Famous Scary Homes

"Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and even twisted sisters Blanche and Jane Hudson have a knack for creeping us out. Whether it's Halloween or the middle of summer, it's high-time to relive those fears. Behold, our Famous Scary Homes."

House on Haunted Hill
"A weird old guy (Vincent Price in the original) pays guests to stay one night in a haunted house, a place where ceilings drip blood, body parts lurk, and an organ freakily plays by itself. (And please - acid vats in the basement?) The campy movie's exterior shots were at the Frank Lloyd Wright "Ennis House."



Phantasm

For the residents of this house, it's all tricks, no treats. They're stalked by the Tall Man, a terrifying mortician who kills his victims with flying silver balls fitted with blades and a brain-eviscerating drill. Oh, and his minions? They're former dead people he's turned into zombie dwarves.

See the rest of the houses at zillow.com This is a real estate assessment site as well. See the prices of the houses, too.

Skull And Crossbones And Being Chic

"(CBS) Skull and crossbones fashions are all the rage this fall and winter — not just on Halloween!

The trend started with the release this summer of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl."

Ever since the film became a big hit, the skull and crossbones look has been getting bigger, with stars such as Minnie Driver, Jessica Alba and Natalie Portman sporting it.

It's now used not only on clothes, but on accessories for women and men, and is popular on baby clothes, dog clothes — and even housewares! "

The rest of the story is on cbsnews.com

Black Cat Adoptions Banned on Halloween

"BOISE, Idaho - No black cat will cross your path this Halloween, not if a northern Idaho animal shelter can help it. Like many shelters around the country, the Kootenai Humane Society in Coeur d'Alene is prohibiting black cat adoptions from now to Nov. 2, fearing the animals could be mistreated in Halloween pranks _ or worse, sacrificed in some satanic ritual."

Read the rest of the story here.

Science Of Scare

"With actors, makeup, lights, sounds and a lot of psychology, haunted house maestros learn how to pull the strings of fear.

It’s pitch-black. Your eyes strain to see.

You hear a whisper of rustling cloth, a footfall. You spin in the dark trying to find where it’s coming from.
Suddenly you know someone is standing right behind you.

You run."

Read the rest of the article columbiatribune.com

The 100 Scariest Movie Scenes

The 100 Scariest Movie scenes by retrocrush.com

Halloween 2006: Thomas Keeley

"Thomas Keeley, a 25 year-old Rhode Island School of Design grad based in New York City, creates three dimensional pieces with creepy Halloween-esque themes. Equipped with wings and fangs, the "Bat Chair" is a slightly sinister yet entirely functional take on a classic café-style chair. A hair brush with dozens of bloody fingertips in place of bristles serves as a very literal interpretation of "running fingers through your hair." Keeley is currently working on illustrations and typography as well as venturing further into chair modifications."

See more of his work at thomaskeeley.net

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Handbags Of Horror

"If you find scary movies unnerving, brace yourself for the new designer purses they've (obviously) inspired
By Dale Hrabi

As various blogs have documented, high fashion has been working
its malnourished butt off lately to make handbags as ugly as possible.
While we're concerned about these purses' self-esteem—how would
you feel if your face were obscured with gratuitous zippers, vomitous
fringe leprous appliques, and macabre pom-poms?—the real
question is: What's behind this trend? "

See the gallery at radaronline.com

Green Eggs And Ham

"A group of fellow First-Bookers and I decided to try our hand at the culinary arts. Not just any culinary arts, mind you — children’s-book-inspired culinary arts. The tale you are about to read, a tale in photos, is one of a few, brave, pioneering souls and their quest for green eggs and ham…

First, let me lay out a few basics for you. We entered this experiment in cooking with a simple assumption: food + green food coloring = green food. We decided to partake in this meal as a leisurely Sunday brunch: eggs (of course) and ham or in this case bacon. "

Read about the rest of the adventure and see the photos at blog.firstbook.org

Web Domain Hell.com Is Up For Sale

"NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Internet domain name Hell.com is scheduled to be sold at a live auction Friday, with organizers expecting bids of more than $1 million, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The online address is the latest to be put up for sale in a growing market for domain names, consisting of Internet addresses people type in for Web sites, which has been fueled by the surge in Internet advertising, the newspaper said.

According to the Journal, the Internet domain company Moniker will conduct a live auction of 300 names that it predicts could generate bids of more than $1 million for some domains, including Iran.com, Auction.com and Elections.com.

Moniker, a unit of the brand and marketing company Seevast Corp., is auctioning Hell.com for BAT Flli LLC, a creative think tank whose founder, 57-year-old Kenneth Aronson, registered the name in 1995, the Journal said.

Since then, it has been home to a secretive online community, a project Aronson says will benefit from the proceeds of the Hell.com, which gets about 5,000 new visitors daily, the paper said.

