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Just go with it. \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we all know (and probably try to ignore as much as possible), this is an extremely bad time of year to be a turkey. As such, you might be wondering this \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/thanksgiving\">Thanksgiving\u003c/a> how best to distract the very sad herbivores in your life. Fortunately, we have a suggestion! It’s called \u003cem>Blood Freak\u003c/em>: a preposterous (and occasionally gory) slasher flick from 1972. Better yet: the character at the center of the movie has the head of a turkey and a thirst for human blood. (A turkey? Turning the tables on us? Doesn’t that sound like fun? Anyone? No?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m getting ahead of myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our story begins with our leading man/future turkey (his name is Herschell) riding his motorcycle on a freeway. He pulls over to help a beautiful young woman named Angel who has a flat tire, and the two hit it off. Herschell has recently returned from Vietnam and is trying his darnedest to look like Vegas-era Elvis, which I genuinely didn’t know was a thing that anyone did unless they were kind of joking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968622\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve.png\" alt=\"A brooding man wearing a black shirt stands, black hair blowing in the breeze.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1112\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-800x445.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1020x567.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-160x89.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-768x427.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1536x854.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1038x576.png 1038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1920x1068.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">See what I mean? \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Naturally, this being the 1970s, Herschell and Angel immediately go to a drug-fueled party at Angel’s sister Ann’s house. For some reason, hanging out in this den of iniquity is the elderly owner of a turkey farm. (Don’t ask questions!) And for some reason, he immediately offers Herschell a job. (Seems totally fine!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angel won’t stop talking about the Bible and is less fun than she looks, so Herschell does sex with Ann instead and smokes mysterious drugs that Ann provides. Hours later, Herschell finds himself sweating and writhing around in pain on Ann’s leopard-print waterbed. (You heard me…) Ann gives him more unspecified drugs to smoke, which immediately makes him feel better. Herschell then angrily declares that he is “hooked,” which is kind of amazing if you know anything at all about how drugs work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the morning, Herschell heads to the poultry farm, where his job involves eating turkey that has been chemically altered for government-related testing reasons. A variety of men wearing white lab coats are as vague as possible about the reasons for this, lest this movie make any salient points about anything whatsoever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13879754']After Herschell eats the chemically enhanced turkey, he immediately passes out in the grass and starts having seizures. When Herschell wakes up hours later, he has turned into a turkey himself — but only from the neck up because special effects are expensive. (See also: \u003ca href=\"https://kalamazoomuseum.org/full-calendar/the-fly-1958\">the grand finale of 1958’s \u003cem>The Fly\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.) Herschell stumbles back to Ann’s (on foot, which kind of sucks because I really wanted to see a turkey riding a motorcycle today).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because his mouth only makes “gobble-gobble” noises now, Herschell passes Ann handwritten notes explaining that he’s turned into a turkey mutant. Which is fairly obvious because he looks like this now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1470px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh.png\" alt=\"A man's body with the head of an evil-looking turkey.\" width=\"1470\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh.png 1470w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-800x1088.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-1020x1388.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-160x218.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-768x1045.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-1129x1536.png 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1470px) 100vw, 1470px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It’s a man-turkey. And he wants to drink your blood. But only if you do drugs. It’s complicated, okay? \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ann takes all of this pretty well and calmly makes a (frankly brilliant) speech about whether or not their kids are going to look like turkeys now. (Aside from another scene in which an attempted rapist has his leg sawn off, this is my favorite moment in the entire movie. Turkey-headed children, for the win!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13939927']Off the cuff entirely, Herschell decides to go on a killing spree, specifically targeting drug users and then drinking their blood. (One of them is a lady he called “a tramp” at the drug party, so she obviously deserves this.) When Herschell murders ladies, the same (short) scream track plays on a loop over and over again in the background and we’re not supposed to notice. Which is actually a lot more fun than it sounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herschell does not have an efficient system for gathering and drinking his victims’ blood, so just cups his hands into the stream and does a slurping thing with his giant beak. GET YOURSELF A BUCKET, TURKEY-HERSCHELL. YOU’RE WASTING SO MUCH DRUG-BLOOD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968628\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder.png\" alt=\"A man in a white t-shirt and jeans stands stunned while a man with a turkey head grips him by the neck.\" width=\"900\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder.png 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder-800x564.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder-160x113.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder-768x541.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herschell the turkey-man, doing an attack. \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I don’t want to spoil the ending, but it involves finding sobriety, God and a nice pier to stand on. Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the fact that this entire movie is sporadically interrupted by a guy in a shiny shirt, smoking a cigarette from behind a desk and trying desperately to provide sensible, \u003cem>Twilight Zone\u003c/em>-esque commentary. (This is not very successful. In part because this gentleman is reading his lines off a piece of paper. Also in part because he resembles what would happen if Christopher Lee and Ron Jeremy combined forces to become one human.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shiny shirt guy’s real name is Brad F. Grinter and he co-wrote and co-directed \u003cem>Blood Freak\u003c/em> with Steve Hawkes. And guess who played Herschell? Steve Hawkes, that’s who! Which means Hawkes and Grinter actually did all of this to themselves, on purpose, entirely willingly. And for that? We should all be grateful.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Blood Freak’ is streaming for free on \u003ca href=\"https://watch.plex.tv/watch/movie/blood-freak\">Plex\u003c/a> right now.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Some are well-worn warnings as familiar as the changing of seasons. Others are slow burns that end with a bang. Still others are just plain eerie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13884403']Stories of spiritual entities, paranormal activity and creepy cryptids are passed through generations the world over, becoming local legends that only sometimes reach across borders and cultures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if the sordid tales you grew up with no longer make you shiver, it’s time to reanimate your roster with global tales of ghosts, hauntings, and petrifying processions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Halloween nigh, and the season in many parts of the world ripe for campfires and spooky stories, people gravitate toward fear even in a complex and sometimes scary world. Here are some favorites — lore and fiction, with maybe some truth sprinkled throughout — that The Associated Press gathered from its journalists around the planet:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13967490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2464px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13967490\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1126292043.jpg\" alt=\"An Asian person in white face paint posing in a menacing position.\" width=\"2464\" height=\"1648\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1126292043.jpg 2464w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1126292043-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1126292043-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1126292043-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1126292043-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1126292043-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1126292043-2048x1370.