America Haunts Digs Up The Best Haunted Attractions In America Of 2017

Amber Arnett-Bequeaith, of America Haunts — the nation's largest group of creative, high-tech haunted attractions from coast to coast, is also known as the Queen of Haunts. (Photo/Amber Deery Amber) 

America Haunts, the industry leaders that operate the most amazing haunted attractions in America, has dug deep into towns and cities across the nation to bring its 2017 Best of Halloween Attractions list to life.

Bringing the tradition of family-friendly fun, the top haunts have original concepts that touch all your senses. Doing so, visitors intimately experience the creativity around them, rather than walking single file and viewing a scene. Using life-like animatronics, Hollywood-quality sets, hundreds of staffers, elaborate costumes and trained actors, these haunts go the extra creepy mile to give guests the Halloween excitement of their life. It's a pure adrenaline rush!

For example, creepy earthly scents of past or present are infused into the air inside one haunt, while others focus on outdoor formats where guests run into crazy clowns, transforming werewolves, ghosts and other ghouls lurking down every path.

The number one haunt, The Beast in Missouri, is not only mammoth in size but it pioneered the "open format" where guests must face their phobia of getting lost and finding their way out! If you're lucky to escape by the four-story slide, it is a thrill of a lifetime! The question is if…you escape the famous Werewolf Forest!

America Haunts has stringent criteria to earn a spot on its charts and being Monsters at Heart, this board knows what it takes to be the Best! Top attractions - inside haunted houses; outside on dark nature trails or on hayrides to Hell - must be wildest and scariest enough to make the bravest souls cling to friends and family who dare enter with them.

The Best Haunted Attractions List for 2017 from coast to coast:

• Beast (Kansas City)
• Haunted Trail (San Diego)
• 13th Floor (Chicago)
• Headless Horsemen (Ulster Park, NY)
• Fear Farm, (Phoenix)

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About America Haunts

With more than 28 haunted attractions nationwide, America Haunts delivers fear-based entertainment to more than a million thrill seekers annually. America Haunts is featured on the Travel Channel and members recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records. 

The organization is committed to providing technical excellence, stunning set design, Hollywood-quality make-up, costumes and actors. Members enjoy nothing more than delivering, a good old-fashioned scare.

SOURCE: America Haunts

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"Double, Double Toil and Trouble": A Ghoulish Evening with Harry Hamlin & Claudia Christian

The Cursed Castle of Macbeth Tour (image via shakespearecenter.org)

The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) presents Double, Double Toil and Trouble, a one-night-only experience with Harry Hamlin and Claudia Christian resurrecting Shakespeare's Macbeth on Sunday, October 29. 

The ghoulish evening features The Cursed Castle of Macbeth tour, a Halloween Benefit Reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and a post-show Wine and Pumpkin Pie reception at The Shakespeare Studio, 1238 W 1st Street, Los Angeles, 90026. 

Double, Double Toil and Trouble is part of SCLA's 2017 Year of Macbeth.

Image via shakespearecenter.org

In The Cursed Castle of Macbeth haunted maze, designed by former Disney Imagineer Chris Runco, guests will fall victim to Shakespeare's most dramatic supernatural moments in Macbeth. The maze features soothsaying witches, murderous tapestries, a blood bathroom, floating daggers, stalking ghosts, and chilling sound effects.

The Halloween Benefit Reading of Shakespeare's Macbeth is directed by Louis Fantasia, starring Harry Hamlin (Macbeth) and Claudia Christian (Lady Macbeth). Additional cast members include Christopher Anderson, Ashley Bell, Sheldon Donenberg, Travis Goodman, Michele Greene, Audrey Hamilton, Lexie Helgerson, Clayton B. Hodges, Isabella Hoffman, Jamison Jones, Don Paul, Alex Rotaru, and Michael Zelniker.

The post-show Wine and Pumpkin Pie reception is kindly provided by the Gallo Family of Wines and offers audience members an opportunity to meet the ghoulish cast.

