Halloween Night [SEP] production company
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Michael Jackson's Halloween


. It is produced by Daniel Chuba and directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé. The special was created and produced by Optimum Productions, the company owned by Jackson's estate, with animation production by Hammerhead. A young man and woman, Vincent (Lucas Till) and Victoria (Kiersey Clemons), cross paths on Halloween night. As a result of their meeting, they and Victoria's boss' dog, Ichabod, find themselves in a "magical adventure of personal discovery" at the This Place Hotel, located at 777 Jackson
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Washington Savoyards


operas. Sandy Bainum brought the company its first Helen Hayes nomination for her role as Marian Paroo in the 2009 production of "The Music Man". During the 2009–2010 season, the Company sponsored its first educational program. In February 2012, the company held a 40th anniversary gala, celebrating Gilbert and Sullivan and their legacy to American musical theatre. During the 2012 spring season, Washington Savoyards performed Rodgers & Hammerstein's "A Grand Night for Singing" and, as a Halloween production, "The Rocky Horror Show".
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Distortions Unlimited


Distortions Unlimited (often referred to as simply Distortions) is a company based in Greeley, Colorado that manufactures professional Halloween animatronics and masks. The company provides for haunted house attractions. Their products are available through Halloween retailers such as Halloween Express, Frightprops, and Spirit Halloween. In the late 70s and throughout the 80s, most of the products were sculpted by founder Ed Edmunds. Being heavily into sci-fi as a child, much of the masks produced at the time were of aliens and other creatures of the sci-
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Halloween Night


ends while the car leaves. Cinema Crazed panned the movie, writing "as a ""Halloween"" wannabe, it's horrible, but as a slasher film on its own merits it's horrible". HorrorNews.net criticized some aspects of the film but also wrote "You get what you signed up for and therefore should be satisfied with that fact alone. Production is slick, score is eerie and the acting makes sense." Dread Central also heavily criticized the films, stating ""Halloween Night" is stupid slasher
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch


Halloween" series. Wallace had served as art director and production designer for John Carpenter's original "Halloween" and he had previously declined to direct "Halloween II" in 1981. After "Halloween III", Wallace directed other horror films such as "Fright Night Part 2" (1988), "" (2002) and the miniseries "It" (1990), the television adaptation of the Stephen King novel. Despite disagreements between Wallace and original script writer Nigel Kneale, the actors reported that Wallace was a
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Halloween (2018 film)


in a final showdown on Halloween night, forty years after she survived his killing spree. The film also stars Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, and Virginia Gardner. After failing to develop a new "Halloween" film in time, Dimension Films lost the production rights for a sequel, which reverted to Miramax, which then joined with Blumhouse Productions. In May 2016, a new installment was officially announced, with original co-creator John Carpenter's involvement as a composer, executive producer, and creative consultant.
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special)


series of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television specials starring Paul Lynde. Whereas previous offerings, most notably the 1976 production of "The Paul Lynde Halloween Special", relied on a sketch comedy revue format, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" retained a narrative format where Lynde and his castmates remained in character for the entire show. Lynde was responsible for casting Martha Raye as his mother-in-law, telling an interviewer: "It's my chance to repay her for all the times she used me in
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John Browning


Church) in Georgia beginning on March 28, 1887. He married Rachel Theresa Child (14 Sep 1860 – 30 Sep 1934) on April 10, 1879 at Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory, and the couple had 10 children, two of whom died in infancy. Production examples of the Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle caught the attention of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who dispatched a representative to evaluate the competition. Winchester bought the design for $8,000 and moved production to their Connecticut factory. From 1883, Browning
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31 Nights of Halloween


31 Nights of Halloween (formerly 13 Days of Halloween and 13 Nights of Halloween) is a seasonal programming block on Freeform. It originally began airing in 1998, after the Family Channel became Fox Family, and was continued through the channel's change into ABC Family, and later, Freeform. The 31 Nights of Halloween block was created mainly due to the success of the channel's 25 Days of Christmas, which had started two years earlier. The special lasted from October 19 until Halloween night, covering the thirteen days before
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Fright Nights


Fright Nights (previously Halloween Family Fun Nights and Halloween Fright Nights) is a seasonal Halloween event held at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The event began in 2006 as Halloween Family Fun Night as a single night event and has since evolved into a major park event across a month. It features themed mazes, shows and rides. Fright Nights (formerly Fright Nites) also refers to the Halloween special event at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, Surrey, England, which opened in 2002. Fellow
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Halloween Horror Nights


Halloween Horror Nights (formerly known as Fright Nights) is an annual special event that occurs at Universal Studios theme parks in Florida, California, Singapore, and Japan. The parks remain operational during the day and transition to Halloween Horror Nights at night. The Halloween-themed event occurs during the fall season and features haunted houses, scare zones and live entertainment, many of which use Universal Studios' characters. Its intended audience are teenagers and young adults. Halloween Horror Nights began at Universal Studios Florida in 1991 under the title
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Farley's & Sathers Candy Company


, peanut brittle, and Halloween candy. It was a very seasonal business and concentrated mainly around Halloween. Now and Later was developed as a product which could be sold year-round. The Kleins invested in new equipment and technology and expanded distribution nationwide, growing the company to the point where production was running two shifts per day, six days per week. The Kleins sold the Phoenix Candy Company to Beatrice Foods in 1978. In 1983, it was sold to Huhtamäki Oyj of Helsinki, Finland, which previously purchased the
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List of Halloween television specials


This is a list of Halloween special episodes on television. The TV channel Freeform (formerly ABC Family) annually presents their special "13 Nights of Halloween" with specialized Halloween episodes of regularly scheduled programs, as well as specified Halloween specials and movies to play for the 13 nights leading up to October 31. In the UK, Halloween has to compete with Bonfire Night, hence it is not as big as an occasion as in the United States. British Halloween-themed television programmes were historically few and far between, but
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Halloween Horror Nights


