Monday is Halloween. The past Halloweens, I recall dressing up as a princess, Baby Bop from "Barney", a pink bunny, a poodle skirt girl from the 1950's, an alien, and Belle. I still have my alien costume; you know, green alien mask, black cape, and trench coat. This year I am in my teens, so I am much too old to go trick-or-treating. The scariest movie I know is John Carpenter's Halloween. Rob Zombie directed a remake, but the 1978 version of Halloween was way better because of the quality.
Speaking of which, we went out to eat in Grand Junction a few weekends ago. I had a pizza burger, and I noticed a Michael Myers figure. There is a purple button between his feet; when you press it, he starts moving. My favorite Halloween movie is Halloween 4, when Michael snaps out of a ten-year coma and stalks his young niece Jamie in the haunted mid-western town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Michael was so lifelike, I couldn't stand getting close to him. Mom and I had our picture taken with this figure.
Villisca, Iowa, is the birthplace of the notorious axe murders. We drove by the house on our way to Earth, Wind and Fire's concert. Josiah Moore and Sara Montgomery married on December 6, 1899. Their four children were Hermann, Paul, Katherine, and Boyd. In June 1912, the family were brutally axed to death. Ina and Lena Stillinger were invited to spend the night at the Moore residence. As soon as everyone was asleep, the intruder took an axe and first killed Sara and Josiah. Then he bludgeoned the children in the heads, just like their parents.
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