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Halloween_sweets by burgerking1975 (cc by)

🎃Treats for you, and you, and you ... Metafilter Halloween-related posts, 2022

halloween special 2011 by Miss Benelli [Grim Bros] (cc by)

Mefi Halloween posts: Witch (Craft) Beer; 500 Years of “Historical” Halloween Costumes; Meet helvetica's evil twin: HELLVETICA; When Patti Lupone Haunted A Laundromat; doppelgängers, ghosts, déjà vu, familiar faces in ancient portraits; Jezebel's Annual Scary Story Contest; Reading Marx On Halloween, and more; Scary Stories to Read in the Office; goats in costumes; The House of Lost Souls; Strange things are afoot at TheMERL; Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach (Good Omens Fanfic); Nine Inch Nails - Closer But It's Ghostbusters; Gothtober Countdown Calendar; feetloaf for dinner; "It’s just the house settling, sweetheart!"; Blair Witch, the video game; Luigi's Mansion 3; Become a horrible eldritch ocean god (game); Behind You (illustration series); How Demons Destroyed a Florida School ; Malaysian hantu: good spirits, bad spirits, and neighborly ghosts

Detail from film poster for 1967 Russian horror film "Viy"

If you've finally gulped down Wobbuffet's fantastic Weird Tales from the 18th Century and are hungerrrring for morrrre, feast your eyes and immortal soul on (Translated) Weird Tales from the 19th Century and Weird Tales from the 20th Century, all with lots and lots of lovely, juicy online links for reading late into the witching hour.

Boring by phoenixdailyphoto (cc by-nc)

Japan's Best Boring Halloween Costumes

Dorothea Tanning, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1943)

Amazing post! Flagged as phantasmic*: Wobbuffet kicks off spooky season with a fabulous, deep, bookworm-friendly post on weird tales from the 18th Century.

fan by cat's_101 (cc by)

In Ask Metafilter: My four year old has decided he MUST be an oscillating fan for Halloween. We are not crafty people. Please walk me through how to build this ...

Vintage Helping Hand Novelty Transistor Radio, Offered As A Promotional Item By General Mills For Hamburger & Tuna Helper, A Premium Resources International (PRI) Product, Made In Hong Kong by France1978 (cc by-sa)

Uncovering the internal anatomy of the Hamburger Helper mascot, what science doesn't want you to know

We need Ruth Bader Ginsburg puns for Halloween

Canadian Mefites share their stories, saying goodbye to Gord Downie

People are psyched for Black Panther

Two women pose with their skeleton friend by simpleinsomnia (cc by)

Have you felt it? It's been creeping up on us for some time now: Memento Mori October, a month worth of spooky posts by filthy light thief and Johnny Wallflower.

Kryptonite candy glows under UV by Bekathwia (cc by-sa)

This is a weird question about a fantasy my son has about "cooking" with Halloween candy. For months he's been talking about making "Sweet Stew," a "recipe" he made up in which the Halloween candy is ground up in the food processor and then mixed with peanut butter. Is there any real recipe for something we can make with Halloween candy?

Is there a recipe that will use up Halloween candy?

halloween cat by silversolo (cc by)

Hallo, weenies! Mefi posters are celebrating spooky season with a hoard of horrorfying and macabre media. Hope you survive enjoy!

Best Books To Read For Halloween (we love the member recommendations in comments, too)

The 25 best horror movies since 2000 (Mefites might have a few Opinions)

13 Old Time Radio dramas to scare the pants off you

1970s BBC Radio's The Price of Fear with Vincent Price

Grainy, Spooky, Streaming VHS rips of classic 80s horror movies

Triggerfinger's big collection of Horror and Chill