", and it featured Fear as the event's icon. There were eight haunted houses. The event ran 23 nights and admission was $74.99. 2011 (Halloween Horror Nights 21) and 2012 (Halloween Horror Nights 22): eight and seven haunted houses, respectively; 25 nights and 22 nights, respectively; $81.99 and $88.99. "Roaming hordes" replace scare zones and "The Walking Dead" arrive as the event icon in 2012. In 2011, Universal Studios Singapore began their Halloween Horror Nights event
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Halloween Horror Nights


had appeared in every Halloween Horror Nights edition to date, beginning with Halloween Horror Nights 2 in 1992. It is "...a scatter-shot mashup of pop culture, popular radio and unexpectedly mature content" according to a review. Halloween Horror Nights 27 was the final year for the Bill & Ted Show. Several rides remain operational during the event. In past event years, some rides were re-themed for the event such as Kongfrontation becoming Tramway of Doom during Halloween Horror Nights II. Diagon Alley has been open
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Halloween Horror Nights


Japan joined the Halloween Horror Nights franchise with an event themed to the "Biohazard" video games (known as "Resident Evil" in other countries). It ran 36 nights, from September 14 through November 11. Tickets were ¥8,400. By 2015, Universal Studios Japan had increased its "Universal Surprise Halloween at Universal Studios Japan" (which includes Halloween Horror Nights) to 59 days, featuring both daytime and nighttime activities. 2013 Florida's Halloween Horror Nights 23 featured a haunted house based on "An American Werewolf
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Rhode Montijo


, "Melvin Beederman Superhero", written by Greg Trine and published by Henry Holt Company. In 2009 Montijo self-published and distributed "Skeletown", a Dia De Los Muertos/ Day of the Dead inspired story of a town populated with skeletal inhabitants. In 2010, Montijo created "The Halloween Kid" about a mysterious masked boy that becomes the defender of Halloween. In 2012, production began on a half-hour animated holiday special based on "The Halloween Kid" with animation by Sanzigen Company in Japan, with
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Most Haunted Live!


London, which was broadcast for three nights. Since then there have been live shows which have lasted five nights (Halloween 2007 & Turin 2008), seven nights (Halloween 2008 and Liverpool 2009) and eight nights (Lancashire Halloween 2009). Gothic Prague – The Evil Within was on for four nights. "Most Haunted Live!" did not return for Halloween 2010 and was replaced by a new paranormal show called "Paranormal Investigation: LIVE!" which aired for two nights on Sky Living. In 2011 it was
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Halloween (2018 film)


, after "Halloween Returns" failed to go into production on schedule. The film's cancellation was confirmed at the same time. The rights then reverted to Miramax. On May 24, 2016, Blumhouse Productions and Miramax were announced to be co-financing a new film, with Universal Pictures distributing through the studio's output deal with Blumhouse. Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum called the original "Halloween" a milestone that had influenced the company to begin making horror films, "The great Malek Akkad and John Carpenter have a special
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Halloween Horror Nights


. There was one haunted house, the event ran seven nights, and admission was S$60.00. Universal Studios Singapore Halloween Horror Nights 2 in 2012, ran seven nights, had three haunted houses, with admission at S68.00. By 2015, Singapore's Halloween Horror Nights 5 had grown to four haunted houses, three of which were designed using local Singaporean horror legends and myths. Singapore's Halloween Horror Nights 6, in 2016, featured five haunted houses, ran 16 nights, with admission at S$69.00. In 2012, Universal Studios
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Halloween Hall o' Fame


"Halloween Hall o' Fame" is a 1977 Halloween-themed episode of "The Wonderful World of Disney" which originally aired on October 30, 1977. Jonathan Winters stars as a night watchman working late at Walt Disney Studios on Halloween night. He is accompanied by his dog, Peanuts. The night watchman, bitter about working on Halloween night, stumbles upon the prop room at the studio and begins acting out scenes with various props. Eventually, he finds a crystal ball containing a talking Jack-o'-lantern (also
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Halloween Horror Nights


set at $49.95. Halloween Horror Nights 13 again took place at Islands of Adventure. It featured six haunted houses. The Icon was The Director. For Halloween Horror Nights 14 in 2004 the resort experimented with a dual-park format, which connected and utilized parts of both parks. The fourteenth edition featured a mental patient. It ran 18 nights and featured seven haunted houses. Halloween Horror Nights 15 in 2005 ran 19 nights, had seven haunted houses, and an admission of $59.75. This year was the first
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Wednesday Theatre


production, by Ron Callanderbr 35. "Almost a Honeymoon" (aired 31 Aug. 1966). Previously aired in the UKbr 36. "The Stag "(aired 7 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 37. "The Interior Decorator" (aired 14 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 38. "A Crack in the Ice" (aired 21 Sep. 1966). By Ronald Eyrebr 39. "Hamlet" (aired 28 Sep. 1966) British production, starring Laurence Olivier.br 40. "Flight into
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Witch's Night Out


this cartoon along with ten more classic Halloween-themed cartoons on DVD September 16, 2014. It's predecessor "The Gift of Winter" had its own DVD release a month later from that same company. The story takes place in ANYTOWN. The plot involves a depressed witch who is 'summoned' by a pair of children, named Small and Tender, who are upset at not being able to scare anyone on Halloween. The witch turns them into a werewolf and ghost (previously their Halloween costumes), and their
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List of Halloween (film series) characters


