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Kickin' Back - Halloween at Home

Just Hanging around the House...

  OK, so sometimes you're not up to running out and around in costume...  Maybe you just want a break this year.  Maybe you're under the weather.  Home is not a bad place to be... you've got many choices to rock those hauntin' spirits.

This page works for everywhere, not just Los Angeles... times may vary as I'm listing PSTs.

bulletThe Boo-Tube
bulletTelevision time galore
bulletDVD Scares
bulletWhat's the latest out there
bulletFun out on the 'Net
bulletMoves and things to watch on-line
bulletWhen to expect the little Goblins and Ghouls
bulletLinks to tips

The Boo-Tube - TV Halloween Specials

The TV stations only release their schedules a few weeks in advance... so keep checking back for updates as I get them.

Loads of television for your Halloween viewing pleasure.  Check out your TV for all kinds of monster festivals.  Let them wear the costumes and makeup!  You'll have your feet propped up and a bowl of candy in your arms.   OK, you're allowed to wear a costume too, but sweats are just as good.  Wear black.

Get started with some web games and schedules:  (You're on your own for the rest!)

 TV Guide Halloween

A quick look at the TV Guild's Halloween schedule shows that lots of channels   They also have some fun spooky trivia and a list of the hottest scary stars... that's very painful.  <G>

bulletHalloween night series marathons for 2007 - not so much this year, but lots of weekend activity to get you in the mood..
bullet(Not many just for prime time, see the grouping below for the weekend TV plans.)
bulletThe morning show on the networks have Halloween specials planned - note, those will go away if fire flare back up.
bulletLifetime - Halloween episodes of a number of their series.
bulletCourt TV - "Psychic"  and other supernatural stories
bulletABC Family - "Scariest Places on Earth"
bulletTNT - (early morning) X-flies, Angel, Charmed
bulletSupernatural movie marathons:
bulletBravo,  the "extreme" cable channels
bulletTBS - Sunday
bulletShows with a Halloween/Spooky Theme
bulletNo way to list them all, but a few include Ghost Whispers, Bones, Las Vegas, Pushing Daises, Reeper, CSI, Big Bang Theory
bulletHalloween night fun
bulletLook for the marathon events, being mid-week, individual programs are week.
bulletGood themes and marathons - starting on the weekend, or even earlier...
bulletDisney is airing spooky movies at 8pm for 2 weeks before Halloween, including Twiches and Halloween Town
bulletHistory Channel has Vampires, Occult themes, Nostradamus,  and other haunted and supernatural themes for it's programming , almost solid horror on Halloween
bulletDiscovery - A Haunting Marathon (Sunday), More Haunting though Wednesday
bulletTravel Channel:  Lots of Halloween goings on  "Halloween's Most Extreme", "World's Creepiest", "Most Haunted Living", etc.  The weekend before is more Haunted Houses and Weird Travels
bulletThe cartoon channels are playing a lot of Scoobe-do and lots of "haunted" cartoons all weekend
bulletA&E - Lots of Haunted Houses
bulletHGTV - "What's with this House?"  Home haunts - Halloween Weekend

and... much, much more, check your favorite channels for their version of Halloween.

 AMC's Monster Festwww.AMCTV.com

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They turn their schedule over to Horror starting Monday,  October 22 though October 31, 2007
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Check out their special website for the full list as well as fun trivia

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If you are into the the cheesy, fun horror movies set your  Tivo or VTR. 
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Halloween itself see an airing of 5 Halloweens in a row.  Go Jason!

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If you miss your favs, check their schedule, they'll probably be rerunning it.  Afternoon has more modern horror flicks.  They're often in groups... so pick your favorite poisons.

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The most scary part is that they're also putting Monster Fest "on demand".  Pay 4 bucks to see Halloween III or Children of the Corn II, not even the first time!

Turner Classic Movies : www.TurnerClassicMovies.com.

