From Zombos' Closet

Halloween 2013: Rat Munching Zombie Head At Party City

I saw this rat-munching zombie head at a Party City. Nasty, disgusting, and all-together a great Halloween animated decoration. Loved it.

Halloween 2013: 3D Monster Window StickersAt Dollar Tree

I saw these 3D window stickers at a Dollar Tree Store. Similar to the more humorous Halloween Pop Up Stickers  I found there last year in design, these are pretty amazing in their serious monster art and dark mood. Other entries in this series included spiders, rats, etc. Would love to see these in a much larger format.

Halloween 2013: Rubie's Grave Walkers Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf Man

Dress up your lawn with these rigid foam classic monster gravewalkers for Halloween 2014 from Rubies Costume Company.

Halloween Pumpkins on Long Island

While at Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island one weekend,  I spotted these Halloween pumpkins waiting to be displayed at their annual Rise of the Jack o'Lanterns.

Halloween 2012: Walgreens Animated Ghoulish Coffin Riser

Found these at Walgreens, discounted to half-price! Better grab onto a couple of bats and fly over to the store nearest you before they sell out. The light up skull plays--what else?--the classic theme from Halloween. The clown is the creepiest of the bunch, even just lying there, but when he pops up and screams, well, who doesn't love a creepy, screaming colorful clown on Halloween? I immediately thought of Pennywise the clown from Stephen King's novel, It, when I saw that happy--and toothy--grin. I plan on putting a few candies in the coffin with him and seeing how badly I can get a kid to pee his (or her) costume. Nah, not really. But then again...

Halloween 2012: Animated Zombies Overrun CVS

I found this handsome dude at CVS/Pharmacy. The little 28-inch high fellow followed me home. His eyes light up as his head and hands loll around as he moans and groans. For some odd reason, a blast of mad-scientist-stormy-night punctuates his hunger pangs every so often, too. He freaked out the clerk at the register, and Minnie, my Miniature Schnauzer, barked like crazy and wanted to rip him apart the minute she saw him. So, yes, he's a keeper. Funny how they dress all these Halloween zombies in suits and ties; some subtle social commentary going on or just a coincidence? I wonder.

 

Halloween 2012: Michaels Store Display

Here's my first sighting of Halloween 2012 at a Michaels Store. An aisle's worth of shelves was being cleared to make way for more gruesome goodies, but they had started on the endcaps. Can you smell the candy corn?

 

 

Halloween Gemmy Animated Low Rider

Halloween Crashing Betty Bash Witch

Halloween witches crashing into things is always funny. We do love to make fun of our monsters, don't we? This Betty Bash, the Crashing Witch colliding with a tree is a chuckle tickler; crashing into trees seems more humorous than witches crashing into the ground: you see more limbs akimbo than those broomstick and legs sticking up out of the ground kind of tableaus. There's something primal about witches crashing into massive oaks and gnarled bark.

But when you turn the box around, which I did after buying Betty Bash, it says not to use outdoors (see 2nd photo). Say what? Isn't that Betty wrapped around that tree trunk in the action photo? I'm confused. Maybe I should have gotten Patty Crunch, the Ground Smackin' Witch instead?

Halloween Screamy Meemy Dolls Pocket Screamers

More screaming fun with a devil, a zombie, Dracula, Grim Reaper, and Witch. They beat Beany Babies to hell. Just sayin'.

Halloween Scary Sounds Toppers Witch and Grim Reaper

The witch (or warlock?) and Grim Reaper scream loudly when you shake them, and their eyes light up. Witches and skeletal Grim Reapers appear to be the cat's meow when Halloween rolls around. Green's the preferred color for witches as far as I can tell from experience. The Grim Reaper almost looks like the one in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

Halloween Ghoulish Walkers Dracula, Frankie, Wolf Man

These little beauties stand 8 inches tall, and scamper around like mad when you press the button. The facial scults are priceless.