Halloween is supposed to be fun right? It's a night of revelry with friends and strangers alike crowded in the middle of the street just trying to take in all the sites. And even though the celebration is being scaled back this year" we at Dive are here to give you plenty of options to maximize your fright and fun.
Top 5 Horror Films
5. ""The Omen""
It's not quite as scary some 32 years after its release"" but any movie featuring Gregory Peck and an unconventional use of a church spire remains a favorite.
4. ""28 Days Later""
It's one of the better horror movies in recent memory"" thanks to eerie shots of an abandoned London overrun with murderous citizens infected with a virus called ""Rage.""
3. ""Shaun of the Dead""
Not so much scary as it is funny" this film about an every-day schmuck caught in the midst of a zombie epidemic has become a cult classic and a Halloween tradition. A key scene involves the beating of a zombie" synchronized with Queen's ""Don't Stop Me Now.""
2. ""The Shining""
It's held up well over time"" thanks to a classic turn by Jack Nicholson as a homicidal writer with a clairvoyant son.
Stanley Kubrick makes the viewer feel the same claustrophobia and horror that drives Nicholson's character crazy.
1. ""Halloween""
When psychopath Michael Myers escapes from a mental institution" he sets out for his hometown and a group of easily-dispatched baby sitters accompanied by a big knife and creepy theme music. Forget the mess of sequels the original earned two severed thumbs up.
Top 5 Lame Excuses NOT to Go Out on a Rare Friday Halloween
5. 40 degrees is too cold to go out in my skimpy costume.
4. The monsters on Franklin Street are scary.
3. All the good costumes will be taken.
2. I have a test on Monday.
1. I have to stay at my house to distribute candy to the joyful youth of my neighborhood.
Top 5 Group Costumes
5.Duke Lacrosse Team
It's old but it's never too old.
4.Carton of Eggs
Highly symbolic and highly obstructive a potent combination.
3.The Holidays
No you can't go as Halloween" but Roy Williams' birthday is fair game.
2.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Wasted in a half shell.
1. Polygamous Fundamentalist Community in West Texas
Then the cops on Franklin Street really WILL have a reason to arrest you.
Top 5 Professions to turn into a ""slutty"" costume
1. Librarian: Cliched" but it's hard to top the sex appeal of an attractive young femme fatale in bookish clothing and glasses. Just try not to be too over the top keeping people quiet or you might end up as the party pooper.
2. Ornithologist: Like it or not voyeurism never goes out of style. And who will know what you're looking at with those binoculars? Just be careful not to be too creepy or you might get into trouble.
3. Wonder Woman: The charm here is that you don't have to sex this costume up any more than it already is. It's nearly impossible to get more saucy than an Amazon warrior who binds her enemies to get the truth out of them.
4. Statue of Liberty: What better way is there to salute the patriotic act of voting than by showing the sex appeal of a national symbol? Just grab a skimpy green skirt and top" a crown and a tablet and strut along to ""God Bless America.""
5. Flapper: This one might be tough to pull off. You'll be covered up a bit more than with other ideas" but if you pull off that party attitude right it should have plenty of appeal. Plus is there anything sexier than bobbed hair?
Top 5 Alternate Halloween Activities
5. Cookout: I'm not sure why but the idea of crowding around a grill trying to stay warm is appealing to me.
4. The Everybodyfields at Cat's Cradle: If you prefer folk to fright this might be just the place for you.
3. Horror movie fest: Yeah yeah this is a kind of lame idea but could still be fun if you round up enough people.
2. Kapow ! Music at Nightlight: For those who prefer introspective lyricism to extroverted drunks.
1. Rat Jackson at Jack Sprat: Chapel Hill's favorite raunch-rock band will be pumping out classic rock covers at the East Franklin Street club. Seriously this will be worth the hassle of pushing your way through the door.
Top 5 Halloween Drinks (Note: Some of these drinks are dangerous and can kill you. If you can't tell which ones are dangerous then you probably aren't old enough to drink. So don't. Happy Halloween.)
5. Bloody Mary
2 parts tomato juice
1 part vodka
1/2 part lemon juice
Dash Worcestershire sauce ground pepper salt lemon wedge
4. Banshee
1/2 oz. Creme de Cacao
1 1/2 oz. cream
1/2 banana liqueur
Shake ingredients with ice and serve in a cocktail glass.
3. Brain-eater
2 parts coffee liqueur
1 part premium vodka
1 part whiskey
Pour coffee liqueur then vodka then whiskey into shot glass. Drink" then grimace as your brain is eaten.
2. ""Witches Brew""
Just make PJ and put it in a plastic caldron. Add dry ice for extra-cliched stupidity.
1. Shaun of the Dead
1 gallon (128 oz.) Everclear. Pour into pumpkin. Drink until dead. Arise as an infected zombie. Celebrate.
