Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Friday, October 31, 2025

The Ghost In You

Michael Shinafelt
&
Friend

"Inside you the times moves

And she don't fade
The ghost in you
She don't fade
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade" - The Psychedelic Furs, Ghost In You

While visiting Hollywood Forever Cemetery one foggy morning I met someone...

Happy Halloween! 👻

Hollywood Forever Cemetery on the WWW -

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Hump Day & Chill

Rocky & Janet

Friday is Halloween! Thus I thought we should Hump Day & Chill to something horror related. While The Rocky Horror Picture Show isn't considered a horror movie, it does lift many elements from said films.

Oh, and it contains the most fun element of all...it's highly sexual. Thus I'm leaving you with lyrics from one of my favorite songs from it with a still from the scene it goes with.

Touch-A-Touch-A-Touch-A-Touch Me...

"I thought theres no use getting, into heavy petting,

It only leads to trouble and, seat wetting,Now all I want to know, is how to go,I've tasted blood and I want more (more, more, more)I'll put up no resistance, I want to stay the distance,I've got an itch to scratch, I need assistance,
Toucha, toucha, toucha, touch me,I wanna be dirty,thrill me, chill me, fullfill me,Creature of the night" Janet Weiss, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Hump Day & Chill!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Wikipedia -

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

To Be, Or Not To Be

Black Phone 2

"You're either choosing to be happy now or you're making excuses for not choosing to be happy"

Think about it, but not too much...

The Grabber wants to remind you - Only 10 more days until Halloween!!!

That's all.

Black Phone 2 on Rotten Tomatoes -

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_phone_2  

Monday, October 13, 2025

Eighteen & Counting...

Michael Myers v Santa Claus

Halloween is 18 days away those retailers who have already decked their halls with Christmas decor need to slow their roll!

I mean the best day of the year hasn't even happened yet and here you are trying to shove something down our throats that is still over two months away.

Could you wait at least until November 1st?! That would be an acceptable solution Home Depot (and others, but they are the only one I've experienced on a personal level thus far)

Thank you,

Michael Shinafelt and several hundred thousand like minded individuals

PS I'm putting rocks in all of those who are guilty Trick R Treat bags, so there!!!

Find a Spirit Halloween store near you...

https://stores.spirithalloween.com/  

Sunday, October 5, 2025

The Boogeyman Is Coming!

Only twenty-six days until "The Night He Came Home"...

Laurie: It was the Boogeyman.

Loomis: As a matter of fact it was...

Halloween on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(1978_film)

Friday, September 19, 2025

Just Because...

Just Because it's a cool image, Just Because I love horror and mainly Just Because it's a scant 42 Days until Halloween and I am feeling it. Here are two skeletons relaxing by the fire at home....you're welcome!

This is where my head is at on Friday September 19th 2025, go figure, or not.

Enjoy your weekend...TGIF!

Halloween on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween  

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

"Screamityville"

On October 14, Borderline Media proudly presents Screamityville on Blu-ray, DVD, and select digital platforms. The film invites you to take a hauntingly fun tour of Halloween-themed houses, from the same creators who brought you Christmas Lights, Christmas Lights 2: Bigger Dazzling Displays, and Christmas Lights 3: Winter Wonderlights.  


Screamityville shows off dozens of spectacular homes, each fully decked out to celebrate the thrills and chills of Halloween. These homeowners have taken things far beyond simply placing a pumpkin on the porch. Numerous front yards are covered in elaborate and overwhelming displays of tombstones, skeletons, jack-o-lanterns, humongous spiders, ghastly ghouls, and anything else that goes bump in the night. A wicked clown house will reinforce your suspicions and phobias. Glowing ghosts float through the trees and creepy cemeteries. Cobwebs, smoke, and strobe lights enhance the gory and horrifying effects that turn sweet suburban front yards into supernatural wonderlands.  

The 84-minute tour is brought to life with spooky atmospheric music and chilling sound effects, perfect for your Halloween-themed party. There are no interviews or narration to interrupt the spooky displays as the camera explores the array of undead marvels. Viewers will find themselves amazed, shocked, and inspired by the sights and sounds of Screamityville.  


Monday, October 28, 2024

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Halloween Inspiration


Saw this perfectly macabre mock book cover online the other day. I found it the perfect vessel to inspire for the High Holy Day known as Halloween.

After all how can you go wrong with Murder & Flowers for the scariest day of the year?!

Indeed...

Halloween Flowers on Amazon -

Friday, October 25, 2024

The Night HE Came Home

Michael Shinafelt

TGIF! Only six more days until the night HE came home..."Yes" Halloween, duh! 

To celebrate the impending high holy day here I am in one of my favorite T-Shirts paying tribute to my my favorite horror movie of all time 1978's Halloween starring Jamie Lee Curtis.

Why is it my favorite? It was the first R rated horror movie I saw in a theater and it had the most impact on me of any of the ones I've ever seen since.

I mean who didn't see Michael Myers creepy white mask somewhere lurking in the dark somewhere after viewing this classic.

So here we are Halloween 2024, are you ready? 

Trick or Treat! 

Halloween 1978 on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/ 

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Hump Day & Chill

Erika Jayne

Here we are one week and one day until Halloween! So I guess it's time to Hump Day & Chill and spill what I am going to be...I'm going to be what Erika Jayne is in the photo above a "Dom Top."

