Just a quick heads up for you horror fans!
Tonight a select few theaters in Houston will be hosting The Exorcist Directors Cut Event. So if you want to get your Halloween scares in a little early this year and see what’s proclaimed as the “Scariest movie of all time,” go check it out.

Here are the theaters showing the film:

AMC Willowbrook 24 – 7:00pm
17145 STATE HIGHWAY 249
HOUSTON, TX 77064
281-970-9604

Cinemark at Market Street – 7:00pm, 10:30pm
9595 SIX PINES DR STE 8200
SPRING, TX 77380
281-419-9639

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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!

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.

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.

Hey everyone, the first official weekend of October is here and what better way to start off the month than with a zombie movie? Zombieland finally makes it way into theaters this weekend which looks to be a fun filled ride. Go check out the official website www.zombieland.com where you can turn yourself into a zombie. One other thing, we Houstonians have a special treat this weekend, the film Paranormal Activity is playing at AMC 30 on Dunvale and Westheimer. You may (or may not) have heard about this film – a couple is being haunted by a demonic spirit and have it all video recorded. I had the privilege of seeing this movie Thursday night, and I must say, it literally gave me the chills. I went home, called my Mom and cried myself to sleep…and I left all the lights on in my room. If you get the chance, and your not a wuss, go see it. AMC 30 only has midnight showings for Friday and Saturday nights, the movie may sell out so act quickly. Look for my official reviews of both Zombieland and Paranormal Activity this weekend.

This is it folks, October’s first weekend!! What to do this weekend? Go to a haunted attraction? What about a Halloween store? How about starting work on that scary costume? What about staying home and transforming your clean cut yard into a field of terror?

If you choose to be scared out of your mind by one of Houston’s finest attractions, here’s some suggestions (with open times)!

Thursday: Castle of Doom 8-11p, Dungeon of Doom 6-10p, Haunted Trails 8-12:30a, Screamworld 7:30-10a, Texas Terror 6:30-?

Friday: Castle of Doom 8-12a, Dungeon of Doom 6-11p, Haunted Trails 8-12:30a, Maze of Madness 8-12a, Nightmare on The Bayou 7:30-?, Phobia 8-12a, Screamworld 8-12a, Terror Dome 8-12a, Texas Terror 6:30-?

Saturday: Castle of Doom 8-12a, Dungeon of Doom 2-12a, Haunted Trails 8-11:30p, Maze of Madness 8-12a, Nightmare on The Bayou 7:30-?, Phobia 8-12a, Screamworld 8-12a, Terror Dome 8-12a, Texas Terror 6:30-?

Sunday: Castle of Doom 8-11p, Dungeon of Doom 2-10p, Haunted Trails 8-11:30p, Nightmare on The Bayou 7:30-?, Phobia 8-10p, Screamworld 7:30-10p, Texas Terror 6:30-?

It’s too bad that they missed October for all of this, but we don’t mind, it simply extends the Halloween celebrations. Horrorfestonline.com details an upcoming horror festival at a theater near you and threatens your life with “8 films to die for.”

When taking a look at the site, I see the excellent header art…HOT and SCARY at the same time. What a nice combo. Once I got past all of that, I see that the movies all look rather excellent as well…particularly The Gravedancers which features some spookey looking monsters.

And that brings me to my next rant, what is up with all the horror movies that feature serial killers as their main mode of scariness? Yea I get it, real life killers are much more real than the supernatural variety and therefore are more likely to scare you. The serial slasher flick is tired. If it has to be a non-supernatural killer, how about the story of a person riding the downward spiral to craziness (The Shining) as opposed to them already being crazy (Halloween). In the end tho, I’ll always dig the supernatural stalking (The Blair Witch Project) over the “real-life” stalking (Saw I, II, III).

Bringing it back to Horrorfest tho, it looks like we will be given a handful of supernatural flicks to go pee in our pants over…oh yea, and there are several theaters in Houston showing the fest.

What? Not holding a Friday the 13th horror movie marathon for the rare Friday the 13th that falls in October? Ok then, go to Fear Houston at the Northwest Mall where they are hosting Mini Kiss. Supposedly this thing is going to be pretty cool with 3 opening acts for the Kiss tribute band and “HUGE light show” as the owners of Fear Houston have put it. See more info here.

In other less important news, we went out and tried that pumpkin pie shake from Jack in the Box like we promised. We had the option not to have the whipped cream and cherry on top, but ARE YOU KIDDING? We definitely went with the extras on this puppy.

…And the pumpkin pie shake was goooood.

We added two new events to our event calender, showing you guys we are giving you guys even more things to do this Halloween season!

1. The Gatsby Pirate Party in Rice Village for the adult folk. You and your friends dress as pirates and walk the plank to a couple of cold ones. This Saturday, October 14th…

2. The Houston ArBOOretum returns for the kid folk among us. Carnival, petting zoo, live owls, face painting, trick or treating, and refreshments! Check this out on Saturday, October 28th from 4 to 8:30pm…

We will be adding more events soon!

It wouldn’t be the witching season without a few Nightmares, right?

We were excited to learn this week that Cinemark’s Tinseltown 290 (SH 290 at Bingle exit) will host horror fans on Wednesday, Sept. 20 and Thursday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. as the theater screens the original Nightmare on Elm Street in all its blood-curdling glory.

Who could possibly resist Robert England as Freddy as he licks Heather Langenkamp with that Gene Simmons-sized tongue over the phone? Or his outstretched arms scraping the sides of houses along Elm Street?

Tickets are $6.00 for adults, $4.00 for children and seniors. However, please note, no children under age 6 will be admitted. Valid IDs are required, and word to those 17 year-olds looking for a good time…parents must accompany you to view this very great film that puts 90′s horror to shame.

Sweet dreams.