Is that a ghost? No… It’s just your cubicle mate Fred, and his pasty, pasty skin. Is that a vampire? Nope. Just your soul-sucking boss. Gah! A witch! Or… ugh, the reflection of your own face in your computer screen, gone evil from lack of sleep.
Got Halloween on the brain at work today? Don’t we all? That’s why this week’s YouTube roundup theme is, naturally, All Hallow’s Eve.
Check out our selection of creepy, crawly vids before taking off into the night this weekend, mingling with all the ghosts and ghouls and drowning yourselves with sugary sweets.
Which do you like best: The tricks or the treats?
KXVO “Pumpkin Dance”
Matt Silverman: I will never not laugh at this.
Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama
Vadim Lavrusik: They’re real, they’re really real! Mobile, Alabama has some leprechaun spottings, according to this hilarious news report. “I want the gold, give me the gold, I wanna know where the gold at!”
Indian Thriller
Blake Robinson: BooTube can’t be complete without this silly video…
The Cat With Hands
Blake Robinson:… and this creepy video.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Sarah Kessler: At least 10 years after seeing The Nightmare Before Christmas, I still occasionally get this song stuck in my head.
“Werewolves Of London,” Warren Zevon
Amy-Mae Elliot: Warren Zevon is not just for Halloween.
Pumpkin Drop
Sarah Kessler: I completely respect this as a form of entertainment.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Radhika Marya: The creepy laughter, the lurking clown doll… a classically effective opening sequence for a show that was appointment TV for a number of kids back in the day.
The Simpsons – “No TV and No Beer?”
Josh Catone: No beer and no TV make Homer something something…
Banned Cartoons – Betty Boop – 1933 – “Halloween Party”
Jay Irani: Ain’t no Halloween like a Betty Boop Halloween.
Charlie Brown: “I got a rock”
Christina Warren: I got a rock…
The Watcher in the Woods Trailer
Josh Catone: The Watcher in the Woods remains the only movie ever to give me nightmares. It’s a Disney movie. I’m not ashamed — that movie is terrifying.
Halloween Lego Movie
Karen Hartline: I have two separate scary instances with the movie Halloween to the point that I can’t even hear the theme song without freaking out. I couldn’t bring myself to actually open a Halloween YouTube clip, but found a Lego Halloween clip…of course it opens with the theme music, so DISCLOSURE…I couldn’t watch this clip, but I’m sure it’s cute. There’s also a Halloween Lego part 2, if you dare to watch it.
Chad After Dentist
Brian Dresher: On a much lighter (and less scarier!) note…while not Halloween specific, here’s one of my fave clips with a Halloween costume, “Darth Vader Going to Dentist”, which is a parody of the viral clip, “David Going to Dentist.”
“A Girl, A Boy, and a Graveyard,” Jeremy Messersmith
Brenna Ehrlich: This new vid from Jeremy Messersmith is pretty awesome. I haven’t dug a Halloween jam this much since “Ghost of John.”
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