Our Favorite Movies For October: Part 4

This double feature represents our grand finale of horror movies we love to watch in October. While we love everything Vincent Price and Edgar Allen Poe (we're going to the Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy Part II on November 1st, Part I was a blast last year), these two Vincent Price movies are our favorites: The Abominable Dr. Phibes and its sequel. The first time we ever saw the first movie was in the later half of the 1990s late Halloween night on either Turner Classic Movies or AMC. So from that moment on, it always fell into our October/Halloween horror movies favorites list. The first movie is the best, but the second one is still a fun watch. Here's a very positive modern review of the first movie for those unfamiliar with the series on MovieBabble.

2025 Haunt Pumpkins

We acquired a dozen pumpkins in total today from 3 different local farm stands. We spent $74 total. Considering we got several very large ones, overall not a bad price these days. Jack-o-lantern carving day will most likely be the Wednesday before Halloween.

Attic Hatch Yard Haunt: Infestation 2025

Always love seeing artist Bob Kowal's annual Attic Hatch Infestation yard haunt. Fantastical "atomic age science fiction" mutant monsters brought to life. His new additions for this year's haunt are the "Dueling Dragons".

Bring Out Your Skeletons

Starting to slowly set up the haunt outside in phases before the big push the final week of October. Started bringing out some new skeletons that will be strategically placed throughout the yard. These skeletons have light up red LED eyes but unfortunately don't have timers, so we won't be turning their eyes on until Halloween. These skeletons while poseable, are incapable of standing up freely on their own, so we used modular screw together pole piece black shepherd's hooks (minus the hook ends) with 5 prong ground stake ends to zip tie the skeletons to. 

Our Favorite Movies For October: Part 3

Two genre classics from 1985, e.g. vampires (Fright Night, the original) and werewolves (Silver Bullet). Mr. Haunted Eve saw both of these movies in the theater at the time. Always felt Silver Bullet, based on Stephen King's novella Cycle of the Werewolf, didn't get a fair shake in reception at the time. The movie's story is told through the narrative memory of Jane Coslaw, looking back on a terrifying year in her small town when she was in her teens, which IMO gave the story more gravitas and believability.

Our Favorite Movies For October: Part 2

You can't go wrong with any classic Hammer Studios horror movie, but these are some of our favorites:

Our Favorite Movies For October: Part 1