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1126292043-1920x1284.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2464px) 100vw, 2464px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yo-ho, yo-ho, beware fake paper money scatterings! \u003ccite>(K. Y. Cheng/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>China: The corpse walkers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you were out on the road in China in the old days — if you believe the stories, that is — you might have encountered a strange procession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, a man carrying a white paper lantern and scattering fake paper money ahead of them, chanting, “Yo ho, yo ho.” Then, a towering, hooded black figure wearing a ghastly mask and marching in an awkward, wooden gait. Bringing up the rear, another man guiding the giant by touch, perhaps with a black cat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were corpse walkers — and the giant was the corpse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13883118']Bad things happen when someone gets buried far from home: Without descendants to feed their spirit and keep their grave clean, they’ll have a hard time settling in. They could even come back as a hungry ghost. So when a traveler died, the family would hire people who knew the strange art of walking a stiff body home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When interviewer Liao Yiwu asked about memories of corpse walkers in the 2000s, some said they’d use a black cat to imbue the body with static electricity to make it walk. Others said there was a third man hiding under the cloak and giving the corpse a piggyback ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People kept their distance, he wrote, but the corpse walkers were always welcome at inns because they paid three times the normal rate and were said to bring good luck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— By David Cohen in Bangkok\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>France: The legend of St. Denis\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of France’s oldest spooky legends is also one of its most gruesome, because it involves a walking headless corpse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said to have been Paris’ first bishop, Denis — later St. Denis — went on to lend his name to what is now the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, famous for its magnificent basilica, its soccer stadium and the Olympic village that housed athletes during the Paris Games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third-century Roman rulers of what was then Gaul were apparently less than thrilled that Denis and companions Rustique and Éleuthère were making converts. Even after tossing them in prison, Denis continued to celebrate Mass. In some accounts, Denis suffered all manner of unspeakable tortures to make him renounce his faith — not just run-of-the-mill flagellation, but also mauling by famished wild beasts and being locked in a scorching oven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, the three were sentenced to death and beheaded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legend has it that Denis’ corpse, lifted by two angels, picked up his severed head and walked from the Mount of Martyrs — the supposed execution site now called Montmartre — for about 6 kilometers (nearly 4 miles) before collapsing in the village of Catulliacum, now the town of Saint-Denis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Montmartre today, Suzanne Buisson Square has a statue of St. Denis holding his head, which he is said to have washed in the waters of a fountain there before staggering away with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— By John Leicester in Paris\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mongolia: The death worm\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Slithering beneath the vast dunes of the Gobi Desert, legend has it, is the monstrous Mongolian Death Worm. It kills prey by squirting lethal venom and can even electrocute from a distance. So goes the folklore that has since inspired depictions of deadly giant worms in movies and fiction. In Mongolia, the creature is known as olgoi khorkhoi, which roughly translates as “intestine worm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13894837']The critter became known abroad after American paleontologist and explorer Roy Chapman Andrews wrote about it in his 1926 book, “On the Trail of Ancient Man: A Narrative of the Field Work of the Central Asiatic Expeditions.” During a meeting with the Mongolian premier, Andrews was asked to capture a specimen of the giant worm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“None of those present ever had seen the creature, but they all firmly believed in its existence and described it minutely,” he wrote. “It is shaped like a sausage about two feet long, has no head nor legs and is so poisonous that merely to touch it means instant death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some believe the lore began with a more common animal — a snake called the Tartar sand boa. Others, undeterred, believe the giant worms exists. Subsequent expeditions have yet to yield any proof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— By Emily Wang Fujiyama in Beijing\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13967491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13967491 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1288523353-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A traditional print depicting a woman throwing a knife at a man's chest. Behind her stands a demon with a a bent nose and long ears.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1771\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1288523353-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1288523353-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1288523353-1020x705.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1288523353-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1288523353-768x531.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1288523353-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1288523353-2048x1416.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1288523353-1920x1328.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maybe don’t get involved with Bárbara, fellas… \u003ccite>(Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Brazil: Bárbara of the Pleasures\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s the turn of the 19th century, and colonial Rio de Janeiro is bustling. There are merchants, vendors, enslaved people, sailors — and a Portuguese immigrant, about 20 years old, named Bárbara. Legend says she stabbed her sleeping husband to run off with a lover, who then began exploiting her. Bárbara killed him, too, and was on her own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the story goes, she turned to sex work inside the Teles Arch. The dank, dark passage led off the plaza where the Portuguese emperor sat, and members of the royal court became faithful clients of the beautiful courtesan known as Bárbara of the Pleasures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But age and disease caught up to her. One chronicler, Hermeto Lima, wrote in 1921 of a hole in Bárbara’s nose, her bulging eyes, scratched eyelids and skeletal hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13919589']To rejuvenate, Bárbara started washing with animal blood. When that failed, it’s said, she used blood from infants abandoned in the Wheel of the Exposed — the revolving compartment for foundlings outside a Catholic institution. Between 1738 and 1848, 20,966 babies were left in the wheel, according to text of an imperial ministry report provided by Esther Arantes, a retired professor in the infancy department of the State University of Rio de Janeiro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arantes’ archival research yielded no evidence of Bárbara, but Rio’s rumor mill claimed otherwise:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whenever someone brought a baby to the wheel, “the miserable woman, like a toad, came out from her hiding place, and ran to steal the child,” Lima wrote, adding Bárbara would make sure to drip its blood upon her leprous ulcers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bárbara disappeared, but her story lingers. Word is that she still prowls Teles Arch by night, surviving on the blood of babes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— By David Biller in Rio de Janeiro\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Nigeria: Madam Koi Koi\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Nigeria, the “Madam Koi Koi” ghost story was a nightmare for students in boarding secondary schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “madam” in question often walked around hostels with her red heels, especially at night, the sound of “koi koi” trailing behind her. You dare not come out if anyone raised an alarm that they heard the sound. Sometimes horrified students ran out and hostels were shut until morning, or even for days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The backstory? No one knows for sure, but one popular theory was that she was fired as a teacher and died days later — vengeful, jobless and sad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— By Dyepkazah Shibayan in Abuja, Nigeria\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Britain: The Talbot Hotel\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A sobbing woman. Ghostly, dressed in white — or, sometimes, black. And a storied oak staircase with royal connections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spooky stories