Category Archives: Halloween

31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 18

Dark Minds Haunted Attraction – Alpena, Michigan Billed as “one of the world’s largest haunted attractions”, Dark Minds has been held annually in Alpena Armory since 2003. This year’s $9.50, 20-30 minute long walkthrough was a really well done affair featuring passionate actors that really give it their all with sets and props which areContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 18”

31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 17

The Simpsons – Cape Feare (Season 5 Episode 2) Original air date:  October 7, 1993 After Bart starts receiving death threats from his nemesis, Sideshow Bob, the Simpsons enter the Witness Relocation Program and move to Terror Lake, a “Cape Fear”-esque town several miles away.

31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 16

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Disney (1949) Disney’s timeless animated Halloween masterpiece is a seminal part of the required holiday viewing around the Jack’s Attic household. Narrated and sung by the legendary golden throated entertainer, Bing Crosby, this truncated re-telling of Washington Irving’s classic tale hits all the main beats of the original story. Continue reading “31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 16”

31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 12

Ghost Adventures – Season 5 Episode 6 The Ghost Adventures Crew heads to the abandoned Letchworth Village in Rockland County, New York, a former residential community for the disabled and mentally ill which was closed after the media discovered that patients were tortured and some of the staff were mistreated.

31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 11

Slaughter Tales (2012) Writer/director/actor/cinematographer Johnny Dickie’s micro-budgeted ($65), shot on video (SOV) feature film is a retro throwback to 1980’s slasher and anthology films. From IMDb: “After a teen steals a VHS tape titled “Slaughter Tales” from a yard sale, he seals his fate by ignoring a ghostly apparition in his bath tub and watchesContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 11”

31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 10

The Bates Haunted Sawmill in Millington, Michigan isn’t your average Halloween haunted attraction. While the premise is the same as every other haunted spook house (you pay for a ticket, walk through a staged horror production made up of different scenes, have a few scares and a few laughs and then you’re done) the executionContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 10”