Katie Pumpkinhead’s Pumpkin Patch

 As you probably already know, Christmas is not my thing. I did a  detailed post  about that last year, so I won’t bore anyone with repeating myself, but I would like to reiterate that one of my big reasons for not enjoying this time of year, is the fact that I have a retail job. And, having a retail job means hearing a lot of Christmas songs on repeat for at least a month. I tend to have a lot of goofy thoughts regarding these songs, such as the probability of a grown man listing “girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes” among his favorite things ending up on a list, or the fact that my all-time least favorite, It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, sounds incredibly sarcastic when you really listen to it. However, today I heard It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, and found myself asking, “WTF do you mean, beginning?! It’s been looking a lot like Christmas since September!”   And so I was inspired to rewrite the song, to address the issues that we ...

 Little Danielle Locke was a disaster when it came to saving money. So many times she had tried, to save for a special doll or toy, once even a bicycle, and every time, she found something she wanted “more”; a silent need for instant gratification in a moment, and there went the money, sending Danielle back to square one. Usually she would have to wait for her birthday or Christmas for whatever the initial item was that she’d wanted, if she even remembered it by then. But when her mother told her that she’d have no choice but to save her allowance if she wanted one of those Silver Shamrock Halloween masks, that was different. Danielle loved Halloween and waited for it with bated breath each year. Choosing the costume she’d wear when she went trick-or-treating with her supercool Aunt Theresa was serious business, and, once she’d heard about the Silver Shamrock masks, she knew she had to have one. Anyone who was anyone was going to be wearing a Silver Shamrock mask that Halloween, an...

 Today, I’d like to talk about a Halloween themed horror film that I recently discovered and was pleasantly surprised by: A 2019 Canadian film called Halloween Party. I first became aware of this movie while scrolling through Tubi one afternoon looking for something else, and immediately declared it a must-watch. You can view the trailer  here .  Now, these random streaming-service spooky finds can be very hit-or-miss. There are quite a few that I’ve turned off before ever finishing them, so I tend to go in with low expectations. But, while I don’t find Halloween Party to be Oscar-worthy or anything like that, I personally found it to be a very interesting, smart horror film. Our story opens with best friends Grace and Zoe, hanging out in Zoe’s dorm room. Grace is scrolling through pictures on Zoe’s computer when suddenly a very primitive Halloween animation pops up, declaring itself “A Halloween Party For GRACE” and prompting her to type her worst fear in a little box wh...