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"Halloween Treats Gone Wrong" 

I know it's New Year's Eve, but this is That Halloween Blog, where the best celebrations are always related to Halloween!

In this YouTube advertisement from Crest, we get to see what happens when healthy snacks replace candy at Halloween. Little kids in a focus group let you know what they think!

"Halloween Treats Gone Wrong"

Running Time:   1 min: 33 sec

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Short Film

Living with Jigsaw

Living with Jigsaw is a short film parody from Chris Capel.  What kind of roommate do you think Jigsaw would be?

Check out more of Chris Capel's work on YouTube at HandleBarMustacheLand!

Living With Jigsaw

Running Time:   2 min: 26 sec

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Short Story

"Sparrow Ridge" by Sean Grigsby

Narrated by Mr. Creepypasta

"Sparrow Ridge" appears in the exciting new horror anthology, Daylight Dims.

Daylight Dims is available in print and e-book format and can be purchased for only $4.99 for Kindle on Amazon!

Daylight Dims has also been masterfully produced for audio by Craig Grosheck's Chilling Tales for Dark Nights!

"Sparrow Ridge" is brought to life by narrator, Mr. Creepypasta.

For more recordings of scary short stories with high quality narration from the anthology, check out the YouTube page for Daylight Dims or Chilling Tales for Dark Nights!  Make sure to subscribe to them both!!

"Sparrow Ridge" by Sean Grigsby

Running Time:  48 min: 01 sec

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Power Point Presentation

“Taming Yesterday’s Nightmares for a Better Tomorrow”

By Peter Watts

Peter Watts is a Canadian marine mammal biologist and a writer of hard science fiction. His novels include the Rifters Trilogy: Starfish, Maelstrom, and Behemoth; and Blindsight.

So why am I mentioning him on That Halloween Blog?

Watts created the absolutely horrifying, and satirically hilarious, Power Point Presentation, "Taming Yesterday's Nightmares for a Better Tomorrow" as promotional material for his novel, Blindsight. The presentation serves as an introduction to the kind of world that exists in Blindsight, but I think it stands on its own as a fantastic horror experience.

Let Watts reintroduce you to Homo sapiens Vampiris.

"Taming Yesterdays Nightmares for a Better Tomorrow" is located on Watts' amazing website, rifters.com, which is so rich in content you should have to pay an admission fee to explore it.  Watts offers it for free! 

You should make it up to him by exploring his Rifters Trilogy or by buying Blindsight on Amazon.

"Taming Yesterday's Nightmares for a Better Tomorrow"

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Short Film

Jack

Here's Jack, a really short, short film from horror director Drew Daywalt, made especially for the 2010 Santa Barbara Minute Film Festival. Daywalt tells this creepy tale in less than 60 seconds! 

Jack stars Abigail Daywalt and was produced by Drew Daywalt and Jeff Farley. "Jack" was created by Farley and Akiko Tanahashi, with the band Corvo contributing the music. 

You can see more scary shorts at the Daywalt Fear Factory YouTube Page.  And, don't forget to "Like" them on www.facebook.com/DaywaltFearFactory 

Jack

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Paranormal Encounters?

In this clip, real life Ghost Hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren and special guest, Rob Vescey, discuss the feelings one may experience after encountering a ghost.  The video cuts off after about 7 minutes but is available to rent on Amazon On Demand.  

Ed and Lorraine Warren: After Effects of Seeing a Ghost

Running Time:  7 min: 35 sec

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Animated Short Story

"Nicholas Was..." (image by Alex Quinn.)

"Nicholas Was..."  by Neil Gaiman.  Animated by James Bolan.

Neil Gaiman wrote "Nicholas Was..." as a Christmas card.  He had his friend and artist, Dave McKean, calligraph it, and then sent the 100 word short story out to everyone he could think of.  

In 2010, Gaiman challenged his fans to animate "Nicholas Was..." for Christmas and gave them just one week to do it.  This was James Bolan's response, completed in five days!!

"Nicholas Was..." can be read in Gaiman's wonderful collection, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions. The image of the card above was created by Alex Quinn for a printmaking class and can be found with more cool work on his web site at alexquinnmakes.com! Also, don't forget to catch more of James Bolan's animated fun on his YouTube Channel!

"Nicholas Was..."  by Neil Gaiman.  Animated by James Bolan.

Running time:  1 min: 31 sec

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