Well, folks, we can now honestly say that it is officially Halloween season! This past weekend my bro-in-law and I worked on his front yard decorations.
On Friday night we had to replenish his gravestone and "Grave Buster" supply due to the fact that he kept them up in the rafters of his garage during the off season and a mother squirrel decided that the box would be a great place to build a nest for her babies.
The squirrel family has moved on but left behind chewed apart fake corpses that appear to come out of the ground (Grave Busters) and torn apart Styrofoam grave stones.
One prop that we really needed to find was a fake black raven that sits atop one of the gravestones. This was missing from the chewed up box and we were wondering if the squirrel had eaten the whole thing or taken it with her. Crazy b*&%h squirrel!
So, on our travels on Friday night we scored some headstones and a grave buster at Walgreens. We then found some cool decorations at Target including a skeleton who's head, arms and legs pop out of the ground.
Our last stop would be the big, inflatable Jack-O-Lantern that houses a big Halloween Express store located in the parking lot of our state fair park. But once we got there we were met with a great shock. The giant inflatable pumpkin was gone!! The gates that would surround it were there, the rotating doors to get into it were there, but the big inflatable pumpkin store itself was gone.
The night before there had been some pretty strong winds and, as we learned later on, they tore down the store. This isn't the first time it has deflated. Some pranksters forced a hole in it one year and the next year another storm brought it to the ground.
We still had not found the raven. So we drove across town to another Halloween Express store and wandered through the place. Still no raven to be seen.
Luckily, yesterday my bro-in-law found a fake raven at a party store that has a lot of Halloween decorations.
So today we put together the little fake graveyard in his front yard. He also has some assorted pumpkin and ghost lights and a light up Halloween themed gateway leading up to the front porch. His house is all set.
I'll have to put my apartment into Halloween mode this week. I have gobs of stuff that I didn't use last year that will have to rise from the grave this season.
In other Halloween news, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark has returned to TV in Elvira's Movie Macabre, a grand throwback to her original late night horror movie show from the '80's. The debut episode was Romero's Night of the Living Dead. You can't go wrong with Elvira and Zombies!
When I was a young lad I had a door sized poster of her taped to my bedroom door. It didn't need much tape to stick to that door, ifayknowwhatI'msayin'............(Eeewwwww).
I know, I know. It's a sick and sad, old joke, but I couldn't resist. Isn't Halloween supposed to be about things that give you the creeps.
A quick reminder to start locking your doors and boarding up your windows. For the season of the undead, ghouls and creepy crawlies has arrived!!!!
Before I leave I'd like to leave you with an example of some way cool Haunted Attraction props for this Halloween season.
Click HERE for a video of a Haunted Attraction convention. I want the gravestone that turns into an angel of death. It would take up my whole apartment and cost my entire savings, but I think I can swing it. Enjoy.
Until next time Stay Vertical!
Zangz.
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