Aronson told the Journal he won't sell Hell.com for less than several million dollars. "Hell.com is one of the most powerful brands on the Earth," Aronson said."

Link to money.cnn.com article.

Update: Hell.com did not sell with a reserve of $2.35M. Article at johnchow.com

Cowboys Coach Claims Rat In Salad

"DALLAS - Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Todd Haley is suing a suburban McDonald's, claiming his wife and the family's live-in baby sitter found a dead rat in a salad they took home and began to eat.

The lawsuit filed Thursday in state district court seeks $1.7 million in damages, The Dallas Morning News reported on its Web site.

In addition to Haley, the Cowboys' passing game coordinator who got in a well-publicized shouting match with receiver Terrell Owens earlier this month, the suit was also filed on behalf of his wife Christine and the family's au pair, Kathryn Kelley."

I'm not lovin' it.

The rest of the story at Yahoo.com

'Grinch' Steals Boy's Halloween

"ENDICOTT -- When the pumpkins in front of his Endicott house were stolen two years ago, Kyle Konecny thought about putting a sign in front of his house to let people know he was mad. When it happened again Sunday, the sign went up.

"I wanted the people who did it to know that I was ticked," Konecny said.

The sign -- which reads, "To whoever stole my kid's pumpkins! Thanks for ruining his Halloween you jerk! He grew them himself!" -- was placed in front of the Konecny house Monday."

Read the rest of the story at binghamtonpress.com

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How To Drive A Tank

"Protesters in Budapest this week seized a World War II-era tank that had been part of an open-air display and drove it 100m down the road. Is it just a matter of switch on and go?

A tank clattered across the cobbles of Budapest this week in a bizarre throwback to the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Anti-government protesters hijacked a Soviet-era tank - removed from a museum display - and drove it around before being arrested.

It made me wonder how easy these metal monsters are to drive. You can't just walk up to one, turn an ignition key, and off you go - or can you?"

Link to the news.bbc.co.uk

Toddler Gets Stuck In Vending Machine

"ANTIGO, Wis. - Three-year-old Robert Moore went fishing for a stuffed replica of Sponge Bob and ended up trapped in a vending machine. The toddler's adventure began with a Saturday evening shopping trip with his grandmother, Fredricka Bierdemann, and three siblings.

When she turned her back to get another dollar for a second try, Robert took off his coat and squeezed through an opening in the machine. He landed in the stuffed animal cube."

And after all that he didn't even get the stuffed SpongeBob.

The story at Yahoo.com

13 Seriously Scary Album Covers

5. Iron Maiden, Killers

"Iron Maiden mascot Eddie The Head has appeared on virtually everything Iron Maiden-related since the band's 1980 debut, but he never looked more sinister than on 1981's Killers. His face is the stuff of nightmares: the decomposing skin, the menacing grin, the soulless eyes, the, um, perfect teeth. (Even zombies should brush and floss!) As a recent victim clutches his surprisingly clean shirt, Eddie wields a bloody ax in one hand with his other arm outstretched. You're next."

The rest of the list at avclub.com

Dudes Wearing Eyeliner

"Heidi Klum might be right: In fashion, you're either in or you're out. In rock and roll fashion, though, things aren't so cut and ... sewn. Just like the music itself, some styles never really go away, while others bounce in and out of cool faster than a faux-hawked drummer's double-bass-drum pedal.

Which brings us to the latest hot-or-not accessory: guyliner (i.e. eyeliner on guys)."

The rest of the story at VH1.com

Children Aghast As Pelican Swallows Pigeon Whole

"Families strolling through a London park were left shocked when a pelican picked up and swallowed an unsuspecting pigeon.

The Eastern White pelican struggled with the desperately frantic pigeon in its beak for more than 20 minutes before swallowing it whole.

The moment was caught on camera by photographer Cathal McNaughton, who was taking pictures of the wildlife in St James's Park.

The pigeon was still alive when it reached the pelican's stomach, he said. "

The story from dailymail.co.uk

Top Earning Dead Celebrities

"NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley ceded his crown to Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain on Forbes.com's list as the top-earning dead celebrity.
The list, published on Tuesday, said grunge rocker Cobain earned $50 million between October 2005 and October 2006. Presley wound up in the No. 2 slot with $42 million, down from last year's $45 million."

Link to to the article on CNN.

