10.25.13 Special Issues: Halloween Issue

10 theTrinitonian OCT.25.2013

The Top 5 Halloween Movies Staff Column

Rose Minutaglio With the most glorious day of terror in tow, it is essential to watch Halloween movies with friends - didn’t you know? From “The Ring” to “Halloweentown”, there is something for everyone—don’t be too scared, though; it’s all in

good fun! We have compiled a list of five spooky films. We hope you make it out alive.

1. Halloweentown: Yay for Disney Channel Original Movies! Don’t deny it; you’ve seen this movie - probably multiple times. Okay, maybe you watched it every time Halloween rolled around during elementary and middle school: and maybe watched it well into high school as well. It’s THAT good. “Halloweentown” is a classic Halloween film and for a good reason. It combines witches, ‘humerus’ talking skeletons and gigantic jacko’-lanterns into one terrific

package of magical goodness.

Plus it’s a ‘90s movie, and everyone wears scrunchies and big glasses. A must-see for this season of fright!

2. Psycho: Directed by the master of horror films, Alfred Hitchcock, “Psycho” delves into the psychotic mind of a brutal and strangely obsessive murderer. Released in 1960, it is still considered one of the greatest films of all time, and if you haven’t seen it yet...well you should. Warning: there are some disturbing images in this movie!

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Hocus Pocus: Another Disney channel movie, “Hocus

Halloween Playlist This is Halloween - Nightmare Before Christmas Disturbia - Rhianna Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show Witch Doctor - Don Lang Heads Will Roll - Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett & the Crypt Kickers I Put a Spell on You - Hocus Pocus Thriller - Michael Jackson She Wolf - Shakira The Headless Horseman - Thurl Ravenscroft Ghost Busters - Ray Parker Jr. Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley Somebodys Watching Me - Rockwell Scooby Doo Theme Song Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon Superstition - Stevie Wonder

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Pocus” tells the story of three sister witches who, after 300 years, are resurrected in Salem, Mass., on the night of Halloween. In order to stop the witches from wreaking havoc on the night, a group of teenagers, and immortal talking cat, must stop the witches once and for all. The best part of the movie? The three witches perform “I Put A Spell On You” at the town hall Halloween party.

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The Ring: “The Ring” is among the spookiest movies of all time, and is included in almost every top scary movie list. This movie will make

you never want to watch a videotape ever again—thank God for DVDs. Let’s not even talk about the little girl who appears throughout the movie…

5. Halloween: A 1978 Halloween paradigm, this cult-classic has become one of the most infamous fright movies of all time.

A night-stalking thriller with plenty of bogeyman references and horrifying images, “Halloween” set the precedent for the standard slasher movie commonly seen in the horror genre today.

A college Halloween Revolution Room). A Halloween day party with bar specials, live DJ, games with prizes and food trucks. Oct. 26, 1-5 p.m.

Located: 8123 Broadway St. Staff Fright Fest at Six Flags: Six Column Flags puts on their annual Fright Fest, turning the park into a haunted playground. Ends Oct. Elif Yucel 27.

Located: 17000 IH-10 West As college students, we have Howl-O-Ween at Howl at long since reached the age where the Moon: Enjoy San Antonio’s it is no longer appropriate to favorite dueling pianos while go trick-or-treating. This sad getting your fill of fall-flavored reality has encouraged us to drink specials all night. Oct. 26 at find grownup alternatives for 6 p.m. our Halloween evenings. This is Located: 111 W Crockett St. a tradition that has developed The Hangar Halloween into a night (or weekend) of Haunted House Party: The bar creative - and sometimes risqué - is turned in a haunted house. costumes and binge drinking. For Cash-prize costume contest the zealous Halloween lovers and for the best and most creative healthy 21-year-olds, here a few costumes. Nov. 1 from 9 p.m. to 2 ways to celebrate Halloween in p.m. at the Hangar San Antonio: Located: 8023 Broadway St. SeaWorld Howl-O-Scream: The 13th Floor Haunted SeaWorld transforms its park House: You haven’t celebrated into a haunted house every Halloween until you’ve been to Friday and Saturday throughout a haunted house. This haunted ending this weekend. house is known as the best in San Located: 10500 Sea World Drive. Antonio. 1203 E Commerce St. Bud Light Coffins on Parade: Or if you just feel like laying low Park yourself at a restaurant or at a bar with friends, most bars bar along the River Walk and will have some sort of Halloween watch the grand Halloween drink special. The following bars parade float down the river. Oct. have great Thursday specials: 26, 6 -8 p.m.

Rebar, Cowboy’s Dancehall, Bay’s, Boogieman: Held at Leon Broadway 50/50, Friendly Spot, (formerly known as the Wurzbach Ice House and Spy Bar.

The scariest shows on television right now Staff Column

Maddie Smith What’s scarier than spending every night of your

young life watching Netflix?

These shows: American Horror Story: Coven AHS is back for its third season and, this time, it’s in the witchy business. With great talent like Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates paired with great writing and awesome visual effects, this show is as wellmade as it is spooky. The plot revolves around a school for

young, sexy witches and their mishaps. So far, the scariest parts have revolved around a woman torturing her slaves in gruesome ways and a boy being resurrected as a misshapen freak. It’s only three episodes in, but the reviews for this season are much better than the those in the past.

Supernatural While recent episodes include less “scary stuff” and

more “plot,” “Supernatural” is one of the greatest television shows ever (for entertaining myself).

