We had a fun Halloween this year with some new and some old costumes.
In this universe, Spider-Man's secret identity is someone else not seen in any of the Marvel Universes. He is in fact another hero from another profession. Congrats to Spider-Man for winning the World Series incognito!
The weather forecast threatened severe thunderstorms and possibly a tornado. We had some windy conditions but no rain and only the occasional far-distant lightening flashes--the kind when you don't even hear the thunder. The temperature was in the mid-70s, so fairly comfortable. The night was nice enough for the end of October.
A few houses had more than a few decorations.
I noticed this year as we walked around that some people just sat inside their front door and surfed the internet on their laptop as they waited for new trick-or-treaters to come their way. I wonder if that is popular outside of our neighborhood.
We had a fun time and should have enough candy to last us till Christmas at least.
For my scary movie after the kids went to bed, I watched Ti West's The House of the Devil. I'd seen it recommended by the B-Movie Catechism guy last Halloween and finally got around to watching it. The movie is set in the 1980s and captures the 80s film style really well. The story is about a college girl desperate for money so she takes a babysitting job one night. That night coincides with a lunar eclipse and the house is out in the middle of nowhere and the "babysitting" job is really for the guy's mother-in-law, so the girl really has a lot of signs warning her not to take the job. She does anyway with some horrifying results. The opening title card tells how 70% of Americans in the 1980s believed in Satanic cults that kidnapped people, so viewers definitely had a leg up on her for what was about to happen.
I liked the movie but the set-up was really slow, as was the second act. The young lady did a lot of exploring in the house, with a fun solo dance number typical of a 1980s movie. The third act was exciting and gut-wrenching. I'm glad I watched it but probably won't watch it again.
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| Firefighter--an old reliable |
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| Rainbow-themed girl |
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| Spider-Man and his haul |
In this universe, Spider-Man's secret identity is someone else not seen in any of the Marvel Universes. He is in fact another hero from another profession. Congrats to Spider-Man for winning the World Series incognito!
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| Another identity! |
The weather forecast threatened severe thunderstorms and possibly a tornado. We had some windy conditions but no rain and only the occasional far-distant lightening flashes--the kind when you don't even hear the thunder. The temperature was in the mid-70s, so fairly comfortable. The night was nice enough for the end of October.
A few houses had more than a few decorations.
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| A house with a lot going on |
I noticed this year as we walked around that some people just sat inside their front door and surfed the internet on their laptop as they waited for new trick-or-treaters to come their way. I wonder if that is popular outside of our neighborhood.
We had a fun time and should have enough candy to last us till Christmas at least.
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| The Wall-crawler is also the Candy-protector! |
For my scary movie after the kids went to bed, I watched Ti West's The House of the Devil. I'd seen it recommended by the B-Movie Catechism guy last Halloween and finally got around to watching it. The movie is set in the 1980s and captures the 80s film style really well. The story is about a college girl desperate for money so she takes a babysitting job one night. That night coincides with a lunar eclipse and the house is out in the middle of nowhere and the "babysitting" job is really for the guy's mother-in-law, so the girl really has a lot of signs warning her not to take the job. She does anyway with some horrifying results. The opening title card tells how 70% of Americans in the 1980s believed in Satanic cults that kidnapped people, so viewers definitely had a leg up on her for what was about to happen.
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| This poster is a fake-out--the house is never on fire |
I liked the movie but the set-up was really slow, as was the second act. The young lady did a lot of exploring in the house, with a fun solo dance number typical of a 1980s movie. The third act was exciting and gut-wrenching. I'm glad I watched it but probably won't watch it again.
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