Dan works, trembling with fear and clutching a popular Halloween mask. Harry is killed that night in his sleep by an unidentified man who then blows himself up in a car. The next day, Dan is confronted in a bar by Harry's daughter, Ellie. He tells her about the strange events of the night before and shows her the mask her father was holding when he was admitted to the hospital. Along with Ellie, Dan traces the mask back to Silver Shamrock Novelties, a company based in the (fictional
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The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It


a mysterious Halloween store, the store owner (Tobin Bell) insists on selling her an old book. Stuck with her brother Max (Alex Winzenread) on Halloween night, she reads the book to him, despite the book's warnings not to read it out aloud or think about its monster. The monster comes to life and captures Max. Cassie, with help from her friend, must save Max and defeat the monster before their parents return from a Halloween party. The film was a joint production with Universal Studios Home
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Trick or Treat (1952 film)


Trick or Treat is a 1952 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures and based on Halloween ritual popular Irish folklore which is in turn based on "Trick or Treat" for Halloween segment based on "Swallow song of Rhodes" greek folk song, 6 B.C by Cleobulus.. The cartoon, which takes place on Halloween night, follows a series of pranks between Donald Duck and his nephews with Witch Hazel. The film was directed by Jack Hannah and features the voices of Clarence Nash as Donald
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Halloween Horror Nights


2007, for Halloween Horror Nights 17, Universal again licensed intellectual properties from others, in this case New Line Cinema for Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Leatherface, however, Jack the Clown was still featured. Jack the Clown returned in 2015 for Halloween Horror Nights XXV followed by Chance in 2016 at Halloween Horror Nights 26. The haunted houses are the main attractions at the event. When the event first started as "Fright Nights" at Universal Studios Florida, there was simply one haunted house: the "Dungeon of
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Universal Studios Florida


programming at Universal Studios (with occasional tapings at other venues), but there is no permanent venue for the tapings. The company switches between Soundstage's 19, 20 and 21. Impact Wrestling refers to the Universal Studios soundstage's, and in particular Soundstage 21, as the Impact Zone, derived from the name of their television programming. During Halloween Horror Nights, the soundstages are occasionally used for the event's haunted houses. A wide range of productions have been filmed in the soundstages during the studio's history, including
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Firefly (film)


Firefly (2005) is an independent film directed by Pete Marcy and produced by Failure Boys, a small production company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was shot in Minnesota and Wisconsin with a $6,000 budget. Del (Chris Marcy) woke up in his truck, hung-over and covered with dirt. Brandt (Pete Marcy) was found floating in a river. Susan (Lindsay Hinman) was rushed to the hospital, bloody and cold. Bad things happened on Halloween night. Now, a week before Christmas
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Compass International Pictures


Compass International Pictures was an independent American film production and distribution company founded by producers Irwin Yablans and Joseph Wolf in 1977, best known for their involvement in the production of numerous horror films between 1977 and 1981. Their first, and most notable film release was "Halloween" in 1978 with Falcon Films. The company closed down in 1981, before re-emerging four years later under the name Trancas International Films as an affiliate of Universal Studios. As of 2016, they are the copyright holders of the "Halloween" film
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Halloween Horror Nights


time an entire alternate reality (Terra Cruentus) was the basis for the entire event. Universal offered backstage tours of the Halloween Horror Nights sets. In 2006, "Horror Comes Home" to the Universal Studios Florida park for its sweet 16 celebration with the four previous icons. Admission was $59.95. It ran 19 nights, featuring seven haunted houses. For Halloween Horror Nights 17 in 2007, Universal Studios acquired the rights to use New Line Cinema's characters Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Leatherface for Halloween Horror Nights
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List of Halloween characters


about the strange events of the night before and shows her the mask her father was holding when he was admitted to the hospital. Along with Ellie, Dan traces the mask back to Silver Shamrock Novelties, a company based in the town of Santa Mira. While in Santa Mira, Ellie mysteriously disappears and Dan is captured by Conal Cochran's android henchmen. Dan discovers Cochran's plan to kill millions of children on Halloween night using his masks. He finds out that the Silver Shamrock trademarks on every mask contain a computer chip
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Halloween Horror Nights


including "The Walking Dead", "Alien vs. Predator", "From Dusk till Dawn", "Halloween", and "The Purge". There were two shows, Bill and Ted and the Rocky Horror Tribute. Halloween Horror Nights 25, in 2015 at Universal Studios Florida, brought back Jack the Clown as the icon along with his icon friends. HHN 25 ran a record 30 nights. HHN 25 featured nine haunted houses, with admission reaching $101.99 during the prime days. Halloween Horror Nights 27 was
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David Firth


Err Not", which premiered on Adult Swim on Halloween night 2014. Firth continues to post on a regular basis on Fat-Pie.com and YouTube. On March 30, 2017, he created a Patreon page where fans can support his work. On May 30, 2017, Firth released his new short film "Cream" on his YouTube channel. It was produced by Flying Lotus for his production company and record label Brainfeeder. It is sometimes shown as an opening short to "Kuso", a surreal horror-comedy
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch


Nelkin), travels to the small town of Santa Mira, California, where he discovers that Silver Shamrock Novelties, a company run by Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy), is attempting to use the mystic powers of the Stonehenge rocks to resurrect the ancient aspects of the Celtic festival, Samhain, which Cochran connects to witchcraft. Cochran devises a plan to kill children using his popular Halloween masks to achieve his goal, which will be achieved when all the children wearing his masks watch the Silver Shamrock commercial airing Halloween night. "
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Halloween Horror Nights


