Saturday, October 31, 2015

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 31 Bonus: Ash vs Evil Dead Reminder

Happy Halloween and this is a reminder that Ash vs Evil Dead starring Bruce Campbell starts tonight on Starz at 9 pm ET/PT:
Ash vs Evil Dead starring Bruce Campbell starts tonight on Starz

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 31: Elvira Interview from Fangoria #344

Happy Halloween and welcome to the final day of Countdown to Halloween 2015. I saved the Elvira interview from Fangoria #344 for last:
Cover of Fangoria #344 featuring Elvira
Page 36 from Fangoria #344 featuring Elvira
Page 37 from Fangoria #344 featuring Elvira
Page 38 from Fangoria #344 featuring Elvira
Page 39 from Fangoria #344 featuring Elvira
Page 40 from Fangoria #344 featuring Elvira
Page 42 from Fangoria #344 featuring Elvira
I hope you enjoyed this year's posts as much as I enjoyed posting them..

Friday, October 30, 2015

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 30 Bonus: Elvira the Witch is Back Slots

Hit It Rich! Slots released a new Halloween game that can be played on Facebook yesterday called Elvira: The Witch is Back. This is their third Elvira slots game with Elvira Mistress of the Dark and Elvira's Big Chest of Horrors being the first two. Here are some screen shots:
Elvira the Witch is Back is a new slots game at Hit It Rich
They are having a special coin sale to celebrate the new game:
Coin sale at Hit It Rich to celebrate Elvira the Witch is Back slots
The loading screen for Elvira: The Witch is Back:
Loading screen for Elvira the Witch is Back slots at Hit It Rich at Hit It Rich
Actual screen shot of the game with cats, bats, giant rat, Elvira's shoes, Elvira's makeup, witch's hat, witch's broom, winged skull and the Mistress of the Dark herself:
Actual screen shot of Elvira the Witch is Back at Hit It Rich
I won with Elvira's shoes but not as much if I would have hit the Mistress of the Dark herself:
Elvira's shoes at Elvira the Witch is Back at Hit It Rich

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 30: Fistful of Blood #1

IDW Publishing's Fistful of Blood #1 (October 2015) is the first of four issues. It was originally published in Heavy Metal #192 to #202 before it was collected into a black and white trade paperback in 2002. This new series is in full color.
Cover of Fistful of Blood #1 from IDW Publishing
It was written and drawn by Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley:
Page 1 of Fistful of Blood #1 from IDW Publishing
This issue starts with the mysterious Woman With No Name walking into a western town that was used in a tv series and several movies with the most famous one being Fistful of Blood. The town is being fought over by vampires and zombies. She is befriended by an old man who gives her more clothing since she arrived just wearing a bra and panties.
Page 13 of Fistful of Blood #1 from IDW Publishing
One of the creatures wants to hire here:
Page 18 of Fistful of Blood #18 from IDW Publishing
She gives them her answer without saying a word:
Page 22 of Fistful of Blood #1 from IDW Publishing
There is also a Behind the Scenes of Fistful of Blood section in the back featuring sketches and history:
Page 1 of Fistful of Blood #27 from IDW Publishing
I have never read the original but this remastered version rocks especially if you enjoy some T&A with your horror.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 29 Bonus: Gillian Anderson as Morticia Adams

This photograph from 1997 has Gillian Anderson as Morticia Addams as photographed by Mark Seliger for US magazine:
Gillian Anderson as Morticia Addams
Don't forget that The X-Files will be returning to FOX on January 24, 2016 as a six-part tv event. I will be watching. Will you?

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 29: Elvira Candy Bars from Sweet! Hollywood

A Countdown to Halloween wouldn't be complete without some candy. Sweets! Hollywood has three Elvira candy bars this year. The first one is a dark chocolate bar:
Elvira Dark Chocolate Bar from Sweets! Hollywood
They also have a Elvira milk chocolate bar:
Elvira Milk Chocolate Bar from Sweets! Hollywood
And then there is a Elvira white chocolate bar:
Elvira White Chocolate Bar from Sweets! Hollywood
As a bonus, they also have a Elvira collectible sticky jar filled with handmade candy:
Elvira Collectible Sticky Jar from Sweets! Hollywood
Other Halloween-theme candy bars that they sell include Toxictoons, Skelanimals, Famous Monsters, Hellboy and Afterlife with Archie. Note that this is not a paid for post so be sure to check them out if you dare.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 28: Franken Bride Slots

Franken Bride is a new slots game from House of Fun on Facebook. The main focus is the Bride of Frankenstein and is a sequel to Frankenstein Rising.
Franken Bride is a new slot game from House of Fun
I love her purple hair with a white streak:
Franken Bride has green skin and purple hair with a white streak
This is the Frankenstein place that appears while the game is loading:
The loading screen for Franken Bride is a house
This is the first screen shot of the actual game. Notice that the Franken Bride is colored differently and has white eyes. This is her really evil look. The good doctor himself makes an appearance.
Screen shot of the actual game with a pale Franken Bride
Another screen shot of the actual game with the hunchback and a very nervous looking priest.
Another screen shot of the actual game featuring the hunchback and a priest

