Tagged Halloween
Oct 28 2025
10 Movies to Watch for Halloween
Whether you’re a hardcore horror buff or just looking for something creepy to watch around Halloween, there are so many great films to choose from. To help you narrow down the endless possibilities, some of Twin Cities Geek’s film reviewers have come together to curate a list of some of our favorite…
Oct 25 2025
Revisiting a Spooky Modern “Simpsons” Classic
Since 1990, The Simpsons has delighted and frightened viewers with its annual Halloween specials, and the episode from 2022 is one of their best. “Treehouse of Horror XXXIII” was written by Carolyn Omine, Ryan Koh, and Matt Selman, and was directed by Rob Oliver.
The first segment is “The Pookadook,”…
Oct 06 2025
My 15 Favorite Nerdy Family Halloween Costumes
Every year, October arrives with a hint of autumn and the promise of falling leaves, instilling in me the desire to drink hot apple cider and wear oversized sweaters. I also face a yearly challenge: Picking a Halloween costume to make from the many, many nerdy things that I enjoy. My husband and I have always…
Nov 14 2023
The Vampire Dies in No Time Will Have You Dying Laughing
Whether you prefer the feral bloodsucking variety or the seductive smooth-talking variety, vampires have ingrained themselves in horror legend. But that’s not to say that they can’t be funny as well. Just look at Madhouse’s The Vampire Dies in No Time, released in 2021!
When the…
Nov 04 2021
Make Spooky Season Last All Year with This Eldritch Cookbook
As far as I’m concerned, all of autumn is Halloween season, a time for candy, decorations, and costumes. I’m always looking for ways to up my spooky-season game, and this year I found a cookbook that brings some nerdy spookiness to the kitchen: The Necronomnomnom: Recipes and Rites from…
Oct 28 2020
Darkwood Is Memorable and Legitimately Scary Survival Horror
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
Every October, lists of horror media make the rounds for those looking to indulge in the spooky spirit. We see a lot of the same recommendations year to year, and that’s not necessarily bad: classics are classics for a reason. Baffling to me, though,…
Oct 26 2020
The 3 Ingredients to Make Your Prosthetic Makeup a Success
So you bought this cool Buffy-style vampire headpiece at the local store for Halloween. Now what? How do you apply and make it look real and scary? You open it up and find out it’s not skin colored, and there is no makeup or glue included. What can you do to become a fearsome vampire?
You need to think of three…
Oct 05 2020
5 Family-Friendly Ideas for Halloween in the Time of COVID-19
The Halloween season is generally filled with trips to apple orchards and pumpkin patches, decking out your house, and having a frighteningly good time with friends and family. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, things are going to be pretty different this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t…
Oct 29 2019
18 Awesome Twin Cities Events for Halloween Night 2019
The whole month of October is a jam-packed spooky party season, but the actual night of Halloween can be a bit of an anticlimax—especially since it’s not a federal holiday (write your congressperson) and can fall in the middle of the workweek, like it does this year. “There’s nothing happening on a Thursday!”…
Oct 25 2019
And That’s Why We Drink Made Me Drink for the Wrong Reasons
It’s the season for all things macabre, so to go with the theme, I hunted for a spooky podcast to listen to. Due to being extremely picky about what I listen to, I finally settled on And That’s Why We Drink. The format of the show is simple: two hosts, Christine and Em, read stories that they have researched…