Tickets priced from $35 - $75 at shakespearecenter.org.

All proceeds from the event support SCLA and its arts-based employment programs for chronically unemployed veterans, urban youth living at the poverty threshold, and award-winning professional theatrical productions supported by a veteran workforce.

Since 1985, The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles has been a vibrant hub of unique programs, performances and events designed to make Shakespeare accessible for all.  

• SCLA's Veterans in Art enrolls chronically unemployed vets in technical theater courses at East LA College and Santa Monica College and provides veterans wage-paying on-the-job backstage internships. 
• Will Power to Youth is a White House awarded youth employment program that immerses urban youth in artistic experiences that include wage-paying summer jobs and theater training.  
• The program is nationally recognized for its effectiveness in enhancing the likelihood of high school graduation and instilling lifelong appreciation for Shakespeare and live theater. .

SOURCE: The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles

Nightmare at Beaver Lake Opens Friday the 13th!

Nightmare at Beaver Lake

Currently in its 14th year, the Nightmare at Beaver Lake is the Sammamish Rotary's main fundraiser and community service project. It is produced in affiliation with Scare Productions and the City of Sammamish. 

Patrons walk approximately ¾ of a mile along the trails of Beaver Lake Park and are entertained by 23 separate theatrical sets filled with actors in full makeup and costumes. 

Over 125 volunteers are required each night to scare 13,000 patrons during the 11 night run of the show. Approximately 70% of the actors are local high school students.  

This all volunteer charity haunt enables the Sammamish Rotary to support local and international charities, and award college scholarships to students from the three Sammamish High Schools.

About The Nightmare:
(Excerpt from the Nightmare's site)

In early 2004 the Rotary Club of Sammamish decided to create a unique haunted adventure. The goal was to create a project that would involve the city's teenagers both as constructors and customers. 

They gathered help from Scare Productions, Valour Designs, the Sammamish Youth Board, the Skyline High School Key Club, Eastlake High School DECA, the City of Sammamish, and people from our community.

Several things make our haunt unique. Visitors wind their way through both outdoor and indoor scenes. Each set provides a theatrical experience including live actors. From construction to acting to security, Nightmare at Beaver Lake is run by hundreds of volunteers.

That first year nearly 4000 people screamed their way through Beaver Lake Park in just four nights. In 2005 we saw more scenes and an even larger attendance. By 2006 we had extended the trail to nearly 3/4 of a mile and attendance had swelled to over 8,000. By 2011 we had nearly 12,000 visitors to our asylum over 10 nights who donated over 2,500 pounds of food!

Nightmare at Beaver Lake Opens Friday the 13th!

• 2017 Dates to Remember:
• Opening Night: Friday, October 13, 2017
• Running dates: Friday, October 13, 2017 – Halloween, October 31, 2017
• Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights plus Monday Oct. 30th and Halloween
• Ribbon Cutting - Mayor of Sammamish: 6pm; Thursday, October 12, 2017
• Press Night (dress rehearsal); 7pm: Thursday, October 12, 2017
• Hours: Family Scare: 7pm-7:45pm
• Full Scare: 8pm-11pm Fri/Sat and 8pm-10pm Sun/Mon
• Admission: Online sales at NightmareAtBeaverLake.com (Skip the ticket lines)
• Family Scare: $12 per person
• Full Scare: $20 per person
• Fast Pass (Fri-Sat Full Scare Only): $10 additional (skip the entrance line)
• Discounts: Bring a can of food for Lifewire and receive $1 off

For tickets, volunteer info, inquiries, and general info about the show, please visit NightmareAtBeaverLake.com

Sammamish Rotary: "We scare, because we care" 
Every year it's different! Every year its better!

The Video:

SOURCE: Rotary Club of Sammamish

Hag, Temptress or Feminist Icon? The Witch In Popular Culture

Child dressed as a witch/ EPA/Filip Singer

By Chloe Germaine Buckley, Manchester Metropolitan University

You would have thought that Western society might have grown out of the habit of portraying powerful women as witches, but a trope that usually ended badly for women in the Middle Ages is still being used in the 21st century. Those who portrayed Hillary Clinton as a witch during the 2016 presidential campaign, or have given Theresa May a pointy hat and broomstick in Britain’s general election, may not be calling for them to be burned at the stake, but they do call down political destruction on their heads.

