Happy Halloween 2022 from your friends at
El Rancho De La Tex!

Only two days left for this year's SPOOKTOBER.

Hey "Man or Beast" at Halloween Express!
Let's show 'em how we feel about that!

10/4 good buddy. Great job.

Let's do carry on.

Get your Star Wars on with this Tuscan Raider
mask, or as we rebel scum call them, Sand People.

(Spirit Store)

Halloween Express has pitchforks o' plenty.

But DON'T PLAY WITH THEM.

Playing with the pitchforks is
a big Halloween Express no-no.

And the last one for today, an

Oversized Clown at the Spirit Store.

It's been a fun month here at The Ranch and
tomorrow is the BIG DAY. Have a FANTASTIC time
out there boys and girls!

Be safe.

There's nothing like a good ol' fashioned Serial Killer

mask and this one at Halloween Express is GHOULISH!

I hung up the Camp Crystal Lake sign that I

bought at the Spirit Store this year. It looks good

with my previous year's purchases I'm thinkin'.

I like it!

Thanks buddy!

(celebrity endorsement not 100% official)

"Sorry, we're DEAD," says the sign.

"Not YET we ain't," says the rat.

"Heyyyyyyy. How'd YOU get in here?!

My monkey, such a ham," says I.

Sign is at Halloween Express.

Rat is at the Spirit Store.

Monkey is at home.

SpongeBob SquarePants is pretty popular
this year. Everybody loves SpongeBob
(and Patrick).
See the look on that kids face?
Yeah, that's love, man.

This Krusty Krab windbreaker would be cool

year-round, IF... it were made for that,
and I am sure it is not.

Both of the today's items are at the Spirit Store, which I think

is actually called Spirit Halloween, but it will always be

the Spirit Store to me.

There are only 3 nights until Halloween.
Spooktober is going by WAY too fast.

This is an Official Fun World Ghost Face

Collector Set. Steep price, but hey... Fun World.
(Halloween Express)

Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives
onscreen at Borden Cinema!

I'm a teenage Frankenstein,
The local freak with the twisted mind.
I'm a teenage Frankenstein,
These ain't my hands,
And these legs ain't mine.*

*Alice Cooper / Robert William Athis

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Spirit Store

presents Ben Affleck as Batman.

A 100 years ago some kid's mom made him a homemade costume

so he could finally go trick or treating, but a bunch of brats made fun

of him for that costume. As a final insult they locked him away in a barn

not knowing that it was haunted by a family who starved one winter and

perished there. The poor kid died in that barn and became the seven foot
Possessed Pumpkin! Now he TORTURES neighborhood

kids every Halloween. Hole-eee cow!

...in other news.
This is what I used my 20% Spirit coupon on. It was between this

Camp Crystal Lake sign and the SCREAM knife that I showed on

Friday, October 7, 2022. And like I wrote then, it was kind of a no brainer

considering how much of a fan I am of the Friday the 13th movie series.

I will show a photo of it when I hang it up. I really like this sign.

Mr. Dark at the Spirit Store.

He jumps to NINE FEET TALL. Wo.

But he spends most of his time sitting back down.

And again, all of the buzzing sounds you hear
in the background are guests being electrocuted in
the stone hallway.

(See Thursday, October 13, 2022)

I really like this little bat hovering over us

at Halloween Express. He doesn't look all

that menacing here in the store, but I imagine

if he were flying around in my bedroom

it would be a different story.

File this under "Things Not Predicted".

Cheetos costumes.
Son of a gun.
The Spirit Store does it again.

I don't know who Dr. J. Reaper is, but
right underneath his Monster Laboratory
sign at the Spirit Store...

...is this guy.

And shouldn't it be Dr. G. Reaper?

Because walking bats are weird and not really scary.
(Spirit Store)

We think that it would be fun to pass these out

to your friends at work, the friends who are not

wearing costumes. Guffaws galore!
(Halloween Express)

I have been waiting for "FALL" to come out for

months. It's finally here and I can finally see it. I am

excited. REALLY excited. I bought the DVD and not

the Blu-ray because when my paycheck is thin, I do

what I gotta do.

