Thursday, 23 October 2025

Some random things I’ll be decorating my flat with for Halloween!

 



I missed posting yesterday…I was travelling back to my flat. I had intended to take some photos of random Halloween decorations around North Berwick when I got back, but there doesn’t seem to be many up yet! I’m hoping that changes at the weekend!



But for today I thought I’d show you some things I’ll be using to spook the place up a bit while I’m here (will probably be heading back to my parents for Halloween itself)…First up, here’s a chap that might have popped up before! You can hang his skeletal form from a ribbon tied to his hat, and he has poseable limbs, although he has lost one hand and most of his fingers on the remaining one!



Then there’s these Halloween juggling balls…I can’t juggle, so I’ll just be sticking these around the place tomlet there little spooky faces peek out at passers by!




Then there’s this creepy little guy. He’s still a bit dirty, as I rescued him from being thrown away from a random house I was visiting years ago, after he got a bit of water damage. 



His head is attached with velcro so you can knock it off if the mood takes you….a truly bizzare little monster thing, isn’t he!?



Then there’s a gaggle of Gizmos…well, two….lets just pretend the big one got hit by a drop of water or something. Don’t worry, I locked up the food…..



And last but not least today, is someone who I’m sure I must have shown on the blog at some point before, but can’t remember if I definitely have. I’ve had him for years and he’s a cd case that I store some of my spooky PS2 games in! 


He sometimes looks a bit sad, which isn’t helped by the fact I removed a piece of nasty wire from his antenna so it didn’t stab my nieces and nephews when they inevitably picked him up, but it’s all about what angle you look at him from, as sometimes he looks like he has a massive grin….



At least, I hope thats why he seems to change his face…Maybe he’s a bit more sentient than I realise!!



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Blimey! Not long to go now is there? Just over a week until Halloween! Hope you're all nearly ready for it! while you wait, be sure to go and check out what all theother Cryptkeepers are up by clicking the badge below and heading over to the Countdown Hub!!





Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Hands of Death!

 



That beloved staple of  '50s horror comics appears again in tonight's tale from the Digital Comic Museum, which comes from Superior's Strange Mysteries, Issue 4, Dated March 1952. It was uploaded to the archive by darwination so thanks go to them for the original scans...

Let's take a reflective look then, at the....Hands of Death!!









Wow, that old lady really cracked up didn't she? Really went all to pieces

Well, I suppose if I'd spent that much time standing trapped in a mirror I'd get pretty shattered too!


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Monday, 20 October 2025

Vincent Price Utterly Refuses to Stop Haunting My Blog!



Vincent Price just won't leave my blog alone at all.....He's back again this year with another collection of peculiarities for your perusal!


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Cooking - Price Wise (1971)



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Lobby Spots for The Fly (1958) and The Tingler (1959)












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The Vincent Price Collection of Fine Art (1962/63ish)




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A Graveyard of Ghost Tales (1974)




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Sunday, 19 October 2025

Halloween Party - Shari Lewis Style - Part 2!

 




While looking for Shari Lewis stuff after finding that article I posted earlier in the month, I stumbled upon this "Spooky Stuff by Shari Lewis' book! It's filled with even more ideas on how to throw the best spooky parties ever...






These first couple of pages I've shared above tell you how to make some awesome invitations...




Above are some ideas for special effects to use while you tell a scary story in the dark....




And this...this just feels like something that shouldn't really be at a kids party! A dead body in the bath!!??  I love it!!!




Above are some more tips to get the atmosphere right for ultimate spooky shenanigans...




And here's some ideas for what to dress up like to put extra fear into your guests!



The last of the pages I'm sharing gives you some recipes to try out for horrorsome food!



As you can see from these examples, it's a great little book and worth picking up if you can find a copy! I used the Internet Archive borrowing library, when it was still working, to read it....


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And then I also found this! A whole special Halloween video starring Shari and Mutton Chop amongst others in a weird spin on Phantom of the Opera, set in a haunted studio! I haven't actually watched it yet, I'm saving it for Halloween....

But yeah, it seems like Shari was definitely one of us when it came to being a Halloween fan, as she did loads of stuff to enhance the spooky season! 





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Saturday, 18 October 2025

More Hallowe'en Cards.....and A Small Rant about the 'Online Safety Act'.......

 



So as well as blocking Tumblr, it seems like some ISPS are blocking the Internet Archive now as well. At least I think they are.....reports of it not working in the UK have been increasing since last year, and I've personally now not been able to access it for three or four days. It came back briefly for one day, and then disappeared again and has been inacessable since......




BlueSky now wants me to verify with Photo ID to see my own private messages. I had to take a picture of my face so I can play 18 rated games on Xbox.

But Tumblr not being able to afford age verification measures, or being unwilling to implement them anyway, is the biggest issue right now, with a lot of websites images being blocked by that big sign I mentioned in my very first Countdown post this year.




I don't have a problem with the government trying to protect young web users. I think it's long past time that such features were brought in. But it needs to be waaaaay better implemented. Too many sites that have adult only content contained within, but aren't specifically used for that purpose (ie, the Internet Archive and Tumblr) are being targeted as problems, but they've done nothing about Twitter which has far worse content and is also the biggest poisoner of young minds on the internet right now!!




Anyway, with not having access to the Internet Archive, and with the Digital Comic Museum seemingly down for the day as well, I'm going to post some more cards from Pinterest while I can, just in case that disappears next week too! 












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Friday, 17 October 2025

Cinema of Stuff Presents.... Trees - The Movie! (2000)




 Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the woods...

Was trying to think of a film to put on the blog tonight, and then a conversation I was having while watching Zombi Workshop on Twitch made me remember this film.....

This low-budget cult classic was made to coincide with the 25th Anniversary of Jaws, and it's inspiration runs right through the trunk of the film! It really is very easy to see it's roots! 

If for some reason you feel lik eyou need to watch re-watch Jaws, only worse and and not about a Great White Shark, but a Great White Pine.....then, uhm......here you go!



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