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Experiencing a bit of post-Halloween letdown? Then check out my blog for a list of my Top 10 Thanksgiving-themed horror films to watch between now and Turkey Day. 1. Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County. Aliens attack a family during Thanksgiving dinner. Don’t you hate when unexpected guests drop by? 2. Blood Rage. A crazy man starts killing people after his twin brother – who he framed for murder – escapes on Halloween. Every family has that one person who can’t behave on the holidays! 3. Boogeyman. A man is stalked by the same supernatural entity that haunted him as a kid. Far worse than any Thanksgiving dinner tummy upset. 4. Home Sweet Home. Another escaped mental patient on a Thanksgiving kill spree. Best part – a KISS fan gets impaled with an electric guitar. 5. Intensity. A serial killer visits a family on Thanksgiving, and now one of the guests has to try and rescue someone he abducted. More commentary on holiday guest lists. 6. Kristy. A grou...

In keeping with the whole Halloween theme, here is a list of 31 songs for Halloween. Now, there's no way to cram all the great Halloween mood-inspiring music into just 31 slots, so this is a sort of a representative of things I enjoy, ranging from the classic and silly to the downright morbidly dark. In no particular order.... Bela Lugosi’s Dead - Bauhaus Every Day is Halloween – Ministry Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers Season of the Witch – Donovan Theme to The Fog – John Carpenter Blaze Soundtrack (I & II) Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon Vampires – DJ Touch I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins This is Halloween – Danny Elfman Nemesis – Shriekback Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo Pet Sematary – Ramones The Host of Seraphim – The Dead Can Dance Blood Bitch – Cocteau Twins House of Lost Souls (Album) – Catacombs Cry Little Sister – The Anix How Soon is Now – The Smiths She’s My Witch – Kip Tyler The Mummy’s...

Last year, for the month of October, I counted down on Facebook what were my top 31 books for Halloween. They didn't have to be about, or even take place during, Halloween. They just, for me, capture the Halloween spirit. So for those of you who missed it, here's the list: Oct. 1 - Shadowland – Peter Straub Oct. 2 - Four Octobers – Rick Hautala Oct. 3 - Pet Sematary – Stephen King Oct. 4 - Frankenstein – Mary Shelley Oct. 5 - Tommyknockers – Stephen King Oct. 6 - Haunted Forest Tour – James A. Moore & Jeff Strand Oct. 7 - The Keep – F. Paul Wilson Oct. 8 - ‘Salem’s Lot – Stephen King Oct. 9 - They Thirst – Robert McCammon Oct. 10 - Little Brothers – Rick Hautala Oct. 11 - Julia – Peter Straub Oct. 12 - Heart Shaped Box – Joe Hill Oct. 13 - Traveling Vampire Show – Richard Laymon Oct. 14 - Floating Dragon – Peter Straub Oct. 15 - Necroscope – Brian Lumley Oct. 16 - Guilty Pleasures – Laurell K. Hamilton Oct. 17 - Bloodlist – PN Elrod ...