Witches have featured in fairy tales and fiction for centuries. In her earliest incarnations, the witch served as a warning. Stories about the witch-as-hag demonised and punished women for attempting to exert power outside the bounds of the domestic sphere. Beyond the fairy tale, women with “occult” knowledge (of folk medicine, for example), or simply poor, social outcasts (such as the infamous Pendle Witches hanged at Lancaster castle in 1612), were the victims of persecution and prosecution in 16th and 17th-century Britain.

Nowadays, though, the witch is often praised as a feminist figure, who pushes boundaries, breaks the rules and punishes patriarchal authority. Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) and Disney’s Maleficant (Angelina Jolie) (2014) are two oft-cited examples of the feminist witch.

In preparation for an upcoming academic conference on “Gothic feminism”, I have been researching these contrasting representations of the witch. Which witch (sorry!) does our popular culture currently favour? And can stories about the witch really be reclaimed as feminist parables?

The witch was a recurring feature of horror film in the 1960s and 1970s. British folk horror films such as The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) and The Wicker Man (1973) offer deeply ambivalent representations of the witch. In The Blood on Satan’s Claw, teenage temptress, Angel Blake (Linda Hayden) seems to be an anti-authoritarian heroine – the 1960s flower power movement transported to 17th-century England. But in the end she is killed by male authority figures after she oversees the rape and murder of one of her school friends. In contrast, The Wicker Man’s siren, Willow MacGregor (Britt Eckland), gleefully triumphs over the stern Christian policeman, Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward).

Wildly feminist
The way witches are portrayed on screen has been refashioned many times over the decades. From 1964 to 1972, ABC’s Bewitched turned the witch into the subject of a suburban sitcom as domesticated Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) used her magic to serve her try-hard husband. The late 20th century favoured soft focus, “white” witchcraft, epitomised by the popular American television series, Charmed (1998 - 2006). More recently, the witch has taken on an explicitly Gothic guise. The big-budget TV series, American Horror Story: Coven (2013), Penny Dreadful (2015), and Game of Thrones (2011-) represent witches as glamorous and beautiful, but also suggest that their sexuality is deadly.

In cinema, Robert Eggers’ award-winning feature, The Witch (2016), returned to the folk horror genre in its stark portrayal of a Puritan family struggling to survive in 17th-century New England. The film’s bare aesthetic slips into nightmarish horror as it restages the American folk tale of the witch in the woods to a particularly gruesome conclusion.

The film received a lot of plaudits, particularly from feminist cultural commentators. A recent article on film website Little White Lies praises The Witch as a “feminist horror fantasy” that “celebrate[s] the inherent power of femininity”. Likewise, Wired magazine called the film “wildly feminist”.

Disempowering women
However, there is another side to the witch. Mary Beard, in a recent lecture, Women in Power, argued that stories of monstrous women and witches dating back to antiquity, such as the tale of the Medusa, are parables aimed at disempowering women.

Over and again, such stories seek to reinforce the male right to defeat female (ab)users of power, suggesting that women are not entitled to power in the first place – and there’s been much of that in the way both Clinton and May have been portrayed as witches.

The Witch acknowledges this history in its return to the folk horror tradition. Early in the film, a witch pounds the flesh of a dead baby into a paste. Yet at the end of the film, the teenage heroine, Tomasin, agrees to join the witches who had so gruesomely murdered her baby brother. Even though these hags cause the deaths of the rest of Tomasin’s family, their offer of “some butter” and a “pretty dress” seems far preferable to the harsh strictures of Puritan life.

