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A Brief On Trick-Or-Treating You’re a high school kid now. Or (as some of you would like to think) a high school adult. Halloween is coming up and the childish tendency to want to run around in a costume and ring random neighbors’ doorbells for candy is one that has been itching in the back of your mind since mid-June. Parents, peers and nay-sayers everywhere are going to try and throw the typical line your way: “You’re too old to go trick-or-treating.” Frankly, that is a load of hog-wash. Somepeoplebelievethathavingalittlebitof“kid”bloodleftinthemistheworstthing that could possibly happen. “Being cool” implies that you are an adult. Here are the facts: 1) unless you’re an 18-year-old senior, then you aren’t an adult; 2) “being cool” isn’t an antonym for “being a kid.” Theaveragestudenthasfouryearsinhighschool.Theyhavefouryearslefttobea kid. From my experience, you need to take advantage of that. As a kid, you can get in trouble and not be punished severely. As a kid, you can dress up like a maniac and only be judgedalittlebit.Butmostimportantly,asakid,youcanrunaroundaneighborhood,ringon doorbells, and get rewarded with a boatload of candy. Here’s a question: Why wouldn’t you take advantage of that? Plainandsimple:you’reonlyakidonce.Nomatterhowbadlyyouwanttodenybeing young, you still are. Go trick-or-treating. Break popular stereotypes. Be a “kid” for one last time.

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Vol. 9, Issue 2 // Oct. 26, 2012

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CONTENTS/// News

3. Trick-or-Treat for UnicefA program by the kids, for the kids.

4. Northern Colorado’s Best Corn Mazes and Other HauntsThe best of the best nearby frights!

/// Technology

5. Slender ReviewThe haunting game that is taking the world by storm.

/// Features

7. Top 10 Best Halloween Movies of All TimeEtched In Stone’s countdown of the 10 best Halloween movies of all time.

12. Creative CostumesBudgeting for a last minute costume? Take some tips from these creative outfits.

15. HORRORscopesHoroscopes gone horror.

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Halloween: a time known for dressing up, scaring people, and handing out that wrapped sugary goodness when the festive kids in cute and scary costumes come and ring

your doorbell. This is what most people think of this wonderful fall holiday as. The thing that most people don’t associate with Halloween is charity programs, specifically a charity programcalled Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. The program was created in 1950 by UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) and has been going strong for 62 years.

The concept is simple; kids that trick-or-treat on Halloween night bring small cardboard boxes decorated with the UNICEF logo with them throughout the night. In addition to the traditional “Trick-or-Treat!” that is commonly used when you ring the doorbell on Halloween night, the kids carrying the UNICEF Trick-or-Treat boxes add the phrase “for UNICEF” and ask for a few extra dimes, nickels or quarters. It may seem like a simple concept with a low outcome at first, but thechange does in fact start to add up. Between all of the houses that these charitable Halloween children visit on Halloween night, times the amount of kids participating in the program around the world, the Trick-Or-Treat for UNICEF campaign pulls in quite a bit of donations each year. In 2005, (the year of

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Hurricane Katrina) the program broke a record of $18.25 million from the simple door to door donations on that one Halloween night. In 2010 (the 60th anniversary of the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF program) they raised over $160 million for the festive holiday, and the tradition still lives on every year at Halloween. All of the donations go toward helping kids who need support in their lives.

Back in 1950, Trick-Or-Treat for UNICEF was created to help raisemoney for kids that needed support afterWWII.Since then the project has grown dramatically. The program was featured on TV shows and news casts across the country. In 1994, Key Club International started participating by raising money

at their school and handing out the collection boxes to the kids that wanted to participate in the charity project. Each year they promote more and more people to join the program in homes that they can help with the struggling kids around the world, rather it be with hunger, lack of shelter, sickness, or other worldly issues.

To participate in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, you can go to youth.unicefusa.org to order a trick-or-treat collection box for this Halloween night. You can also text the word “TOT” to UNICEF (864233) to make a $10 donation for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF project. Pitch to a good cause at Halloween this year and helpmakeadifferenceforkidsinneed around the world. E

Having trouble coming up with fun things to do this season? Looking to get scared? Here are some events going on in the community, which will be sure to scare the living daylights

out of you. Not into super scary things? Don’t worry; we’ve listed milder activities, too. Go check them out! Happy Halloween!