1992 event was a direct result of the success of "Fright Nights" at Universal Florida the year before, but was not successful. Halloween Horror Nights officially launched at Universal Studios Hollywood October 9, 1997, running through the 2000 season. From 2001 to 2005, Halloween Horror Nights went on hiatus at Universal Studios Hollywood, then returned in 2006. It has continued yearly since. Between 2007 and 2014, Universal Studios Hollywood made use of Universal's House of Horrors, its permanent haunted attraction, as a part of Halloween
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Halloween Horror Nights


for Halloween Horror Nights since 2015. It was closed-off in 2014 despite opening just a few months earlier and to date it has not been re-themed or had any scare actors present. Universal's Halloween Horror Nights is known for the dark tone of its advertisements and commercials. a majority of them were directed by Dean Kane. In 2010, the directors of "Daybreakers", Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig, directed the commercial for Halloween Horror Nights. Universal Studios Florida has won "Amusement Today"s Golden Ticket Award
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Halloween Is Grinch Night


Halloween Is Grinch Night (titled It's Grinch Night for the 1992 videocassette release and Grinch Night for the sing-a-long videocassette release) is a 1977 Halloween television special and is the prequel to "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". It won the 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. It premiered on ABC on October 29, 1977. In Whoville, on a night known as "Grinch Night", which commences when a "Sour-Sweet Wind" blows and a chain of events
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Morphsuits


: in the United Kingdom, the product is considered year-round, with a small jump in sales near Halloween. In the United States, sales are much more highly focused at the Halloween season. The company runs 13 localized e-commerce websites. Black is the company's most popular colour. The majority of Morphsuits' customers are men, but the company hopes that a new morphsuit model with a built-on tutu will expand female sales. The brand has tried to distance itself from the term zentai, and
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Beggars Night


in some cases a week before Halloween Day. This term is new to possibly distinguish between Halloween Eve's or Halloween Days' Trick-or-Treating, which in most places is just called "The day the town decided when Trick-or-Treating was." Traditionally, Halloween Day or Halloween Eve, children went trick-or-treating at night when Halloween festivities started. Due to both days being festival days, especially on weekends, many car accidents and intoxicated misbehaviors occurred. To make this holiday safer,
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Joe Augustyn


Joni Sighvatsson, who later went on to found Propaganda Films. After producing two features he retired from producing to focus exclusively on screenwriting, completing assignments for such companies as Tristar, Propaganda and countless indie producers. Augustyn's first feature, Night of the Demons (1988 film), based on his original screenplay "Halloween Party", was remade in 2008 by 7 Arts Productions, starring Shannon Elizabeth and Edward Furlong. Augustyn was not involved creatively in the remake and has pointed that out in interviews. His second feature film
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Chiller (TV channel)


Viewers uploaded 300 short films and the winners aired on this original special. Chiller renewed its Dare 2 Direct Film Festival in 2008, which aired on Halloween night. The channel premiered webisodes of an original film, "The Hills Are Alive" from Tim Burton protégé Caroline Thompson (co-screenwriter of "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" and screenwriter of "Edward Scissorhands") in July on chillertv.com, and aired the complete film as its first original film in October. Chiller Films was a film production company based in New
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CSS Industries


and holiday celebrations. The company also obtained licenses to produce certain products with imprints of cartoon characters, including Care Bears, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Walt Disney characters. In 1991, Paper Magic acquired Spearhead Industries of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a manufacturer of Halloween and Easter products. In 1995 Paper Magic acquired Cleo, Inc., a manufacturer of gift wrap and trim, primarily for the Christmas season, as well as Topstone Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of Halloween products and novelties, and Illusive Concepts, a manufacturer
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Beggars Night


Beggars Night, or more properly Beggars' Night, is a recent regional term for the early Halloween-related activity that is referred to in some parts of the United States as "Trick or Treat". Some municipal counties, concerned with younger children getting hurt on Halloween Day when trick-or-treating; decided for a weekday day before Halloween Day for younger children to go trick-or-treating safely. This day is varying by county and year depending when Halloween Day is, resulting in this day to be
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Halloween Horror Nights


Fright Nights. It began as a three-night event on October 25, 26, and 31, 1991, with one haunted house, "The Dungeon of Terror". The first year, the admission price was $12.95. From 1991–2001, the event was held at Universal Studios Florida. The event was renamed "Universal Studios Florida Halloween Horror Nights" in 1992 and advertised as the second annual Halloween Horror Nights. There were two haunted houses, with "The Dungeon of Terror" returning to the Jaws queue building
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Halloween Hall o' Fame


played by Winters). Jack-o'-lantern is hiding out from Halloween because it's no longer scary like it was back in "the olden days". The dialogue between the night watchman and the jack-o'-lantern is interspersed with four Halloween-related Disney cartoons that jack-o'-lantern shows the night watchman in his crystal ball and which the audience gets to enjoy. After the cartoons, the night watchman provokes the jack-o'-lantern to come out of hiding from the crystal ball and go back to celebrating Halloween the way he
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Fright Night (comic line)


the 1993 "Fright Night 3-D Halloween Annual" featured a completed but previously unpublished story titled "Nightmares." In 2003, the company relaunched under the moniker Now Comics 3.0, and it was announced that they'd be releasing a "Fright Night" graphic novel by Caputo and Vokes (presumably this would have been the previously-published 2-parter ""The Revenge of Evil Ed!"," the only story by Caputo & Vokes that wasn't reprinted in 3-D) but the book never came to fruition before the company
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Halloween Horror Nights


