Over at Party City I am almost afraid to

look at this guy's face. But oh well, let's take a...

...oh yeah, bad idea. Moving along.

SCREAM'S Ghostface has not yet made an

appearance this year. Let's fix that with

this fun little bust at Spirit Halloween.

FREE HUGZ!

Yeah we did not take advantage.

"What's the matter, kid? Don't ya like clowns?"

It's not that, Captain. It's just that.... well... um.... Bye!

If this wall of spiders at Party City starts to

fray your nerves, they have...

...Mr. Zen Skeleton to help inspire calm.

So relaxing.

!!! THRILL RIDE THURSDAY BONUS PHOTOS !!!

We spotted this in the Walmart parking lot.
It's the cat's pajamas when people all around

town get into the Halloween Spirit.

These are folks after...

...our own hearts.

Only five stormy nights until Halloween!

 !!! Michael Myers Day !!!

Yep. It is that day here at The Ranch. Good old Michael

from the "Halloween" movies. The dude is an
icon of  Scaresville.

Kind of a weird Halloween II (1981) mask,

but okay. Moving right along.

I like this backpack. I don't know how well
made they are, but they look very cool.

I like this decorative knife as well.

They have made these for a few movies. Wouldn't
take up much space in your movie room.

A fun little MM lamp. The Jack O'Lantern

has a bulb in it. These don't seem like all that
but when you get them home and put 'em on
the shelf, they are awesome.

And here it is. I hung up my 2023 Halloween

Crawl souvenir of the year.

Welcome to Haddonfield!

I like it!

Thank you, Dr. Loomis!

It has been a great Michael Myers day and there

are only six more eerie, damp nights until Halloween!

Ladies! Gentlemen! Children of all ages!

Spirit Halloween is proud to present... Dagger Mike!

Mr. Mike is 3' 11" inches tall, but get too close and

he pops up to an intimidating 4' 9" while laughing
maniacally and showing off his blades letting
you know in no uncertain terms
that he. means. business.

Yikes!

Unfortunately, Mr. Mike was half behind the mausoleum

display and I could only record one half of him at a time. And

the one half that I DID record featured his dagger getting stuck in

that torch pot over and over. But the horrific half of Dagger Mike

that you CAN'T see is doing the same horrific thing that the half

you CAN see is doing, except for getting his dagger stuck in a

torch pot... over and over.

!!! TERRIFYING TUESDAY BONUS PHOTOS !!!

Gotta have some Chucky from Child's Play.

Friends 'til the end! Pretty good mask.

And will you look at this? Spirit Halloween actually

has a blow up hearse. I wish they would have had this

14' beauty on display. Maybe next time.

Only seven cold dark nights until Halloween.

Spooktober is flying by!

Hey buddy.
How you doin' down there?

"Did you REALLY just ask me that??"

Oh yeah, sorry Mr. Party City Zombie Man.

"How could you be that insensitive?
HOW?"

"You need to leave."

Wow.

A little Día de los Muertos at one of our all

time favorites (and the eighth stop on our

Annual Halloween Crawl), the Indian Store.

A shelf just chock-full of Native

American designed aliens!

The Indian Store has many beautiful things,

but this Buck 184 Buckmaster knock off (under

glass) is a REAL HORROR.

More from the Indian Store to come.

How about a few of my favorites today?
Body parts at Spirit. Always fun.

Body parts in ropes...

... and body parts in chains.

Hands and arms and legs oh my!

More ropes.
It looks like they were clawing at the ground as
the unspeakable deed took place.

These brains look like they have been brushed with watered
down Chef Boyardee do-it-yourself-at-home-pizza sauce.
Hmmm... That IS actually pretty gross.

Party City makes
it BLOODY!

His name is Spawn, Hell Spawn.
This guy made a deal with the devil and is now Satan's right
hand man. Hell Spawn starts out at 4' 9" tall. But if you disturb
him (and you will) he jumps up to 8' 6" in height. That is a
respectable growth spurt if'n ya ask me.



Hell Spawn.
As with most of these "jumpers" at Spirit Halloween,
he spends most of his time sitting back down.

Eleven more creepy crawly
nights until Halloween!

The name "Gouged Eyeball Screaming Grimacing
Head Hanging by a Sharp Hook Guy" must have been
taken because Spirit named this poor soul simply...
"Hanging Hooked Head".
LOOK at this guy. He deserves better.

Here are a few shot glasses I bought at Spirit this

year. Starting on the left we have Sam's sharpened

lollipop from the movie Trick 'r Treat. In the middle

is of course the man himself, Freddy Krueger (like

we even need to say it). And on the right is Sam

from again, Trick 'r Treat.

These are $1.00 each and are just
a bit of fun to have.

!!! THURSDAY HORROR BONUS PHOTO !!!

Bounty Paper Towels.

Oh boy!

Halloween Express has a LOT of weapons!

Let's play!

Dibs on the scythe!

Dang nabbit.

One year they'll forget to put this

sign up and all hell will break loose.
Let's move on.

Hey! How about this cool Medusa headband?

Or if that don't suit yer pistol...

...maybe this Mini Hat (Mini Chapeau) pirate tricorn
will do the trick! I actually kind of wish I had
bought one of these to put on the little
chihuahua dog I don't have.

There are only thirteen dark
nights until Halloween.

That's right! It is Spirit Halloween Cross Body Bag

day at El Rancho De La Tex. I don't know if I had

never noticed or if this is the first time they have had

(so many) cross body bags at Spirit. But whichever,

they are pretty fun. Here are a few that we saw

during our Annual Crawl.

Monster High cross body bags.

I'm pretty sure that these bags are

Alice in Wonderland themed.

Dr. Suess Fish bag! I think

his name is Carlos K.

And for all of you IT fans, here is the S.S. Georgie.
Stay out of the rain (and the street) with this one.

Welcome to the FREAK SHOW.

And while not a cross body bag, I am going to add

this CHUCKY wristlet bag to Cross Body Bag Day.
Who is that guy behind it? Sheesh.

Same with this Michael Myers wristlet.

If they have a Michael, and it holds
stuff, ya gotta add it.

Trick 'r Treat!

How about this Sam's Lollipop bag?

That's looking SHARP!

And I have saved my favorite cross
body bag for last.

"Is this place great or what? It looks

like it was decorated by Klowns R Us."
- Mike Tobacco

Killer Klowns from Outer Space...

This bag is A-W-E-S-O-M-E.

We have come to The End of our first Cross Body

Bag Day here at The Ranch. It will hold a special
place in our hearts. Here's to next year!

Huzzah!

Beware DESMODUS!

This monster grows to 7.3 feet tall (fast!) and will separate you
from your blood supply at the first available opportunity.

"Humans are his favorite meal."

Desmodus at Spirit Halloween.

Hope you're having a great Spooktober so far!
Only 14 nights until Halloween!

Dolly at Spirit Halloween. Ain't she a darling?

Yep, Darling Dolly. Seven feet of charm.

!!! WE GOT LUCKY AGAIN BONUS PHOTO !!!

I can't believe our luck. Somebody left the curtain to

the Employees Only section of the store cracked open

allowing us (for only the second time in Halloween Crawl

history) to take a peek into the secret workings of
Spirit Halloween.

I don't know how long this photo will stay up before
Spirit has me remove it. So please, enjoy this

forbidden image while you can.