http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html A blog for Scared-Out-of-Your-Wits.com! en-us scary Fri, 14 May 2010 02:39:52 GMT Fri, 14 May 2010 02:39:52 GMT scared-out-of-your-wits.com http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Tippi-Hedren-and-other-celebs-at-Spooky-Empire's-Screamfest-Orlando-Horror-Convention My "meet and greets" at the SpookyEmpire Convention in Orlando... First, was Adrienne Barbeau. She was charming and accommodating - even letting me get my photo taken with her (free) after I missed the "official" (paid) photo session. She's down-to-earth and a beautiful lady. She definitely gets my vote for "Classiest Lady in Showbiz!" Next was Linda Blair. I enjoyed hearing her story from the stage. She stressed we should all treat each other better which is certainly a good message. So you can imagine my disappointment when, during her fan photo sessions for which we paid $30 (and we stood in line an hour thereby missing other events since she... [I'm only allowed to give my *opinion* here, not state any facts that could be viewed negatively, so...] Let's just say it would have taken little effort to show the fans who waited all that time just some basic, garden variety courtesy. I was sad that I spent the money and time to get my pic taken with her. If that's "treating each other better", I'll pass. And then there was Tippi Hedren. Again, it's really unfortunate I can only state my *opinion* here and not what happened, but that's the crazy legal system we have these days. In my *opinion*, Ms. Hedren and her cohorts at her table had the worst attitudes I've ever encountered with anyone, celebrity or not, and that's saying a lot folks! Truly, it was an experience I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy. I was like "Hello? Didn't you 3 travel here to meet fans and sell autographed pics?" Congrats on missing an easy sale and losing a fan. In my opinion you, Miss Hedren, take the prize for "Absolute Worst Attitude in Showbiz"! Congrats! Fortunately, my experience meeting Ms. Barbeau made up for a lot that day. :) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:24:50 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#NetFlix-&-Your-Halloween-Horror-Movie-Marathon If you're looking for a great way to get some titles to watch for your Halloween horror movie marathon, it's not too late to get a batch from NetFlix! I love this service. It's easy to use and helps me find new scary titles I never knew about! Plus, each member is invited to provide a rating on the title once it's sent back in. This rating system is a great way to know whether a movie is worth watching or not. Plus, there's no late fees! I love this aspect - I never have to worry about getting the video back to the local store by a set time anymore. I don't have to drive to town (which is a good thing since it's 20 miles). I just pick up my movies and drop 'em off in the mail! If you haven't tried NetFlix yet, I highly recommend it. Trust me, once you do, you'll be hooked and never look back. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:27:24 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Check-out-this-Haunted-Animal-Hospital! Hey gang, check out the world's FIRST Haunted Animal Hospital! Talk about an original concept! I love it! Creep along into rooms of TERROR & TORTURE! Wander thru the EVIL CLOUDS of DARKNESS... And IF you DARE... Walk thru the wooded area that will be sure to SHOCK YOUR SOUL! * Pet Psychics / Pet Caricature Artists / Pet Photographers / Pet Vendors * On site Dog Wash & Low Cost Vaccination Clinic available * Creepy/Exotic Pets + More! On Site Professional Dog Wash & Low cost Vaccination Clinic Available! Since 1962, Dr Edward A Garcia DVM has given out thousands of $$ to assist Denver's Homeless Pets, Senior Citizens & The Poverty Stricken. 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What better decor for your Halloween movie marathon than this Halloween village featuring all the creepy characters from the top horror movies! <a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1834412-10368905?cm_mmc=CJ-_-1661155-_-1834412-_-Scary20Movie20Halloween20Village20Collection"> <img src="http://www.lduhtrp.net/image-1834412-10368905" width="150" height="150" alt="Scary Movie Halloween Village Collection" border="0"/></a> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:54:46 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Nightmare-Before-Christmas-Halloween-Village! 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Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:39:32 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/HauntedHouseProps.html A frightacular selection of world-class haunted house props for your haunted attraction! Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:20:42 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/HauntedProps.html A terrifying list of recommended haunted props for your haunted attraction! Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:11:37 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/AnimatedHalloweenProps.html Check out these animated Halloween props sure to scare 'em out of their wits! Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:01:46 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/HalloweenProps.html Scariest Halloween props on the planet! Our highest recommendations for your professional Halloween haunted house or haunted attraction! Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:47:57 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Thanks-to-The-Thriller We lost you too soon, but you're still here. Your melodies play on in our hearts and in our ears. Thanks for the magical moves and the tunes were so "killer" When it comes to entertainers, there'll never again be such a Thriller. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:06:14 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/Deadly-Knights-Bookends.html A pair of deadly knights bookends to keep a close vigil over your favorite books, guarding them against any who dare to trespass. Sun, 10 May 2009 02:48:37 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/Skull-with-Steel-Swords.html Talk about a headache! Impressively realistic skull is pierced by two gleaming steel pirate swords. Hook on back for easy mounting above your treasure chest. Sun, 10 May 2009 00:26:15 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/Scary-Skull-Tankard.html Great for Halloween! Hoist your grog aloft in this fiendishly fun scary skull tankard! The hearty skull-shaped cup is the perfect vessel to hold 15 oz. of your favorite beverage! Sat, 09 May 2009 22:30:36 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/ghost-pirate.html Doomed to eternally wander the seas as punishment for his wicked ways, a ghost pirate captain pilots his ghostly craft through yet another fiercely blowing monsoon. Sat, 09 May 2009 22:06:34 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/halloween-history.html There are those among us who insist that Halloween is an evil holiday, stuffed with death imagery and anti-Christian motifs. Well, guess what? We did some research, and found Halloween history.... Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:11:17 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Zombie-O-Rama Randall Cooksey, the grand prize winner of our prize giveaway, has once again had his Zombie-O-Rama display featured in the news! This time on CNN! Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:32:10 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Missing-Paranormal-Team If you haven't heard about the missing Florida HAUNTS team yet, check it out! Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:32:10 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Haunted-House-Videos Come check out the best haunted house video clips on the net! Haunted House Videos features first-person walk-thrus, haunted house demos, haunted house commercials, haunted house reviews and even haunted house "how-to" videos! And of course, don't miss my personal favorite--the secret "spy-cam" haunted house videos where you peek in on others getting scared out of their wits! LoL! Be sure to save the site to your favorite social bookmark so you can come back often for the latest Haunted House videos as Halloween approaches! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:40:07 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Check-out-Scary-Ghost-Videos Scary-Ghost-Videos.net features the ultimate selection of scary ghost videos. Whether "real" or faked, they're always entertaining. 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Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:23:06 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-ghost-video.html Select a scary ghost video to watch on ScareTube! Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:59:58 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-clip.html Check out the Scary Clip Showcase! Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:02:21 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/best-horror-movies.html Best horror movies online! See what's coming up for fright fans! Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:39:18 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/horror-art.html The Horror Art Showcase features the best spooky & Halloween themed artwork. You won't believe your eyes! Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:12:20 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/screamfestorlando.html Screamfest Orlando Recap: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:18:56 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-cams.html Hello dear fright fans, I'm pleased to announce that the haunted house live feeds page has just been updated for Halloween 2007! I've just watched all four of the live feeds and they are all working great! The first three have the best video but no sound unfortunately (probably set up that way). The fourth one, Bates Motel, has sound but pretty dark and hard to see as much but the audio helps make up for it! Check 'em out!!! Sorry I've been out of pocket for awhile...been busy editing my horror flick. But will be adding more here as I can before Halloween so keep checking back! Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:17:52 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-cams.html Scary Cams! Watch Live Webcams of People Getting Spooked In Haunted Attractions! Get Your Kicks at Scared-Out-of-Your-Wits! Win FREE Stuff! Have Fun with the Latest Scary Pranks, Movies, Places, etc. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:06:28 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#My-New-Horror-Movie Whew! Just wrapped up principal photography on my horror movie. :-) Now, on to editing, adding sound effects, pre-screening, etc. Love it or hate it, you haven't seen anything like this one before. I'm confident of that! ;-) If you prefer your scary movies to be more cerebral with build-up and "atmosphere" over the gore fare we've been seeing lately, you may just like this movie! If you enjoy supernatural horror like The Exorcist, The Omen, The Blair Witch Project, and Rosemary's Baby, you just might want to check this movie out when it premieres, so stay tuned! To be among the first getting more info as it becomes available, be sure to sign up for my Fright Club ezine. That's the vehicle I'll be using to collect the emails of people interested in my upcoming spooky flick and keep them posted on the movie's progress. And one lucky person who signs up after today's date (8/21/07) will win either a copy of the DVD or poster autographed by the cast (when they are released and sorry, no ETA as of yet...hey, I still have to get the footage edited after all. :-) Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:38:14 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/index.html Enjoy Scary Stuff or Scaring People? 1,001 Ideas for Spooking Friends, Enemies, & Yourself! Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:07:16 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Find-me-on-MySpace-and-be-my-friend! Scared-Out-of-Your-Wits.com is on MySpace! Now connecting with even more fright fans, things can only get better. :-) Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:18:41 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Now-on-Squidoo.com! Please come check out my new lens at Squidoo! And while you're there, would you please take a second to rate it? Thanks!! Dan P.S. Scared-Out-of-Your-Wits.com is coming to MySpace! Watch for it... Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:30:26 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/halloween-poems.html Halloween Poems to Scare You Out of Your Wits! Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:43:29 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#New-Horror-Movie-Trivia-Site-Launches! Burt's Horror Movie Trivia Vault has been spun-off to it's own new site which has just launched! Due to the high volume of questions, I was no longer able to keep up with all the formatting and posting involved in continually updating The Vault here manually as in the past. But this is good news overall because the new site means faster posting of your questions, faster responses by your favorite horror movie fiend (Burt), AND... now you and other fright fans around the world can quickly chime in and help provide answers to questions too! Believe me, with the volume of questions, you're help is needed! Plus, being on it's own domain will bring in even more visitors allowing for a greater chance someone will be familiar with your long lost horror movie. And there'll be even more people to discuss your favorite horror flicks! So, come join the fun and register now at the new forum to get your own free account and check out all the cool features it offers (to see all of the news fader feature, you'll need Firefox's browser). I'm even going to carry over the prize giveaway tradition to this new site too! To jump start things, I'll be giving a cool prize away to whomever helps answer the most questions between now and New Year's Day (not just random guesses, of course--some level of accuracy is required naturally). So come check it all out now and bookmark the new site using the tags provided to your favorite social bookmarking sites so you'll always be able to find The Vault again quickly. Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:28:45 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/horror-movie-review.html Horror Movie Review & Halloween Movie Directory. Fright Factor Ratings by Horror Fans! Get Your Kicks at Scared-Out-of-Your-Wits! Submit A Review - Win Prizes! Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:13:28 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/screamfest.html Screamfest Horror Convention - Click Here First! Pics, Video, & More! Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:21:29 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/halloween-pinatas.html Halloween pinatas to spice up your Halloween party! Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:33:51 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/win-free-stuff.html Win free stuff! Monthly prize giveaways for fright fans! Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:07:22 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/halloween-pictures.html Halloween Pictures! Scary Halloween Party, Costume Party, & Haunted House Photos! Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:43:41 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#My-new-directory-of-Halloween-haunts-and-real-scary-places-has-launched! Find Halloween haunted houses, corn mazes, haunted woods, as well as "real" scary places at my new site where you can rank and comment on haunts you've been to and read what others had to say about their experiences. It's free to login as an editor (see the second option from the top) and submit the haunts you've been to, give 'em a "ghosts" ranking, and post your comments! [Being a web directory, naturally you'll need to provide the haunt's info. including their website URL for it to be listed.] Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:11:00 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/horrorivia.html Just a quick note to mention a couple things as Halloween rapidly approaches! First, my apologies for the delay in responding to your emails and updating the site with your submissions recently. Truth is, I've been feverishly working on not only trying to keep up with this site, but to finish my new haunted house site in time to be useful for Halloween. Well, the new site may not be useful in time for *this* year's Halloween haunted house season, but it will feature more than just those anyway. It will also be your guide to year-round "scary places" and attractions, not just Halloween haunts. I've also been busy working on the first issue of the Fright Club ezine. Hope to have it go out before Halloween if possible to introduce you to my new "haunted house" site. And don't forget...Fright Club is where I'll have the horror movie trivia contest where I'm giving away a brand-new Horrorivia game set! Click the link below to read my review. So be sure you're signed up to receive it if you haven't already (it's free, of course). Speaking of contests, I've now got a pretty decent prize package put together for the winner of this Halloween's Prize Giveaway. Check out the Win Free Stuff page for details. Your favorite horror movie fiend Burt has been emailing most of you directly the answers to your scary movie questions. I'll be back to posting his replies in Burt's Horror Movie Trivia Vault ASAP. Beyond Halloween, I've got some other new sections in mind for this site. In fact, I've got so many ideas on new exciting additions to Scared-Out-of-Your-Wits.com, that I may need to create a poll to have you help me narrow down where I should start! After all, it's just me operating this site in my spare time so I need your help deciding where to invest my time in building this site. :-) In short, some good-n-scary things are coming this way so stay tuned! Dan Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:44:35 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/horrorivia.html Horrorivia is your ticket to horror movie trivia fun! Check out this pic! Someone played way too much Horrorivia! Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:09:37 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/scary-blog.html#Easy-Win-Opportunity! The first person to email me at I-Want-To-Win@Scared-Out-of-Your-Wits.com will win a DVD or movie poster of their choice. It just doesn't get any easier to win than this, folks. Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:25:44 GMT http://www.scared-out-of-your-wits.com/horror-book-store.html Browse horror books & magazines and win scary stuff in The Horror Book Store! Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:46:31 GMT