The Land of Cerpts and Honey

"BACK TO THE TREE!"   The newly-released Criterion dvd of the classic 1942 spooky romantic comedy "I MARRIED A WITCH...

BIG FINISH LOVES STORIES.   That's their catchphrase, after all.  And they quite rightly moved forward the release date for their own 50...

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO VISITED FOR THE COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN.   Even though I was only doing a "Countdown Lite...

IT'S WARM.  IT'S OVERCAST.  IT'S EVEN FOGGY.  HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE FRONT YARD.      

SORRY IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE LAST HALLOWEENIE TELLY PROGRAMME.   Life has a way of getting in the way . . . which is why it's s...

WELL, WE'VE MADE IT AT LAST!   The final inductee into the 2013 Batty Halloween Hall of Fame.  And while there is no official ranking fo...

NOW IT'S TIME TO GO CLASSICAL UP IN HYAH!   One of the old masters provides us with a piece of music whose first three notes evokes the ...

I'M A HAPPY BOY!   Why?  Because my best doddy got me a set of Universal Monsters Hot Wheels cars!  Now, who's gonna convince me...

IT'S VOODOO ZOMBIE FUN TIME!   That's right, boils and ghouls!  Step right up to hear from the spooky showman of song who seems to s...

THIS NEXT SONG IS FROM ONE OF MY TOP 10 OR 20 ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME.   It's by one of my favourite rock groups of all-time.  And it's s...

MY NEXT HONOUREE IS A SONG I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BY A GROUP I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.   Hey, mystery should be plentiful around Halloween, right?...

ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE ANOTHER SONG I FIRST HEARD ON THAT EPOCH-MAKING DR. DEMENTO HALLOWEEN SHOW IN 1978.   This one is by a famous member of t...

ON MONDAY, THE 14TH OF JULY 1969, VINCENT PRICE WAS THE GUEST ON THE VENERABLE BBC RADIO PROGRAMME "DESERT ISLAND DISCS".   Sa...

"NIGHT FALLS".   That's how this inductee begins.  And certainly that's the perfect way to start something Halloweenie!  I...

SPEAKING OF SCOOBY-DOO. . .   Next we have the third season Halloween episode of SOUTH PARK from 1999 guest-starring the band Korn.  Whi...