Yes! It's my favorite time of year! I'm pretty sure Halloween is officially my favorite holiday of all time. I've got my condo decorated to the nines with creepy ghosts, demons, and skeletons adorning the walls. Plenty of spooky lights, pumpkin lamps, and flickering candles. It's great! I can't really explain why I love being creeped out or surrounded by demonic looking decor. I've had a fascination with fantasy, paranormal, and otherworldly everything since I could remember. I guess Halloween is that time of year when the other side seems palpable. You can feel the chill in the air, the spooky wind in the trees, and every one is right there with you cheering for more supernatural scares! Reality seems to go haywire!When I was little I wasn't as gung ho about the scary part of Halloween. I liked dressing up, trick or treating, but the bloody costumes were not for me. I liked being a golden pegasus or a lawn gnome, well an evil lawn gnome, but not a gory one.
I think maybe as I got older and trick or treating was no longer in the cards, I fully embraced the scary side. I love walking through haunted houses. And actually I don't mind that they always go for the "girls" in order to make you scream. (Am I the only one?)
For the month of October, I have to watch only scary movies about hauntings, or vampires, or zombies, and I plan something spooky or festive to do every weekend. I've already seen Paranormal Activity 3, which was sufficiently creepy, and I'm keeping up with new shows like American Horror Story and The Secret Circle. (You can watch full episodes here) Check them out if you like that sort of thing. Luckily with all these new TV shows I'll be able to keep the scares going for the rest of the year.
Also, I've been trying to snag a copy of my all time favorite Halloween movie The Nightmare Before Christmas on DVD, I can't watch my worn VHS copy anymore.
Hope everyone has a frightening, (but safe), Halloween!
Celeste Simone
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