This year I dressed up as Mrs. Bates from Psycho. Most of this costume came from the thrift store or from stuff I owned (sometimes it helps when you already kind of dress like an old lady). I need to give major props to my sister for my dead, skeletal, decrepit makeup. She did an amazing job! I wore this costume to a Trunk r Treat on Friday and again on actual Halloween night. A lot of kids were creeped out and and some even asked if I was real. Mission accomplished.
Every Halloween I like to watch as many of my favorite Halloween movies as I can. While I feel like I didn't get to watch as many this month, I did see quite a few new movies, which was a lot of fun. I finally saw John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), which I have been wanting to see for years. The slasher genre isn't my favorite, but the music and cinematography definitely made this a good spooky movie for the season. I spent a lot of October watching the Universal Monsters movies. There were three I saw this month that I had never seen before: Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and The Invisible Man (1933). These films had some silly moments but the special effects were all incredible, especially for the time. They were perfect for just getting me into the Halloween mood.
I also wanted to only read spooky books this month. There were a few that were really enjoyable. I read a collection of ghost stories written by Charles Dickens. I got this book years ago while I was at college and never read it until now. Dickens is one of my favorite authors and this little book was filled with some good stories. Dickens not only loves ghosts but he especially loves Christmas ghosts so this book could work well for both holidays! I read another collection of spooky stories collected by Alfred Hitchcock in the 1960's. I have tried to read two other collections of his with stories for adults but I couldn't get into them. However, the collection I read this year with stories for teens was pretty fun. The illustrations were amazing and some of the stories were actually quite interesting. I also read a book by Frank Thompson about the making of the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. I love reading about filmmaking, and animation in particular really appeals to me. If you are interested in stop-motion, animation, or movies in general, you should definitely check out this book. It went into details about everything, from writing the music to creating the puppets.
Lastly, I was on a music frenzy this month. Making mixed CD's is a hobby of mine and I made four spooky mixes this month that I quite enjoyed listening to. I thought I would provide the songs here in case you would like some new music to check out:
Cemetery Songs (all the songs are about graves, funerals, tombs, and all that fun stuff)
1. Nightmare Of You - I Want To Be Buried In Your Backyard
2. The Boomtown Rats - The Elephant's Graveyard
3. The Fashion - The Funeral Dept.
4. The Cranberries - Yeat's Grave
5. Laura Marling - Devil's Resting Place
6. Band Of Horses - The Funeral
7. The Airborne Toxic Event - The Graveyard Near The House
8. Eisley - Many Funerals
9. Coldplay - Cemeteries Of London
10. The Cure - The Funeral Party
11. VEILS - TOMB
Cute Halloween Songs (pretty self-explanatory)
1. Karen O - Strange Love
2. Eels - My Beloved Monster
3. Bishop Allen - Ghosts Are Good Company
4. The White Stripes - Little Ghost
5. Good Night, States - Moonlight
6. Nickel Creek - Out Of The Woods
7. The Hush Sound - You Are The Moon
8. Lovedrug - Spiders
9. Nightmare Of You - I Want To Be Buried In Your Backyard
10. The Shins - Weird Divide
11. Passion Pit - Almost There
12. Mark Foster - Polartropic (You Don't Understand Me)
13. Now, Now - Wolf
14. Grace Potter Ft. The Flaming Lips - My Mechanical Friend
15. Nicole Atkins - Maybe Tonight
16. Grouplove - Underground
You Best Start Believin' in Ghost Stories, Miss Turner... (part one of a mix about ghosts)
1. The White Stripes - Little Ghost
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - Ghost
3. Bishop Allen - Ghosts Are Good Company
4. Radical Face - Ghost Towns
5. Alison Krauss - Ghost In This House
6. Tegan & Sara - Walking With A Ghost
7. Johnny Cash - (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
8. Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks
9. Sky Ferreira - Ghost
10. Band Of Horses - Is There A Ghost
11. Laura Welsh - Ghosts
12. L.A. Witch - Haunting
13. The Raveonettes - Attack Of The Ghost Riders
...You're In One! (part two of a mix about ghosts)
1. We Are Scientists - Ghouls
2. Armor For Sleep - Very Invisible
3. Bayside - The Ghost Of St. Valentine
4. The Pack A.D. - Haunt You
5. The Vaccines - Ghost Town
6. Armor For Sleep - Basement Ghost Singing
7. Weezer - Haunt You Every Day
8. Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
9. Chairlift - Ghost Tonight
10. JOURNALIST - G H O S T S T O R Y
11. Burial - Ghost Hardware
12. Prints - Ghosts
13. Passion Pit - Cry Like A Ghost
14. Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters Theme
I hope you all had a safe and happy Halloween! Stay spooky until next year xx
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