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Trick
or Treat – Planning The Ultimate Halloween
Party
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by:
ARA
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(ARA) – What better way to celebrate the
night of fright than to throw a Halloween party? Whether you’re
expecting mini-goblins and ghosts or thinking of hosting adult Elvira’s
and Frankenstein’s, decorations, frightful food and ghoulish activities
will set the right tone for a Spook-Fest fit for even the most menacing
vampires.
The first step in planning your Halloween bash is to determine the
theme. The theme will set the mood, determine the dress attire and
influence the food you serve. Planning a movie-themed party is the most
versatile and gives your guests the flexibility to dress as their
favorite fright flick character. You can even incorporate your movie
theme into your decorating. Borrow your friends’ DVD players and have
different Halloween movies playing from the timeless Hollywood horror
classics of Alfred Hitchcock to the more modern scares like Scream.
James Rocchi, film critic of online DVD rental service Netflix
(http://www.netflix.com), suggests his five favorites to show.
* Frankenstein (1931) -- the Karloff classic
* Halloween (1978) -- retro-flavored slasher that launched a thousand
imitators
* Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) -- a popular horror film
classic
* Them! (1954) -- a giant insect monster movie with ‘50s camp and
timeless scares
* Rosemary’s Baby (1968) -- the urban-Satanism nightmare that still
chills
For additional decorations, head to your local party store and pick up
all your Halloween supplies including cobwebs, jack-o-lanterns, and
skeletons and serving supplies like plates, napkins and cups. While
you’re at the store, pick-up a couple of CDs that you can play while
you greet your guests the night of your party. Opt to skip the lights
and illuminate your house with slow burning or long lasting candles.
When planning your party menu, consider the costumes your guests might
be wearing and what will be easy for the dressed-up to eat and whether
you want to prepare the food, have your party catered or have your
guests each bring a dish. You can feature frightful hors d’ oeuvres
such as “deviled eyeballs” -- deviled eggs topped with a slice of black
or green olive and a main course of “guts and eyeballs” (your own
famous spaghetti and meatballs). For dessert, serve orange and black
themed cakes, cookies, and other sweets.
If you’ve invited the neighbors, top the night off with an outside
werewolf howling or screaming contest. Award the winners with a gift
subscription to Netflix so they can host next year’s Halloween party.
For the Kids
If you are hosting a party for kids or kids will be invited to the
adult party, you may want to serve food that they will find fun and
provide activities that are age appropriate. Since kids love to dress
up, host a costume contest. Have plenty of prizes on hand so every
child wins in a different costume category. If your party is on
Halloween night, take the kids out to trick-or-treat before the adults
settle in for their own party.
Kids love gross Halloween treats. You can turn chicken strips into
witch’s fingers by adding dagger-like fingernails made of pimientos and
for dessert, serve up mud cups: chocolate pudding topped with crushed
Oreo cookies and gummy worms.
Provide additional entertainment with Halloween movies. For the kids,
Rocchi recommends “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown;” “SpongeBob
SquarePants: Halloween;” and “The Worst Witch: A Mean Halloween.”
Netflix makes getting movies for your party simple. Forgo a last minute
dash to the video store, only to find your Halloween favorites already
rented. With more than 15,000 titles to choose from, you’re sure to
find just the right ones to set the Halloween mood.
Courtesy of ARA Content
SIDEBAR:
Looking for more inspiration? Here are some other suggestions from film
critic James Rocchi.
Top renting horror movies (of a supernatural bent)
The Others
The Ring
Ghost Ship
The Sixth Sense: Special Edition
What Lies Beneath: Special Edition
The Mummy Returns
Final Destination
Sleepy Hollow
13 Ghosts
The Exorcist, both the original and restored version
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