What freedom and power is there in becoming a witch? Joining the witches is Tomasin’s last, desperate resort and it places her forever on the outside of a patriarchal social system in need of reform by and for its female members. More than this, Tomasin becomes one of the gruesome hags who have murdered her baby brother. In this respect, The Witch echoes old misogynist fairy tales, which often feature actual or attempted infanticide, as much as it revels in the witch’s power to destroy an authoritarian patriarch.

Eggers’ complex depiction is not a roadmap to female empowerment. A glimpsed-at moment of freedom (an aerial broomstick ride) for Tomasin occurs on the outside of acceptable social spaces – deep in the woods and far from civilisation. At the same time, the murderous witches continue to communicate centuries-old patriarchal fears about female power.

As scholars, it’s tempting to see our favourite genres and cultural products as proof texts for our politics – but Gothic horror, in particular, has always refused that role. Its monsters do not act as representatives for either the right or the left of politics, but instead slide troublingly between the poles. Given the current lurch to the right in Western politics – and the rise of anti-feminist sentiments – the ambiguity of the witch is perhaps even something to be wary of rather than to celebrate. Though she seems to be a powerful figure for feminists, we cannot forget the witch’s origins as a figure used to delegitimise powerful women and locate them on the outside of society.

About Today's Contributor:
Chloe Germaine Buckley, Senior lecturer in English, Manchester Metropolitan University

This article was originally published on The Conversation. 

Make Halloween A Treat - Not A Trick - For The Family Pet

While some pets love to join in the Halloween fun, others may be uneasy with the holidays strange sights and sounds. (PRNewsFoto/Canine Company)

"Keep pets safe and secure from monsters, goblins and other Halloween dangers"

Halloween can be challenging night for families with pets. While some pets enjoy the festivities, the strange sights and sounds may frighten others. Cats usually hide, but dogs may run away in fear – or run after trick-or-treaters in excitement.

"Halloween can be unsettling – and even dangerous -- for family pets. To ensure it is a fun night for everyone, responsible pet parents need to take precautions," says Renee Coughlin of at-home pet care provider Canine Company. 

She offers the following advice to ensure everyone's safety and comfort:

• Choose pet costumes with care, making sure they won't restrict movement or vision and that there are no small pieces your pet can swallow. Introduce the costume a few days in advance so she gets used to it.  Canine Company professional dog trainers recommend offering a treat and praise to help with the process.
• Don't force your pet to wear a costume if he isn't comfortable. Instead, give your pet some Halloween flair with stencils and pet-safe paints or can create a Mohawk or punk hairdo with colored styling gels. A cute seasonal bandana is another option.
• Bring pets indoors before dusk. Pets left alone outside – especially black cats --may fall victim to tricksters. Some pets become anxious at the children's shouts and the constantly ringing doorbell. If your pet seems nervous, confine him to a room away from the activity.
• Keep your dog on leash to prevent him from dashing out an open door. If you have an Invisible Fence system, you won't need a leash, but be sure he is wearing his collar so he stays safely in the yard.  If you take her trick-or-treating, be sure she is wearing identification tags in case she runs off in fear or in pursuit of other children.
• Keep candy out of reach. Chocolate is toxic for dogs: so is xylitol, the artificial sweetener used in many candies and gums. It's best to have pet-safe treats in your pocket or close at hand to distract pets from candy.  

"With a little extra planning, we can make Halloween a fun night for the entire family," says Coughlin. 

For more advice on pet health and safety, visit Speak! Good Blog!

SOURCE: Canine Company

HauntedHouse.com Releases 2016 Top Ten List of America's Best Haunts

Photo courtesy of 13th Floor Haunted House. (PRNewsFoto/HauntedHouse.com)

The calendar has made its ceremonial flip to October and that means fear seekers are descending upon haunted houses all across America. Each Halloween season, thousands of professional haunted house attractions gear up to deliver the latest and greatest in live horror entertainment. 

But this year, only 10 of them hit all the marks delivering thrilling entertainment worthy of being included on Hauntedhouse.com's list of "America's Best Haunts."

Curious to know where the nation's most feared haunted houses rank? Hauntedhouse.com, the nation's leading authority on haunted attractions, is pleased to unveil its 2016 list of America's Best Haunts. 