Zombie Cake

"The highlight of the party, if I do say so myself, was my zombie cake, which we named Orville, after the dead guy in Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, though it looked nothing like him. In effect, it was a three-dimensional version of our logo, a zombie rising up out of the grave, or, in this case, rising up out of a field of my homemade French cream candies. The head was made of sour cream chocolate chip cake, dyed red to resemble brain matter, covered with modeling chocolate and various other frosting and hard candy details. The hand was made of mint-flavored hard candy bones covered with chocolate. "

See the details at theyrecoming.com

Halloween Display Mistaken For Real Crash

"A mock-up of a plane crash is displayed as part of a Halloween display in the garden of a home in Los Angeles October 20, 2006. Los Angeles police visited the scene after thinking the crash was real. The homeowner is an aircraft mechanic in training and the parts are from a real Gulfstream jet. "

Story and photos at Yahoo.com

Cat Tongue

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"Never have a closer look of a cat's tongue before so took this picture and have a close up examination. It is kinda like velcro. This image has recently won the first prize in the Animal/Nature category of the Digital Camera Magazine Photographer of The Year competition."

Read more here.

Flickr photo here.

Award Winning Nature Photos

"Taken off northeast Greenland, the picture of a walrus feeding on clams wins Goran Ehlme of Sweden the prize of Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2006."

More award winning photos at bbc.co.uk

Latest Disturbing YouTube Trend: Treadmill Kitties

"Video bloggers and wannabe Web stars have consequently realized that a treadmill is an extremely valuable prop in making the breakout two-minute clip. This has led to many an asinine addition to the YouTube library.

Home video rule #76 states that it's always funnier when animals do it. As a result, the treadmill video trend on YouTube has now spread to cats. What's with this trend of tormenting felines with electronics? The videos of cats' reactions to Roomba vacuums were bad enough. I admit that a lot of them are pretty funny, but the cats probably are in either sheer terror or pure ennui. To use an early-'00s web cliche--Please, think of the kittens."

Article at CNet.com

Zombie Makeup And Costume Tips

"Become a Zombie in a few simple steps. Zombie makeup ideas, and gory wounds you can do on a limited budget. Some thoughts to help you feel like you are one of the Mobile Deceased.

Here are some ideas for Zombie costumes that you can do with just the things you have lying around in the kitchen. "

DIY Zombie tips here.

Not it! Mass. Elementary School Bans Tag

"ATTLEBORO, Mass. - Tag, you're out! Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.

Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban.

While there is no districtwide ban on contact sports during recess, local rules have been cropping up. Several school administrators around Attleboro, a city of about 45,000 residents, took aim at dodgeball a few years ago, saying it was exclusionary and dangerous."

They ought to make them wear helmets at recess, too. Maybe that would cut down on lawsuits.

The rest of the story on Yahoo.com

10 Costumes That Just Won't Fly

"On Halloween, most airline crew members are allowed to wear a costume to work. Some costumes are elaborate and well thought out, while others look like a last-minute throw-together. Sometimes passengers get into the spirit and dress up as well. Every year there is someone — a passenger or a crew member — who takes dress-up a little too far.

The following are costumes that I have actually seen at the airport, along with the consequences that followed. "

Link to story on MSNBC.com

The 40 Million Dollar Elbow

"The painting(by Picasso) is owned by Steve Wynn, the casino magnate and collector of masterpieces. He acquired it in a private sale in 2001 from an anonymous collector, who had bought it at auction in 1997 for $48.4 million. Recently, Wynn decided that he’d like to sell it, along with several other museum-quality paintings he owns.

Cohen agreed to pay a hundred and thirty-nine million dollars for it, the highest known price ever paid for a work of art.

As he (Wynn) talked, he had his back to the picture. He was wearing jeans and a golf shirt. Wynn suffers from an eye disease, retinitis pigmentosa, which affects his peripheral vision and therefore, occasionally, his interaction with proximate objects, and, without realizing it, he backed up a step or two as he talked. “So then I made a gesture with my right hand,” Wynn said, “and my right elbow hit the picture. It punctured the picture.” There was a distinct ripping sound. "

The rest of the story can be found on newyorker.com

Family Guy Inspired Art

See the gallery at stewiesplayground.com

MacGyver-The Only Tool You'll Ever Need

From package: "A paperclip can be a wonderous thing. More times than I can remember one of these has gotten me out of a tight spot..."

Found here.

Great Idea For A Kid's Halloween Costume

Buy it here.

The Star Wars is Satan`s Tool

"Billions of dollars has been made off the series of movies called The Star Wars that is beloved by millions. Many big fans of this space opera, do not know that the fantasy epic they enjoy is not a simple entertainment, but Satan's Battleground for their very souls!"

I know George Lucas has owned my soul for 2o+ years, as he keeps making me buy the same movies over and over again. I didn't realize he was Satan, vieying for my very existence.

Read the article here.

Zombie School At Universal Studios

"The Universal lot is teeming with the Undead. I should know, I saw two innocent people attacked and eaten at a press junket. A press junket, people!!

