Halloween is my favorite holiday. Well, technically my birthday is my favorite holiday, but those seem to be getting less and less exciting each year (now that I am the highest number I can be). I love costumes, make-up (especially gory/special effects type make-up), and I love all things horror. In fact, numbers 1 and 2 of my top 3 all-time favorite movies are horror movies. (And if you don’t know either of these, you toads don’t know me).

I take Halloween pretty seriously. If I ever invite you to a Halloween party, you’d better not show up without a costume, or you will get kicked out, no joke. You will get an unvitation. That’s just how I roll.

Anycrap, Halloween for me is more than just an excuse to get away with outrageous/slutty/otherwise inappropriate get-ups. That’s a big part of it, even for me. The two pre-requesites for my costumes are 1. tits 2. blood. Anything that combines those two ingredients make a successful costume in my book, and you’d better believe that bloody tits are even better.

I’m also under the belief that if you have a really great idea, a unique and brilliant costume, I don’t care if no one gets it, if it’s a brilliant idea, fuck everyone else (Rick Nielsen and Maude Lebowski in a home-made green robe come to mind).

I think the Joker Halloween costume is like last year’s “dick-in-a-box” costume. I anticipate even seeing a few Joker/nurse outfits. I actually thought about doing something along those lines, I can do a helluva Chelsea Grin. But alas, I could not get down with seeing my costume all around me, even if I would have done it better. It’s one thing to see one or two Mia Wallaces at the bar, when you’ve clearly got the better costume, it’s entirely another to see a handful. I anticipate a lot of Palin’s too, and I gotta be honest, if you’re not Tina Fey, I’m not sure I care.

I love the week of Halloween, and all the horror movies they play on TV (and ones like Hocus Pocus, which I’m still not sick of). At the moment I’m watching Celebrity Rehab on VH1, which is kind of like a horror movie. I’m a huge fan of horror, even outside the vampire genre. The only horror movie I can’t watch is The Exorcist. Nope, I won’t do it, nightmares for weeks. On the flipside of that, my roommate (who absolutely will not watch a scary movie with me, thinks The Exorcist is hilarious. I don’t get it. Must be a Catholic thing.

So, in honor of my favorite holiday, we here at AvantTrash (along with our creepy friends from Dead Lantern) have put together a little contest. We’ve got some horror movie quotes, ya see, and we want you to tell us what movie they’s from. The winner, chosen by your creepy co-authors here, gets a goodie bag full of horror hand-me-downs.

1. “Did they look like psychos? Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them. I don’t give a fuck how crazy they are.”

2. “Ya know, I can remember every toy I had as a kid.
And they remember you, Ralph. Toys are very loyal, and that is a fact. ”

3. “Evildoers are easier, and they taste better.”

4. “What began as a birthday barbeque ended in a bizarre tragedy in Ho-Ho-Kus, New jersey today. It was this power mower that brought a quick end to the life of 21 year old bride to be Elizabeth Shelley. Like wood through a mulcher, the girthful fiancee disappeared beneath the blades of the berserk mower that sent her personality raining down upon the horrified birthday revelers. In a blaze of blood, bones, and body parts, the vivacious young girl was instantly reduced to a tossed human salad. A salad that police are still trying to gather up. A salad that was once named, Elizabeth.”

5. “You listen to me, you son-of-a-bitch! There’s a kid out there using his car to kill people. Not that it’s a problem for me since it seems to be you and your gang he’s got it in for. I just thought I’d let you know that if you guys take the law into your own hands, and that killer turns up dead, I’m gonna see you all sniffin’ cyanide in the Arizona gas chamber.”

BONUS:

Essay question #1: I wanna hear about your favorite cinematic vampire and why.

Essay #2: Which serial killer fits your personality, or who would you most like to be?

Be specific, support your answer. I’ve got some decent swag to give away, so the sky’s the limit here. You’ve got a week so get creative. Ask your AP Lit professor for help.

There it is. Go at it. Email your answers to contest@avanttrash.com and have fun tomorrow night. If you don’t have any killer plans, you could always play wake the dead, or play Bloody Mary or some shit like that. Have fun, be safe, and enjoy the Gary Oldman. Churches are scary.

Tags: chelsea grin, costume, Halloween, Joker, Maude Lebowski, Rick Nielsen, The Exorcist

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