NOVEMBER 1, 2011 1:17PM
Dia de los Muertos, 2011 - The Final Scare
Not only that, but I love Dia de los Muertos with all of its skeletal pageantry, and Catholic/Mesoamerican iconography. Sadly I won't be getting to any celebrations this year. It's sleeting miserably and I'm very busy. But this just caught my eye on wikipedia:
An updated, inter-cultural version of the Day of the Dead is also evolving at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[7] There, in a mixture of Mexican traditions and Hollywood hip, conventional altars are set up side-by-side with altars to Jayne Mansfield and Johnny Ramone.
I spoke before about how I wanted Johnny Joey and DeeDee to crossover at this time when the veils are thin (but in L.A.? Really? Does New York City not have it all anymore??!!). But now my imagination is captured by Jayne Mansfield and the Day of the Dead, and Aztec altars set up for this former glamorous squeeze of Church of Satan mogul Anton LaVey.
I better book my tickets for L.A. next year.
Thanks to everyone who has been reading some or all of my Halloween posts. I've enjoyed your comments as well as your own posts. I'll be taking a small break from posting, not from reading OS. But I'm already thinking about Halloween next year. Silly, eh? I'm wondering if I do a month focused on one subject and one subject alone. Any thoughts? Vote now!
31 Days of Halloween 2012 - Possible Topics
- vampires
- werewolves
- witches
- Frankenstein
- Mummies
- Slashers/serial killers
- Ghosts
- Demons/Satan
- One particular author (King, Straub, Rice, etc.)
- Universal Pictures
- Hammer Films
- One particular franchise (Friday the 13th, Halloween, Saw, etc.)
- Paranormal "true" stories
- True crime
- Photography
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Comments
Doesn't end with me either.. I wrote an all saints day post on another channel :)
I would love to see the Hammer films done.:)
HUGGGGGGGG
I would love to see the Hammer films done.:)
HUGGGGGGGG
I really enjoyed your
Crescent City posts, so maybe true crime and Hammer Films? Paranormal
"true" stories always freak me out, but I can't seem to stay away. :)
Great month of posts. Thank you so much!
Great month of posts. Thank you so much!
I'll vote for paranormal 'true' stories. Congrats on 31 days! Enjoy your break - well-deserved. R
Hammer Films, neck and neck with True Paranormal! Thanks Muse and Rita!
I'd like something
about authors whose genre is horror/supernatural and the different ways
they handle it (themes, the devices they use to scare us, who does it
best, etc.) I don't know how much you read, but are there any writers
who aren't big names who might be doing some interesting stuff and are
worth a look. Not a whole month's worth but a post or two. This has
been fun; thanks for your cool posts.
Here's a good website for noir and horror writers: Top Suspense Group
Great idea. Here's a topice: horror film make-up artists. Tom Savini comes to mind. R
Margaret: very cool
idea. As you said, i don't think I could do a month's worth of it, but I
can do a few posts within a larger topic.
Chicken Man, excellent resource - thanks. I need to get to work on some fiction. (BTW did you know New Orleans had a very beloved Voodoo King known as "The Chicken Man"?)
Trudge, that's some original thinking right there. Would love to explore the topic - I'm worried I don't have the right knowledge/words to talk about the effects and makeup process. Perhaps I will brush up. Thanks!
Chicken Man, excellent resource - thanks. I need to get to work on some fiction. (BTW did you know New Orleans had a very beloved Voodoo King known as "The Chicken Man"?)
Trudge, that's some original thinking right there. Would love to explore the topic - I'm worried I don't have the right knowledge/words to talk about the effects and makeup process. Perhaps I will brush up. Thanks!
Chicken Màâàn, please!
I paid Con Chapman big bucks to file the paperwork and represent me in
court to get those accent marks attached. I may hafta sue him, tho, as
the first graveis supposed to be an acute. I woulda settled for an umlaut, but two graves this close together looks gauche, to say the least.
Didn't know about the Voodoo guy in N'awlins. Might not be a problem, tho, if I have more accents than he.
Didn't know about the Voodoo guy in N'awlins. Might not be a problem, tho, if I have more accents than he.
Don't think you have to
worry about that overmuch, Chicken Maaan (sorry, too lazy to do the
accents!). The New Orleans Chicken Man passed away in the early aughts,
I believe. Nor do I think he copyrighted his name in any way.
I was thinking about
your request for next year and here's another (maybe dumb!) idea but
something I've wondered about before: is what scares people universal
or do different cultures get scared by different things - does someone
in India love zombies and vampires and slasher movies for ex. or is it
different for them. I don't see many (like any) foreign films so maybe
I'm way off here but I was just curious. Maybe there aren't any. And
also, a list of your top movies would be nice for those of us who don't
know what to pick when we get the chance. Maybe different categories
each post, like one day the best slasher movies, one day the best
"atmosphere" type movies, best monster movies. And why.
I like to be scared which is why I enjoyed the PA movies - I meant to say in my last comment, my two favorite scenes in that series were in the 2nd one, where the woman was in the kitchen by herself, during the day, and the doors and drawers all flew open. Almost wet myself! And in the 3rd one, where the babysitter was sitting at the table and the camera caught that sheet behind her, standing up like a little ghost. But I don't find that too many movies can actually scare me, so maybe I either have a high tolerance or they don't exist. Or, most likely, because I haven't seen that many movies and the ones I have are more silly than scary.
Anyway, for what it's worth, those are my ideas. And thanks again for this.
I like to be scared which is why I enjoyed the PA movies - I meant to say in my last comment, my two favorite scenes in that series were in the 2nd one, where the woman was in the kitchen by herself, during the day, and the doors and drawers all flew open. Almost wet myself! And in the 3rd one, where the babysitter was sitting at the table and the camera caught that sheet behind her, standing up like a little ghost. But I don't find that too many movies can actually scare me, so maybe I either have a high tolerance or they don't exist. Or, most likely, because I haven't seen that many movies and the ones I have are more silly than scary.
Anyway, for what it's worth, those are my ideas. And thanks again for this.
Margaret, that's an
excellent suggestion - Scares Across the World! As far as list of top
movies, that's always tough, because mine change every five seconds.
Definitely agree about PA. I think the best horror movies should make
you afraid of your own home, and PA does exactly that. For a while,
people were starting to equate "fear" and "horror" with having your legs
sawn off. That's not scary, that's just gross.
I agree with you it shouldn’t with the 31st, it’s just too much fun!
Great post ~R~
Great post ~R~
Don't quit now! I'm still writing creepy fiction on Fridays....the calendar can't stop me~
Thanks MC and Susie! Susie I definitely want to work on some fiction - perhaps OS will be my platform....
Hammer Films, please. I
also like the true crime stories as well as the historical pieces. As
for the Day of the Dead .. Jayne Mansfield and Johnny Ramone: Now there
would have been a couple.
Hmm, I like B horror and sci-fi movies myself. Rated.
Oh this was just marvelous...Love the list too!
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