Each one of the haunted houses in America's Best Haunts showcases the very best in special effects, the most chilling and hair-raising themes, the most innovative design and the best overall scare factor. Every year haunted houses advance with changes in technology and special effects. America's Best Haunts are at the forefront of these advancements, while at the same time combining them with their advanced understanding of the psychology of fear.

The 2016 Winners of the "America's Best Haunts" title are:

1. 13th Floor Haunted House
Location (multiple): Denver, CO - San Antonio, TX - Phoenix, AZ - Chicago, IL    
Website: www.13thfloorhauntedhouses.com  

2. House of Torment
Location (multiple): Austin, TX - Chicago, IL   
Website: www.houseoftorment.com  

3. Netherworld Haunted House
Location: Atlanta, GA   
Website: www.fearworld.com  

4. The Asylum Haunted House
Location: Denver, CO   
Website: www.asylumdenver.com  

5. Haunted Overload
Location: Lee, NH   
Website: www.hauntedoverload.com  

6. Terror on the Fox
Location: Green Bay, WI  
Website: www.terroronthefox.com  

7. Fear Farm and Phoenix Haunted Hayride
Location: Phoenix, AZ  
Website: www.fearfarm.com  

8. Terror Behind the Walls
Location: Philadelphia, PA   
Website: www.terrorbehindthewalls.com  

9. The Darkness
Location: Saint Louis, MO  
Website: www.scarefest.com  

10. Edge of Hell
Location: Kansas City, MO   
Website: www.edgeofhell.com

ABOUT HAUNTEDHOUSE.COM'S "AMERICA'S BEST HAUNTS" 
Now in its tenth year, Hauntedhouse.com's list of America's Best Haunts was created in 2006 to become the premier source for valuable, credible information and rankings of the haunted house industry.  

The 2016 list was selected by a panel of judges with over 100 years of combined haunted-attractions industry experience.

For complete list of the winners and further information please visit: www.AmericasBestHaunts.com.  

 SOURCE: HauntedHouse.com

Spirit Halloween Prepares For A Wicked Season

Spirit Halloween Top Costumes for 2016 (PRNewsFoto/Spirit Halloween)

Vampires: sharpen your fangs; witches: grab your broomsticks; ghosts: bring your boo – the magical season of make believe is finally upon us. Spirit Halloween is officially open for the season. 

The experts in one-stop-shopping for an enchanting Halloween bring the largest variety of one-of-a-kind costumes to shoppers, ranging from buzz-worthy looks such as Pokémon, Presidential Candidates and Wonder Woman to new cult-favorites like Deadpool, Shimmer and Shine and PJ Masks.

"Spirit Halloween offers the most comprehensive selection of Halloween costumes, décor and accessories in the world," said Steven Silverstein, President and CEO, Spirit Halloween. "This year, we're thrilled to bring together a fun, diverse collection found only at Spirit Halloween stores nationwide or online, inspired by both time-tested favorites and trending topics, to ensure a fun and creepy time.  From 2016's global phenomenon, Pokémon, to powerful women, to the presidential candidates, our costumes truly transform our customers into any character they can dream up this Halloween."

Deadpool costume

Gazing Through The Eyes Of A Halloween Mask

Masks have mesmerized people from all different cultures and countries from the time of the ancients until this modern day. Masks have been used for many different reasons, from religious rituals, theater to the delightful play of children. Although, many masks are still used today in all these different ways one of the most popular reasons for wearing a mask is in celebration of Samhain, Halloween and magnificent masquerade balls. Masks have such a whimsical allure that you will find many antique masks on display throughout many countries of the world. 

How to Celebrate Halloween Properly

When it comes to celebrating Halloween on October 31st properly, the Americans are the experts. In the UK we settle for half an hour’s Trick or Treating or, if we have no children, we sit in hoping no-one knocks on the door as we forget to get any sweets in.

It’s time we changed all that. Here’s how the Americans do it and how you can do it too.

