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Disney's Nightmare
I am not sure about the rest of you, readers, but I have really been looking forward to Halloween season since learning Disney will re-release Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in select theaters in October. How could anyone not like this movie? It was so dark for a Disney movie, with plenty of comedy. I watch it every year like clockwork, much like folks would watch "A Christmas Story" or "It's A Wonderful Life" during the winter holidays. Anyone want to stage a huge HoustonHaunts.com get-together to watch the movie opening night? Leave a comment, and keep your eyes peeled for details.
posted by Brandon | 7/31/2006 11:11:00 AM | 0 comments
50 Reasons to Scream
For no other reason than to laugh at some of the more far-fetched plots of the cinema's first horror films, I decided to purchase 50 Horror Classics from Barnes & Noble's Web site the other day to find it is actually a pretty nice collection to possess. On 12 DVDs of pure (if not sometimes funny) horror, I have to admit the collection is worth every single penny I paid for the set. From Metropolis to The House on Haunted Hill (the original) to Creature from the Haunted Sea, the set makes for great viewing for a Halloween party or anytime you want a little vintage entertainment. Side note, if you have never seen Nosferatu, the silent original Dracula film--watch it, late at night (the later the better), and in the pitch black darkness of your living room. Its frightening--and there isn't even a creepy musical score!!! HoustonHaunts.com rating: 4 out of 4 stars
posted by Brandon | 7/21/2006 05:44:00 AM | 0 comments
Eyewitness: Lizard Man in Texas
Taken from the vast pages of About.com comes the story of a 13 year-old boy who spotted a "lizard man" in Texas last month while hunting. Could this be simply the imagination of a young man, or the real thing? Read on:

My grandpa had taken us hunting up near Big Springs in west Texas. We rode our jeep up the side of the mountain, when suddenly, two families of quail! My grandpa was still teaching my two younger brothers to hunt, so they went with him to follow one family, and I followed the other all by myself. I strode up the mountain, and I carried with me only my shotgun and a bag full of shells. I scratched my foot on a very large rock. I howled in pain, and looked down to see the cut. I tended to my wound for a few minutes. I heard ducks nearby, and I knew that there had to be a pond to wash my cut. I headed toward the sound. I stepped on a twig and six ducks flew off away from the pond. I figured the sound I made had scared them off, so I kept walking there. I was at the shore splashing water on my leg when I heard a splashing sound. I looked up and saw a man leaning over, drinking from the pond. It only took me a few seconds to realize that this was no ordinary man. This man had scales and a lizards head! I was petrified – I couldn't move a muscle. I stood there watching the deformity drink, when all of a sudden I saw it jerk its head up. It eyed me for what seemed like hours. It jumped in the water and started to swim toward me. All I could do was shoot at it. I shot three shells, and then I heard the dreaded click. I ran and ran and ran. I met up with my grandpa, and he didn't believe me. Would you blame him?

posted by Brandon | 7/13/2006 08:16:00 AM | 0 comments
Who ya gonna call?
For those of you who have yet to select a Halloween costume for this year, might we suggest a definately vintage experience and consider going as a Ghostbuster. The Ghostbusters Prop Archive is a sleek geek Web site devoted to the classic films, featuring a closer look at the props used in the movie. The Web site is so serious about the props, visitors have even posted their own instructions for building everything from a replica proton pack, to a ghost trap to the famed ambulance turned Ghostmobile seen in both Ghostbusters films. While the details are plenty and apparently very tedious to follow, those diehard fans and DIY types will enjoy the challenge of going to that very cool Halloween shindig you keep hearing about while decked out in a pretty badass costume.
posted by Brandon | 7/12/2006 11:38:00 AM | 0 comments
Ding! Dong! The witch is...pardoned?
The Houston Metroplex Witches Group is rejoicing after the name of a Virginia woman convicted of witchcraft three centuries ago was cleared yesterday by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. Kaine righted the 300 year old wrong when he formally pardoned the "witch of Pungo", Grace Sherwood, the only Virginian to have been tried and convicted of witchcraft. The Virginia governor was moved to clear Sherwood's name after Belinda Nash, a Virginia Beach resident who has been researching the story for more than 20 years, asked him six weeks ago to review it and vindicate the woman she calls "poor Grace." Sherwood was killed in a bizarre proceeding in which she was held in water to see if she drowned; she was the only woman convicted of witchcraft that way in Virginia. Kaine spokesman Kevin Hall said yesterday on the 300th anniversary of the watery ordeal, "He restored the good name of this woman after he reviewed the record, such as it is."
posted by Brandon | 7/11/2006 08:50:00 PM | 0 comments
Veronica Mars takes on cyber haunts
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Beginning our countdown until Halloween (113 days to go...), yet another Japanese horror remake will grace the silver screen this summer when Pulse opens in theaters tomorrow. This film follows a group of friends who, while investigating their friend's suicide, discover a computer disk that shows haunting footage of people engaging in solitary behavior in their apartments -- a discovery that's followed by more deaths and disappearances within the group. The movie features 'Veronica Mars' star Kristen Bell, singer/songwriter Christina Milian and 'Lost' regular Ian Somerhalder, and is a remake of the celebrated Kairo, a 2001 Japanese film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Watch the trailer here and don't forget to log onto HoustonHaunts.com to give us your own personal review.
posted by Brandon | 7/10/2006 11:05:00 AM | 2 comments
Local club tracks ghosts
Interested in tracking some REAL haunts right now, before the man-made kind arrive this fall? The South Texas Ghost Trackers, a Meetup.com group 268 members strong has been meeting in Spring for almost four years. Courageously, this group has held dozens of investigations in South Texas and Louisiana, and is open to the public. Right now, the potential exists to take the Old Town Spring Haunted History tour for $10 at their next meeting on Friday, July 14. For more information visit their Meetup.com site by clicking here or check out there Yahoo! group here
posted by Brandon | 7/07/2006 08:57:00 AM | 0 comments
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Celebrated horror author Stephen King and cable network TNT are bound to turn a few heads next week with the premiere of a new four week television event inspired by the famed writer. "Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" presents eight terrifying tales by King, delivered by an all-star cast including the likes of seasoned actors William Hurt, Tom Berenger, and William H. Macy. Featuring two tales every Wednesday beginning July 12 to August 2, next week's premiere will include the story of an anything but innocent state of affairs at a toy factory in "Battleground", and the terrifying tale of a newlywed pair of Americans trapped in another dimension on their honeymoon in "Crouch End". The nearly two hour event will begin at 8 p.m. July 12 on the TNT cable network.
posted by Brandon | 7/06/2006 07:33:00 PM | 1 comments
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