NoCo’s and other haunts

By Amy Borngrebe

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FRITZLER’S FARM FALL FUNWhere: 20861 County Road 33, LaSalle

When: Now through Oct. 31

Cost: Tickets range from $1-35

What: Fritzler Farms has everything you could want this Fall. Complete with a pumpkin patch, pumpkin cannon and corn maze honoring Bronco Peyton Manning, Fritzler is perfect for all ages. Come all day and stay into the night for haunted activities. It is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until Oct. 10, when it expands its hours to Wednesdays and Thursdays. For more information, visit FritzlerMaze.com.

SOMETHING FROM THE FARMWhere: 7755 Greenstone Trail, Fort Collins

When: Oct. 4 through Oct. 31

Cost: Dayrates$8-10//Nightrates(after7p.m.)$12-25

What: Haunted and kid-friendly corn mazes and hayrides, pumpkin patch and hayground playground. Non-haunted hayrides and corn mazes are open during daytime hours. Haunted events begin after 7 p.m. For more information, visitsomethingfromthefarm.com.

BATTLE OF THE HAUNTED HOUSESWhere: 3609 S. Timberline Road

When: Oct. 5 through Oct. 31

Cost: $18

What: After 23 years in Fort Collins, Scream Theme Studios ishostingtheirfinalBattleoftheHauntedHouses,whichputstwo

haunted houses in one place and puts them against each other for your vote of “best haunted house.” Tickets can be purchased onlineatbattleofthehaunts.com.

HAYRIDES AT THE FARMWhere: The Farm at Lee Martinez Park, 600 N. Sherwood St., Fort Collins

When: Saturdays and Sundays from Oct. 6 through Oct. 21

Cost: Admission to The Farm, plus $2

What: Head to The Farm this fall season for scenic hayrides along the Poudre River. The 20-minute tractor-drawn ride takes participants along a loop down the river and back to The Farm.

GULLEY GREENHOUSEWhere: 6029 S. Shields St.,Fort Collins

When: Throughout October

What: Free scary maze through October from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., every day. Spooky Garden Class on Oct. 6 and Oct. 13; cost is $25. Pumpkin carving (must purchase pumpkin) on Oct. 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

OLD TOWN ZOMBIE FESTWhere: Old Town Square, the Aggie Theatre

When: Oct. 20 at 5 p.m.

Cost: $15 for Zombie Crawl

What: The undead are set to hit Old Town again as part of this year’s Zombie Fest, which benefits the nonprofit TurningPoint organization. Come around 5 p.m. for the Zombie Crawl! Visit oldtownzombie.com for information. E

the gameSLENDERBy Tomas Muelling Illustraion Credit: Deviantart

Haven’t decided what to do to scare yourself for Halloween this year? Haunted house? Corn maze? Maybe

even just a scary movie montage? If you have done all that, or if you’re just bored of it all, how about you get into this frightening timeofyearwithalittlegamecalledSlender. Slender is a computer game that can be easily downloaded free of charge right offtheInternetontoeitheraPCorMac.Thegame is relatively easy: you find yourselfin a forest and you have to walk around collecting notes that give you vague details on what is actually going on. The notes include messages like “don’t look or it takes you” or “can’t run.” These messages are all crudely scribbled on notebook paper and they can be found in a variety of locations. Youonlyhaveaflashlighttoguideyouandno defense, and after awhile you begin tonotice a bass pulsing in the background. Every once in a while you catch a glimpse of astrangefigure—you’rebeingstalkedbytheSlender Man. The Slender Man has been seen both in games and widely across the Internet, exploding into one of the most recognizable characters ever to venture into the world of mass media. The Slender Man has an interesting history. It first appeared on theSomething Awful forums under a thread called “create paranormal images.” This obviously inspired the artist who took the initial photographs. The photographs are

old black and white but if you look closely a very tall man clad in a black suit with what looks like tentacles coming out of his back is standing somewhere, and the kicker is he doesn’t have a face. These images are believed tohavebeenmadespecificallyfortheforumand edited to create horror photographs that look, for the most part, shockingly realistic. Many have tried to match the Slender Man to old legend and folk lore but most have been unsuccessful. The inspiration seems to eitherbetotalimaginationoraspin-offofthefolklore—notthemovie—thetallman. The game itself is quite scary, but you have to play it to understand the fear factor. Spikes in music make encounters all the worse because if the Slender Man gets close enough, static will fill your screen and youare never seen again… that is, until you hit the replay option. Many games have been made by other ambitious horror video game creators like “Slender Asylum” where you are in an insane asylum trying to accomplish the same goal and avoid the same monster. Keep in mind the original game creator has not made any other games, any others that you findarefanbased.Newshasbeen releasedand confirmed thatthere will be a commercial version of the game released for P.C. known as “Slender: The Arrival”. The download for the original game can be found at parsecproductions.com/slender. E

