In honor of the 57 newly-unearthed Egyptian mummies, I’m calling today “Dress Like a Mummy Day.” Don’t tear up all your white sheets–check out these costumes in the Fright Catalog shop: Arguably the coolest of all the mummy items in the store, the Universal Studios Mummy Mask is a realistic latex over-the-head mask of Boris [...]
Archive for May, 2010
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It’s Alive!
Posted: 22nd May 2010 by Holly in Halloween Fun, Halloween NewsTags: artificial life, dystopia, mad scientist, zombie apocalypse
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This is one of those news stories that reads like the first chapter of an apocalyptic horror story: Scientists create artificial, self-replicating DNA cells that they plan to manipulate into synthetic bacteria to be released into the air in an effort to reverse damage to the environment. I’m not making this up. To be fair, [...]
Fulci’s Zombie vs. Shark All Over TV
Posted: 18th May 2010 by Holly in Halloween Fun, Halloween News, Holiday IdeasTags: dawn of the dead, windows 7, zombi 2, zombie apocalypse
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I was knocked over when I saw the new Windows 7 ad, which features a clip from Lucio Fulci’s 1979 film “Zombi 2″ (aka “Zombie” and “Zombie 2: The Dead are Among Us” in the US). The Italian “zombie vs. shark” scene is a cult classic, but the clip’s relative obscurity made it possible for [...]
Can Charley Defeat Edward?
Posted: 14th May 2010 by Holly in Halloween Fun, Halloween NewsTags: fangs, fright night, near dark, twilight, vampires
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A couple of years ago, a “Near Dark” remake was scrapped because the producer was afraid that the story, which has a teenage romance element, would come off like an R-rated “Twilight” knockoff — apparently, the planned unnecessary remake was probably a thousand times worse than imagined. Although 1985′s “Fright Night” isn’t quite as awesome [...]
Actual Space Zombie Threatens to Spread Infection
Posted: 11th May 2010 by Holly in Halloween NewsTags: galaxy 15, george romero, survival of the dead, zombie apocalypse, zombie satellite
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Couldn’t pass on the totally true astro-story going around about the zombie satellite Galaxy 15 that’s tearing through space putting other, working satellites at risk. See, Galaxy 15 isn’t some fried-out dead satellite, but a fried-out satellite that still has power and can’t be communicated with. Will its Earth-bound handlers manage to kill it in [...]
Alternative Baby Boy Apparel
Posted: 11th May 2010 by Cara Maria in Halloween FunTags: baby, batman, boy, clothes, cool, costume, fashion, halloween, infant, kid, shrek, superman, trend
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Besides the fact that hell would freeze over, if for some reason by the immaculate conception I, the Halloween Harlot, had a child… I would make it awesome. Face it, baby clothes are expensive. Add the clothes to the cost of formula, diapers, school, food, etc and you’ve grown yourself your very own financial pocket [...]
Separated at Undeath
Posted: 10th May 2010 by Holly in Halloween FunTags: aliens, Icelandic volcano, zombie apocalypse, Zombies
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The ghoulish Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull, seen here in an aerial photo via the German tabloid Bild, continues to make the news for its reign of terror over Europe. Not flying planes into that zombie-ash sounds like a good call. Want to dress up as Eyjafjallajökull? Pick up a Goon 12 mask — it’s almost uncanny! [...]
Babies: For Mother’s Day.
Posted: 8th May 2010 by Cara Maria in Halloween Fun, Holiday IdeasTags: babies, baby, card, child, costumes, flowers, gift, infant, mom, mothers day, teddy bear
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It’s almost Mother’s Day and as usual you are running out to get a last minute gift. You are combing the Hallmark isles and sifting through the picked over “I love you Mom” section. You run to the flower section where all that is left is thirty dollar half dead daisy bouquet. Your own baby [...]
Zombie-tastic Moms
Posted: 7th May 2010 by Holly in Holiday IdeasTags: baby, mother, mothers day, movie, pregnant, zombie apocalypse, Zombies
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The zombie plague puts mothers at a distinct disadvantage. While a mother’s survival instinct is strong enough to help her stay alive under horrendous circumstances, she will doom herself to protect and care for her child without a second thought. It’s what moms do. So, in honor of Mothers’ Day, here are five zombie movie [...]
Babies: Other Uses.
Posted: 7th May 2010 by Cara Maria in Halloween FunTags: baby, child, costume, cute, funny, horse, infant, mother, pony, pregnant, useful
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Ok so maybe the babies for dinner blog didn’t exactly sit well in your stomach (pardon the pun). So…being the fair and liberal journalist that I am, I tried to think of other possible uses for babies, perhaps something a little more politically correct. I couldn’t do it. Babies are bald, puffy, bite sized old [...]