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TCM has different style of lineup this year.  Horror movies from silent to comedy, B&W noir to modern ghosts, a sprinkling of early Sci-fi  and lots of undead screams with a heavy emphasis on zombies.
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Check out their article on Classic Horror directors. and watch their movies every Fridays this October -- monsters, vampires, sci-fi and more. 

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Silent Sunday Nights in October is NOT horror this year, catch them late on Friday nights this year.

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TCM Halloween Movie Marathon... starts at 3am on Oct 31, 2007.
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Lots of 40's and 50's horror movies with a sprinkling of other decades.

Full October 2007 schedule for TCM is <here>.  Remember times posted are EST

SciFi Channel - 13 Days of Halloween

Movie schedule starts on Saturday 20th < schedule here>.  Moves are a mix of their low budget SciFi Originals and good solid classics screamers as well as late night Twilight Zones. Premiering The Headless Horseman on the last Saturday.  Oct 31 is a Ghost Hunter's marathon with them going live again in the evening.

ABC - 13 Nights of Halloween

ABC Family TV hosts a set of spooky "family" movies October 19-31, 2007 Showcased this year include Casper, Teen Witch, Hocus Pocus, Nightmare before Christmas, Sabrina, the Teenaged Witch, ET, Boogieman, Scariest Places Marathon  and more.  New movies include Nature of the Beast.

Showtime

Showtime has Dexter to lead the pack to make sure you get your required helping of blood.  Also, there are plenty of late night horror movies showing - cheesy classics to modern mayhem.

Check your favorite channel for your kind of horror movie.

Looking for even more Halloween TV???  Check out this <piece> for notes on a lot of the series... but remember to check local viewing times.

DVD Scary Movies - just out, 2008

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The latest scares just out on DVD
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Halloween (3-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition) 2007

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Halloween: 30th Anniversary Box Set

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House of Dead

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Brotherhood of Blood

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Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

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The Devil's Chair

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Dance of the Dead

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The Last House in the Woods

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Zombie Strippers

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R.L. Stine's Mostly Ghostly

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Goosebumps

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TV fun horror and supernatural
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 Friday the 13th: The Series - The First Season

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New release of classics (or fun stuff as some aren't classics, but a grand scare which is just as good! <G>)
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Pumpkinhead (Collector's Edition)

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Fox Horror Classics: Volume Two (Dragonwyck / Chandu the Magician / Dr. Renault's Secret)

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Child's Play: Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition

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Beetlejuice (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

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Not just for kids -- horror cartoons  
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector's Edition

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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Remastered Deluxe Edition)

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The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper: Volume Two

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...And, lots of cheesy horror flick for the connoisseur of B-movies.  Many are double DVDs

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List of all the DVD's coming out in October at Coming Soon

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Find reviews of the recent horror movies and DVD releases at Aint-It-Cool - (warning: adult language)

Fun out on the 'Net

Interesting sites to download movies and other fun stuff
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Zombie Cinema - http://zombiemovies.blogspot.com/
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All Zombie movies, all the time -- free movies in public domain plus other fun into on Zombies.

When to expect the little Goblins and Ghouls at your door?

This has gotten tougher to determine.  It used to be about an hour before dusk... but here are a few tips....

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If the local Park and Rec department is having a Halloween Fair, don't expect  the little goblins until after it ends.  However, the closer you are to the park, the sooner after the close the kid's festivities you will see them.

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If the local part doesn't have something, you may see them as early as 4pm so that the parents can get the kids back in the house before the city's real ghouls are out... so if you come home early to change into your costume for the evening parties, have a bit of candy around for the neighborhood young ones.

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If you're in an apartment, you'll have very few beyond the building's kids... and the kids will be heading out to parties, especially if you have a security gate.

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If you've got a house near a heavy apartment area, and you're looking for lot trick-or-treaters, decorate you house with flare and leave your lights on late.  You'll get batches at all different times.  They won't stop until you turn out the lights.

For the trick or treating youngsters and their parents
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Tips for Safe Trick or Treating  - by the LA Fire Department

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