So if scary bunnies aren’t your thing, how about Goatmen? The story, which I have not been able to confirm, is that black goat farmer Oscar Washburn and his family near Denton, Texas were killed by the Klan in August of 1938. (Some set the date even earlier, which does suggest a certain lack of… Continue reading Halloween Scares: The Goatman
Tag: Halloween
Halloween Gallary: Scary Bunnies
I know I should save this for Easter, but here are a few bunnyrific cases of nightmare fuel for the Halloween season. First up, I think any roundup of scary bunnies would be incomplete without Donnie Darko‘ Frank: Some classic Nightmare Fuel:
Cartoons for the Halloween Season: “Hittin’ The Trail For Hallelujah Land”
With Halloween almost upon us, and ten days before the annual Fark scary story thread, I thought it would be a good time to put up some posts for the season, no matter how vaguely related. First up is “Hittin’ The Trail For Hallelujah Land,” one of the earliest Merrie Melodies (AKA Looney Tunes) ever… Continue reading Cartoons for the Halloween Season: “Hittin’ The Trail For Hallelujah Land”
It’s Halloween. Ready for Some Scary Stories?
So it’s time for the one of my favorite traditions: the annual Fark Scary Stories thread. Here’s this year’s thread, and here are some of the threads from years past: 2009 2008 2007
My DVD Player is POSSESSED BY SATAN!
I woke up around 4 AM this morning to the sound of Tracey Chapman’s “Change” playing in the next room. It turns out the DVD player turned itself on, and since that’s the song HBO uses on the ad at the beginning of Disc One of Season 3 of The Wire that was in the… Continue reading My DVD Player is POSSESSED BY SATAN!
Movie Review: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Directed by: Robert Wiene Written by: Hans Janowit, Carl Mayer Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover It being the spooky season, I decided to pick up The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the classic German Expressionist horror film from the 1920s. (I’d studied German Expressionism a little bit… Continue reading Movie Review: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Some True Life Scares for Halloween
The Spider Man of Denver