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31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 29

It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (1966) The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween, with Linus hoping that, finally, he will be visited by The Great Pumpkin; while Charlie Brown is invited to a Halloween party.

31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 19

King of the Hill – Season 2 Episode 4: “Hilloween” Hank tries to teach Bobby the true meaning of Halloween all the while luring him away from a fanatical church patron who deems the holiday evil and gets trick or treating banned in Arlen.

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 9

Season 6 – Episode 7 Original air date: October 28, 2010 The Gang gets a real scare after Dee reveals she’s pregnant, forcing the guys to recall their last hazy Halloween Party to determine if one of them might be the father.

31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 1

It’s that time of the year again. A time when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead begins to weaken and thin. A time for a celebration of all things ghastly and macabre. When indulging in the darker side of life is not only tolerated but expected andContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2014 – Day 1”

31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 28

Tales from the Darkside – Season 1 Episode 7, Inside the Closet (Original air date: November 21, 1984) Directed by special effects master Tom Savini, this episode of the criminally underrated horror series finds a young co-ed renting a room from a peculiar anthropology professor. Soon after she finds that a strange, small, locked closetContinue reading “31 Days of Horror 2013 – Day 28”