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We’re halfway to Halloween! Books and Movies to help with the wait (and celebrate spring)

Yes! We’re doing it again! We are putting Halloween into a part of the year it doesn’t usually go! Why? Because it’s fun and we can!

Posted by Karen on Flickr, 2008
Just one example of a scary Easter Bunny costume. Apparently, the user who posted this on Flickr found it in an antique shop. A cursed antique shop?

The end of April and the start of May is the halfway point to Halloween. For Halfway to Halloween, or Halfoween, fans are happy to mark the occasion as we start counting down the last six months of the year to the big day. Kinda like Christmas in July, but awesome! Horror-centric vehicles like Shudder spend all of April celebrating the halfway mark. Some places even have events to give everyone an early taste of scary season. If something like Easterween isn’t really catching on (though I ended up embracing it a little this year, sharing creepy pictures of old-timey Easter Bunny costumes with friends who also love horror) this is still a great way to put some creep factor into your spring season.

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Valloween – When love is hell, sometimes literally

Red roses with black background, from PickPik

Yes, we’re doing it again! We’re taking a holiday that has nothing to do with Halloween but giving it a creepy spin. Why? Because we can. And funny enough, in this case it really works. Maybe not on every holiday but Valentine’s Day just seems to blend nicely with terror. I mean, it is already covered in red…

So welcome to Valloween, the latest in our ongoing series of me talking about how you can take beloved holidays and turn them into another reason to get scary.

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Creepmas: Holiday Stories for Horrorphiles

Cropped image from the theatrical poster of the 2015 horror film Krampus, from Legendary Pictures.

Happy Holidays everyone! It’s my other favorite time of the year (along with Halloween, of course).

So… we survived Summerween. We survived Halloween. Now what if I told you that the holiday season, one of the jolliest times of the year, also has roots in fear? Yes, underneath all the cheer there are dark things lurking.

Like a franchise threequel, get ready for… Creepmas.

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