The Winchester brothers never seem to get a break from all these demons and angels and ghosts.

Personally, I think the “scary” parts of the show were in the earlier seasons, but it’s still a fun and addicting watch!

The Walking Dead Ironically, watching this

show has turned me into a zombie. With the beginning of its fourth season, The Walking Dead just keeps getting better and better. With the addition of a few new characters (comic book nerds would know), this season seems like it’ll be awesome. The show is known for its amazing graphics, making it one of the scariest zombie franchises ever.

theTrinitonian OCT.25.2013

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A haunting tour of San Antonio

By Rachel Puckett & Lydia Duncombe Halloween isn’t the only time of year people set out for some casual ghost hunting.

However, it is the most popular and debatably the most socially acceptable time.

Luckily for those avid fans of the supernatural, San Antonio is full of spooky stories and supposed ghosts ready to scare you at every corner.

The following is a list of places around the city where you can scream [or laugh depending on your stance on ghosts] to get you in the Halloween Spirit.

The Alamo There are reports of moans inside the building and spirits floating out of the walls, which of course makes sense seeing as soldiers were violently killed and tossed into a mass grave during the battle.

The Menger Hotel 204 Alamo Way Known ghosts include Sallie White, a maid who was shot by her jealous husband, and Captain Richard King, the man who founded the King Ranch and who died in the hotel.

Mission Espada 1004 Espada Road Volunteers report seeing a man dressed as a conquistador as well as seeing Spanish soldiers in full armor riding around the grounds.

Ghost Tracks Intersection of Villamain Rd. and Shane Rd. San Antonio folklore maintains that, in the 1940s, a bus full of children stalled on the train tracks and was struck by a train, killing everyone inside the bus. Now, ghostly

students are said to push stranded cars to safety.

Woman Hollering Creek Between San Antonio and Seguin on I-10, near Exit 591.

The creek’s name is inspired by the legend of La Llorona, a woman who mourns her lost children who were killed and thrown into the river.

The Spanish Governer’s Palace 105 Plaza de Armas Allegedly, Spanish soldiers raped and murdered a woman and hid her body in the building’s walls. When renovations took place on the palace, a women’s body was found. The woman is said to haunt the buliding.

Huebner Onion Homestead 6613 Bandera Road Joseph Huebner, a man who liked his liquor, accidentally drank kerosene instead of whiskey in the 1800s. When his neighboors found him, they presumed him dead and buried him. Huebner is said to come back and haunt those who visit him because he supposedly wasn’t actually dead when they buried him.

Sheraton Gunter Hotel 205 E Houston St A man supposedly murdered a blonde woman, chopped her body up and processed it in a meat grinder, covering Room 636 with blood.

Milam Park 501 W. Commerce St. Anyone who walks through the park that was once the site of an 18th-century Catholic cemetery is told to deny thoughts of hatred or anger so as to not awake the spirits. *List compiled from a San Antonio Express-News article.

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Trinity inspired costumes sure to inspire you of the Trinity population, as well as contemptuos looks full of contempt from the Trinity population.

Staff For most students, Column Ahlburg’s day-to-day duties are as mysterious and unknown as the people who would post about me on John Mendiola Trinity Confessions (they don’t exist). Thankfully, the That special time of year Trinity population at least is upon us again - the time knows his strong opinions when guys and gals all on the aesthetic of additions over the world can dress as to other people’s bodies. obnoxiously and as skimply Unrelated to this knowledge, as their hearts’ desire, while the first costume idea is a being judged minimally. tattooed individual in a suit Halloween has come again. and tie with the sleeves torn For those without a costume off to show either an ornate yet, here are some local dragon or a Betty Boop tattoo; costume ideas that are sure to the point is the evident regret attract confused looks outside the said tattoo has left on the

individual. A gray beard is a necessity. Saying “mate” or “crikey” in a foreign accent nets you bonus points.

Tuttle is one of the more well-known administrators, and is quite involved with many aspects of student and campus life. He might be a bit of a controversial figure, but his presence at Trinity cannot be denied. He even has a blog.

That said, this costume pushes aside all of those things and instead reduces his whole persona to the most important aspect of his life. Meet Jogging Tuttle. The Jogging Tuttle costume consists of a gray muscle shirt with running shorts and running shoes. A dry attitude, bordering on mild distaste is a must, while

the “I heart Jurgens” tattoo on the arm is optional.

Cats roam the grounds of Trinity University; some of them even make it inside buildings and inside people’s hearts (awww). One particular cat, Cuddlesalot, was loved by many for his cuddly body and need for attention. Many students were deeply affected by his recent passing. This Halloween can be a time where we pay respect to Cuddlesalot and all the other cats who call our school home.

The Ferocious Feral Trinity Hellcat FFTH costume will haunt all those who see it.

The most important detail is to have some sort of furlike material - I recommend skinning a Pillow Pet or using

strands of your own hair. An unhealthy distaste of humans is a big plus. A bloody severed arm with a CAT Alliance bracelet hanging off the FFTH would complete the costume.

Do not worry; it should not be too horrifying since the blood on the severed arm would just be food coloring.

The specific details for these are up to your imagination and accessibility to materials. Here are some possible candidates for costumes: “International student whose only real diversity is their second language and different cuisine,” “Physical manifestation of what Aramark represents at Trinity” or “Controversial social network pages.”