revolve around a staircase that still stands at The Talbot Hotel in Oundle — a United Kingdom market town about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of London that’s been around since the 1500s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13892672']Mary, Queen of Scots — rival to England’s Queen Elizabeth I — is said to have descended the very same flight of steps on the way to her execution in 1587. But at the time, the multilevel structure was part of nearby Fotheringhay Castle, the site of Mary’s beheading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly four decades later, the Talbot was rebuilt using stones and other material salvaged from the abandoned Fotheringhay — including the castle’s storied staircase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guests and staff have reported seeing a ghostly woman on the stairs, and some have said they heard sobbing in the wee hours — all thought to be the doomed queen. The Associated Press has visited several times and can confirm quality coffee and cakes, but not the presence of ghosts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— By Laurie Kellman in London\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13967514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13967514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1166220179-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A ghostly woman wearing a long white dress stands on some train tracks, at a distance.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1166220179-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1166220179-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1166220179-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1166220179-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1166220179-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1166220179-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1166220179-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/10/GettyImages-1166220179-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A train collision killed 139 passengers in 1987, giving rise to many mystical stories around the railway. \u003ccite>(Lord Henri Voton/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Indonesia: Ghosts of the Bintaro train tragedy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bintaro train tragedy of October 1987 is well known in Indonesia. The head-on collision between two commuter trains in the southern area of Jakarta is considered one the deadliest train accidents in the country’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The collision killed 139 passengers, giving rise to many mystical stories around the railway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 37 years since the crash, many local residents and railway workers have reported seeing apparitions of people dressed in old, bloodstained clothing, wandering near the tracks where the tragedy took place. As the local urban legend goes, these ghostly figures are believed to be the spirits of those who perished in the accident and remain unable to move on to the afterlife. Some people also say there was a figure wandering around and looking for his body parts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013, another train accident happened at the same track, only 200 meters (yards) from the 1987 accident. The commuter train hit a petrol truck in the crossing gate, killing seven people, including the train engineer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— By Edna Tarigan in Jakarta, Indonesia\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Philippines: The ghost on Balete Drive\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ask anyone in Manila about Balete Drive and many will associate it with the mysterious “white lady” who appears at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The street, named after trees that used to line its sidewalks in suburban Quezon city, has been the subject of scary stories that have been told and retold since the 1950s. There are claims that a beautiful woman with long hair dressed in white would sometimes suddenly appear at night — then just disappear without a trace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13881990']It is said that the sightings were reported by taxi drivers working on late-night shifts. Some claim she would appear asking for a ride and then suddenly disappear from the passenger seat as the vehicle moves. Others say her image would appear at the rearview mirror of drivers driving alone and vanish just as quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t seen her,” says 53-year-old Roberto Perez, who works part-time near Balete Drive, “but when I pass there between midnight to about 1:30, I get goosebumps, so I just quickly turn to another street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tale’s origins are unknown. There are varying accounts why the ghost appears along Balete Drive, but the most common story is that decades ago, a girl died due to a car accident along the street. 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Because marble brides are everywhere. \u003ccite>(Rosie Betancourt/Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Hungary: The marble bride\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Through the branches of stately trees on a leafy avenue in Hungary’s capital, passersby can spot an unusual figure keeping solemn watch from above: the statue of a woman with a mournful expression peering from a stone balcony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sculpture, known as the “marble bride,” is unlike any of the other frescoes on surrounding buildings in Budapest, and the mystery of its presence has produced legends going back nearly a century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one, a young couple shared an apartment in the building when the husband was called to fight in World War I. The wife waited patiently on the balcony each day for his return, and when a letter arrived with news of his death on the front, the woman died of a broken heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the letter had been mistaken. 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With his unwavering love, Mak rejected warnings that Nak was a ghost until he saw her stretching her arm from the upper-floor porch to the ground to pick up a lime. He fled, and Nak started terrorizing the town in grief and fury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one variation of the story’s ending, Nak was stopped either by a shaman who captured her in a clay jar, or a powerful Buddhist monk who performed a rite to rest her spirit in peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story has been reinterpreted into dozens of movies, with the critically acclaimed 1999 version becoming the first Thai movie to gross over 100 million baht — about $2.7 million at the time. The shrine dedicated to Nak at Wat Mahabut, the temple where her body is believed to be buried, is famous for worshippers seeing their prayers about love and children being answered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— By Jintamas Saksornchai in Bangkok\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Back in 2021, I put together a handy little guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13904911/bay-area-horror-movies\">seven Bay Area horror movies\u003c/a> perfect for all of your cozy, under-a-blanket, pumpkin spice-sipping October viewing needs. And yet! A bunch of you were not quite satisfied with the original list and, in the last few years, KQED has been bombarded with requests for us to list more scary celluloid moments from our locale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fine, fear enthusiasts. You win. Let’s do this! (\u003cem>Again.\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>All About Evil (2010)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzKZ-KXLtak\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shot in and around San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://victoriatheatre.org/\">Victoria Theater\u003c/a>, \u003cem>All About Evil \u003c/em>was written and directed by Joshua Grannell, better known to most of us as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13933318/best-bay-area-halloween-events-2023-san-francisco-oakland-san-jose\">Peaches Christ\u003c/a>. Gloriously camp and terrifically twisted, this 2010 slasher has a plot that would make John Waters proud, gory murder scenes that are genuinely shocking, plus a passion for small movie theaters that is quintessentially Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Natasha Lyonne is clearly having the time of her life in her starring role as a murderous movie-house owner. She’s in good company too. Mink Stole shows up, as does Elvira herself \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005308/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8\">Cassandra Peterson\u003c/a>, in a deliciously low-key cameo. \u003cem>All About Evil\u003c/em> isn’t just perfect for Halloween, it should be required viewing for every movie lover in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘All About Evil’ is streaming on Shudder and AMC+.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Sacred Blood (2015)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIj7Qkr8WYU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This movie has it all! Beautiful, territorial Chinatown vampires! Gun-toting European circus performers! Michael Madsen doing cop stuff! Dastardly flying poodles! Kato Kaelin! (Yes, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_Kaelin\">\u003cem>that\u003c/em> Kato Kaelin\u003c/a>.) At its core though, Christopher Coppola’s creative goth horror is a love letter to late nights on the streets of San Francisco. It also absolutely revels in the sight of powerful women punishing misogynistic men. (Hooray!