Friday, October 4, 2013

WGUC 90.9 "Tunes From The Crypt" Featuring Creepy Classical Music - Countdown To Halloween

If you are looking for creepy classical music for Halloween, then this site is for you.  http://www.classicalhalloween.com/

All of the playlists are wonderfully creepy and feature scary sound effects and a nightmarish narrator.



Here is the first part of the "Tunes From The Crypt" Playlist.  It has Halloween classics such as Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries and features selections from horror movie soundtracks including  Bernard Hermann's Vertigo Suite and Jerry Goldsmith's The Omen.


"Castle of Frankenstein" #3 (1962) The Forgotten Frankenstein and SubsCryptons Advertisement - Countdown To Halloween





Thursday, October 3, 2013

"In A Dark, Dark Room: An I Can Read Book" by Alvin Schwartz - Welcome To The World of Reading, Children! Countdown To Halloween

Here is an "I Can Read Book" for little kids ages 4 to 8.  It is a gateway horror book for little kids.  The book is written by Alvin Schwartz, author of the popular "Scary Stories" series.  












Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Wild Is the Word For the Munster Koach (All About the Munster's Car) from "Monster World" #4 (1964) Countdown To Halloween







So Long "Bunheads" (ABC Family) and Thanks For the Dueling Tommy Lee Jones Impressions

Who is really surprised that this show about young ballet dancers in a whimsical small town did not get renewed?



Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of this show, was also responsible for "The Gilmore Girls" - a watchable (but not funny) yak fest about a mother and daughter in a whimsical small town.  Like Lorelai Gilmore, the main character of "Bunheads", is a motormouth wiseacre.  Sutton Foster, a talented but chinless performer, was extremely grating but there were stunning dance sequences and interesting stories.

This show featured the funniest moment on television in 2013 - the dueling Tommy Lee Jones impressions. Two teenage boys find out that they are both fans of Hope Springs, the Tommy Lee Jones/Meryl Streep drama about an older married couple who go to couples counseling.  It was so charming that these boys were such fans of an unlikely movie.  What was even more charming was their dueling Tommy Lee Jones impressions. They both get so carried away in the end. I could watch this scene a hundred times.

"Hell, yes. I want it.  You bet your life I want it."







"Fungus the Bogeyman" By Raymond Briggs (1977) Countdown To Halloween

Charming graphic novel for children about daily life in Bogeydom.  Go to work with Fungus as he explains how to scare people in the nighttime.

This book came out in 1977 and "Shrek!" by William Steig came out in 1990.  Some similarities. Big, green, kid-friendly monster.













Here is a photo of my prized Fungus the Bogeyman "Slippery Things" tin: