesting to see Halloween has been picked up in certain Asian countries. I bet Halloween being portrayed in so many American movies has a lot to do with it.>>39146145>the dominant decorations no being light up inflatables that basically "reskinned" christmas decorations, eg. a snowman recolored to be a stack of pumpkins with a tophat for some reasonI'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this. The massive increase in inflatable Halloween decorations in the past few years was bizarre. I only used to see a small handful of them, but now there are quite a lot.>>39146180>>39146448>rabbi says he doesn't believe in dybbuk box nonsense>Zak panics and cuts to a commercial breakZak Bagans is nothing more than a carnival barker conman, lol. He's the modern Ed and Lorraine Warren wrapped into one person.
Spoop.
ITS NOW HALLOWEEN!HAPPY HALLOWEEN /X/.
>>39146768>Zak Bagans is nothing more than a carnival barker conman, lol. He's the modern Ed and Lorraine Warren wrapped into one person.He's made a nice career of it, whatever he is
>>39144654Nightmare fuel
From some years back.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAxh91TgBQs
>>39146720Or premiere is over, but the fun has just started. The stream will be playing on loop all day long just in case anyone wants to stop by and enjoy the music or films. I also added a little short film to the second intermission. I hope you like it! If you come in and see music, that's an intermission. If the channel is blank after midnight, that's just me doing setup for the next batch of films and music.Our next batch of films, as chosen by you, will be films that take place in Mexico or South America. We aren't stopping the daily stream yet! See you all around 12:45 AM EST. By the way, in chat I mentioned the really elaborate Halloween bags I made. Here's this what year's batch looks like. Small bags (black cat) have 3 cookies, 2 gingers, and 2 milky candies. Big bags have one full bar chocolate plus a cryptid pin and notecard. There's dark, pink, mint, orange and pretzel chocolate bars at random. I have more chocolate than bags right now (I overdid the candy!), so I'll offer just random chocolate bars if someone doesn't want a bag. I also have a few sugar free bags with sugarless chocolates and senbei in them. Who says kids have to get all the candy? These are going to be gifted to adults working while I'm out having fun. They deserve it. Happy Halloween everyone!
>>39146768>massive increase in inflatable Halloween decorationsMaybe it's because they are big and showy but can collapse down into something small? I've always personally hated them. They are gaudy and ugly.>>39146262Neat costume idea.>>39146121Japan has a love-hate thing going on with Halloween. People love it. Cities hate it. As an example, Shibuya has a "no events" policy now with HUGE banners because dumbasses were dumbasses. I wonder how things will go this year?A few of the dumbasses in question:https://youtu.be/0E_C7_04Cn4?si=0DqHkf_9yTUbh_KHAnd how Shibuya looked last year. Note all the cops and how sparse it is:https://youtu.be/3TwCmjaRxCg?si=5RQYuG6qyzaj2-YN
happy halloween, /hal/. have a spooky day.
>>39146681Happy halloween, Fancy Dancing-anon! i've got 100+ full sized bars and 300+ fun sized candies to hand out.
Happy Halloween. Thanks for these threads