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If all that weren’t enough, \u003cem>Sacred Blood\u003c/em> offers a jaunt around some of the city’s oldest nightspots including \u003ca href=\"https://condorsf.com/\">the Condor\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/li-po-cocktail-lounge-san-francisco\">Li Po Lounge\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/edinburgh-castle-pub-san-francisco-2\">Edinburgh Castle\u003c/a>. Is \u003cem>Sacred Blood\u003c/em> a little slow in places? Sure! Still worth a watch, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Sacred Blood’ is streaming now on Pluto TV and Plex.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Twixt (2011)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP7cQnOcU7I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christopher Coppola’s uncle (some fellow named Francis Ford) made his own vampire thriller a few years back as well. Though, between the movie’s small town vibes, goofy characters and creepy undertones, it feels more like a David Lynch project than anything else. (And yes, it’s almost as difficult to follow.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13933318']Much of \u003cem>Twixt\u003c/em> was filmed on Coppola’s Napa County estate, as well as in small towns further north in Lake County. It stars Val Kilmer as a horror novelist who finds himself in Swann Valley, a place where he gets all his best ideas while sleeping. That’s in part because sleep allows him to sojourn with teenage vampires, the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe and a bunch of dead children. Things get even creepier when he’s awake, though, thanks to a Ouija board-touting sheriff, a dead girl in the morgue, a Baudelaire-spouting emo kid and a clock tower with seven faces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, yes — in case you were wondering — this one is more of a mood than a movie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Twixt’ (AKA: ‘B’Twixt Now and Sunrise’) is available to rent on AppleTV+.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Winchester (2018)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDVjX2OBrwc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look, we all know it’s preposterous for \u003cem>Winchester\u003c/em> to declare the San José mystery mansion as “the most haunted house in history,” but there’s something extraordinarily fun about seeing this sprawling but familiar tourist attraction captured on film. If you’ve never paid the Winchester Mystery House a visit in real life, you’ll also benefit from real architectural trivia that’s worked into the script. (If you’ve ever wanted to see Sarah Snook from \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/arts/13930048/succession-creator-on-finale-jesse-armstrong-shiv-tom-sarah-snook-kieran-culkin\">\u003cem>Succession\u003c/em>\u003c/a> sternly talking about hardwood parquet floors, this movie is for you!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though mostly hokey, there are a couple of good jump scares, a possessed white-eyed, red-headed child and Helen Mirren doing the most half-assed American accent in history. (Truly chilling.) Ah, just have fun with it…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Winchester’ is streaming now on Freevee and Plex.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Stigmata (1999)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwsTYQ26QDQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you think about Patricia Arquette in the ’90s, your mind probably goes straight to \u003cem>True Romance\u003c/em>. But if you want to see her being the most ’90s of all of the ’90s, do not skip \u003cem>Stigmata.\u003c/em> Leather pants! Belly piercings! Butterfly clips! Shiny Alanis Morissette shirts! It’s like a Delia’s catalog exploded all over this thing. (Which is, of course, a good thing.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plot goes like this: Arquette’s gal-about-town, Frankie, gets sent a cursed crucifix from her dumb-tourist mom in Brazil, and promptly starts bleeding all over the place and having visions of nails getting hammered into feet. Byrne’s priest investigator shows up to … look shocked and take photos of her, basically? If none of that holds any appeal, stay tuned for the scene where a bunch of priests wander around the Palace of Fine Arts and pretend it’s the Vatican. Hilarious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Stigmata’ is streaming now on Roku, Hoopla, Tubi and Pluto TV.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Lost Boys (1987)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q786UsnOcsY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, so fine. This one isn’t technically set in the nine-county Bay Area region, and it wasn’t filmed here, either. But it’s close enough, dammit! All of the moody, teenage, bloodsucking action in this ’80s classic takes place in Santa Cruz instead. (“Santa Carla” if you’re Corey Haim in a shoulder-padded, hypercolor ensemble or Corey Feldman in a \u003cem>Rambo\u003c/em> headband.) The justification for including it in this list lies in the part where David (Keifer Sutherland, at his sauciest) explains that he and his merry band of hair metal vampires wouldn’t have a cave to live in (or presumably a pipe to hang upside from) if it wasn’t for the “big one hit[ting] San Francisco in 1906.” BOOM! That’ll do!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This movie is incredibly stupid and brilliant and everyone should watch it (again) immediately. Even if only to see Alex Winter’s crimped mullet hanging upside down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘The Lost Boys’ is available to rent on Apple TV+, Amazon Prime and Spectrum.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Dead Pit (1989)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX6V-tZn9VA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For over a century, the sprawling campus of grand white buildings at 4000 Lafayette St. in Santa Clara served as a mental health facility. 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It’s all in the worst possible taste, of course — which means some of you are sure to enjoy it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘The Dead Pit’ is streaming on Apple TV+.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy Halloween, horror fans! (And please, don’t make me do this again next year.)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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If you’ve never paid the Winchester Mystery House a visit in real life, you’ll also benefit from real architectural trivia that’s worked into the script. (If you’ve ever wanted to see Sarah Snook from \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/arts/13930048/succession-creator-on-finale-jesse-armstrong-shiv-tom-sarah-snook-kieran-culkin\">\u003cem>Succession\u003c/em>\u003c/a> sternly talking about hardwood parquet floors, this movie is for you!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though mostly hokey, there are a couple of good jump scares, a possessed white-eyed, red-headed child and Helen Mirren doing the most half-assed American accent in history. (Truly chilling.) 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It’s like a Delia’s catalog exploded all over this thing. (Which is, of course, a good thing.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plot goes like this: Arquette’s gal-about-town, Frankie, gets sent a cursed crucifix from her dumb-tourist mom in Brazil, and promptly starts bleeding all over the place and having visions of nails getting hammered into feet. Byrne’s priest investigator shows up to … look shocked and take photos of her, basically? If none of that holds any appeal, stay tuned for the scene where a bunch of priests wander around the Palace of Fine Arts and pretend it’s the Vatican. Hilarious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Stigmata’ is streaming now on Roku, Hoopla, Tubi and Pluto TV.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Lost Boys (1987)\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Q786UsnOcsY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Q786UsnOcsY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Okay, so fine. This one isn’t technically set in the nine-county Bay Area region, and it wasn’t filmed here, either. But it’s close enough, dammit! All of the moody, teenage, bloodsucking action in this ’80s classic takes place in Santa Cruz instead. (“Santa Carla” if you’re Corey Haim in a shoulder-padded, hypercolor ensemble or Corey Feldman in a \u003cem>Rambo\u003c/em> headband.) The justification for including it in this list lies in the part where David (Keifer Sutherland, at his sauciest) explains that he and his merry band of hair metal vampires wouldn’t have a cave to live in (or presumably a pipe to hang upside from) if it wasn’t for the “big one hit[ting] San Francisco in 1906.” BOOM! That’ll do!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This movie is incredibly stupid and brilliant and everyone should watch it (again) immediately. 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(Others carry various versions of the larger-than-life skeleton.