I like to think about everything this time of year. The love for horror movies, Halloween supplies, haunted houses, the trick-or-treating, classic monsters, costumes, and the fun party music. Like I said, everything. I go all out and think back on the exciting stuff I did as a kid, and then I think about what I do these days with the blog.
And yet, sometimes, I don’t know what to do with that passion and end up daydreaming about all those things I mentioned. As much as I would love to decorate the whole place and go all-out, I just don’t have the budget to do cool crazy stuff. That’s when the do-it-yourself idea comes to mind. And then I look around to see what I have, and decide to try something only to lose the energy, and then relax while watching more horror movies.
Hey, it’s a fun time while it lasts. That’s why you gotta keep whatever active and creative energies going full steam. Also, those daydreams aren’t all that bad. I just think about the stuff and give myself a prompt of some sort. I recently asked myself, “Hey you! Yeah, you. What would YOU do if you actually had your own haunted house?” And that gets me thinking about the possibilities…
If I had my own haunted castle, I would use it to host a seriously awesome Halloween party where we got everything! Fun props and decorations, classic horror movies playing in the background, music, food, the works! It’d be a great time and I’d do whatever I could to make sure everyone’s enjoying it.
At least, until the owner shows up. Because what if that haunted house turned out to be someone’s real home where things actually do go bump in the night? What if I somehow stumble across it? Then from there, thinking it’s vacant, I use it to host not just a party, but movie nights too! And what if some of the evil spirits are still there, trying to haunt me and the guests? I feel like that could be pretty funny. It’s like the place seems quiet and fine until I start populating it with all the Halloween stuff.
And then there’s the question of how do I even find the place? It’s not like I could just look in a newspaper and see something about a haunted house or castle that’s available for rent. It sounds like something out of a Simpsons episode. I don’t know, maybe I could stumble upon it while I’m out and about. Sure, it seems very unlikely and way too contrived, but… eh no buts about it. Whatever though, let’s just roll with this idea so I could get to the whole thing of filling it with Halloween supplies and cool animatronics.
I love those things. They’re easily my favourite items to look at and play with in stores. I can only imagine how much fun I’d have if, for example, I had a garage, basement, attic, or all three full of Halloween supplies. People who hate the season wouldn’t go nuts for it, but maybe they’d at least admire that I’m passionate about something. Or maybe they wouldn’t and I could rub this in their face by offering ‘em Candy Corn.
I hear that many people hate Candy Corn with a passion. Personally, I liked it. Never considered it my favourite candy, but at the same time, I had no problems eating it. I don’t wanna think about candy as a whole though, since I don’t eat it anymore these days. Healthier living, ya know?
Speaking of living, I feel that even though I’d love to do the haunted house thing, I wouldn’t exactly want to live in it. Sure, I love this time of year and everything about it, but a guy’s gotta have variety ya know? I’d still wanna go back to other non-horror things just to change it all up.
Plus, the last thing I’d need is being a roommate who probably annoys the living hell outta’ Dracula or some other vampire count. Granted, that too could be amusing, but… ya know what, that’s another thing I should think about. What if I were living with Dracula? Sure, it didn’t go well for that Jonathan Harker fella, but I’m not Jonathan Harker. I’m not even like the actors who’ve played him.
Then again, I do love doing a Keanu Reeves impersonation. Every try it? It’s wildly fun, especially if you start exaggerating it and quote the Bill and Ted movies. In fact, maybe to wrap up this whole escapade, I start acting like Ted to destroy Dracula once and for all.
However it all turns out, you know a thing like this would be one insane ride. And with that, I now leave you with the question of what would YOU do if you found a haunted house and had to fight Dracula?
Think about it, and until next time… rock on.
Kasey Lewis - Actor, Writer, Creator 