Thread: What Are Your Favorites?

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What is your favorite Halloween:
movie
story
trick
treat
costume
haunt
party/attraction
activity
symbol

Feel free to elaborate!

What a cool question.

Movie: can't narrow it down to one.
Story: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (even working on a miniature Sleepy Hollow display)
Trick: Scaring someone with a fake story they think is true
Treat: Chocolate!!!!
Costume: The best I ever saw was an Alien (from the movie "Alien") at a sci-fi convention. It looked exactly like one from the movie - from head to toe!
Haunt: Can't pick one, but I like "real" haunted locations
Party/Attraction: Hallowscream at Wyandot Lake in Columbus Ohio
Activity: Going anywhere in costume or anywhere spooky
Symbol: Headless Horseman, owls, jack-o-lanterns

movie-It's the Great Pumpkin, then The Lost Boys.
story-A story my friend McP told me about someone becomming possessed.
trick-When a live person is pretending to be a static prop.
treat-Peanut butter cups mmmmmmmmm.
costume-Skeleton costumes.
haunt-Good haunted hayrides that last longer than 5 minutes!
party/attraction-Our town has 2 great attractions; a garden center that sets up the entire outdoor area as a yard haunt and our little history museum does a live performance outdoors. That and my own party I will throw oneday when I have a house (it will be wicked!)
activity-Trick or treating with my kid or handing out treats.
symbol-Owls, then witches, cats, skelies, scarecrows.

What is your favorite Halloween:

movie: The Haunting
story: Sleepy Hallow
trick: Using a fishing pole to drop spiders down from a window or roof top
treat: Chocolate
costume: Black Widow
haunt: undecided
party/attraction: undecided
activity: Decorating, Sewing Costumes
symbol: Night Owl's Avatar

movie: hocus pocus and when good ghouls go bad
story: scrooge
trick: using trick film that showed up ghosts in it
treat: chocolate
costume: vampiress or witch
haunt: the first year we went to spooky world in minn.
party/attraction: my halloween party with a scavenger hunt
activity: putting on my haunt and sewing
symbol: anything witchy
prop: crashed witches

Movie: Nightmare on Elm Street
Story: Headless Horseman... first real memory of Halloween
Trick: same as theworstwitch...someone pretending to be a static prop
treat: PEANUT BUTTER CUPS
costume: Darth Maul 2002? homemade...have to find the pic...
haunt: The Darkness in St. Louis
party/attraction: none yet
activity: dressing up the kids
symbol: skulls and haunted houses
prop: still in work
activity: building and setting up
symbol:

Movie: The Notebook ( I know not scary, but it makes me fall in love with my husband all over again every time I see it)
Story: The story of Sleep Hollow
Trick: Holographic Image in my main Bay Window
Treat: Chocolate covered cherries from the Treat Boutique (not the kind in a box you find in a drug store or grocery store)
Costume: Any type of glamourous ghoul
Haunt: Ghost tours about real people
Party/Attraction: Halloween Horror nights at universal studios
Activity: Planning and building annual Haunted House with my children
Symbol: Girly skulls and Frankenstein

I haven't posted here for a little while (life got the best of me but this was such a cool thread, I couldn't NOT reply!

Movie: Hocus Pocus
Story: The legend of the Blair Witch or any kind of based on truth ghost story
Trick: "Props" coming to life
Treat: Nerds, pixie stix and other sour candies! Also.. peanut butter cups RULE!
Costume: Anything really OTT with attention to detail - I saw someone in full Optimus Prime get-up once and was in awe!
Haunt: We don't really get many over here in the UK... I suppose the closest I've even been to a haunt is the spooky ride "Hex" in Alton Towers *blushes*
Party/Attraction: My Halloween parties! (because I go completely overboard lol)
Activity: Getting dressed up, carving pumpkins, decorating the house, making the party food... it's all amazing fun!
Symbol: The Jack O' Lantern

Movie: The Ninth Gate (with The Exorcist next).

Story: The ones I tell to visitors on Halloween (the witch delusion in Europe, the trials at Salem, the Inquisition, etc.)

Trick: Pretending to be a prop, then silently sneaking up on a visitor while they're turned the other way.

Treat: Sugar-free turtles.

Costume: Medieval Knight (Hospitaler) with real chainmail and sword.

Haunt: My own little haunted graveyard.

Attraction: Scary Acres and Mystery Mansion, Omaha, NE.

Activity: Watching people react to my haunt.

Symbol: Graveyards and Eeevil books.

What a great thread!

Movie: Halloween (the soundtrack is SOOOO spooky)
Story: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Trick: Static props that aren't
Treat: Caramel apples rolled in nuts
Costume: The old hag witch from Snow White
Haunt: Darkwood Manor
Party: Mine, of course! (my fav so far was the Potter party last year)
Activity: TOT night, carving pumpkins, riding in the Magic Pumpkin in my witch
costume with the top down
Symbol: Witch flying across the full moon, grinning JOL's