Category: spooky fun
Spooky Sundays – Week 2 & 3
Spooky Sundays are all about reading, relaxing, and recharging our brooms. I just realized I forgot to put up last week, so I’ll include last week too. Here’s a visual recap of this past week.
Week 2
Sinister Saturdays – Scariest classic Universal monster
Lately, I’ve been rewatching a lot old classic horror movies and the Universal monster movies are still my faves. Fans of the 1930s viewed the supernatural fantasy as an escape from the daily misery, living through the depression. The films may seem tame or not as scary or sophisticated as the films of today, but for some movie goers, the stories were based on popular cultural myths and legends, while others had never heard of these creatures at all. Swamp creatures and the reanimated dead were the super scary, particularly to those who were extremely religious.
I tried to figure out which monster I thought was scariest but I’m on the fence. Help me determine which monster is the scariest.
Wicked Art Wednesdays 2024 – Spooky Wil
Spooky Wil is a one-of-a-kind UK based artist, designer, podcaster, and Halloween specialty shop owner.
Artist: Spooky Wil
Company/Studio: October 31st Store
Where to Purchase Goods: https://www.instagram.com/october31st.co.uk
Social Media:Â https://www.instagram.com/spookywil
Podcast: https://www.theblackflamesocietypodcast.com/
Why we love it: Spooky Wil’s original designs are whimsical nods to that feel-good vintage Halloween style. In his shop in the UK, Wil sells vintage style halloween clothing, decor, homewares, and memorablia, Hocus Pocus and other spooky movie merch, and even rare, hard to find Halloween items.
There’s a new 2025 calendar up for sale. Order yours today before they sell out!
Trick or Treat Tuesdays – Halloween Trivia Game
Today’s Trick or Treat Tuesday is Halloween Trivia.
Be the first to answer all five questions correctly and win a prize.
- Halloween originated from which anicent Celtic festival?
2. The Bogie Book was created to promote what company’s paper products and decorations?
3. The writer of what Universal monster movie was present during the opening of King Tut’s tomb?
4. Disney and Warner Bros. both had an animated character sharing the same name, occupation, and even the same voice actor at one point. Who was it?
5. Ben Cooper was a part of “big three” Halloween costume companies during 60s and 70s. Who were the other two?
Rules: First person answer ALL five questions correctly, either here on WordPress, wins the prize of Disney’s Haunted Mansion pin from 2023 Halloween season.
Please see Contest Rules and Eligibility Page for more details. Sorry, contests only open to US residents this year.
Sinister Saturdays – Best classic 70s horror movie smackdown
Recently, I posted my choices as the scariest horror scenes in movies. What you all may know was just how hard making that list was. There were a slew of great horror films to come out of the 70s generation and choosing which had the scariest scene was kinda agonizing. I kept questioning which movies I thought were the best, which had the best story and characters, which seemed most popular with movie goers, and which was my personal favorite.
So, in the spirt of the election year, help me determine which is the best.
Thursday Time Travels – I Married a Witch
Title: I Married a Witch
Director: René Clair
Screenwriter(s): Robert Pirosh, Marc Connelly
Starring: Veronica Lake, Fredric March
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Year: 1942 Run Time: 77 minutes
It’s an election year… remember to go vote and check out one of my favorite fantasy comedies this month, I Married a Witch starring Veronica Lake and Fredric March.
Just before being burned at the stake, 17th century witch Jennifer casts a curse on the family of her accuser, Jonathan Wooley, dooming all the men in the lineage to be unlucky in love and marry the wrong woman.
250 years later, Jennifer and her warlock father Daniel are accidentally freed from their eternal prison, but in incorporeal form. When Daniel starts a fire in order to casts a spell to give Jennifer a human body, they come upon the latest Wooley descendant, Wallace Wooley, who just so happens to be running for governor and engaged to the spoiled daughter of his biggest campaign supporter and financier, J.B. Masterson.
Hijinks ensue after Jennifer accidentally drinks a love potion she intended for Wallace. Jennifer and Daniel, now also in human form, crash the wedding. Estelle to call the whole thing off when she catches her groom to be in an embrace, leading JB to denounce Wooley to the papers. After eloping, Jennifer casts a spell rigging the election, so the while city votes for Wallace, including his opponent! This finally convinces Wolley that he’s indeed married to a witch.
Veronica Lake and Fredric March have great chemistry here and the entire cast is perfect. This movie is a lot of fun and great for Halloween viewing.
Veronica Lake was somewhat of a troubled star. She was a heavy drinker and had a bad reputation for being difficult on set. Many of her directors and co-stars didn’t like her, including March, who said some pretty nasty things about her. Her career supposedly stalled out in late forties. Many critics and fans have since then revisited her life’s story and realized her alcoholism was result of untreated schizophrenia and some horrible tragedies that befell upon her. We may never know how much Hollywood directly contributed to her downfall.
Watch this witchy comedy on Max this October.
Wicked Art Wednesdays 2024 – Austin Pardun
My first encounter with vintage Halloween artist Austin Pardun was seeing his drawings at Midsummer Scream a few years ago. I missed seeing him this past summer, but I’m sure he’ll be back.
Artist: Austin Pardun
Company/Studio: Austin Pardun Art
Where to Purchase Goods: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AustinPardunArt
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/austinpardunart
Why we love it: Ausin Pardun is another artist whose beautiful drawings mimic that classic Halloween style so well, it’s like they walked off the pages of a 1940s Halloween Beistle catalog.
Spooky Sundays – Week 1
Spooky Sundays are all about reading, relaxing, and recharging our brooms. Sorry posting so late, lost internet connection. Here’s a visual recap of the past week.
Wicked Art Wednesdays 2024 – Drew Rausch
I’m kicking off the 2024 Halloween season and my theme of Halloween Vintage Classic by sharing the wildly vivid and spooky art of one of my faves, Drew Rausch.
Art by Drew Rausch
Artist: Drew Rausch
Company/Studio: The Art of Drew Rausch
Where to Purchase Goods: Online shop: https://drewrausch.bigcartel.com
Website: https://drewrausch.com/
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/drewrausch
Why we love it: Drew’s vintage Halloween characters feel like tributes to Halloween’s golden era. It’s like he’s transporting us straight into the past and we’re looking at some ad in Dennison’s Bogie Book.
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