If I were in the position the two girls in this movie
apparently find themselves in, it would be horrific.
Therefore, I am counting this movie as horror and will be
watching it tomorrow night. Tonight I am finishing
up my 976-EVIL Two Night Film Fest.

Meanwhile, during our crawl we made our usual highly

looked forward to stop at the Indian Store. When we

arrived we noticed that Chief Tawonka was missing in

action from his usual spot in front of the store. He had

been there for I don't know HOW long.

As it turns out, he was in the back room receiving a
makeover. He looks grand if'n ya ask me. We can't
wait to see him out in front again.

I spotted this doorknocker(?) on the wall and contemplated

bringing it home. It was I think $15.00. I didn't though. I am

saving my money for Halloween goodies.

The Indian Store is LOADED with beautiful items from

jewelry to cultural artifacts and they are not inexpensive. $15.00
is my speed. I did splurge one time though, on Monday,
June 20, 2016 and bought a cover for my Bic lighter.
I did make a post about it then and it shows the cover
brand new. The above picture shows that it is pretty

tarnished now, but I am good with it.

Behind old Shorty the Killer Klown you can

see part of the theming for this year at the
Spirit Store. Big bubbling tubes. It looks
like mad doctor lab stuff to me.

Here is a very short video

of the tubes in action.
(If you play it 15 times in a row
it will be longer.)

The babies are back at the Spirit Store.

And it seems that they are hungry...

...VERY hungry!

Happy Witch Day 2022!
Another Witch Day! This is awesome!

What the devil is this witch at
Halloween Express up to?

Oh, making young girls cry.

Holy cow. This is almost as evil as LAST

years Witch Day.

I ponder...
What will NEXT year bring?
* shudder *

Michael Myers is still alive and kicking,

Or IS he?

#HalloweenEnds

These Vintage Masks at the Spirit Store are great.

Just the right amount of creepy...

...and scary.

The theming at the Spirit Store this year is... well....

You walk into this hallway built of "stone" and as soon

as you are to the point of no return, you notice all the

wires hanging from above, and they are electrified and
about to FRY you and everybody around you.

And the steel plate that you and your fellow soon
to be well done burgers are standing on is buzzing and
vibrating like a Magic Fingers bed in some motel
room. It is LOUD and it is SHOCKING!

The view looking straight up into a dome

when you are in the middle of the stone hallway.

I'm not really sure how to even describe
a lot of this.

See the CARNAGE for YOURSELF!
The Spirit Store electricity in action.

He had gone to the big city to be GQ model! 

An actor!  A sensation! A STAR!

However it didn't pan out and you can see the
anguish in his eyes. But hey, it was an honest
afternoon's work and a cool costume.

"CHEER UP, MAN" BONUS PHOTO!

I had no room for the really great large Camp Crystal
Lake sign, but I always have room for a really great
magnet! And this is one great magnet right here.
Another awesome Spirit Store score.

Monty the animatronic at the Spirit store is 6 feet tall. He is apparently

upset at having to entertain children at will... for years and years. So

when one child wishes him to come to life, he does and gets his revenge.

Since I am a slacker and did not get a picture of the

full Monty, here is an image from the Spirit Store website.

Our tradition for my son's birthday is to go play a round

of miniature golf and then go out for a steak dinner. We

did that again this year. Yes, tradition is big in our family.

And we love pirate themes!

It is always nice to see the golf course getting into

the spirit of the season. They don't always do this.

It is really nice (and fun) when it happens.

WOW! Look at all the COOL WEAPONS
to PLAY WITH!!



DOH!
Every. single. YEAR.



That's okay. I will instead enjoy the cool little
Michael Myers plastic shot glass that I bought
over at the Spirit Store for 4 quarters.