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October 18, 2022 / animar64 / 2 Comments

There are 13 Days to Halloween and I said to myself,

I have the perfect movie in mind to watch to kick of the last couple of weeks before Halloween.

I am going to watch 13 Ghosts – the original version which was produced and directed by William Castle.

There of course is a reboot, which I did enjoy though it seemed like it wanted to be a horror film, but it didn’t quite make the leap so it really was like visiting a haunted house during Halloween where you get to run around and have some scares but in a safe way.

I actually don’t mind that in a film about the supernatural, but the special effects in the reboot were so good and so intense that I’d have liked a scarier ride, you know?

William Castle’s version actually reached for that level of fear but the technology wasn’t there.

And for no reason that I can put my finger on, the headless lion tamer and the lion in the Castle version is my favorite ghost. I still wonder what happened to the lion tamer’s head, did the lion eat it? Did they scoop up what was left of it and bury him with it?

What happened to the lion and why is he a ghost?

I also have to wonder, is the Dire Mother and the Great Child in the reboot a nod to this duo?

The Great Child and the Dire Mother

After all they are a pair and they are Circus performers and the Lion, The Lion Tamer the Dire Mother and the Great Child all came to their end at the Circus where they all performed.

I like to think so.

Anyway, I’m going to watch the 1960 version and I might watch the reboot in the next 13 days, I figure I’m going to have fun watching no matter what.

Hello Dolly

October 13, 2022 / animar64 / Leave a comment

There are 18 days left to Halloween- do you know where the creepy dolls in your house are? Basement? Attic Garage? In pieces under the floorboards in the bathroom?

Don’t you think you should check to make sure they’re still there?

For Wednesday

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 / animar64 / Leave a comment

There are 19 days left to Halloween and today seems like a good day to pull up some quotes and artwork about – Ghosts.

MYRIAM LAPLANTE

Ghosts are hiding in the walls

creeping out when midnight calls

-Unknown-

MYRIAM LAPLANTE

“We don’t believe in ghosts, Mrs. Phipps.”
“Don’t matter if you believe in them or not. If they’re there, they’re there.” — Joan Lowery Nixon

MYRIAM LAPLANTE

[Amateurs playing ghost scene]
W. S. Hobson1887

* For One Liner Wednesday

Pumpkins Ahoy!

October 11, 2022 / animar64 / 3 Comments

Here’s a collection of my Halloween Pumpkins over the past few years- with guest appearances by a pumpkin painted by my son and Granddaughter. There also a few that I didn’t carve but they were my Jack-O-Lanterns that year all the same.

So, to confess- which I might as well do now because you’re going to see the pictures, I’m no great pumpkin carver, but I do enjoy carving them. Yes. I do like the carving part.

I’m going to pick my pumpkins up this weekend because there are 20 days to Halloween and to be honest it just seemed like a thing to tick off of my ‘to do ‘ list, but I’m actually starting to look forward to it after going over these pictures.. I’ll let you know how it goes.

anita marie