Horror Nights, by re-theming it for the event. Back in Florida, Halloween Horror Nights VI through X followed the formula developed for Halloween Horror Nights V in 1995, growing from 15 nights in 1996 to 19 in 2000. There were three haunted houses each year, although from 1998 on, two each year were dual-path houses, for a total of five experiences. One notable change was the first 3-D haunted house, in 1999, in the Nazarman's facade. By 1999, ticket prices were $
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Boo 2! A Madea Halloween


a worldwide total of $48.3 million, against a production budget of $25 million. In the United States and Canada, "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" was released alongside "Geostorm", "The Snowman" and "Only The Brave", and was expected to gross $20–25 million from 2,388 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $760,000 from Thursday night previews and $7.5 million on its first day. It went on to open to $21.7 million (down 24% from the first
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Halloween II (1981 film)


him about the project, Carpenter was in the midst of developing "The Fog" (1980). According to Yablans, he had planned to produce "The Fog" for Carpenter, but that Robert Rehme intervened and acquired production rights with his company, Embassy Pictures. A lawsuit between Yablans and Rehme ensued, after which it was determined that Embassy would retain rights to "The Fog", while Yablans's Compass International Pictures would be guaranteed production rights for "Halloween II". The sequel was intended to conclude the
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Rentrak


and the HDNet networks, purchased 120,000 more Rentrak shares on Aug 22, 2011 and holds an 8.7 percent ownership stake in the company as of Sep 22, 2011. He has been accumulating Rentrak stock since 2004. Total company revenue increased 32 percent to $28.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, up from $21.6 million for the same period last year. The company's TV Everywhere product line grew 64%, its Movies Everywhere product line improved 10% on a constant currency basis, and its OnDemand Everywhere
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Let It Be (musical)


Let It Be is a West End and Broadway concert revue based on the career of English rock band, The Beatles, from 1962 to their breakup in 1970. The production debuted at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 24 September 2012. (previews from 14 Sep 2012). Its run at the venue ended on 19 January 2013, after which it moved to the Savoy Theatre and opened on 1 February 2013. The Broadway production started previews on 13 July 2013 with its official opening night taking place on 24 July 2013,
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Night Visions (film festival)


former editor-in-chief of Gorehound. The first festival was a one night event of an overnight screening of genre films showed back to back on one screen. From 2002 onwards, Night Visions film festival has been arranged twice a year, with Back to Basics in mid-April and Maximum Halloween on Halloween weekend. The Maximum Halloween event was extended from one night event to a weekend event in 2005, showing movies on three different nights. In January 2013 the film festival was awarded the Cultural Achievement Award 2012 from
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Freddy Krueger


as Fright Nights), Krueger was the main character for the event's first year in 1988. He reappeared in his own haunted house, Freddy's Nightmare: The Haunted House on Elm Street, for the following two years. Freddy Krueger appeared alongside Jason Voorhees and Leatherface as minor icons during Halloween Horror Nights 17 and again with Jason during Halloween Horror Nights 25 at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood. In 2016, Freddy Krueger returned to Halloween Horror Nights, along with Jason, in Hollywood. Freddy Krueger made different
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Halloween Wars


Halloween Wars is an American reality competition series from Super Delicious, the production company behind "Cupcake Wars" and "Cake Wars". It premiered on October 2, 2011, on Food Network and it runs over the course of four weeks in October. The show pits five teams made up of cake sculptors, sugar artists, and pumpkin carvers against each other to produce the ultimate Halloween themed display. The last team standing is awarded $50,000. The yearly series was hosted by Justin Willman (seasons 1–4), Rossi
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Mischief Night


and western Pennsylvania. In some parts of the country, ""Mischief Night"" is held on 30 October, the night before Halloween. The separation of Halloween tricks from treats seems to have only developed in certain areas, often appearing in one region but not at all nearby. Mischief Night is known in Yorkshire as ""Mischievous Night"" or the shortened "'Chievous Night" ""Miggy Night"", "Tick-Tack Night", "Corn Night", "Trick Night" or
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Fright Nights


Gold Coast theme park, Dreamworld was the first to hold a Halloween themed night event. This event occurred once in April 2004, rather than October when Halloween actually takes place. This event has never been held since. In 2006, Warner Bros. Movie World picked up on the idea and decided to run a single Halloween Family Fun Night held on 31 October with a Scooby-Doo theme. Due to the event being sold out, the park extended the event to become a 3-night event. This format remained until 2009 when
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers


original cut. These complications resulted in Dimension Films' parent company (and the film's co-production company) Miramax, taking over the film's production, and ordering many of the reworked sequences to be reshot. Associated producer Malek Akkad explained the film's lack of a cohesive "vision" being the result of director Chappelle "answering" to the visions of the distributor, Dimension Films; Moustapha Akkad's production company, Nightfall Productions; and writer Daniel Farrands. Tensions between what Dimension, Nightfall, and Farrands envisioned
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Geography of Halloween


close to the holiday. At the turn of the 20th century, Halloween had turned into a night of vandalism, with destruction of property and cruelty to animals and people. Around 1912, the Boy Scouts, Boys Clubs, and other neighborhood organizations came together to encourage a safe celebration that would end the destruction that had become so common on this night. The commercialization of Halloween in the United States did not start until the 20th century, beginning perhaps with Halloween postcards (featuring hundreds of designs), which were most popular
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31 Nights of Halloween


viewers. In 2011, "Pretty Little Liars" Halloween themed episode, "The First Secret", at the time, the lineup's most watched program. The special episode aired with more than 2.5 million viewers. Viewers for the entire lineup broke record, averaging 1.6 million viewers in 2011, thanks to debuts such as "Coraline". The October 29 airing of "Hocus Pocus" drew the 13 Nights of Halloween's highest viewers ever, with 2.8 million. In 2012, the second Halloween-themed episode of
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31 Nights of Halloween


, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", "The Parent Trap" and "Mrs. Doubtfire". Multiple Halloween-themed episodes of "The Middle" will also air. A "Hocus Pocus" 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash special premiered on the network on October 20, as part of the 31 Nights of Halloween lineup. Original stars from the movie, Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy and more will all be joining the special. Vanessa Hudgens and Jordan Fisher hosted and there are special performances by Dove
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31 Nights of Halloween


