Here it is………Halloween and on a Saturday night! The weather is right and night will soon be upon us, so no more questions about what you’re doing, no more posts on what you should do, you should have that already planned. ENJOY IT, Halloween on a Saturday wont arrive for another 6 years, 2015.

Happy Halloween from HoustonHaunts.com

P.S.
Every year there is always huge build up for this night and before you know it, it’s over. Now if you want to keep it going, remember the guys at Screamworld feel the same way and will continue to be open for another week. November 1st, 6th, 7th. Be sure to show your support and maybe they’ll keep doing it!

Update: We pulled the info straight from their site, we never saw that they took those dates off. Sorry if you had plans!

The Monster Mash is an all time great. If anyone says that there is a better Halloween song than this, I will stab you in the jaw (thanx Dane). Anyways, this is a little something me and the guys put together so that your lame Halloween party doesn’t totally suck. You don’t even have to thank us.

Check out the Discovery Green downtown for the next couple of nights. Tonight at 7:30, Young Frankenstein plays on their outdoor screen (free admission!!). Young Frankenstein is such a great movie, makes me think that there should be a top 5 list of funny Halloween movies (I’m thinking Scream and Shawn of the Dead on that list).

Tomorrow night (Halloween), the Discovery Green is putting on their own Halloween party. From their site:

SCREAM on the Green Discovery Green’s 2nd annual SCREAM on the Green. Dress up the family for a free, fun-filled spooky outdoor Halloween party. • Costume Contests – adult, children, dog (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) • Café Scarey-oke with KPFT • Living Mausoleum and Statues • Puppet Pizazz • MomHouston button making • Roller Skating Car Hop girls • Fortune tellers, face painters, Mad Science, magicians, caricature artists etc. • Vendors with Halloween and “Green” treats of course! • DJ and Dancing (9 to 11 p.m.) Fabulous prizes courtesy of Capital One Bank Produced by J & D Entertainment Co-sponsored by Bayou City Art Festival Special thanks to Capital One Bank, KPFT and MomHouston

Yea! I love seeing this stuff happening in Houston. They’re just lucky I’m not going to make it out there because I would have won all of their costume prizes with our hand made Boba Fett costume.

So we were finally able to go to a haunt this weekend! We rolled up about 30 mins after they opened and lines were already at full capacity. Lucky for us, Screamworld hooked us up with some VIP passes. Five seconds in and i already noticed changes, I must say we were impressed! Alot of extras this year completely made up for the “herding effect” that every good attraction experiences. Many times I felt as if I was walking through a castle or wandering through some evil dungeon of darkness. To get an objective opinion about the house, we took a couple of people from Dallas and their opinion, “We loved it!”. Houston has some fine attractions, from our biggest (Screamworld and Phobia) to some of our smallest (Maze of Maddness and Terror Dome). If you love haunted attractions, we have some great ones and I’m proud to say I run Houstonhaunts.com and not any other. Let us know what you think about some of these attractions!! Thanks Houston!

Just a heads up for you guys, the Houston Storyteller’s Guild’s annual ghost story event will be Friday, October 30th at 7:30 PM at Marmion Park in the Heights on 18th St. Hope to see you there!

Something new for this weekend. Stage Door Inc. will be showing a production of “The Rocky Horror Show.” These are the same guys that brought you the Stages of Fear last year! So be sure to check it out, shows start tonight and goes on every weekend through Nov. 8th. Stage Door Inc.

Third weekend in October is here and once again I ask, what are you doing? All haunts are open, all costume shops are still stocked, more and more decorations around the neighborhood are popping up and don’t forget the events around town, like the horror convention.

As for me, it’s the time of year I start playing zombie games, watching zombie movies and reading zombie books. Yea, I like the ZOMBIE, a lot! Now if you’re like me and want to fill in the gaps between when your out screaming like a little girl at an attraction and when your stalking the local Halloween stores; find a good zombie book like The Zombie Survival Guide or maybe shoot some zombies in Left 4 Dead or perhaps watch a great zombie flick Dawn of the Dead (1978). There are plenty of zombies thing to do, pick one.

 
If your not into the whole zombie thing, then I cant help you, but when zombie’s do start popping up, don’t tell me i didn’t try to prepare you.

Sorry we didn’t say anything sooner but it has just been brought to our attention, thanks to one of our loyal Houstonians. Crypticon Horror Convention will be here at the Reliant Center this weekend, beginning tomorrow, so be sure to attend! We have never been, but it looks like a blast. So if you’re into horror be there or be…..a zombie. Click here to check out more—> Crypticon Horror Convention

 
Also!! Paranormal Activity will be getting a wide release this Friday (just in time for Halloween, coincidence?), so if you have yet to see this film, here’s your chance.

I love going to costume shops. It’s all Halloween and it’s all free. The smells, the colors, the sounds of those stupid little plastic cheap props that have “push here” stickers all over them. Nothing like getting you into the spirit like…umm…err… Spirit.

In the past few years, I have been digging the Halloween Express mega trendy mega centers and the beautifully indie-type hole in the wall costume shops to get me into the right mood (I still love you guys equally, you are all my zombie children). This year, however, I stopped by the Spirit location in Willowbrook. Two words: Awe, some. You people rock and should get a raise.

Demand a raise I SAY! (more…)

Cast:
Woody Harrelson
Jesse Eisenberg
Emma Stone
Abigail Breslin

Director:
Ruben Fleischer

Release Date:
October 2, 2009

MPAA:
R

Before I begin, I’d just like to say that Zombieland is no Shaun of the Dead. However, it does come pretty darn close in the laughs department. Instead of being a straight serious zombie film, Zombieland is more in line with Shaun of the Dead in that it takes humor from the subject matter. It’s a zombie comedy. Most of the humor stems from the four main characters and the situation(s) they find themselves in, yet it never manages to be over the top. Woody Harrelson is a blast to watch as Tallahassee, the redneck zombie killing Twinkie-loving B.A. As is Eisenberg, the nerdy awkward Columbus who shares his set of rules for surviving through the zombie outbreak throughout the film (Rule No. 2 – Double Tap!). Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin are the perfect balance as two con artists who meet up with Tallahassee and Columbus. There is plenty of gore for the horror crowd and plenty of laughs for the comedy crowd. There is one scene in particular featuring a certain actor (I won’t reveal who… because that would ruin the fun!) that is a hoot to watch. I could not stop laughing. So if you’re in the mood for a fun, entertaining film, go check out Zombieland.

Rating:
9 out of 10