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as stores race to get the latest and greatest Halloween score out as soon as possible, superfans say it’s about time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Halloween is celebrated earlier\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Home Depot’s 12-foot skeleton is affectionately known by fans across the internet and globe as “Skelly.” When Skelly was launched, the thinking was that he’d be out for a week or two leading up to Halloween night, Allen said, the usual consumer behavior observed at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the pandemic changed that timeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody started decorating in early October for something to do,” Allen said. “And we’ve really seen a shift in the market where now people are decorating for Halloween how we’ve seen with Christmas historically, planning out decorations five to six weeks, two months ahead of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13936916']Mak Ralston, a Halloween fanatic known as Haunt Former on YouTube, who posts Halloween videos year-round, has noticed the shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There used to be a kind of a calendar as to when I would expect things to come out in stores,” Ralston said, noting that orange and black and witches and skeletons used to roll in at the start of September, maybe mid-August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This year, I saw some stuff in stores for Halloween in June, early July,” he said. “It’s never been earlier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For some, it’s always Halloween\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Some average people who aren’t as invested don’t realize that for people who are really committed to both Halloween and the horror culture, they’re in it to win it like all year,” Ralston said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can post a video about a horror movie or about a Halloween mask that’s coming out in October in February, and people eat it up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nate Rambaud, known as That Guy Nate on Youtube, started his channel by posting videos of abandoned stores such as Toys ‘R’ Us, a niche interest on the video-sharing platform. 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"content": "\u003cp>Aaah, it’s that time of year once more. A Spirit Halloween store just sprang up at the strip mall. Target checkouts are awash with gigantic skeletons. And every child in the vicinity is demanding dangerously sharp cutting implements with which to annihilate a pumpkin or five. That means it’s time to start planning your Halloween schedule in earnest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily, we have some suggestions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13964054 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2153420734-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing an elaborate headdress and face mask made of beading, PVC, feathers and lace. 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Especially Halloween. \u003ccite>(Craig Stennett/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gathering-of-the-goths-halloween-festival-tickets-951700219977\">The Gathering of the Goths\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cem>Oct. 19, 5 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goths are dark, rubbery and be-corseted all year-round, so just imagine the effort they put in when they’ve got a haunted ship full of bands, food and something called a “poison and elixir bar” to hang out on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USS Hornet puts on a Halloween spectacular every year, but this one promises to be next level, with performances from four dark wave bands including Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43v0MzucOG0\">Jeweled Snakes\u003c/a> and San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBwMiPL6_h4\">Octavian Winters\u003c/a>. There will also be DJs, costume contests, tarot readings and a Halloween art, fashion and decor market. Optional add-ons to the regular tickets include creepy-crawly crafting from \u003ca href=\"https://silvermooncuriosities.com/\">Silver Moon Curiosities\u003c/a> and — oh, but of course — ghost tours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not uncommon for after-dark visitors to the Hornet to report apparitions, disembodied voices, strange light anomalies and objects moving on their own. But be warned: This might be one evening when distinguishing between the living and the dead is trickier than usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963750\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1386px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963750\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"Two women in witchy costumes stand behind a table of wine bottles and Halloween decorations.\" width=\"1386\" height=\"914\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM.png 1386w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM-800x528.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM-1020x673.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM-768x506.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art is about to transform into an activity-packed haunted house. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://dirosa.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/events/a0SVT000004aixt2AA\">Halloween at di Rosa Day\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 26, 11 a.m\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">–\u003c/span>4 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://selbysohn.com/\">Selby Sohn\u003c/a> has always been an artist adept at mixing the playful with the discomfiting. It makes perfect sense then that she’d be providing some of the artwork (and wearable sculptures!) for di Rosa Day — a family-friendly Halloween spectacular being held at the contemporary art gallery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outdoor sculptures that live on di Rosa’s 217-acre property are mind-bending in the best of times, and on Oct. 26, they’ll be accompanied by trick or treating, a costume parade, hands-on art activities (including making \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoetrope\">zoetropes\u003c/a>!) and, best of all, a haunted house. Not just any haunted house, either — it will be situated inside the gallery’s former winery, a circular stone structure complete with a bell tower that dates back to 1886. Don’t worry, parents — there will also be wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Selby Sohn has previously written for KQED.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1422px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963725\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"A man in a tuxedo stands in a grand dining room clutching a ouija board.\" width=\"1422\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM.png 1422w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM-800x543.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM-1020x693.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM-768x522.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magician and San Francisco history buff Christian Cagigal. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Christian Cagigal)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.christiancagigal.com/tickets1.html\">Christian Cagigal’s Witching Hour\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hotel Majestic, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>October 2\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">–\u003c/span>25, 7:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If its Trip Advisor and Yelp reviews are to be believed, the Hotel Majestic is a perfect location for any Halloween event. Strange footsteps, lights turning on by themselves and strange bouts of sleep paralysis have all been reported. One reviewer even claimed to see “a ghost girl walking around the hallway across [from] my bed… She had long brown hair and wore a Victorian dress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian Cagigal will enchant guests at the 122-year-old hotel with his magic and illusion skills, as well as his vast knowledge of local history. Apparently, Cagigal will also be bringing a variety of interactive, spirit-goading props along, including ouija boards, strange artifacts and antique dolls. If that doesn’t inspire terrifying Victorian ghost children to appear, nothing will.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles.png\" alt=\"A Day of the Dead altar, decorated with flowers, skulls and crosses, set up on a green lawn. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1191\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-800x476.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-1020x607.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-768x457.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-1536x915.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-1920x1143.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Niles Altar Walk honors the dead in a variety of beautiful ways every year. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Niles Main Street Association)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.niles.org/annual-events/niles-altar-walk\">The Niles Altar Walk\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Niles Town Plaza, Fremont\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Nov. 3, 2\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">–\u003c/span>9 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Niles Altar Walk is neither the biggest nor the splashiest Dia de Los Muertos event in the Bay Area. Where it distinguishes itself is in its family-friendly warmth, and a spirit that is rooted entirely in celebrating the dead, be they recently deceased loved ones or long-gone ancestors. Because it eschews commercialism, the downtown celebration has been a genuinely moving occasion every year since it first started in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring traditional performances by local children and adults, as well as opportunities for visitors to honor their own loved ones, this is a Day of the Dead experience that provides enough space for true reflection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963795\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1946px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963795\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"A small boy stares out of his misty window at night. On the other side of the glass, a menacing figure with glowing eyes.