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Halloween Decoration Ideas For Every Budget

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7 years ago

September 28, 2017

Halloween is coming. People either don’t care, or are already planning their costumes. I’m going to assume since you’re here, you’re one of the latter. It’s important to remember though that this isn’t just a holiday for people! You can dress up your houses to celebrate as well!

Most people are happy to go out and visit some of the professional haunted houses, complete with actors, but some are equally happy to make their own. For now, I’m only going to talk about the outside of the house. You want a house trick-or-treaters will be both thrilled and scared to walk up to? Well, let’s see if I can give you a few ideas for Halloween decorations.

START WITH A THEME

Of course, one thing you can do is throw out everything Halloween you can get your hands on: spiders, pumpkins, corn stalks, gravestones and ghosts. The better set-ups though are where you have a specific theme, which isn’t hard to do.

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MAKE IT AN INEXPENSIVE WEB SITE

A spider takeover is clean, creepy, cheap, and very easy to do. Bags of fake webs start as low as $3.99 and a good look can easily be pulled off with only a half-dozen bags. Larger fake spiders can be a bit more expensive, or can be homemade to go along with the look.

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PLOT YOUR BUDGET WITH INEXPENSIVE TOMBSTONES

Graveyards can be similarly cheap, easy, and fun to do Halloween decorations. One trick I did with my friends was to buy a sheet of rigid insulation from the hardware store, which can get you a sheet of 4 feet by 8 feet for around $15. That’s more than enough to cut out and make a dozen headstones. Just make sure you also grab a saw made for cutting it, the foam will dull your knives pretty quick otherwise.

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BRING YOUR OLD CLOTHES BACK TO LIFE

Zombies are going to start getting a bit more expensive. At the very least, you’ll need something for heads, but one thing you can do is take your old clothes, tear them up and splatter them with red. Then stuff them with newspaper and use some boards or even shovels to stand them up. You can also go the more expensive route and buy them as whole plastic and rubber decorations, along with body parts. Some people also use wood cut-outs, which can be painted to be realistic or just painted black and backlit.

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Netflix Releases First BTS ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Footage

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14 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

It’s been three long years since Netflix unleashed the bloody, but enjoyable Fear Street on its platform. Released in a tryptic fashion, the streamer broke up the story into three episodes, each taking place in a different decade which by the finale were all tied together.

Now, the streamer is in production for its sequel Fear Street: Prom Queen which brings the story into the 80s. Netflix gives a synopsis of what to expect from Prom Queen on their blog site Tudum:

“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown. But when a gutsy outsider is unexpectedly nominated to the court, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.”

Based on R.L. Stine’s massive series of Fear Street novels and spin-offs, this chapter is number 15 in the series and was published in 1992.

FEAR STREET: PROM QUEEN IS NOW IN PRODUCTION 🩸 Welcome to Shadyside High. We're gonna have a killer time. pic.twitter.com/jDl0zRa2CH
— Netflix (@netflix) April 30, 2024

Fear Street: Prom Queen features a killer ensemble cast, including India Fowler (The Nevers, Insomnia), Suzanna Son (Red Rocket, The Idol), Fina Strazza (Paper Girls, Above the Shadows), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Cinnamon), Ella Rubin (The Idea of You), Chris Klein (Sweet Magnolias, American Pie), Lili Taylor (Outer Range, Manhunt) and Katherine Waterston (The End We Start From, Perry Mason).

No word on when Netflix will drop the series into its catalog.

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Live Action Scooby-Doo Reboot Series In Works at Netflix

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15 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The ghosthunting Great Dane with an anxiety problem, Scooby-Doo, is getting a reboot and Netflix is picking up the tab. Variety is reporting that the iconic show is becoming an hour-long series for the streamer although no details have been confirmed. In fact, Netflix execs declined to comment.

If the project is a go, this would be the first live-action movie based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon since 2018’s Daphne & Velma. Before that, there were two theatrical live-action movies, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), then two sequels that premiered on The Cartoon Network.

Currently, the adult-oriented Velma is streaming on Max.

Scooby-Doo originated in 1969 under the creative team Hanna-Barbera. The cartoon follows a group of teenagers who investigate supernatural happenings. Known as Mystery Inc., the crew consists of Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and his best friend, a talking dog named Scooby-Doo.

Normally the episodes revealed the hauntings they encountered were hoaxes developed by land-owners or other nefarious characters hoping to scare people away from their properties. The original TV series named Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ran from 1969 to 1986. It was so successful that movie stars and pop culture icons would make guest appearances as themselves in the series.

Celebrities such as Sonny & Cher, KISS, Don Knotts, and The Harlem Globetrotters made cameos as did Vincent Price who portrayed Vincent Van Ghoul in a few episodes.

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BET Releasing New Original Thriller: The Deadly Getaway

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15 hours ago

April 30, 2024

Cameron McFarland

BET will soon be offering horror fans a rare treat. The studio has announced the official release date for their new original thriller, The Deadly Getaway. Directed by Charles Long (The Trophy Wife), this thriller sets up a heart racing game of cat and mouse for audiences to sink their teeth into.

Wanting to break up the monotony of their routine, Hope and Jacob set off to spend their vacation at a simple cabin in the woods. However, things go sideways when Hope’s ex-boyfriend shows up with a new girl at the same campsite. Things soon spiral out of control. Hope and Jacob must now work together to escape the woods with their lives.

The Deadly Getaway is written by Eric Dickens (Makeup X Breakup) and Chad Quinn (Reflections of US). The Film stars, Yandy Smith-Harris (Two Days in Harlem), Jason Weaver (The Jacksons: An American Dream), and Jeff Logan (My Valentine Wedding).

Showrunner Tressa Azarel Smallwood had the following to say about the project. “The Deadly Getaway is the perfect reintroduction to classic thrillers, which encompass dramatic twists, and spine-chilling moments. It showcases the range and diversity of emerging Black writers across genres of film and television.”

The Deadly Getaway will premiere on 5.9.2024, exclusively ion BET+.