Early September Yard Haunters

We were driving home from a date last night when I caught a glimpse of purple and orange lights down a side street.  I gave the ghoulfriend a bit of a start when I exclaimed "WOAH! Turn the car around!"

Pulling into the side street we were treated with a wonderful sight! A full-fledged yard haunt, and we aren't even a week into September yet!

(notice Sam from Trick R Treat in the window!)

Here's a quick video of the lights in action:

It was such a wonderful treat to stumble upon such a sincere display of Halloween spirit.  It absolutely made our night!  Come October, I think I'll leave a Great Pumpkin Project pumpkin for them. They clearly have the spirit of the season, and those headstones are seriously asking for a jack-o'-lantern

“One grave in every graveyard...”

“One grave in every graveyard belongs to the ghouls. Wander any graveyard long enough and you will find it - water stained and bulging, with cracked or broken stone, scraggly grass or rank weeds about it, and a feeling, when you reach it, of abandonment.”

- Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

Photo by The Haunt Next Door

Giants Walk on Halloween

Photo by @vault_of_scarlott

Early 2000's Halloween goodness

From Haunted Eve's Halloween Blog

More images here

Paste Eater's Grave: 115th Anniversary

Rest in Peace.

Article Here

ElmParkHaunter's Groundbreakers

Three awesome skeletal groundbreakers by @elmparkhaunt on Instagram!

Dark Spirits Wait in the Graveyard

Art by Петр Костюк (Petr Kostyuk)

More works here 

Gravestones of New England

@GravestonesOfNewEngland - A very cool Instagram account that documents some very old tombstones around New England.  Here are some of my favorites:

Click the image below to check out their account:

The Cemetery

Carl Fredrik Hill, oil on canvas (1877)

Grim Thimble

Truly incredible and whimsical paper mache props by Eric (@grimthimble_halloween)

Spooky little drawings

 

Art by Gabby M. (@art.g0th)

Now Watching: Early to Mid 2000's Halloween Home Videos

A simple pleasure of mine is watching videos of people's Halloween decorations, parties, or trick-or-treating, specifically from the early to mid 2000's.  These videos scratch a very precise nostalgic itch of mine.

These videos also tend to disappear from YouTube.  Many of the ones I watched regularly (don't judge me) have been deleted, or have vanished after the original account was terminated.  It really makes me sad.  I wish there was a huge archive just for videos like this.  

It disheartens me to wonder how many Halloween home videos have been erased from the web...  how many wonderful October memories have been lost... I've even contemplated buying a larger hard drive just to download and preserve this kind of media. 

I swear, I'm going to turn in to a digital hoarder... 
*pours booze*

Opi Rubrum

 Paintings by lilibat on DeviantArt