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Is any one else fed up with the mock spooky bullshit that is Halloween?
If you put a ghost made out of frosting on a cookie, that's not scary. If you put a little Charles Manson made of frosting on a cookie, that at least is approaching creepy.
I think it would be great if Halloween was a time of the year when everyone really tried to frighten people.
If kids came to your door and you answered the door with a loaded revolver, that would be scary, and you could still give them candy afterwards if you wanted.
If you dress up like a zombie, I'm not saying you have to go and kill some dude, but maybe get some real brains or guts from your local butcher and at least act the part. Walk around munching of them. Anyone who sees you will think you're the real deal or at least crazy and that will freak them out.
Halloween should be a time when you go to be grossed out by horror movies, go to a real haunted house, or even hang out in a grave yard. Halloween isn't scary because recess has jack-o-lantern shaped peices, or because your neighbor dresses up like a pirate and his wife dresses up like a sexy pirate, or because the local car dealership has spooky prices that are so low it's scary. Halloween should be a day we all strive to scare the living shit out of one another, and in this day and age it shouldn't be that hard.
(steps off soap box painted like a Jack-O-Lantern, and leaves room.)
If you put a ghost made out of frosting on a cookie, that's not scary. If you put a little Charles Manson made of frosting on a cookie, that at least is approaching creepy.
I think it would be great if Halloween was a time of the year when everyone really tried to frighten people.
If kids came to your door and you answered the door with a loaded revolver, that would be scary, and you could still give them candy afterwards if you wanted.
If you dress up like a zombie, I'm not saying you have to go and kill some dude, but maybe get some real brains or guts from your local butcher and at least act the part. Walk around munching of them. Anyone who sees you will think you're the real deal or at least crazy and that will freak them out.
Halloween should be a time when you go to be grossed out by horror movies, go to a real haunted house, or even hang out in a grave yard. Halloween isn't scary because recess has jack-o-lantern shaped peices, or because your neighbor dresses up like a pirate and his wife dresses up like a sexy pirate, or because the local car dealership has spooky prices that are so low it's scary. Halloween should be a day we all strive to scare the living shit out of one another, and in this day and age it shouldn't be that hard.
(steps off soap box painted like a Jack-O-Lantern, and leaves room.)