Cameron, Jordin Sparks and more. The special was the most-watched show of the 2018 edition of "31 Nights of Halloween", with over 1,397,000 people tuning in. On October 14, the Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic special premiered with 932,000 total viewers tuning in to the show, hosted by Cierra Ramirez from Freeform's "The Fosters" and "Good Trouble", that gave viewers a look on how Disney parks and ships are decorated for Halloween overnight. The special was followed up by the Freeform premiere of
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Halloween Horror Nights


, and his name was changed to Eddie Schmidt, Jack's younger brother. The event again ran for 19 days, admission was $48, with five haunted houses. The dual house was in Soundstage 22. Halloween Horror Nights moved to Universal's Islands of Adventure in 2002. The Caretaker was not the original icon for Halloween Horror Nights 12 in 2002. Cindy (sometimes spelled "Sindy"), the daughter of mortuary owner Paul Bearer, was originally the icon of the event. In the event's premise,
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Halloween Horror Nights


Halloween Horror Nights XIV, 22-24 and 27-28. These characters have included Jack the Clown, The Caretaker, The Director, The Storyteller, Bloody Mary, The Usher, Fear, Lady Luck, and Chance. Chance was the icon for Halloween Horror Nights 2016. She was a new icon but used to serve as a "sidekick" to Jack (though there are rumours that they have a romantic relationship) in his shows (her role and look being inspired by Batman antagonist Harley Quinn). In
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers


The film's troubled production resulted in two cuts of the film, which prompted a legal battle between the film's production company, Nightfall, who wanted to release the original cut, and its distributor, Dimension Films, who had incorporated reshoots and additional material. Ultimately, Dimension Films won the dispute, and their cut of the film was officiated for theatrical release. An earlier teaser trailer of the film employed the title Halloween 666: The Origin of Michael Myers, which according to Daniel Farrands, came before an official title
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Skypemare


Skypemare is a 2013 American viral horror / thriller short film. It was written and directed by John Fitzpatrick, and stars 'scream queen' Cerina Vincent and Annika Marks. The film premiered at the 2013 Telluride Horror Show and followed multiple film festival screenings including Shriekfest and Screamfest. The short premiered online Halloween 2014 and became a viral YouTube short receiving over 1.5 million views. The same production team made a follow-up film "Brentwood Strangler" released in 2016. Alison is left home alone on Halloween night, but while
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure


by Off the Wall Productions and IntraCorp, Inc. under contract by Capstone Software and followed the original film very closely. The annual Halloween Horror Nights events at Universal Studios Orlando and Hollywood have featured since 1992 (Orlando) and 1997-1999/2007 (Hollywood) Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure, a show satirizing pop culture of the year with Bill & Ted as the protagonists fighting villains who steal their phone booth for their own schemes. The show differs from year to year, with spoofs of various pop culture icons. The
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Halloween with the New Addams Family


nice, puts Lafferty on the rack. Lafferty tries to escape through the secret passage and steps on Kitty Kat's tail. When the police arrive, the crooks gladly surrender. The Addamses are then free to celebrate Halloween happily, ending the night by singing together in welcome for Cousin Shy. Blossom Rock who portrayed Grandmama was ill at the time of the production (she died in January 1978, nearly three months after this special aired) causing her role of Grandmama to be portrayed by actress Jane Rose. Character actors Parley
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The Witching Season


, Fright Night Film Fest, Utah Film Awards, The Halloween International Film Festival, Filmquest and several others. In 2015, Michael Ballif approached fellow filmmakers James Morris, Allen Bradford, and Parker Marcroft about developing a horror anthology centered around the Halloween season. The series intro was released online and garnered attention from sites like CraveOnline. Production began early that year on the pilot episode ("Killer on the Loose"), with Ballif writing and directing. After the pilot's release, Morris took over as writer and director
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Kennywood


part of this area and rethemed Phantom Fright Nights is a Halloween event held at Kennywood on Friday and Saturday nights during the month of October. The park traditionally opened at seven in the evening and closes at one in the morning. In 2015 the hours were changed to six until midnight. The event began in 2002, though the concept of theming an amusement park for Halloween is not new. "Phantom Fright Nights" received third place in the Golden Ticket Awards for best Halloween event in 2007. Labor Day traditionally marked the
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Treehouse of Horror XXII


leaving October 30 free for Fox to air "Treehouse of Horror XXII" on that date. When The Wrap asked show runner Al Jean if he was satisfied with the airing the night before Halloween, Jean said: "Yes, and the perfect thing is, Halloween is actually a bad day to air it, because nobody watches TV that night. Especially if they have kids. So October 30th, it is our Halloween. People can watch it and then still go out the next night." Since then, every
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Halloween Horror Nights


of his first event appearance. The Crypt Keeper returned the next year for one of the houses, but was not featured in the advertising campaign. After the Crypt Keeper, the event continued for three years without an icon. In 1999, Imhotep served as Icon. for Halloween Horror Nights X, Jack the Clown was featured as an icon. This represents the first time Universal created an icon in-house. Halloween Horror Nights has had an icon, and in some cases, multiple icons, every year since, excluding
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Thorpe Park


terrifying annual halloween event and also its largest Halloween event in the UK. It's an event that has been running at Thorpe Park since 2002, celebrating Halloween with the park staying open until late at night, as well as operating a range of temporary halloween attractions. Roaming actors in costume or with make up can also be found around the park. During Fright Nights, the park stays open until 10pm, with a range of scare mazes available for guests, who normally enter in groups of 8-10. "
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Halloween (1978 film)


drafting a story originally titled "The Babysitter Murders". Yablans subsequently suggested setting the movie on Halloween night and naming it "Halloween" instead, to which Carpenter agreed and developed a story. Carpenter said of the basic concept: "Halloween night. It has never been the theme in a film. My idea was to do an old haunted house film." It took approximately 10 days to write the screenplay. Yablans and Akkad ceded most of the creative control to writers Carpenter and Hill (whom Carpenter wanted as producer
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Knott's Berry Farm


