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Michael Jackson's Thriller video is 40 years old this year.
I remember watching it at a friend's house when it premiered on MTV.
I feel old. 
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@SharonC -
Oh Boy, LOVE "Thriller" & LOVE the doll idea!
I'm very much into the whole Creepy Doll thing!
I have a particular 3-faced porcelain doll head I want to do something with... but I have to restrain, keep stuff away from the grandkids for right now, because a couple of them have been sleepwalking & they were ALL terribly disturbed by a clown I set out last year. 😈
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Not a fan of clowns, here. I am with your grandkids on that one. Even a clown with a happy face, nope.
SharonC, do you have a clown face porcelain doll? If the neck is open and hollow, shine a flashlight up through it.
I had a cassette player a loooong time ago. It held two cassettes. There was a red flashing left and right pointing triangle to show which one was playing. I set it in my window, a raised ranch and the downstairs window was close to level of the porch. I also had two pretty spooky Halloween sound cassettes. I set it up and had it set to repeat after both tapes were played, so it kept looping, making the sounds and flashing the triangles, with the window open. Some poor little kid would not come to the door. I had one of the others bring that kiddo his treat.
That was when there were people coming in trucks out our way from the small nearby city. Nobody comes out this way, anymore.
However, now I have a doorbell that allows different music. My default is When Irish Eyes Are Shining. Halloween time, I have two options for spookie rings. One is Ooooooh in a spookie way. Now, the other is a lady's scream. Get ready.
Well, a trooper came to our house and rang the doorbell. Then he banged to door. I opened the door and he asked if I was alright. I said I was, but kind of like in a, "Why do you ask" way. Then it dawned on me. I told him to ring the bell again, and he cracked up. I changed it to the OOOOOOOOH sound.
He was just asking about if we saw anyone stop out front of a two house down on the other side of the street, so a house we really can't see. In the country we really can't see too many neighbors front yards. They set something out front to sell. They put it out by the road where you generally set things for freebies in case someone wants it. After they put it there, they went back to make a sign saying it was for sale, and for how much. They didn't go back and put the sign with the item right away. Apparently, someone had stopped and taken it. We didn't see anything. It seems to us that whomever took it, thought it was for free.
Anyway, be careful what doorbell sound you use, 😂😂😂.
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@ELCBK A porcelain doll with 3 faces—creepy!
@Mouse I don't think I have any dolls in the house at all. Just as well 
Too funny--good thing it was the "OOOOOH" and not the lady screaming--trooper might have broke your door down. 
Nope, my door bell is just an old fashion “ding-dong”sound.
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Orson Wells, The War of the Worlds radio broadcast (1938)
If you never heard it, it is a fun Halloween time listen. The link below of the full broadcast—
Also, a History Channel link that explains the radio broadcast that scared a whole lot of people in 1938.
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When the trooper came, it was the scream or screech. After he left, because of his reaction to the scream/screech, I changed it to the Ooooh. I haven't used the scream since. The Ooooh is harder to hear if I am in where I do cards, though. It starts quiet and then gets louder, but doesn't get loud enough for me to hear it all the time in the card room. I am thinking of not changing it a couple weeks before Halloween this year. We don't get many visitors ringing it anyway.
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When the trooper came, it was the scream or screech. After he left, because of his reaction to the scream/screech, I changed it to the Ooooh. I haven't used the scream since. The Ooooh is harder to hear if I am in where I do cards, though. It starts quiet and then gets louder, but doesn't get loud enough for me to hear it all the time in the card room. I am thinking of not changing it a couple weeks before Halloween this year. We don't get many visitors ringing it anyway.🐭
Sorry, I misread it--so it was a scream--yikes! 
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Into crochet? This lady crochet's costumes for her kids every year--pretty amazing looking stuff.
https://crochetverse.com/croch.....e-gallery/
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Hey Guys, get with the program!
Around here, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!!🤣🎻🎻
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@SharonC -
Oh Sharon, HOW DELIGHTFUL!
THANK YOU for the link! ...my kind of crocheter. 🎃 LOVE the 'Medusa' idea, even the Witch's Hat & the use of glow-in-the-dark yarn.
...having a (very brief), dark thought of how it might be nice to only have a couple of grandchildren to make costumes for. 😖 Maybe I can start crocheting now for Halloween 2025.
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@Unfretted Ain't 'Tis The Season yet. . .
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Okay, they're knitting needles, but fits the category.
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@SharonC -
Knitting works!
Like the idea of 'Zombie Candy' to give out on Halloween, but we didn't even have any kids come to the house last year!
😈... think I could make them even creepier. Wish I was done with house stuff.
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It would be looking a lot more like Christmas if Santa dropped off some click tracks.
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Creature Feature on YouTube—I know is carried by some TV stations, but they have a YouTube channel that has a ton of horror & science fiction movies like Creature with the Atomic Brain, Trilogy of Terror, and Children of the Corn.
https://www.youtube.com/@Creat.....eFeatures3
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@SharonC -
LOVE the old 'B' horror films!
I remember when we used to have 'Creature Features' (WAY before this show, might've been on PBS) - THANKS for the link! Nice these hosts aren't as corny as some I used to see on TV. Interesting they also include Sci-Fi, Satirical Horror & Neo-noir in their selections.
SO HAPPY they have "Fiend Without a Face" (1958)!!! This one really creeped me out when I was a kid (all stop motion Fx films creeped me out as a kid) - 1st because the creatures are invisible at the beginning... this story gets deeper and the stop motion is VERY effective.
I've probably talked about some of this (last year, or year before🥴)... if anyone remembers, please feel free to point out when I'm repeating myself.
In the Detroit Metropolitan area, we've had some VERY corny horror film hosts! Sir Graves Ghastly - hosted 'B' horror films in the Detroit area, from 1967 to 1982 - corny skits. Two more local 'B' horror movie hosts, "The Goul" (wore a shaggy hat & one dark lens in his glasses) from the early 70's & "Count Scary" (not scary) from the early 80's. They interjected sounds/dialog & music bites into films - terribly corny skits.
LOVED when 'Elvira' hosted horror films!
Now, "Evil Dead" (1981) was the 1st of a 'campy' cult film classic series - from our local Michigan boys, Bruce Campbell, Sam & Ivan Raimi! "Army of Darkness"(1992) is one of my favorite fantasy horror comedies. Film buffs will pick up on the clever references to other cult films.
Trailer:
...Danny Elfman did the "March of The Dead" music for Army of Darkness!
Btw, "The Comedy of Terrors" (1964) can be seen free on Amazon Prime. Vincent Price, Boris Karloff & Peter Lorre - all in one film!
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@ELCBK You know, I saw Fiend without a Face for the first time this past year (on the Svengoolie program that's on MeTV on Saturdays). I always think of all the Sinbad movies when I think of stop motion--the fighting with the skeletons & stuff
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From Reader's Digest -
50 of the Spookiest Urban Legends from Every State
https://www.rd.com/list/scary-.....n-legends/
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@SharonC -
YES! 💖 Ray Harryhausen... what more can I say? 🥰
Well, there was a huge exhibit of his work at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, but probably didn't get as much attention as it should've because it ran during covid.
💖 the link to the Urban Legends!
...1st I've heard of the Nain Rouge.
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