\" width=\"1946\" height=\"1088\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM.png 1946w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-800x447.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-1020x570.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-160x89.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-768x429.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-1536x859.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-1920x1073.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1946px) 100vw, 1946px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You might wanna close your curtains, kid. Jordan Preston Carter as Mark Petrie in ‘Salem’s Lot.’ \u003ccite>(Max)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Self-Guided Horror Movie Marathon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Everywhere, Bay Area\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fall 2024 has so many promising horror movies on offer, it’s hard to narrow the best ones down into a shortlist. For those of you wanting a theater experience, consider \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13964075/sinister-and-unhinged-james-mcavoy-is-the-host-from-hell-in-speak-no-evil\">\u003cem>Speak No Evil\u003c/em> \u003c/a>(Sept. 13), a remake of a 2022 Danish movie that’s in possession of one of the most twisted endings in recent memory. Then there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUj_H-4SXPk\">\u003cem>Last Straw\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (Sept. 20), a stylish but claustrophobic horror about a lone waitress fending off masked intruders at an all-night diner. Halle Berry leads \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H3yhfkJBnQ\">\u003cem>Never Let Go\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (Sept. 20) as a mom raising two kids in a post-apocalyptic nightmare where only the ropes physically tethering them together can keep the family safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’d rather stream your horror from under the safety of a blanket, check out the long-awaited remake of Stephen King’s creepy vampire classic \u003cem>Salem’s Lot\u003c/em> (October) on Max. Paramount+ has a \u003cem>Rosemary’s Baby\u003c/em> prequel, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJwvOC2i3VQ\">\u003cem>Apartment 7A\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (Sept. 27) starring the always-wonderful Diane Wiest as everyone’s favorite homey Satan-worshipper, Mrs. Castevet. Finally, from Netflix, Sam Raimmi and the studios that brought you \u003cem>Barbarian\u003c/em>, there’s \u003cem>Don’t Move\u003c/em> (Oct. 25), a film tailor-made for anyone whose recurring nightmares revolve around needing to run but not being able to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A string quartet performs in a circle, surrounded by candles.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1828\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-768x549.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-1920x1371.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Listeso String Quartet will be performing Halloween-inspired classics at the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Andrew Chin/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/event/candlelight%3A-a-haunted-evening-of-halloween-classics/33010/\">Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>First Presbyterian Church, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 31, 7 p.m\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heading to church isn’t the first thing most people think of doing for a Halloween night out, but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.listeso.com/\">Listeso String Quartet\u003c/a> is giving everyone a solid reason to go this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The classical musicians will be doing two candlelit performances — at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. — inside Oakland’s beautiful (and appropriately dramatic) First Presbyterian Church. And the setlist consists entirely of Halloween- and horror-inspired songs, including Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” “Tubular Bells” by Mike Oldfield and songs by Danny Elfman from \u003cem>The Nightmare Before Christmas\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Beetlejuice\u003c/em>. Expect to leave thoroughly bewitched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964129\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-629417691-scaled-e1726101678653.jpg\" alt=\"Close up on a black and red flower with a yellow center.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ‘Black Knight’ dahlia. \u003ccite>(FlowerPhotos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/create-a-goth-garden-this-halloween-cupertino-tickets-998819956377?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Goth Gardening\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SummerWinds Nursery, Cupertino\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 13, 10:30 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone can hang a skeleton on their doorstep for Halloween, but for the folks who prefer to celebrate the dark arts all year-round, more dedication is required. Which is exactly why Cupertino’s SummerWinds Nursery is throwing a Goth Gardening class in the middle of October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 60-minute, Halloween-inspired guide will teach you how to keep your planter boxes and gardens mysterious and enchanting. By the end, you should know how to distinguish between your black dahlias, black velvet petunias and midnight mystic hyacinths. Before you know it, you’ll have the ghostly garden of your dreams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with other-worldly bumps on her face, wearing green scrubs and gloves, leans over the body of a grey alien menacingly. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There’s more than one kind of alien — and one kind of terror — in this year’s Into the Dark production, ‘Fatal Abduction.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of ‘Into the Dark: Fatal Abduction’)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.intothedarksf.com/\">Into the Dark: Fatal Abduction\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The San Francisco Mint, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 4\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">–\u003c/span>Nov. 3, times vary\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the theme was cults. The year before that, it was something to do with seances, and also vampires. This year, the maniacs and drag queens behind \u003cem>Into the Dark\u003c/em> are exploring all things alien abduction, time travel, climate change and — sure, why not? — evil lizard people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As usual, the venue is the Mint, the cast is as huge as the concept, and visitors should anticipate a fully immersive, highly theatrical haunted house vibe. Oh, and the Fang Bang Bar will be back open for all of your libation-related needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year — because of course there’s a twist! — VIP ticket holders will also have access to Justin Cooter’s Roadhouse Bar. Cooter is purportedly an amateur wrestler and alien abductee who’ll be performing, line dancing and indulging in bouts of arm wrestling. This entire event will, of course, be almost unfathomably bonkers — and that’s precisely why you should go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964108\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1756859857.jpg\" alt=\"A man dressed as Captain America and a woman dressed as a witch walk a dog through streets busy with people in costumes. A dog dressed as a lobster is nearby on a cart.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1756859857.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1756859857-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1756859857-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1756859857-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1756859857-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1756859857-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1756859857-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants (including a lobster dog!) at Sausalito’s 2023 Halloween parade. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sausalito.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/events/halloween-sausalito\">Halloween Sausalito\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Station 1 Firehouse, Sausalito\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 31, 6 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as Halloween events go, there are few as joyful as Sausalito’s annual street party — an explosion of costumed humans and dogs wandering the streets and sharing treats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fun kicks off with a parade starting at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sausalito.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/64/451\">Station One Firehouse\u003c/a> and ending at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sausalito.