Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 16: Kansas Thrills, Chills & Bills Lottery Tickets

This year's Halloween-themed lottery tickets from Kansas Lottery are titled Thrills, Chills & Bills and features six jack-o-lanterns. Needless to say that I did not win anything again this year.

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 15: Count Duckula At FarmVille

Count Duckula recently popped up at FarmVille offering a chance to put on a frightening feast.

I have my Count Duckula Castle placed and harvested seventy-five pumpkins but the hard part is getting eight banquet invitations from neighbors.

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 13: Halloween Costumes At Superhero City

Superhero City has witch and warlock Halloween costumes that are mostly robes. I do like the accessories such as head gear and weapons.

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 12: Elvira In Monster Land #7

The cover of Monster Land #7 (February 1986) featured Elvira:

She was on a two-page spread that also served as the inside cover and first page:

"The Woman Behind Elvira" was the five page article featured in the horror magazine:

Page two of the article is a pretty cool pin up featuring Elvira surrounded by Universal Monsters:

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 11: Halloween Massacre At Superhero City

Superhero City has released a special edition Halloween Massacre card featuring a possessed hockey mask killer for only eighty merit points (of course, I do not have enough to get one):

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 10: Vincent Price In Monster Land #2

Here are pages forty-three, forty-four and forty-five from Monster Land #2 (April 1985) featuring an article about Vincent Price's last cameo role in Bloodbath at the House of Death:

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 9: Rat Traps Gummi Candy

My sister bought a bag of Rat Traps a few weeks ago. The gummi rats are supposed to be gray with pink tail and taste like strawberry. The rat came out looking green due to bad lighting and it does not really have a taste to me. The bag has twenty-five Rat Traps.

I do like the detail of the semi-soft gummi rat that is about an inch long:

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 8: Unleash Your Dark Side At The Sims Social

You can now unleash your dark side at The Sims Social, an online game on Facebook since it is Werewolves vs Vampires Week:

Players can purchase new Halloween costumes that are rather mundane like the werewolf's beard, which makes you look more like Wolverine (sadly, there are no vamp or wolf teeth but there is a canine nose):

Vampire lovers can purchase the double coffin bed for those bizarre sleep overs:

New spooky items to decorate your house with since every haunted house needs a broken mirror and a spooky portrait:

I like this painting of Vlad the Impaler...er, Impressionist but you have to earn it by completing all seven "What Big Teeth You Have" tasks:

You will also find ghosts outside of the house that you can snap pictures of (I actually found two):

While I am not a big fan of The Sims Social (I would rather play SimCity), the ghost hunting makes it a little more interesting to play. Beware that the game has been having connection problems lately so it may not load for you.

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 7: Pez Witch

I finally have a Pez witch dispenser thanks to one of the local retail stores finally carrying them. The bottom is the only part that glows in the dark. Would have been cooler if the head or at least the face would also glow. I am torn about keeping it in the package or opening it and playing with it before gobbling all the candy.

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 6: Elvira Interview At GeekChicDaily

GeekChicDaily has an interview with Cassandra Peterson, who has some very interesting news for her fans at Will Elvira Retire-a?

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 5: Elvira In Monster Land #2

The cover of Monster Land #2 (April 1985) featured Elvira, Sybil Danning and Jane Badler:

Page 18 featured a color pinup of Elvira holding a crystal ball:

Page 19 started the "Elvira Day" article with a picture of Dr Ackula aka Forrest J Ackerman (he wrote the article too):

Page 20 features five photos of various werewolves:

Page 21 concludes the "Elvira Day" article:

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 4: Bloody Barnabas Collins

Yes, it looks like the Dark Shadows movie will have some blood if this picture of Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins with a bloody hand is any indication:

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 3: FarmVille Halloween Collection

FarmVille has started their Halloween Collection for this year. To be honest, I have not been playing this online game at Facebook much lately since it freezes up after a few minutes.

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 2: Freaky Frightful Cards At Superhero City

Superhero City has started their Halloween celebration with Freaky Frightful Cards.

This set includes Darker Side '11, Cackling Laughter '11 and Jack O' Lantern's Glow '11.

Countdown To Halloween 2011 Day 1: Elvira And Candy Samples

What a better way to start this year's Countdown to Halloween than a picture of Elvira and Candy Samples: