I LOVE collective nouns! What are collective nouns? Well, a flock of birds, herd of deer (of course I've heard of deer). But what about a plague of zombies, a scourge of vampires,a lunacy of werewolves? More normal creatures;http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/collnoun.htm This has a ton of room for fun! A congress of baboons... a colony of rats... a bunch of Haunters... Wait. A WHAT of haunters? ...
Here's a mix I made about 10 years ago (jeez, 10 years already) of some of my favorite dark ambient music. It was inspired tremendously by a Hearts of Space radio show called "The Gathering Gloom". Please ... let me know what you think in the comments. It'd be tremendous fun to see comments in this blog! Ambient Halloween Mix
Originally Posted by HallowSusieBoo Inspiration for a 2012 prop: http://my.earthlink.net/article/ent?...1-e1390a194afa When Tom Hanks met face to face with Zoltar in the memorable "BIG" I was mesmerized with the fantasy as if I were still an 8 year old kid. This story got me excited again with the notion that I might be able to replicate a similar Halloween prop that would dispense spooky advice to Trick-or-Treaters. Also, there is a Halloween Forum member ...
I have been working on some new props for my haunt and another prop that I have been asked for help on. First, a static zombie coming out of a drain - this was inspired by a piece of packing styrofoam that reminded me of a drain cover Next, not a new prop, but repaired and repainted my skull fountain I have also started on a Gibbet, or skeleton cage if you prefer, made from plumbers tape. This will be an how to - and a very easy build. If you can use ...
Wade Denning (who passed away near Halloween in 2007) was a big-band composer and arranger in the 40’s and 50’s. For 20 years, he was an arranger for “Ted Mack’s Family Hour” … during that time, he also composed over 550 advertising jingles. In the 60’s and 70’s, he composed music for children with Kay Lande (including a terrific Halloween album). One such recording is this compilation of some classic and some original scary short stories. ...