she returned for one night in 2012 for the 40th anniversary of the event and has returned as a regular performer throughout the run of the event for the last several years. During the month of October, Knott's Scary Farm generates half the revenue for Knott's Berry Farm's fiscal year. "Season of Screams" is a DVD produced by an independent company which traces the beginnings of Halloween Haunt and the story behind how it all got started back in 1973. Season of Screams also highlights recent Halloween Haunts. "Winter
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Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913


to be averted. On the night of Halloween, October 31, pro-union men called a mass meeting at Labor Hall and those in attendance resolved to support the strike. Aided by the carnival atmosphere of downtown Indianapolis' Halloween festival, the men dispersed around the city to attack streetcars and in some cases forcibly take streetcar drivers to Labor Hall to make oaths in support of the union. Some who resisted were severely beaten. The following day, the majority of the company's workers appeared for duty, but many were
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Chef (company)


Disney, and General Electric. The company was founded as Opscode in 2008 by current Chief Technology Officer Adam Jacob, Jesse Robbins, Barry Steinglass, and Nathan Haneysmith. Chef is based in Seattle, with regional offices in Berlin, London, and San Francisco. Chef is a venture funded company, as of Sep 2015 Chef is valued at $360 million after a $40 million funding round. In November 2015, the company acquired a German security startup, VulcanoSec. Chef offers a single commercial product, Chef Automate,
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Halloween II (2009 film)


used popular culture songs throughout the film, with "Nights in White Satin" appearing the most prominently. Zombie chose songs that he liked, and that would enhance a given scene within the film. An official soundtrack for the film was released on August 25, 2009. In addition, an album featuring the music of psychobilly band Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures was released in conjunction with "Halloween II" on August 28, 2009. Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures is a fictional band that appears in "Halloween II
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Halloween Horror Nights


prices increased to $36 this year. Halloween Horror Nights V featured a 12-night run and three haunted houses, one of which was a dual-path house. It was also the first time Universal themed the event around a character, in this case "Tales from the Crypt"s Crypt Keeper. The event was subtitled "The Curse of the Crypt Keeper". Universal Studios Hollywood had featured Halloween attractions in 1986 and 1992. The 1986 effort was actually a tram tour, and bore little resemblance to the modern event. The
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Halloween Horror Nights


Terror". As the event progressed through the years, the number has increased to as many as ten different houses, as of Halloween Horror Nights 28 in 2018. The houses are enumerated in the expandable charts above for each park, sorted by year. The event typically averages nine haunted houses along with numerous scare zones. Halloween Horror Nights IV was the first year to introduce a "scare zone", a name given to specific outdoor areas that feature costumed characters that fit the zone's theme with the intent of scaring
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Valpadana


the company manufactured its first lawn mower. In 1959, it opened a new production plant. The first tractor was produced in 1960. In 1966, the company created the SEP division. The division focused on the commercialization of motor mowers. It produced its first reverse drive tractor with the driving position on a rotating platform in 1988. In 1995, the company was purchased by Argo SpA, owned by the Morra family. That same year Landini, a division of Argo, acquired in 1994, took over Valpadana. After
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31 Nights of Halloween


m viewers, even with previous years. The " Adams Family" highest rated showing peaked at 1.6m viewers. Overall the rest of the event peaked around 1 million viewers. The 2015 lineup averaged 1.1905m viewers, down dramatically from previous years. ABC Family rebranded itself as Freeform in 2016, but continued airing 13 Nights of Halloween. 13 Nights of Halloween lineup was released on September 14, 2016. The 2016 line up features films such as "Hocus Pocus", "Corpse Bride", "Scooby-Doo
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Universal Orlando


." The resort features eight official on-site hotels totaling up to 9,000 rooms. All eight hotels are located in close proximity to the Universal Orlando theme parks. The hotels offer guests free water taxi or shuttle bus service to the Universal Orlando theme parks. The hotels are sorted into four categories; premier hotels, a preferred hotel, prime value hotels, and value hotels. On select nights in September through early November, Universal Studios Florida is transformed into the annual Halloween event, Halloween Horror Nights. Halloween Horror Nights
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Ben Nye Makeup Company


, for example, are not warranted by the company and may be counterfeit. A product catalog can be viewed and downloaded from the Ben Nye website. Products include foundations, contours, powders, adhesives, sealers and cleansers, palates, blood, latex and 3D effects, color guides, clown makeup, theatrical and personal kits, eyeshadows, face painting, hair and character effects, Halloween makeup kits, paint and glitter, brushes sponges and makeup tools. Ben Nye Company's products have been featured in articles such as Glamour
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Rothesay High School


, Rothesay High School has put on a musical. Students are involved in all aspects of the production, from acting on stage, to playing in the all-student band. The RHS Grad class is involved in a number of activities, both recreational and philanthropic. Each Halloween, the grad class collects food for local food banks. There are also a number of events throughout the school year targeting grads, such as pool nights, games nights, movie nights and recycling drives. Each year, graduation is held "Under
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Universal Studios Florida


who can gather for an exclusive, all-night party at Universal Orlando Resort featuring the 2 parks’ best attractions, live performances by some of the most popular musicians, dance parties with DJs, and pre-parties live at The Universal Music Plaza Stage in the Production Central area. After Disney's retirement of Grad Nite, Grad Bash was held for five nights in 2012. Gradventure is similar, but is designed for junior high/middle school graduating students. "Halloween Horror Nights" turns the park into a giant
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SEP-363856