We had been invited to witness "Zombie Zchool", a training course where students learn how to walk, talk and twitch like a real, honest to goodness Zombies. The class was being held in front of the old Bates Motel, which, while still an ominous place, is slightly less formidable with Whoville looming just behind it."

Read the rest of the story at laist.com

Jackass 2 Converse Chuck Taylors

"For any of you who are die-hard Jackass fans, you probably took note that Johnny Knoxville wears black/white Converse Chuck Taylors about 90% of the time he is inflicting pain on himself.

To celebrate the release of the second full lenth Jackass movie, Converse made these special edition Jackass Converse Chuck Taylors. No word yet whether or not these will be sold to the public but you can bet we will let you know."

Nice kicks.

link to nicekicks.com



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Lego Abominations

More lego monstrosities can been seen in the gallery at evilmadscientist.com.
Also, check out the Lego halloween gallery with LED lights here.

Pinball Art

"Hoping to showcase the beauty and design of pinball games, these images attempt to reveal the environment that has captivated players for decades. Color and composition were my initial motivations for the series, while capturing the reflections of a metal sphere posed an interesting technical challenge. The photographs in this collection are not as much a reflection of my efforts as they are of the people who influence and motivate me."

See the rest of the gallery at gtfineart.com

3D Pumpkin Carving

See the tutorial for 3D pumpkin carving here.

Battle Of the Bands

Trick Or Treat

If you don't have kids, you can always dress the dog up.

See more doggy humiliation at boston.com.

Tattooed Teacher Teaches Tolerance

"Bruce Potts is a teacher of Public Speaking at the University of New Mexico and has a full tribal face tattoo. He has a straight forward attitude and imparts a cool vibe of acceptance. We'll bet his students get an extra edge on using demeanor and attitude in public speaking. And a life long lesson on not judging books by their covers. Either that or they study really hard because they're afraid he'll eat them."

Read the rest of the article at cityrag.blogs.com

Vintage Halloween Costumes

H.R. Puf-N-Stuf

Welcome Back Kotter

Happy Days

See the gallery at RetroCrush.com. Make sure you check out their worst Halloween costumes of all time here.

R.I. Pumpkin May Be Largest Ever

"WARREN, R.I. - Despite heavy rains that stunted pumpkin growth, a Rhode Island farmer has set what could be a new record for the largest pumpkin in the world.

Ron Wallace's pumpkin weighed 1,502 pounds at Saturday's weigh-off competition, heavier than the current Guinness World Record-holding 1,469-pound pumpkin grown last year by Larry Checkon of Pennsylvania."

Read the rest of the article at yahoo.com

Movie Tunes: The Top 40 Music Moments In Film History

35. “Across 110th Street,” Bobby Womack – Jackie Brown

34. “Beth,” Kiss – Beautiful Girls

32. “Sweet Emotion,” Aerosmith – Dazed and Confused

30. “Louie, Louie,” The Kingsmen – Animal House

24. “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,” The Soggy Bottom Boys – O Brother Where Art Thou?

23. “Where Is My Mind,” The Pixies – Fight Club


19. “Tequila,” The Champs – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.

18. “Layla,” Derek and the Dominoes – GoodFellas


14. “Misirlou,” Dick Dale – Pulp Fiction

09. “The End,” The Doors – Apocalypse Now

The rest of the list along with youtube clips can be found at bullz-eye.com

Punk Venue CBGB's Closing After 33 Years

"NEW YORK - Legs McNeil remembers the night back in 1975 when he walked into the dingy storefront club perched in the even dingier Bowery neighborhood. The band onstage, four guys in leather jackets and torn jeans, was the Ramones. McNeil sat at a nearby table, watching their set with Lou Reed.

It was unforgettable. But as McNeil would soon discover, it was just a typical night at CBGB's, the club that spawned punk rock while launching the careers of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Blondie, the Talking Heads and the Ramones."

Read the article at yahoo.com

Related: CBGB.com

Zombie Costumes

"If there's one thing that we at Mable's know about, it's zombies. Go ahead, ask us anything about the shambling undead and we'll let you know whether decapitation works, if you'll need to fully destroy the brain, or if the zompocalypse is upon us. You may even call our obsession a sickness, but it's only "catchy" if you're within biting range. So you're safe... for the moment."

Article here.

Instructions

Secret Rooms

"ON a recent Saturday morning Cami Beghou, 13, pushed the right side of the tall, white bookcase that is built into one of the powder-pink walls in her bedroom. The bookcase, holding rows of books, a stuffed dachshund and a volleyball, silently swung outward, revealing a tiny, well-lighted room. Containing a desk, a chair and a laptop computer, it serves as her study area."

Read the article at NyTimes.com

Related: check out the video section at hiddenpassageway.com
Also: cool bookshelf with hidden door mod at pervivere.blogspot.com