Translation: I'm not really dressing up, I'm simply raiding my actual wardrobe 

A bit too cheeky on this HD&C for October 23, 2024?

Too bad you won't be there for the big reveal....

Hump Day & Chill! Cheers!

Erika Jayne on IG -

Monday, October 21, 2024

Wonders Of The World

Wonder Girl & Wonder Woman
Debra Winger & Lynda Carter

Let's kick Monday off by admiring the wonders of the world. Specifically Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter) and Wonder Girl (Debra Winger). from the classic 1975 TV Series Wonder Woman!

Hey it's almost Halloween why not celebrate with two heroic women of Comic Book lore.

Thus the dynamic duo is here to help you kick off our collective work weeks.

Beware of golden lassos!

Wonder Woman TV Series on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074074/   

Friday, October 18, 2024

Dark Lady v White Witch

Dark Lady v White Witch
Cher & Stevie Nicks

So here we have a Cher and Stevie Nicks meme made for Halloween Month. They are in two of their fame grabbing personas The Dark Lady & The White Witch (I'm sure you can guess which one is witch.)

Time to choose your warrior Minions! Which witch is your stan? 

Honestly I wished they had something less black and white, so to speak. Personally I think they need to find a more balanced betwixt the two.

I'm guessing that makes me the Dark Witch or the White Lady? 

Ugh! Just no! I'm going to do my own thing and create my own category.

Tim to go ride my disco stick! TGIF!

Cher on IG -


Stevie on IG -

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Only 26 Days!

Michael Myers

Halloween is a mere 26th days away, unless you are like me and celebrating it now. 

Look who stopped by? Straight outta Halloween the one and only original (accept no Rob Zombie substitutes) Michael Myers!!!

Isn't it cute Michael decided to visit his famous costar Jamie Lee Curtis' star on Hollywood Blvd. to pay his (Ummmm) respects I am guessing???

Happy countdown, I've got some Spooky Season to celebrate, right here, right now...

Halloween 1978 on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(1978_film)  

Friday, October 4, 2024

Be Afraid...

Geena Davis
"The Fly"

Here we are the first Friday of Halloween month. So I'm gonna just leave this iconic quote from 1986 David Cronenberg's The Fly.

Spoken by Geena Davis as Veronica Quaife.

That's all...

The Fly on IMDb -

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Hump Day & Chill

Soul Sitter

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes." 

Whilst walking through my hood the other day I spotted this divine creature. I knew there had to be more to her than meets the eye. You know like something less surface and with more meaning.

Well let us give a Halloween Hump Day & Chill welcome to my neighborhood Soul Sitter!

So what's a Soul Sitter you ask? It's someone who helps people who are facing the death of a loved one. 

Personally I think this one's intentions don't seem 100% pure. There is definitely some sinister undertones happening here. You know what, that intrigues me even more!!!

Join me and my "Sitter" in a Halloween month Hump Day & Chill toast! 

Where's the pizza???

The Soul Sitter's Handbook on Amazon -

https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Sitters-Handbook-loved-dying-ebook/dp/B008LUW1H6

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Samhain

"No Tree Can Grow To Heaven,
Unless It's Roots Reach Down To Hell"
Michael Shinafelt 

"Samhain marked the Celtic New Year, the end of summer, and the end of the harvest season. It also signaled the beginning of winter, which they associated with death. On this day, the Celts believed the veil between the living and the dead was especially thin"

I love the month of October and I love that the veil between the living and the dead thins as the month progresses towards Samhain, or as we like to defer to it, Halloween.

Here I am at the Tree of Life appropriately enough at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. I'm at the juncture of Heaven and Hell awaiting Cerberus to take me on my journey.

I'm so excited!

Happy Halloween...

Samhain on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain  

Monday, October 30, 2023

Visions Of Babysitters Screaming Danced In Their Heads...

Boo!
l -r 
Annie, Laurie & Lynda

What would Halloween be without this iconic trio of Babysitters. So here they are straight outta Haddonfield, IL Laurie Strode, Lynda van der Klok & Annie Brackett! 

As we know one of these things is not like the other and managed to escape to Notorious MM (Michael Myers) and become the ultimate Final Girl.

While the other two met their grisly fate at the hands of the Boogeyman.

Even thought Michael Myers is the ultimate Halloween icon (Laurie Strode is right up there with him) where would he be without these young women screaming in terror and being his victims? I ask you??? I'm waiting...forever I'm guessing.

So remember without Laurie, Lynda & Annie you are nothing Michael Myers!

So There.

Halloween is tomorrow Minions gird your loins...

The one and only original Halloween on Wikipedia, accept no substitutes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(1978_film)

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Only 3 More Days Until...Halloween!

Michael Shinafelt


As you can see I am falling apart with excitement, only three more days until Halloween!

The month of October is my favorite time of the year as we celebrate Halloween all month long (well at least I do, and I know many of you f do as well) - honestly it's the most fun I have for 31 days straight of the whole year (not the only fun I said the MOST fun.)

What am I doing for the big H? Presently my only real plan is to attend yoga at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Then I'm going to let the spirits be my guide for the rest of the day and see where they take me.

I'm sure the journey will be exactly the Halloween experience I need. The spirits always know...

It's always Halloween in my soul!

Boo!

Michael Shinafelt on IG -