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 27 Bonus: Elvira at Farmville Harvest Swap

Elvira has teamed up with Zynga this year and a game version of herself will be appearing in Farmville: Harvest Swap. I broke down and started playing it yesterday. I mostly collected witch hats and bats. Be warned that she will disappear at midnight on Halloween night so you better play it while you can. You can download the game or play it on Facebook, which is what I'm doing. Here is the banner for Elvira at Farmville: Harvest Swap:
Banner for Elvira at Farmville Harvest Swap
Here is the list for Elvira's Spooktacular:
First screen of Elvira's Spooktacular at Farmville Harvest Swap
I started playing level 15 and lost the first round:
Lost screen with Elvira at Farmville Harvest Swap
Elvira has a disappointed look when you loose;
Elvira's look of disappointment for losing at Farmville Harvest Swap
I finally won level 15 after three tries and Elvira looks happy:
Elvira looking happy for winning at Farmville Harvest Swap
I love the wink that she gave me when I won level 15 of Farmville: Harvest Swap:
Elvira winking at Farmville Harvest Swap

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 27: Boo Berry Box

Boo Berry is the final of the three monster cereals released this year with the We're Alive theme. The front of the box shows him with a castle in the background but still no cereal shown:
Front of the Boo Berry 2015 box
The left side of the box also includes instructions on how to use the Blippar app:
Left side of the Boo Berry 2015 box
The back of the box features the portrait game but with Boo Berry:
Back of the Boo Berry 2015 box

Monday, October 26, 2015

Supergirl TV Series Reminder

Just a reminder that Supergirl tv series starring Melissa Benoist starts tonight on CBS right after The Big Bang Theory:
Supergirl tv series starring Melissa Benoist starts tonight on CBS

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 26: Franken Berry Box

Here is this year's Franken Berry box with the We're Alive theme that I picked up at the local Walmart Super Center. The front features the monster with a castle in the background. The cereal itself is strangely missing but check out his fingernails:
Front of the Franken Berry 2015 box
Here is the left side of the box which includes instructions on how to use the Bippar app:
Left side of the Franken Berry 2015 box
Finally, here is the back with the portrait game featuring the monster:
Back of the Franken Berry 2015 box
The right side of the Franken Berry box features nutrition and ingredient lists so I'm not including it here.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 25 Bonus: Elvira on Halloween Wars Tonight

Elvira will be a special guest judge on tonight's season finale of Halloween Wars on the Food Network. Here she is with tv host Rossi Morreale:
Elvira with Rossi Morreale host of Halloween Wars 2015

Countdown to Halloween 2015: Count Chocula Box

This year's theme for the monster cereals from General Mills is We're Alive. You can Blipp them to life if you have the cell phone app. Unfortunately, I don't have a cell phone but I still got the boxes anyway. I'm spotlighting the Count Chocula box first since that is what I ate first at the beginning of the month. I picked it up from the local Walmart Super Center. The front has the Count and his castle featured but the cereal itself is missing:
Front of Count Chocula 2015 box
The left side of the box features some facts about the cereal and how to bring the monsters alive using the Blippar app:
Left side of Count Chocula 2015 box
The back features a mini game where you have to put the different portraits of Count Chocula in their appropriate timeline. The Count appears in a group shot with the Franken Berry and Boo Berry. I think you can use Blippar to play more games:
Back of Count Chocula 2015 box
Unfortunately, I don't have a Target nearby so I couldn't get the box with the build a castle back.

The right side of the box has nutrition facts and ingredients so I'm not including a scan of that since it's pretty boring.

To be honest, I would rather have a toy inside instead of the We're Alive feature.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 24: Cap'n Crunch's Halloween Crunch

This year the good Cap'n appears as a zombie on the front of this year's Cap'n Crunch's Halloween Crunch box (the cereal doesn't seem to turn the milk as green as it did last year):
Front of Cap'n Crunch's Halloween Crunch 2015 box
Here's the left side of the box:
Left side of Cap'n Crunch's Halloween Crunch 2015 box
There is a pumpkin template on the back of the box:
Back of Cap'n Crunch's Halloween Crunch 2015 box
The right side of the box is the usual list of nutrition facts and ingredients so I'm not including it here.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Goodnight Murphy Anderson

Silver Age comic book artist Murphy Anderson has passed on at the age of 89 according to Newsarama. He worked on the Buck Rogers comic book from 1947 to 1949, relaunched Hawkman with Gardner Fox in 1964, co-created Zatanna and revived the Spectre with Fox in 1966.
Siver Age comic book artist Murphy Anderson July 9, 1926 to October 2015
Murphy Anderson
(July 9, 1926 – October 2015)