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/90/840\">Robin Sweeny Park\u003c/a>. The four-block walking distance makes this a delightfully leisurely stroll that’s suitable for all ages and most fitness levels. After a touch of trick or treating at the park with local vendors, the highlight of the evening commences. I am of course referring to the annual dog costume contest. The event is free to enter and there are three categories of competition: best little dog, best big dog (for pooches over 35 pounds) and best human and dog couple. Pity the poor judges having to figure out who to give prizes to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that — get ready to \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnWe9Zl2kDY\">feel the zing\u003c/a>! — there’s a screening of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837562/\">Hotel Transylvania\u003c/a>\u003c/em> inside City Hall. Family fun at its finest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-916493350-scaled-e1726106683174.jpg\" alt=\"Barman giving cocktail to woman at a busy Halloween party.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are you a witch? Gilman Brewing Company would like you to pay them a visit. \u003ccite>(Wundervisuals/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://allevents.in/berkeley/vintage-witch-market-in-berkeley/10000971989405477\">Vintage Witch Market\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Gilman Brewing Company, Berkeley\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cem style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Oct. 20, 12\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">–\u003c/span>5 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A bar full of witches? Surrounded by everything they need to cast their spells? What could possibly go wrong!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it mildly, Gilman Brewing Company’s Vintage Witch Market isn’t your average Halloween-themed pop-up market. For a start, it really is geared towards practicing witches with stalls selling herbs, spell-casting kits, brooms, divination tools and so much more. On top of that, attendees are encouraged to wear their best witch finery. Midway through the day, prizes will be given out to the best sexy witch, vintage witch and movie witch. Just don’t be surprised if one of them puts a spell on you…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy Halloween, everyone!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Aaah, it’s that time of year once more. A Spirit Halloween store just sprang up at the strip mall. Target checkouts are awash with gigantic skeletons. And every child in the vicinity is demanding dangerously sharp cutting implements with which to annihilate a pumpkin or five. That means it’s time to start planning your Halloween schedule in earnest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily, we have some suggestions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13964054 size-full\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;color: #767676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2153420734-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing an elaborate headdress and face mask made of beading, PVC, feathers and lace. She is carrying a black parasol.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1602\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2153420734-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2153420734-1-800x641.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2153420734-1-1020x817.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2153420734-1-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2153420734-1-768x615.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2153420734-1-1536x1230.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-2153420734-1-1920x1538.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goths: not ones to half-ass anything. Especially Halloween. \u003ccite>(Craig Stennett/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gathering-of-the-goths-halloween-festival-tickets-951700219977\">The Gathering of the Goths\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum, Alameda\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cem>Oct. 19, 5 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goths are dark, rubbery and be-corseted all year-round, so just imagine the effort they put in when they’ve got a haunted ship full of bands, food and something called a “poison and elixir bar” to hang out on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USS Hornet puts on a Halloween spectacular every year, but this one promises to be next level, with performances from four dark wave bands including Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43v0MzucOG0\">Jeweled Snakes\u003c/a> and San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBwMiPL6_h4\">Octavian Winters\u003c/a>. There will also be DJs, costume contests, tarot readings and a Halloween art, fashion and decor market. Optional add-ons to the regular tickets include creepy-crawly crafting from \u003ca href=\"https://silvermooncuriosities.com/\">Silver Moon Curiosities\u003c/a> and — oh, but of course — ghost tours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not uncommon for after-dark visitors to the Hornet to report apparitions, disembodied voices, strange light anomalies and objects moving on their own. But be warned: This might be one evening when distinguishing between the living and the dead is trickier than usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963750\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1386px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963750\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"Two women in witchy costumes stand behind a table of wine bottles and Halloween decorations.\" width=\"1386\" height=\"914\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM.png 1386w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM-800x528.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM-1020x673.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-1.29.23 PM-768x506.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art is about to transform into an activity-packed haunted house. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://dirosa.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/events/a0SVT000004aixt2AA\">Halloween at di Rosa Day\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 26, 11 a.m\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">–\u003c/span>4 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://selbysohn.com/\">Selby Sohn\u003c/a> has always been an artist adept at mixing the playful with the discomfiting. It makes perfect sense then that she’d be providing some of the artwork (and wearable sculptures!) for di Rosa Day — a family-friendly Halloween spectacular being held at the contemporary art gallery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outdoor sculptures that live on di Rosa’s 217-acre property are mind-bending in the best of times, and on Oct. 26, they’ll be accompanied by trick or treating, a costume parade, hands-on art activities (including making \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoetrope\">zoetropes\u003c/a>!) and, best of all, a haunted house. Not just any haunted house, either — it will be situated inside the gallery’s former winery, a circular stone structure complete with a bell tower that dates back to 1886. Don’t worry, parents — there will also be wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Selby Sohn has previously written for KQED.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1422px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963725\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"A man in a tuxedo stands in a grand dining room clutching a ouija board.\" width=\"1422\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM.png 1422w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM-800x543.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM-1020x693.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.39.22 PM-768x522.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magician and San Francisco history buff Christian Cagigal. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Christian Cagigal)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.christiancagigal.com/tickets1.html\">Christian Cagigal’s Witching Hour\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hotel Majestic, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>October 2\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">–\u003c/span>25, 7:30 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If its Trip Advisor and Yelp reviews are to be believed, the Hotel Majestic is a perfect location for any Halloween event. Strange footsteps, lights turning on by themselves and strange bouts of sleep paralysis have all been reported. One reviewer even claimed to see “a ghost girl walking around the hallway across [from] my bed… She had long brown hair and wore a Victorian dress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian Cagigal will enchant guests at the 122-year-old hotel with his magic and illusion skills, as well as his vast knowledge of local history. Apparently, Cagigal will also be bringing a variety of interactive, spirit-goading props along, including ouija boards, strange artifacts and antique dolls. If that doesn’t inspire terrifying Victorian ghost children to appear, nothing will.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles.png\" alt=\"A Day of the Dead altar, decorated with flowers, skulls and crosses, set up on a green lawn. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1191\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-800x476.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-1020x607.