HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Happy Halloween from Highbury Cemetery!! This is it! The day we all look forward to. THE DAY WE LIVE FOR!!

If you have already done your trick-or-treat haunting, I hope you had an absolutely incredible one. If you're doing your thing tonight, I hope you have the most amazing year yet! Either way, get out and CELEBRATE. Keep the Halloween spirit alive. Because this is OUR holiday...

2022 Sneak Peek

It's go time tonight at Highbury Cemetery! The display is up and looking pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. Just adding those last few accents (that nobody will notice), and it will be showtime!

Just going to drop a little sneak peak for today. The Harvester of Brine, ready and waiting...

  

The Trinity

All three of my new sheet ghost props are now complete and together, haunting the Cemetery for eternity...

 

The Misfits - "Halloween"

Bonfires burning bright

Pumpkin faces in the night

I remember Halloween

Dead cats hanging from poles

Little dead are out in droves

I remember Halloween

Brown leafed vertigo

Where skeletal life is known

I remember Halloween

This day anything goes

Burning bodies hanging from poles

I remember Halloween

Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween

Candy apples and razor blades

Little dead are soon in graves

I remember Halloween

This day anything goes

Burning bodies hanging from poles

I remember
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween

  

"Haunted Horror - Terror On Tape" Cassette

Welcome to the final Friday in October, and the last Freebie Friday of the year! It was well worth the wait, because I have definitely saved the best for last!

1980's Haunted Horror - Terror On Tape is an absolute classic from the golden age of the novelty Halloween "spooky sounds" releases. One of the first to be put out on cassette, this one really packs a punch at 30 minutes PER SIDE, offering a hefty hour of spookiness with only one flip of the tape.

And it is packed with all of the standard shrieks, screams, howls, clanks, clinks, moans, wails, cackles, meows, organs, and any and all other noises. 30 straight minutes of even terror, without any annoying callouts to ruin the flow.

Image courtesy of the Sweet Skulls blog/via Secret Fun Spot.

Since acquiring this gem, it has been at the top of the list for really great Halloween releases, and each time I hit play I'm instantly transported back to the trick-or-treat fun I had as a kid. Haunted Horror - Terror On Tape is a mandatory release for anyone in need of some Halloween nostalgia!

DOWNLOAD HAUNTED HORROR - TERROR ON TAPE HERE.

  

Sheet Ghost No.3 Prop

My final ghost prop for the year is now checked off the list! These Sheet Ghosts are meant to be quick, cheap, stylized ghosts that add a little bit more organic flow and character to my cemetery display. You can see the full, quick how-to tutorial on them here.

This final ghost was based on a white bed sheet that I had laying around, and then quickly and sporadically dyed brown. I wanted to have a bold, emoting, high-contrast skull face, while adding slight dark wash accent tints to the overall form to give it a more patchy, "earthen" feel. I purposely left the bottom portion of each ghost with less detail, as the lower section of sheet cloth will be wrapped around tombstones in different ways.

The trinity of non-traditional ghosts are now ready to roam the Cemetery for all eternity. I'm pretty happy with the results on all three of these ghosts. There are going to add a bit of much-needed character to this year's display.