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your mind along with your teeth this October 31, whether you're
haunting the multiplex
or lurking
in video
aisles for obscure hatchet
jobs and current fright-fests.
But speaking of "Blair
Witch," you can save $15 on that "new" missing-footage video
by watching it for free on the Sci-Fi
Channel, with such minor classics as "Tales From the Crypt:
Bordello of Blood" and "Hellbound:
Hellraiser II."
When the late-night urge to prowl
hits, though, you'll want to throw
together a creepy
costume for you and, if applicable, the wee
ones. Or you can create all the ghouls,
animated
corpses and vortex
tunnels you'll need for your own haunted
house.
If you are entertaining guests until the undead hours, you'll definitely
want to whip up a batch of Litterbox
Cookies and Potty
Jell-O, washed down with Devil's
Breath, Festering
Boils, Sewer
Water, or a refreshing Abortion.
And if you decide to skip amateur night in the cemetery, that doesn't
mean you can't have a little fun right online.
In addition to finding out your probable date
of death and your risk of being
murdered, you can check out the world's
largest pumpkins and catch up on your horror
reading as you prepare to listen to new
and classic
broadcasts of "War
of the Worlds."
Or you can simply shake your tailbone to the debut Webcast of the
Voodoo
Music Festival. The show starts at 11am Halloween morn in New
Orleans, and features The Roots, Marvelous 3, Moby, Third Eye Blind,
Ben Folds Five, Citizen King, George Clinton & P-Funk, Jude, Wyclef
Jean & The Refugee Allstars, Train, The Getaway People, Coolbone,
Bamboula 2000, Bag of Donuts, Speed Buggy, Dash Rip Rock, Dead Eye
Dick, Michael Ray & The Cosmic Krewe, Kathleen Lague--and, of course,
John Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen. Sounds like a graveyard
smash.
Frank
Sennett
 Newcity.com
affiliates offer a bagful of treats and tricks:
CREATURES
OF THE NIGHTLIFE
Make the Halloween scene with the nationwide event listings in Newcity.com's
new Nightlife section
PLUS:
Special Halloween event listings for Asheville,
NC, Chicago,
Columbia,
SC, Columbus,
OH, Detroit,
Pittsburgh
and San
Francisco
BLOODY
VALENTINE
Despite its heartfelt origins, Bela Lugosi's "Dracula" emerged as
classic Halloween evil
THE
MONSTER INSIDE ME
A TV newsman recalls his five-year tour of undead duty as horror-show
host Baron Daemon
TRICKED,
NO TREAT
One man shares his scariest Halloween dating story
WITCHING
HOURS
An eyewitness report from deep inside a Wiccan ceremony
STIGMATIZED
Futurist Bart Kosko pits "Stigmata" against "The Exorcist"
BLOOD
SUCKER
Digitally created creatures swarm a small Texas town with the ardor
of Alfred Hitchcock's birds in "Bats"
RISING
FROM THE DEAD
Grassroots zombies breathe new life into the Halloween tradition
TV
TERROR
Meet Count Cool Rider, the 435-year-old host of "Saturday Fright
at the Movies"
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