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-768x457.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-1536x915.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/niles-1920x1143.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Niles Altar Walk honors the dead in a variety of beautiful ways every year. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Niles Main Street Association)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.niles.org/annual-events/niles-altar-walk\">The Niles Altar Walk\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Niles Town Plaza, Fremont\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Nov. 3, 2\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">–\u003c/span>9 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Niles Altar Walk is neither the biggest nor the splashiest Dia de Los Muertos event in the Bay Area. Where it distinguishes itself is in its family-friendly warmth, and a spirit that is rooted entirely in celebrating the dead, be they recently deceased loved ones or long-gone ancestors. Because it eschews commercialism, the downtown celebration has been a genuinely moving occasion every year since it first started in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featuring traditional performances by local children and adults, as well as opportunities for visitors to honor their own loved ones, this is a Day of the Dead experience that provides enough space for true reflection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963795\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1946px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963795\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"A small boy stares out of his misty window at night. On the other side of the glass, a menacing figure with glowing eyes.\" width=\"1946\" height=\"1088\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM.png 1946w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-800x447.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-1020x570.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-160x89.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-768x429.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-1536x859.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-4.57.19 PM-1920x1073.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1946px) 100vw, 1946px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You might wanna close your curtains, kid. Jordan Preston Carter as Mark Petrie in ‘Salem’s Lot.’ \u003ccite>(Max)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Self-Guided Horror Movie Marathon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Everywhere, Bay Area\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fall 2024 has so many promising horror movies on offer, it’s hard to narrow the best ones down into a shortlist. For those of you wanting a theater experience, consider \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13964075/sinister-and-unhinged-james-mcavoy-is-the-host-from-hell-in-speak-no-evil\">\u003cem>Speak No Evil\u003c/em> \u003c/a>(Sept. 13), a remake of a 2022 Danish movie that’s in possession of one of the most twisted endings in recent memory. Then there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUj_H-4SXPk\">\u003cem>Last Straw\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (Sept. 20), a stylish but claustrophobic horror about a lone waitress fending off masked intruders at an all-night diner. Halle Berry leads \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H3yhfkJBnQ\">\u003cem>Never Let Go\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (Sept. 20) as a mom raising two kids in a post-apocalyptic nightmare where only the ropes physically tethering them together can keep the family safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’d rather stream your horror from under the safety of a blanket, check out the long-awaited remake of Stephen King’s creepy vampire classic \u003cem>Salem’s Lot\u003c/em> (October) on Max. Paramount+ has a \u003cem>Rosemary’s Baby\u003c/em> prequel, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJwvOC2i3VQ\">\u003cem>Apartment 7A\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (Sept. 27) starring the always-wonderful Diane Wiest as everyone’s favorite homey Satan-worshipper, Mrs. Castevet. Finally, from Netflix, Sam Raimmi and the studios that brought you \u003cem>Barbarian\u003c/em>, there’s \u003cem>Don’t Move\u003c/em> (Oct. 25), a film tailor-made for anyone whose recurring nightmares revolve around needing to run but not being able to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A string quartet performs in a circle, surrounded by candles.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1828\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-768x549.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1373069317-1920x1371.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Listeso String Quartet will be performing Halloween-inspired classics at the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Andrew Chin/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/event/candlelight%3A-a-haunted-evening-of-halloween-classics/33010/\">Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>First Presbyterian Church, Oakland\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 31, 7 p.m\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heading to church isn’t the first thing most people think of doing for a Halloween night out, but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.listeso.com/\">Listeso String Quartet\u003c/a> is giving everyone a solid reason to go this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The classical musicians will be doing two candlelit performances — at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. — inside Oakland’s beautiful (and appropriately dramatic) First Presbyterian Church. And the setlist consists entirely of Halloween- and horror-inspired songs, including Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” “Tubular Bells” by Mike Oldfield and songs by Danny Elfman from \u003cem>The Nightmare Before Christmas\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Beetlejuice\u003c/em>. Expect to leave thoroughly bewitched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964129\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-629417691-scaled-e1726101678653.jpg\" alt=\"Close up on a black and red flower with a yellow center.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ‘Black Knight’ dahlia. \u003ccite>(FlowerPhotos/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/create-a-goth-garden-this-halloween-cupertino-tickets-998819956377?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Goth Gardening\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>SummerWinds Nursery, Cupertino\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 13, 10:30 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone can hang a skeleton on their doorstep for Halloween, but for the folks who prefer to celebrate the dark arts all year-round, more dedication is required. Which is exactly why Cupertino’s SummerWinds Nursery is throwing a Goth Gardening class in the middle of October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 60-minute, Halloween-inspired guide will teach you how to keep your planter boxes and gardens mysterious and enchanting. By the end, you should know how to distinguish between your black dahlias, black velvet petunias and midnight mystic hyacinths. Before you know it, you’ll have the ghostly garden of your dreams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with other-worldly bumps on her face, wearing green scrubs and gloves, leans over the body of a grey alien menacingly. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2.-FatalAbductionDoctorAlien02-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There’s more than one kind of alien — and one kind of terror — in this year’s Into the Dark production, ‘Fatal Abduction.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of ‘Into the Dark: Fatal Abduction’)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.intothedarksf.com/\">Into the Dark: Fatal Abduction\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The San Francisco Mint, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oct. 4\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">–\u003c/span>Nov. 3, times vary\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the theme was cults. The year before that, it was something to do with seances, and also vampires. This year, the maniacs and drag queens behind \u003cem>Into the Dark\u003c/em> are exploring all things alien abduction, time travel, climate change and — sure, why not? — evil lizard people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As usual, the venue is the Mint, the cast is as huge as the concept, and visitors should anticipate a fully immersive, highly theatrical haunted house vibe. Oh, and the Fang Bang Bar will be back open for all of your libation-related needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year — because of course there’s a twist! — VIP ticket holders will also have access to Justin Cooter’s Roadhouse Bar. Cooter is purportedly an amateur wrestler and alien abductee who’ll be performing, line dancing and indulging in bouts of arm wrestling. This entire event will, of course, be almost unfathomably bonkers — and that’s precisely why you should go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964108\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/GettyImages-1756859857.jpg\" alt=\"A man dressed as Captain America and a woman dressed as a witch walk a dog through streets busy with people in costumes. 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