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Halloween frights don’t come easy. Neither does the Halloween spirit. To enjoy the day of the dead to its fullest, both spooks and kooks must be equally enjoyed. You need

to be startled out of your chair... but at the same time, be willing to hand out candy to youngsters at the door. Etched In Stone’s annual countdown of the 10 best Halloween movies takes into account both the frights and delights of this Fall-themed scare-fest.

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The king of Halloween grows tired of his mundane life of goblins and ghouls, seeking out a new holiday to bring him satisfaction. He is immediately entranced by Christmas and decides to adopt it as hisown,alongwithputtinghisownspecialspinonit.

A six-year-old Michael Meyers (Will Sandin) murders his older sister on Halloween night in 1963 and is sent away to be mentally hospitalizedfortherestofhislife.Fifteenyearslater,however,hebreaks out and returns to his hometown, thirsty for blood. Laurie Strode (JamieLeeCurtis) begins seeingamysteriousfigure in awhite mask everywhere she goes, beginning on Halloween day, and soon realizes she is in a chase for her life. Never underestimate the horrors a psycho can conjure.

4. Halloween (1978)

The sleepy town of Springwood, Ohio is shaken by a madman, Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), who murders 20 children. But whenheisreleasedbecauseofalegalfluke,angeredparentsburnhim alive. As revenge, Freddy returns and begins murdering the children of Elm Street in their dreams. Dare to wish for Nancy Thomson’s (Heather Langenkamp) survival, and whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.

5. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

6. The Shining (1980)Estes Park isn’t just home to alpine slides and scenery. It’s also home to the Stanley Hotel, the historic set for Stanley Kubrick’s bone-shatteringpsycho-thriller,The Shining. Based on the novel by acclaimed horror author Stephen King, Jack Nicholson’s role as Jack Torrance has widely been referred to as one of the most horrifying characters of all time.

Don’tOuija board alone. Ever. Some argue thatThe Exorcist is the scariest film evermade. Even though its 40th anniversary is coming up soon, the haunting images of the spider scene, six-year-old Linda Blair’s grizzly voice and the actual exorcism still pierce as though they were released yesterday.

7. Exorcist (1973)

Based on the original series from the 1960s, this Halloween haunt will have the well-known theme song blaring through your mind for days. While director Barry Sonnenfeld’s creation is more comedy than horror, the ever-present theme of Halloween will be sure to put you in the trick-or-treat mood.

8. Addam’s Family (1991)

Own a home? Have useless humans living in it? Sounds like it’s time to hire the “bio-exorcist”… Beetlejuice. Taking a play on the modern Halloween movie with an all-star cast and an abundance of holiday-themed jokes, if Beetlejuice doesn’t leave you ready to go outsideandstealsomecandy,thennofilmwill.Thatisjustafact.

9. Beetlejuice (1988)

10. Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

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Like grandmother, like granddaughter. Marnie Piper (Kimberly Brown) discovers she has magical powers and is insistent on following her grandmother to Halloweentown. There, Marnie and her brother and sister explore the many wonders of the town, as well as being confronted by the dark forces of Halloween. When an evil begins to thrive in Halloweentown, many things begin to turn for the worse and Marnie is needed by her grandmother to help defeat it. A lighthearted side of Halloween is discovered as theresidentsofHalloweentownfighttosavetheinnocenceoftheirholiday.

Charlie Brown is at it again, but this time, he’s failing at Halloween. He and the gang go out trick or treating for rocks and have a blast at their annual Halloween party. Except for Linus of course, who decides to wait in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin with a lovesick Sally. There is always something special to be found in a Charlie Brown holiday, and Halloween is surely no exception.

