March "Little Halloween"

[Pumpkin_Man]

Hi Folks:

I did say that I was going to Canada on the 13th of March, however, due to circumstances beyond my control, the trip was cancelled. Therefore I will once again be celebrating "little Halloween" with a fake Jack O'Lanern, some "Dark Shadows" video tapes and smoked salmon with Mac & Chese.

I'll probably be going to Canada in July instead of March.

Mike

[Andybev01]

"smoked salmon and mac & cheese' is probably the scariest thing I've heard so far this year!

[DemonSlayerMau]

That sounds good actually!
Perhaps you should get yourself some candy to munch on as well?
Or did you say you couldn't have it? I can't remember...

[Pumpkin_Man]

I'm supposed to avoid proccessed sugar, but I can have a little once in a while. I won't be allowed to eat it at all for 6 months after my surgery, however.

Smoked Salmon, or any other kind of fish goes really good with Mac & Chese. During the Lenten Season, I am not allowed to eat meat on Fridays, so I prepare some kind of fish meal every Friday. When I was a kid, we allways had Mac & Chese with what ever fish that was served on Lentin Fridays.

I also plan to have esparagas with my Salmon and Mac & Chese.

Mike

[Rising Dead Man]

I think in March on the 13 I will decorate the house (Indoors of course!) and watch some kind of horror movie.

[TheGreatPumpkin]

I think we will watch "The Strangers". I hope it is a little scary.

[HorrificHeather]

Meh, The Strangers sucked. If you want something good, go pick up Tales from the Darkside. The 1st season just came out on DVD. Midnight Meat Train just came out too...That was a GOOD movie. I'm celebrating little Halloween by hitting up a couple of Conventions, but I may just drag out a couple of decorations. We already have a bunch of stuff out...Well, we left it

[Rising Dead Man]

I liked the strangers. My advice is to not listen to anyone else about movies. Go watch a movie for yourself and decide.

[Pumpkin_Man]

I watched a truely excelent classic horror anthology last Saturday by Dan Curtis. It's called "Dead of Night," and it was 3 very well done stories. There was also a bonus movie, an excelent 'haunted house' story that was done in the true "Dark Shadows" tradition. It even stared Thayer Davis as a care taker at an old haunted house.

I might screan this again on the 13th of March.

Mike

[HorrificHeather]

What year did that come out? I LOVE horror anthology's, and I've never heard of that one. Think they have it on Amazon?

[TK421]

Hi, I'm new to the forum and am curious, what is the significance of March 13th? Why is it "Little Halloween"?

[Pumpkin_Man]

HorificHeather, it's by Dan Curtis Productions, and it came about, at a guess, early 70s or late 60s. The bonus film was around the same era as "Dark Shadows."

TD421, the significance is that it's Friday the 13th. I personaly like to celebrate a tiny bit of the Halloween Spirit every time the 13th of the month falls on a Friday. Last month I went and saw the new "Friday the 13th" and lit one of my plastic Jack O 'lanterns when I got home and watched a horror DVD. On March Friday 13th, I am going to light up one of my plastic pumpkins again, watch a horror DVD and if there's a good horror movie playing at my favorite theatre, go and see it. I might even take my motorcycle out for a midnight ride if it isn't snowing, raining or freezing cold, but that's a pretty big "if."

But it's not just March 13th, it's any Friday the 13th of any month that I declare it to be "Little Halloween."

This year, however, there won't be any more Friday the 13ths until November once March 13th is gone.

Mike

[TK421]

Thanks Pumpkin_Man! I was just curious.

I do tend to get a little misty-eyed on those special Fridays, of the 13th variety. Last month I had a little "Supernatural" marathon with some friends. That you, DVR!

Don't know what I'll be doing this month, but it's coming up fast.

[Andybev01]

I feel like Linus preaching about The Great Pumpkin every time I bring this up but don't forget about Walpurgisnacht!

April 30th (eve) and May 1st (day).

Stay with me here people

[HorrificHeather]

Thanks for the info. I did find something about it, and by the looks of it - I wouldent mind checking it out. However, I also found a 1945 issue of "Dead of Night" and the stoires are different...and looks to be very good. This is what they said out the film.
While horror conventions may change from generation to generation, there are ideas that will scare us no matter what time period we inhabit. Dead of Night is a classic horror anthology that effectively plays on those timeless fears. Mervyn Johns stars as a man who has been summoned to a house with a group of strangers he has never met but has seen in his dreams. As they convene, he predicts certain events will happen as they do in his dreams, and when they do, the other guests relate their own experiences with the supernatural, including tales of a possessed mirror, a sinister ventriloquist's dummy, and an eerie premonition of death. Throughout the group meeting, the protagonist fears something horrible will happen to him, and we are left to wonder what it might be. The film's final, revelatory sequence offers an unexpectedly horrific surprise. It may have been made in 1945, but Dead of Night is still spooky. --Bryan Reesman