All Hallows’ Eve
October 31st, 2008 by --KALEB NATION--
I had intended to write a post about what gnomes do on Halloween (or, as they tend to call it, All Hallows’ Eve) but as it is 49 minutes past midnight, and I have a government exam early tomorrow, I must run to bed before the goblins of exhaustion eat me.
However, on this delightfully windy Halloween, I will be watching at least one Tim Burton film, and I suspect that gnomes would do the same at some point in this long night. I will most likely be watching The Nightmare Before Christmas (yet again) and go to bed singing ‘What’s THIS!’ whilst dreaming about doors in the middle of the woods to Christmastown, and perhaps rubbing my stomach which will be gorged to Winnie-the-Pooh-style rotundness on Reese’s and whatever else I can pilfer from my roommates.
Some people, however, might be pressed for time after being out hunting for bagfuls of candy to appease their addiction to candy corn. So, I have taken the liberty of making a simplified list based on the great master of film himself, as to three things you could do this Halloween, including:
1. Painting:
2. Looking Confused:
3. Plotting Evil Things:
Or, if you don’t even have time for those, I found this for you to watch in under 7 minutes and still fulfill the requirements of a Tim Burton film… and in the process, learn of the woeful and tortured tale of Vincent:
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October 31st, 2008 at 1:01 am
Or you can do what a lot of people do and work halloween night. Earn money for candy and don’t have to go door-to-door in the cold.
Ya, reeses my favorite. If they were closer to my bed (and if I could therefore reach them whenever) I’d be a lot fatter.
October 31st, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Does becoming scary count as plotting evil things?
November 1st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I fullfilled my Tim Burton requirements last night by watching Edward Sissor Hands. Totally my favorite.
November 1st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
That disturbed me far worse than any of the horror films I’ve watched recently - INCLUDING House of Wax and Saw.
November 1st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
That video was… was… wow.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Woah. That was very… disturbing. And amazing.
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:05 am
[...] spent my Halloween getting a haircut, in class, and voting… but at least made up for it with a good Tim Burton film after midnight (the only real movies that should be watched on October [...]
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 am
Nice video. I watched Nightmare Before Christmas around Halloween like fifteen times. Love that movie.
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:41 am
Haha, I had a Tim Burton movie marathon too. It was awesome! =]
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:43 am
Ha, I just watched that in my history of animation class!
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
I love Vincent! I once performed the narration poem for an oral interp class- I scared my classmates! It was fun! Great pick!
November 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 am
I have never seen a nightmare before Christmas. The only Tim Burton film I’ve seen is Corpse Bride, but I kinda got freaked out after a while.I shall have to give A Nightmare Before Christmas a chance sometime this holiday season.
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Hahahaha. Wow. I haven’t seen that video in a year or two. I really shouldn’t laugh, I know I shouldn’t, but I just can’t help it.
“Nevermore.” Bahahahaha!
I spent Halloween going to my friend’s high school football game instead of working like I usually do on Friday nights. I enjoyed the sign on the bank door that said, “Absolutely NO Halloween masks inside this building!”
And, since we celebrate Reformation instead of Halloween anyway, and there was plenty of candy at church before my mom and younger siblings got there, we get entire bags of the stuff here. I just ate a Reese’s. It was wonderful.
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I am so disturbed- I didn’t get ANY candycorn this Halloween!
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
My 4 yr old daughter, Gabbi, is obsessed with NB4Xmas (much like I am obsessed w/Twilight books) - it’s been playing at our home & in our car 24/7 for the past 2 months straight. She proudly proclaims that Jack & Oogie are her ‘boyfriends’, and has memorized every single word from all the songs. I have always loved this movie and watched it religously for the past 15 years during Halloween, so of course this makes me happy…. Slightly scared that she’s taken to this type of subject matter at such an early age - but happy. By the way, she insisted on being a vampire (as was I) for Halloween, too.
Check out the video of her singing in harmony w/Jack and dressed as the cutest vampire ever at the link above!
And I love your Chapter Reviews - I check your site every day to see your take on what’s happening in the Twilight world! Your sense of humor is great, and I’m looking foward to when your own book is coming out!
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Whoa, Kaleb, that video was creepy - I loved it! I now feel like I made up for missing the scary movies halloween night
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I really liked that video, it was quite creepy really but i still liked it. We had a Tim Burton movie fest on halloween, including Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, and Nightmare Before Christmas. all fantastic!
November 4th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
That’s it -
We need to scrap Twilight the movie-
Hold it, let me finish…
And make Tim Burton direct it, starting from the beginning.
Ah, my two favourite people who I’ll never meet (Edward Cullen and Tim Burton) together. Ecstacy.
November 5th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Haha.
I sang This Is Halloween instead =)
I have Vincent and Frankenweenie on my Nightmare Before Christmas DVD so I can watch all in one =)