Final Touches For A Zombie Fancy Dress

The big number of zombie flicks that made a hit on the big screen is enough to prove that people would always find these ghastly characters interesting. The plot is always the same but people still watch for the heck of being scared. Perhaps this is the reason why a zombie costume is still a common preference for many people during Halloween. Just like any other scary character, there would be many approaches in creating the look.

There is a Halloween fancy dress made for children. Halloween costumes that are intended for young ones are usually designed to be more comfortable. Those are not as scary as those that are made for teenagers and adults for obvious reasons. The last thing parents want is their child’s scary costume causing others to cry. Zombie costumes for kids usually have many layers and tattered lining. The colors of the textiles are muted to make the clothes look like it has been worn for a long time. There are also ensembles that come with additional details such as bones and flesh showing through tears in the costume.

Halloween accessories such as fake scars and wound also help a lot in making a zombie look realistic. There are also sets of face paints people can experiment with so they can achieve the greenish pale skin of dead bodies. If they wish to, they can also add bruises to make the costume look more authentic. Understandably, those would be for really scary costumes and not for young ones. Another way of making it fitting for Halloween is by making the costume bloodier. A zombie fancy dress can also be made more interesting by using different types of fake blood. Some are meant to be smeared on the clothes while others are meant to be used against the skin. There are also capsules that people can bite on to make blood ooze out of their zombie mouths.

There are also zombie fancy dress costumes that have masks. Those would be ideal for people who do not wish to put on makeup. It is true that putting face paint on requires a bit of creativity so it may not be for everyone. The downside of wearing a mask is that it can be quite uncomfortable for the wearer. This means that people cannot possibly wear them through and through and would have to remove it at some point during the event. A zombie costume can also be more modern. The look would be much like your ordinary neighbor except that they are already zombies.


Women would also have a lot of choices for adult costume parties with zombies as a theme. They do not necessarily have to look shabby in their tattered clothes. The truth is that there are a number of sexy zombie costumes to choose from. Any common ensemble can be turned to something gruesome by means of using a bit of makeup and face paint. If they wish to, they can even come in a full gown to look like a zombie bride. There can be many renditions of zombies so it is quite a fun role to play.

Submitted by; Sean Goudelock

About Today's Contributor 
Banners 'n' Balloons are the UK's largest retailer of Fancy Dress products. Should you wish to learn more about how we can help you with either Zombie Fancy Dress or Halloween Fancy Dress.

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'4 On Your Side' Investigates Dangers At Pumpkin Fields [Video Included]

It looks like some of those pumpkins we carve for Halloween could have a rather sinister history after all... 

4 On Your Side investigates dangers at pumpkin fields (via Repost Video News)

it's innocent fun .... who doesn't like carving pumpkins in october? or making warm pumpkin pie in november? "but have you ever wondered how these pumpkins got here? Who picked it off the vine and made sure it was here for you to enjoy? We did. And…

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Anatomy Of A Scary Movie [Infographic]

Fans of horror movies are going to love today's infographic... not only it contains loads of information about scary movies, but it also tell us how to make horror films on a budget. (Now, that has to be the mother of all infographics!)

Many thanks to fellow Twitter user Ralf for pointing out this timely little gem to us.

Enjoy!

Loup Dargent

5 Halloween Lighting Ideas

Lighting is a great way of creating ambiance to your party and it is really important part of a successful décor. Creating the right ambiance is especially important when it comes to Halloween parties and here are five ideas that you can use at your party this autumn.

Halloween: Pumpkin Carving Has Now Reached New Depths [Video Included]

I know carving pumpkins for Halloween can be a tad boring, but was it really necessary to go as far as carving them underwater? Those Florida divers in today's video seem to think so...

Hmmm... I might think about it for next year (I have to travel to Florida first, though.. I'm not diving into the sea here in Southend. No way! It's too freaking cold!). Watch this space!

Enjoy the video!

