Cool Movie Radio Spots to Spook Up Your Halloween

The original post for this was lost when moving from Typepad to WordPress. So here you go again. Who doesn’t want more Halloween?

Ah, Halloween…that magical time of year when the air is crisp, the colorful leaves are falling, and the monsters and spooks are out in force. Halloween holds special memories for your old Granny, because it was my night to shine and torment all the little monsters who dared come my way. And for whatever reason, they kept coming, year after year after year. What was it that kept attracting them to my house? Was it the colorful decorations, the sounds of my haunted house playing in the background, or the goodies I gave away? Probably all the above.

I always greeted them with a friendly cackle and a warm smile, and escorted them to the table where my assistant, Creepy, gave them their candy treats and a spooky pencil or some such. Next, if they dared, they got to touch Uncle Edgar’s brain, floating in a big jar of formaldehyde. Few turned down that opportunity! Before they left, I always offered them a bug or spider, caught at the back of the house, and, to the female trick-or-treaters, a mouse, caught in the cellar. Oh, I’d keep the mice in a box and if they wanted one, I’d reach in, catch one by the tail, and try to put it in their loot bag while the little critter squirmed and twisted. Sometimes it was hard to hit the loot bag and the mouse would squirm up their arms or hands. It was fun to hear them squeal.

Anyway, I’d eventually hit the bag and they would say “Thank you” and run off.  Good times. I saw all kinds of horrible faces…some even had on costumes and masks (Hee Hee). There were vampires, ghosts, monsters of all kinds, zombies, superheroes and ghouls. And so I thought, what better time now to feature a variety of radio spots reflecting a wide diversity of movies and characters. Here they are, as varied as the apparitions that will visit your house on Halloween.

And, remember: As Uncle Oscar used to say, “Don’t spook until you’re spooken to!” Happy Halloween!

The Haunting

The Mummy

Alien

Captain Sinbad

King Kong (Re-release)

The Monsters Crash the Pajama Party

Do you have any radio spots you would like to share? Contact Granny at [email protected].