SEP-363856 (also known as SEP-856 for short) is an investigational antipsychotic that is undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease psychosis. The medication is being developed by the pharmaceutical companies Sunovion Pharmaceuticals and PsychoGenics Inc. The adverse effect profile of SEP-363856 differs from that of other antipsychotics because its mechanism of action does not involve antagonism of dopamine receptors in the brain, which is responsible for the drug-induced movement disorders (like akathisia) that may occur with those agents. Some adverse events reported in preliminary clinical trials
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Ocean Park Halloween Bash


Ocean Park Halloween Bash (海洋公園哈囉喂) is an annual Halloween event held by Ocean Park Hong Kong. It contains haunted attractions and shows, the park area is decorated with Halloween decorations and full of Halloween characters that are dressed up by the officials. The Halloween Bash in Ocean Park started in 2001 and it held during late September to 1 November each year. It has changed to All-Day-and-Night Halloween Celebration in 2013. In 2001, Ocean Park started its first Halloween Bash. It claimed to be the
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Halloween (1978 film)


"Halloween", there is a theme of absentee parents but films such as "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th" feature the parents becoming directly responsible for the creation of the killer. There are slasher films that predated "Halloween", such as "Silent Night, Bloody Night" (1972), "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974) and "Black Christmas" (1974) which contained prominent elements of the slasher genre; both involving a group of teenagers being murdered by
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Jakks Pacific


Jakks Pacific, Inc. is an American company that designs and markets toys and consumer products, with a range of products that feature numerous children's toy licenses. The company is named after its founder, Jack Friedman, who had previously founded LJN and THQ and presided over the company until his death in May 2010. Jakks' produces action figures, electronics, dolls, dress-up, role play, Halloween costumes, kids furniture, vehicles, plush, art activity kits, seasonal products, infant/preschool, construction toys
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Lesley Bannatyne


Holiday, An American History" was published in 1990 and, "ushered in a new era of scholarly interest in Halloween." Quoted as "A foremost authority on Halloween" by Charles F. Rosenay in his review of her latest book "Halloween Nation", Lesley has written five books on Halloween ranging from a children's book, "Witches Night Before Halloween", to her latest "Halloween Nation" which shows the holiday through the eyes of its celebrants. The book was nominated for a 2011 Bram Stoker Award.
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Tokyo International Players


: "The Lady's Not for Burning" by Christopher Fry, directed by Peter Mann (reading) Feb 1968: "The Odd Couple" roadshow production to Nagoya & Kobe Mar 1968: "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Mann May 1968: "The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi" by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Ray Purl Sep 1968: "The Love of Four Colonels" by Peter Ustinov (reading) Oct 1968: "You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running"
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Halloween


note of pranks at Halloween; ""What fearfu' pranks ensue!"", as well as the supernatural associated with the night, ""Bogies"" (ghosts), influencing Robert Burns' "Halloween" (1785). Elements of the autumn season, such as pumpkins, corn husks, and scarecrows, are also prevalent. Homes are often decorated with these types of symbols around Halloween. Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, and mythical monsters. Black, orange, and sometimes purple are
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Shatel


, VODSL, as well as a network infrastructure for e-learning. With the expansion of the Group’s activities, various services and products were added to the Shatel basket, such as broadband in the forms of leased lines and wireless, as well as special LAN and MAN connection setup solutions for organizations. In Sep 2011 Shatel awarded as one of the VoIP termination routes to Iran by Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran. Shatel was one of the first companies in Iran to be awarded a Private Access Provider license (allowing them
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Nanosolar


where he focused on solutions for emerging markets, balance-of-system and module product management. On Sep. 11, 2012, Nanosolar appointed Karl Steigele to the position of President & COO. Eugenia Corrales left the company to pursue other ventures. Before joining Nanosolar, Steigele spent more than 30 years in international management and consulting at IBM, where he worked with Fortune 500 global manufacturing companies, including Intel, Hitachi, ABB, Thomson, Siemens, Sony and McKesson, among others. The company used thin film technology to
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Titus Andronicus


Michael Fentiman directed the play for the Royal Shakespeare Company, with Stephen Boxer as Titus, Katy Stephens as Tamora, Kevin Harvey as Aaron and Rose Reynolds as Lavinia. Emphasising the gore and violence, the production carried a trailer with warnings of "graphic imagery and scenes of butchery." It played at The Swan until October 2013. Also in 2013, the Hudson Shakespeare Company staged a production directed by Jon Ciccarelli as part of a special Halloween festival for the Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery. The production contrasted a military
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Morphsuits


chairman of the company's board, and Duncan Macrae also added to the board. They have a low rate of product return, at just 1%, which they credit to the limited SKU (stock-keeping unit), allowing them to ensure consistent quality of the product. At least some products are sourced through Alibaba. The company's Facebook page has been a key element in their marketing, with 250,000 fans as of Halloween 2010, 760,000 fans as of September 2011. The page reached one million likes on April
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Appeal of Conscience Foundation


Award Sep 22, 2009 Address by Muhtar Kent Muhtar Kent, Chairman & CEO, The Coca-Cola Company received the 2009 Appeal of Conscience Award Sep 22, 2009 Address by Bernard J. Arnault Bernard J. Arnault, Chairman & CEO, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton received the 2009 Appeal of Conscience Award Sep 23, 2008 Address by Jeffrey R. Immelt, President & CEO, GE Jeffrey Immelt received the 2008 Appeal of Conscience Award Sep 23, 2008 Address by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor Bloomberg delivers speech accepting the 2008 Appeal of
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Distortions Unlimited


fi genre. The company is responsible for one of the industry's oldest products, a puppet called "Baby Stinky". It was featured on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson". Distortions began making Halloween animatronics in the mid 1990s. In 1981, Marsha Taub joined the team and became co-owner of Distortions. She and Ed married in 1992 after a mutual passion for art. In recent years, Ed has turned to professional sculptors like Jordu Schell to sculpt the company's new products. The company has
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