"Halloween 2002"

French maid and Smiles the Killer Klown
French maid and "Smiles" the Killer Klown surrounded by a mist of fog

Since we're both big kids at heart, we threw a Halloween Costume Party on Friday, November 1st. (Hey, October 31st was a Thursday okay?). As far as the decor was concerned, we decided to go all out.

We transformed our living room into a Haunted House, complete with black lighting, fog (which set off our fire alarm), a 5 foot spider web and furry tarantula, cobwebs covering lamps and furniture, a "Soul Collector" fountain that dripped "blood," a skeleton head with flames shooting out of the skull, a 6 foot coffin complete with grinning skeleton, a foggy cauldron, thunder and lightening effects in the hallway (with strobe lighting), furniture covered over with old, white sheets, flying bats and animatronic spiders. Sound activated ghosts and grim reapers also added to the effect.

However the main attraction was our bathroom complete with REDRUM written in "blood" on the bathroom wall and a shower/bathtub that rivaled that shower scene from the movie Psycho - shredded shower curtain, bloody shower tiles, crime scene tape and blood covered machete. Oh yeah, and the dismembered hand lying on the bathtub edge.

Some may think we're devils, but really we just like to have fun. Our adult guests reverted to their childhood selves and enjoyed themselves too, as these pictures attest:

Aunt Joanne as Michael Jackson circa 1982
Aunt Joanne as Michael Jackson circa 1982

Smiles, Dr. Kill Em Dead and Michael Myers
Smiles, Dr. Kill Em Dead and Michael Myers

Michael Myers attacking Tiffany the Cheerleader
Michael Myers attacking Tiffany the Cheerleader

A group of Halloween crazies
A group of Halloween crazies

Enough to give you nightmares
Enough to give you nightmares. For those who are scared of clowns, commisserate with fellow clown haters at: I Hate Clowns.com

A sexy She Devil
A sexy She-Devil

Michael Myers and a butterfly
Michael Myers and a butterfly

More costumed revelers
A "Miss Guided" pregnant beauty paegant contestant, a bio hazard decontamination specialist and a "stoned" Jimi Hendrix

The grub
The grub