For what age range(s) is this celebration most appropriate?
Middle School
High School & Beyond

This Halloween celebration is:
Spooky

This celebration can be done:
At home
With/through a specific organization or group

How much time does it take to prepare for this celebration?
It depends on how elaborate you want to make it

How much does this celebration cost?
$25.01 - $50.00

Describe your Halloween celebration idea:
Buy or Rent a Truly Awful vintage horror movie, and use it as a good excuse to chow down on popcorn, soda pop/cider, and other fun foods with friends and family.

What steps should be taken to organize this celebration?
Find the "so bad it's Great!" movie, plan a menu, set a date, invite friends. If you are planning to Rent this bad movie, have alternate titles chosen, in case your Fave is checked out! The cost will vary in proportion to the number of guests...and the cost of the movie is another variable.

One Bad Movie that I recall seeing on late night TV is "The Crawling Hand," from 1963. Blockbuster describes it as "an unintentionally funny horror film." The hand (the real star of the flick) is taken from a crash site, is possessed by a strange, murderous alien, people all over town are Suddenly found mangled n' strangled...oh, the inhumanity! Where will it all end?! ;-) The VHS version is 98 minutes long, probably due to it being explained to us/hosted by vampish "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark." Elvira made quite a career out of spoofing such films, so there are surely a bunch of 'em out there. I watched "The Blob" on late night TV as a munchkin, and it kept me awake that night, but hasn't warped me 4-ever (twitch, twitch...), still, be careful about what yer li'l rug rats watch!! I must've been scared if I still remember it.

Additional comments:
I may catch flak for it, but I put a description of a "Hand" Halloween party favor in the "Homemade Gifts" section, becuz I was having trouble figuring out where it fit, if anywhere. http://www.familyeducation.com/whatworks/item/front/0,2551,1-10641-6454-6,00.html Look it up there, titled "Boo 2", if you like. If it's no longer there, here's a synopsis: Get food handler's gloves (transparent, disposable, inexpensive; check w/restaurant suppliers). Place one Candy Corn inside each fingertip. The fingers and middle of the glove are stuffed with popcorn. Tie it shut w/twist-tie or curling ribbon. Spider Ring on one finger: optional. Keep all elements of this away from Small Children, and Pets, who find plastic and ribbons delectable and dangerous.