Loup Dargent

Power Tools in Horror Movies [Infographic]

Cover of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [Blu-ray]

Every year around this time, avid horror movies fans come out of the closet and indulge in their favorite pastime - getting scared out of their mind and shocked by freakish gore.We couldn’t help but notice the creativity of some of the most iconic villains in these scary films. In particular we noticed the unique uses of common items, especially power tools. Horror fan or not, you've got to admit, these villans get pretty crazy with their tools.

In this infographic, you will find some awesome facts and information regarding the most iconic and terrifying power tools in the history of horror films. Some of these are classics you've heard of, such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but there are a few on here that might not immediately come to mind. Read on to discover them all, and learn a thing or two about the psychology of horror films.

The Three TV Shows Most Likely To Spawn This Year's Popular Halloween Costumes

TV has always provided plenty of fodder for costume ideas for Halloween, and given most pop culture experts say we are now living in a golden age of TV with more choices than ever before when it comes to great drama, it is highly likely that a lot of party goers this year will be going to the likes of Showtime, HBO and AMC for inspiration. While some shows have always been pretty obvious sources of Halloween costume ideas (such as The Walking Dead – after all, anyone can throw together a zombie costume out of stuff they have at home so it is a great short notice solution), three shows that have dominated the TV and entertainment headlines this year are sure to feature more than most:

Visit the Most Haunted Pub in England and Many More…

Image via Wikipedia

One of the great attractions of visiting York is the change to see some of the many historical pubs in the city. They provide a fascinating experience for those interested in York's rich and varied past, as well as being ideal places for a relaxing and enjoyable drink or meal. In some of them, there could be a surprise in store for visitors, in the form of ghostly presences from history.

The French Trailers (In English) For 'Battlefield 3' And 'The Heroes of Halloween'

It's a "two for the price of one" kind of post, today...

First, we have a trailer for 'Battlefield 3', targeted to the French market, but in English (rather convenient for those of you guys who don't speak my lingo, isn't it?).

According to Wikipedia, "Battlefield 3 (commonly abbreviated to BF3) is a first-person shooter action video game, being developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and to be published by Electronic Arts. The game is set to be released on October 25, 2011 on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and EA Mobile confirmed a port for the iOS platform.... And it is a direct sequel to 2005's Battlefield 2, and the eleventh installment in the Battlefield franchise." 

But, I have the feeling that most of you already knew all that... Still, just in case, you can click here for more information. 

The second trailer is Halloween related alright (which is very timely for us as we are posting Halloween related stuff at the moment)... and still part of the Battlefield Universe.

It's one for 'Battlefield Heroes - The Heroes of Halloween'. 

It's also another trailer for the French market... and it's in English as well. Cool!

"They are the stuff of nightmares...
They are the creatures that go bump in the night…
And someone… has woken them up.

Step onto a new Battlefield (If you dare) and take to fight as the fiendish creatures of the night on the new map Perilous Port. With all new Machetes in hand no longer shall the evil be contained in myth and legend but instead unleashed to cause havoc and mayhem..."

Yep, very Halloweenish indeed.

Okay, now... I'll come clean. 

When I said it was a a "two for the price of one" kind of post, today... well, I lied.
There is another video-clip and this one is in French.

It's called 'Battlefield 3™ TV - épisode1' and it's the first episode from the Battlefield 3 Youtube French channel. Quite a nice initiative there:

"Retrouvez nous 2 fois par mois à partir de maintenant, pour suivre l'actu de Battlefield 3, partir à la rencontre des développeurs de DICE. Prochainement, nous vous proposerons aussi des guides de jeu et des vidéos commentées, l'actu des compétitions et bien d'autres choses encore "

(They invite the French Battlefield community to follow their twice monthly updates and info. And, apparently, it's not only about the game Battlefield 3 itself, but also about competitions and many other things too.)

Well, that's it for today....

Enjoy!... Have fun!... Stay safe! 

Loup Dargent

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Battlefield 3 - French Launch Trailer (in English)

Battlefield Heroes - les Héros de Halloween (in English)

Battlefield 3™ TV épisode 1


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