New stuff going on at Disneyland this year for Halloween!  Yay!  Makes me wish I was near Disneyland so I could attend.  Read more below… Disneyland will host exclusive fireworks shows, a new mini parade and trick-or-treat trails as part of its newly moved Halloween night parties, which start Friday. This year, Disney is bringing …

The theme park adds a character based on the Latin American myth of La Llorona, Spanish for ‘the Wailer,’ to its seasonal cast of ghouls, ax murderers and demented clowns who try to scare visitors. This Halloween season, for the first time, Universal Studios Hollywood introduced a character based on the Latin American myth of …

Interesting article in the NY Times about what’s popular this year for Halloween costumes… Last year, Michael Jackson and Balloon Boy were among the top news or pop-culture-related Halloween costume choices; this year, perhaps, popular costumes will be Lady Gaga’s meat dress or, as this article describes, the gulf oil spill. Are you planning to …

Here’s some pre Halloween news for 2009.  And who’s not getting excited about new 2009 Playboy Halloween Costumes this year… Playboy Enterprises Inc has awarded an official license for North America distribution of Halloween costumes to Rubie’s Costume Company, the world’s largest manufacturer of Halloween costumes and masquerade products. The announcement was made by Howard …

TORONTO — If you stop by Dyanna Zimmer’s property, soak in the decor and ambience and find yourself leaving a little more spooked than when you arrived, she’ll consider the visit a success. That’s hardly a surprise when you discover the furnishings consist of a cannibal cage, crematorium, cobwebs, coffins and corpses. In what has …

If you are still waiting to get your Halloween costume because of indecision or because you’ve been super busy this month buycostumes.com is guaranteeing that you will have your Halloween costume delivered before Halloween… but you need to hurry! Time is running out!

MSN Green, which is the environmentally-focused “channel” of MSN.com, is trying to emphasize the importance of recycling and re-using this Halloween season. It makes a lot of good sense, considering how much trash is generated by the sweetest day of the year — candy wrappers, store-bought costumes that are only worn once and other odds …

The Ginny Kelly family of Naperville has won Home Run Inn Pizza’s “Video Challenge,” a search for Chicagoland’s scariest two-minute horror film. The video features a pair of kids who return home to find a gruesome scene after their mom has quenched her appetite with too much pizza. As part of their prize package, The …

Beware of ghosts, goblins and … golden retrievers? If you’re planning to wear a costume this Halloween, be careful not to frighten Fido. James Cook, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, warns that masks and disguises can be confusing and alarming for animals, and could increase the potential for dog bites. “Dogs believe they …

The much-anticipated “Resident Evil 5″ won’t be out until next spring, but a new “Silent Hill” mystery has arrived just in time for Halloween. There are a few good horror games that have been released this year. Sega’s grungy “Condemned 2: Bloodshot” is thoroughly terrifying, while Atari’s “Alone in the Dark,” while flawed, has its …

The stock market slide has spooked plenty of Americans, but not enough to scare them away from shopping for the nation’s spookiest holiday. In fact, two out of three Americans plan to celebrate Halloween, according to the National Retail Federation, the biggest turnout since the retail trade group began tracking the holiday in 2001. Halloween …

here was a time when just a couple of triangles cut into the pumpkin for eyes and a mouth and your Jack o”lantern was done. But today, it’s a practice that’s a little more involved, with more and more elaborate tableaus springing forth from the minds of pumpkin Picassos, whose blank canvases can be found …

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — Thad Starr’s giant pumpkin really began putting on weight in August — a lot of weight. The pumpkin gained about 30 pounds a day on its way to victory Monday at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay. Starr’s pumpkin finished at a record 1,528 pounds. …

Haha,, wtf is wrong with people? A Minneapolis man has been charged with allegedly robbing a store clerk at knife point to steal cowboy boots for a Halloween costume. Jesus Orlando Sotelo is charged in Hennepin County with aggravated robbery. According to the criminal complaint, last November Sotelo and another man wanted “to go to …

Orange and black are already popping up on store shelves, as are scary stories of monsters, ghouls and … bunnies? That’s right, one of the cutest Halloween books this year is more hare-y than scary. Boo, Bunny! by Kathryn O. Galbraith and illustrated by Jeff Mack (Harcourt; 36 pages; $16; ages 3-7) follows two scared …

Halloween is still more than 30 days away but businessman Paul Merk is already courting customers with tons of holiday costumes and decorations at the Halloween Megastore in Volusia Mall. “Now is the best time to shop for size and selection,” Merk said during an interview at the store, which opened Labor Day. Many consumers, …

Popular Halloween costumes tend to come from characters in popular movies. And the most successful films right now are action hero movies. “The Dark Knight” has been the biggest blockbuster movie in years, grossing more than $522 million so far. So it’s no surprise that characters in “The Dark Knight” dominates the top 10 most …

Once upon a time, Halloween was a one-day event. Then the pumpkins and parties started moving back to the weeks between Columbus Day and Oct. 31. Now the holiday is morphing into an entire season, at least in the tourism industry, with haunted walks, costume balls and pumpkin-carving events held throughout October. Salem, Mass., which …

There’s no denying it. Back to school is old news for retailers. It’s all about Halloween now if my grocery store is any indication. Giant cardboard bins out front are filled with pumpkins and gourds of all shapes, colors and sizes. Primo shelf space is packed with more tooth-rotting candy than you can shake a …

The time to carve pumpkins is fast-approaching. This year, think twice before you throw away the seeds and stringy pulp. Instead, set the seeds aside for a culinary treat. They are the best part of this gourd, traditionally grown for its decorative value rather than its cooking possibilities. For recipes calling for pumpkin, it’s best …