Nothing screams Halloween more than one of the most popular horrorfilmsofall time. InScream, teenagersarepickedoff,oneby one, by a death-loving psychopath. The question is… Who is he? The mystery and constant suspense puts the 1996 blockbuster Scream as Etched in Stone’s pick for the best Halloween movie of all time. E

1. Scream (1996)

2. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)

3. Halloweentown (1998)

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1. Eaten AliveTake a basic animal costume and create a hole in the middle for your head to stick out of. You’ll look like you’ve been “eaten alive.”Photo Credit: Matador Network

2. Facebook ProfileCreatealife-sizeversionofyourprofilepage,butcutouttheprofilepicture.Putyourheadwhereyourprofilepicturewould’vebeen.Photo Credit: Matador Network

3. Old Man/LadyThisone’sprettyeasy.Addsomewrinklestoyourface,usesomegrey hair-spray dye, and dress like an old version of yourself.Photo Credit: Matador Network

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5. Miss AmericaWear a long formal dress; add some jewelry, tiara, sash, heels, and possibly gloves.PhotoCredit:dooLittleThings

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10. Where’s WaldoWear a red and white striped shirt, red and white beanie, blue jeans, and some glasses. Everyone will be looking for you all night!Photo Credit: Julie Gonzalez

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Scorpio(October 23 – November 21)Recently, you and a few of your elementary school friends have been having the same nightmare featuring an old janitor with a burnt face. In the dreams, this man is trying to kill you and you haven’t been abletotellthedifferencebetweendreamsand reality. To stop these nightmares, you should research who this janitor was, and maybe you’ll be able to stop this man for terrorizing you in your sleep.

Sagittarius(November 22 – December 21)You and your friends got a job at a new camp that has just reopened. But something doesn’t feel right about it. Youfindoutthatalittleboycamperdiedwhile he was supposed to be watched bycounselors.After thisoccasion,manycounselors have died by the hand of what everyone thinks is the little boy’s ghost.You need to get down to the bottom ofwhat’s really going before you become one of the victimized counselors.

Capricorn(December 22 – January 19)Many years ago there was a tragic event in yourneighborhoodonHalloween.Alittleboy was accused for the murder of his older sister. The boy was institutionalized forbeingcrazyafterthisevent.Youweretold by someone that this boy has broken out of his institution and it’s your job to warn all your neighbors before it’s too late.

Aquarius(January 20 – February 18)This weekend you are planning to stay in a hotel with your parents. Once you’ll get to the hotel, you’ll realize that you and your family are the only ones staying in this deserted, isolated, old hotel. In the

night you’ll hear noises of crashes and bumps in the night. There is only one logical explanation: this place is haunted. You’ll need to get your family out of this hotel before your whole family starts going crazy.

Pisces(February 19 – March 20)Tonight during the dance, you are going to notice your stalker that is supposed to be in jail walking throughout the school. To save you from a terrible Halloween, youshouldn’tgoafterhim.Iwouldfindan adult and call the cops to stop this from being the worst night of your life.

Aries(March 21- April 19)During the night you have been hearing doorsslamandlightsstartflickingonandofffornoreason.Youhavebeencominghome to rooms wrecked apart by some supernaturalfigure.Itlookslikeyouhavesome paranormal activity going on in your house. I would recommend you set-up a camera in the rooms with the most activity and use the footage to create a multi-million dollar grossing movie.

Taurus(April 20 – May 20)You and your sibling will be driving home from a corn maze when you notice amanstuffsomethingdownapipe.Youdecide to investigate what the man put inthepipe,onlytofindabasementfilledwith bodies. Instead of investigating any further, I would recommend you get as far away as possible from this site.

Gemini May 21 – June 20)A man in white mask has recently been terrorizing you and a few friends. Your phone keeps ringing from an anonymous

caller and you don’t know where to turn. Iwoulddefinitelynotgo toanyparties,or other social events, and I highly recommend you go to the police right away to stop the phone calls and the terror.

Cancer(June 21 – July 22)Recently you and your family have moved into your perfect dream house. The house was sold at an extremely low price and you don’t understand why. You dig aroundandfindthehousehasaterribleand haunting past. It is up to you to move your family out of the house before events take a turn for the worst.

Leo(July 23 – August 22)A clown from your childhood has recently come back to haunt you and your neighborhood friends. Luckily, your group is full of quick-thinking and brave people to overcome this terror and keep everyone safe.

Virgo(August 23 – September 22)YougetofffreethisHalloween.Noscarymovies will take real life form in your life. You won’t have to stop any terror or distress, but rather, just get to enjoy all of the fun things that Halloween has to offeryou, likecornmazesandpumpkincarving. Lucky you!

Libra(September 23-October 22) A dark warlock has taken over your town this Halloween season. Everything that used to be festive and cheerful is now dark and gloomy. You and your siblings will need to band together to create a magic of your own that will help overcome the darkness and terror once and for all. E

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