by: -RoG-
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Think I'm also gonna have to pass up eating at "The Chop Shop" seen here.
Come on guys... you gotta refrigerate that beef if you're not going to serve it right away.
Bon appetit!
Ok fine... I'll try the liver.
Man... if you think the chef has it rough, trying being the guy having to clean up the mess in the kitchen.
To all of you who think this country doesn't need serious healthcare reform, I present you with this evidence.
Some happy newlyweds leaving the store.
(More like newlydeads! HAR! HAR! HAR!)
Watch out for those mermaid zombies (merzombies?) coming ashore from the pirate ship! Truly a sailor's worst nightmare.
Pirates of the ol' superstore. Gotta appreciate his zombie dog first mate there too.
Rocking Granny!
I swear, they're really trying to make Christmas encroach into Halloween's territory more and more each year.
A spooky inflatable entrance to more shopping.
A merzombie models in front of fog machines and jugs o' fog juice.
I love the contrast of all the happy pumpkins with the unhappy victims on pikes.
And to think, there once was a time when these shelves were filled with electronic equipment.
So much space for all the Halloween goodness one could ask for.
Pirate victims truly have no dignity when they're hung on the wall like cheap merchandise.
A fantastic art gallery filled with those haunted portraits which change into horrific images as you walk by them.
You can never have too many gargoyles or zombie heads. Words to live by.
Another shot of the massive space being used for this Halloween shop.
The fall leaves in the graveyard are a nice touch.
If you need fake barbed wire and/or bone shackles, Halloween Connection clearly has you covered.
Lolcats?
Gotta love those oversized vampire bats.
So many severed heads and not enough money to buy 'em all.
That's right fellas... keep your hands where I can see 'em.
PERV!
Pretty amazing store eh? Sure beats the hell out of those run o' the mill seasonal shops that pop up everywhere. After seeing this, I think Circuit City's old "We're with you" slogan has finally connected with me. I actually believe it for once. They really are with me now. Halloween City, I welcome you with open arms! Big thanks again to Keith and Helen for taking all these photos and sending 'em my way! If any of you have a Circuit City that has been taken over by a seasonal Halloween shop, send me some photos of it and I'll add it into this photo gallery for all to see.
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Reader Comments
Great article, noone around where I live does cool stuff like this
Great photo galley.
I really wish my Circuit City became something cool like this, but to my knowledge it's still empty.
But all this Halloween goodness made me wonder. I know that this is your (RoG's) favourite time of the year, buy costumes and do many halloween related stuff, but have you ever decorated your place with this kind of stuff? If so, how was the result?
And yeah, the "Haunted Portraits" idea is an awesome one, wonder why I had never seen it before.
-Commanderraf
NecroLemur, ask and ye shall receive! I figured everybody has seen those things by now. Here ya go:
Comanderaff, I haven't decorated my own place in quite some time, primarily because there's no room. This is just another reason why I want a house so I can do something truly crazy for the season. When I was younger and still living with my parents, we used to put together some crazy haunted house / haunted basement attractions and I was always employed to scream at the top of my lungs (a la "I Will Beat Pacman" style) to scare the crap out of the kids. Good times. I'll try to dig up some photos of those old haunts if I can!
Monkra, oh great, glad you can pay it a visit! Here's the address Halloween Connection, 70 Taunton Depot Dr., Taunton, MA 02780 . Be sure to take some photos when you visit if you see anything worthwhile that we happened to miss!
eric-the-ded, I was soooo waiting for somebody to make that joke. Thank you for not letting me down.
That jester puppet is going to provide me with nightmares for years to come.
The dead hippie band is also kind of nifty. I'd plop them in the front yard and they would sing "happy happy joy joy" every hour on the hour. I dont know why, it just seems to make sense in my head.
I have no clue what's going down with the Circuit City that used to be around here. I will definitely have to check it out. Maybe it's competing with the other seasonal Halloween store in the same mall.
i can haz BRAAIINS?!?
I love Halloween Club, btw. If you're anywhere in SoCal, I recommend a trip to Commerce! They've got all of those big props year-round. It almost makes up for our seasonal stores not opening until mid-October sometime...
RoG, is it common for H-stores to open this early in MA? How about the rest of the continent - have any of you got Halloween goodness in your areas?