Most people start talking about the leaves changing this time of year. I love to watch the fonts turn spooky. 🎃

Every year there’s some Halloween stuff I like. This is 2025’s Favorite Things…

A Halloween mystery for decades…🕯️ A hand‑painted plaque in a dark mudroom. A sinister final line. After years of sleuthing & persistence, a solve. A story of the kinship that Halloween brings🎃 🔍 Read the full journey 👉 www.halloweenthing.com/2025/10/pers... #HalloweenMystery #countdownto Halloween

My 15th (!!!) year as part of the Countdown to Halloween. Starting tomorrow, posting longer reads that were 100% written by a human being & covering all manner of tricks and treats. Head over to HalloweenThing.com on 10/01. TLDRs need not apply. 🎃 #countdowntohalloween #countdowntohalloween2025

I have so many digital things, in so many digital places, I had to create a digital drawer to put all the digital things in so I can check one digital place and remember to watch them all. Digitally. 🤓🎃

Happy 1st Day of Fall! #autumnalequinox #fallequinox #firstdayoffall #itsfallyall #fall #autumn #fallleaves #autumnleaves

#HalloweenSpotted “Companion,” movie, 2025

On the @newyorker.com Radio Hour: Fred Armisen misses Halloween sound effects albums… www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tny...

Jordan Peele talks about childhood Halloween costumes on @fallontonight.bsky.social but insists “…I'm actually not as good at Halloween as you might think…” #HalloweenSpotted youtu.be/PBGPbOgwtIA?...

No one makes me LOL like Matt at @dinosaurdracula.bsky.social Great writing.

Trick-or-treating can be difficult. Luckily, Nickelodeon has you covered with these essential Halloween tips! (1988)

Having lived through the “Cola Wars” I look forward to remembering the escalation of the ‘Skeleton Wars’ from the 2020s. (Pictured: 20 foot tall skeleton at Lowe’s which dwarfs the 12’ Home Depot skeleton.)

I was so bummed to discover that this past Sunday’s @nytimes.com for Kids section was going to be its last. A special thank you to Amber Williams, Deb Bishop, & Molly Bennet who made these issues and the SPECTACULAR Halloween issues in October HAPPEN. I loved those the most. Not that I read them…😉

Went to my local big box store to see the Halloween wares that I had to pass by the week before. Alas, 99% of it had been replaced with Christmas. I mean… it’s my own fault. I DID wait until August 31st. 🙄🤦‍♂️

I was going to buy this Halloween countdown toy for a dog I know—-but it’ll be a rib cage and half a foot on top of a pile of fuzzy white stuffing in about 46 minutes.

Shudder celebrates Halloween with brand new franchise installment V/H/S/HALLOWEEN on October 3. Watch the teaser trailer:

Coming to 4K UHD 10/25 from Imprint Films Halloween I – V (1978 – 1989) – 4K UHD + Blu-ray Collection in Limited Edition Jack O’Lantern – Imprint Collection #475 – 479 PRE-ORDER: viavision.com.au/shop/hallowe... #FilmSky

On the road to Pumpkin Spice, I like to make a stop at Apple. #halloweencountdown #countdowntohalloween2025

#HallloweenSpotted Session 9 (2001) Directed by Brad Anderson

Your Friday moment of zen…

I’ll say this about the new “Halloween: The Game” reveal trailer—-it’s great to see more Halloween decorations than are in the original film. youtu.be/f46ihjr8PKc?...

Back in 2023 @philnobilejr.bsky.social from @fangoria.bsky.social declared Aug 18th (the date in TCM) the unofficial start to the Halloween season (and what Phil says, goes). But judging by the volume of Halloween merch in stores & it’s now the 20th, I’d say the bats have left the belfry.🎃🦇

Steve Buscemi used to give out Halloween candy from his Brooklyn stoop. Via Austin Considine 8/13/25 @nytimes.com “Steve Buscemi Is Glad He Took That Leap” #HalloweenSpotted

Well one of my favorite Halloween-Adjacent films is getting a 3D Halloween re-release! ParaNorman is returning to theaters in celebration of LAIKA’s 20th anniversary. Will include a new, CG-animated short titled "ParaNorman: The Thrifting.” Gorgeous poster! #HalloweenAdjacent #HalloweenSpotted

Thank you Ozzy.

“When I was 9, I went for Halloween as a stressed out director.” - Cristin Milioti, WTF Podcast #HalloweenSpotted

Happy 4th of July! 119 Days ‘til Halloween… youtu.be/7o1K2ENyG-s?...

‘Round about this time I start flipping through this year’s online Halloween wares. For each retailer there’s always ONE thing that grabs my attention. At Michaels THIS is that thing… #Halloween #notsponsored

“I'm always intrigued by how busy people will still leave the office because it's Halloween.I gotta leave. I'm taking my kids trick r treating. & because society accepted Halloween as a concept, your boss doesn't say, are you crazy?” What Now w/Trevor Noah: Esther Perel, 5/28/25 #HalloweenSpotted

Score! Found this pristine copy of R.L. Stine’s “Halloween Night II” at a used book sale for $1. Noob question: Can I read this without having read Halloween Night 1? #rlstine #halloweenbooks

#HalloweenSpotted “Here,” 2024, Directed by Robert Zemeckis

#HalloweenSpotted “…Oh, Poe's been forgotten…Just as you put a stake through the heart of Halloween… “…members of the Society for the Prevention of Fantasy, advocators of the banishment of Halloween…killers of bats, burners of books…” The Martian Chronicles, “Usher II” by Ray Bradbury

Happy 1st day of summer! 133 days ‘til Halloween… #halloweencountdown #firstdayofsummer Happy 1st Day of Summer! - 133 Days ‘til Halloween… youtu.be/YHP39zgaojk

The Winchester Mystery House is unveiling a new Halloween event, Festival Fright Nights, this fall, featuring new haunted attractions and more.

Happy Friday the 13th. 140 Days ‘til Halloween… #fridaythe13th

Originally read on @kottke.org, but from @theatlantic.com: The weight of giant pumpkins increased 20-fold in half a century. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

“A Midwestern town. You know its name. You were born there. It's Halloween, 1963... and getting on toward dark…” - Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge

Peppermint Lounge Halloween Ball Cramps concert poster by Marlene Weisman Design. www.marleneweismandesign.com/past-music-b... #HalloweenSpotted

Thank you, Lar. RIP

#HalloweenSpotted Tina Fey’s production company logo is a doodle of her daughter dressed as the NBC peacock for Halloween. Per @thr.com APRIL 16, 2025

#HalloweenSpotted Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

THE NEW YORKER, OCTOBER 16, 2023 Art by @ellisjrosen.bsky.social

Jack o’lantern blanket Project 2050 AZ art installation Desert Botanical Garden Phoenix, AZ #HalloweenSpotted

“…I’d been to his house on Halloween…” - actor Charles Fleischer re: actor Jake Gyllenhaal. The Ringer, “Not Many People Have Basements in California” by Jake Kring-Schreifels www.theringer.com/2020/09/24/m...

I see you retro Ben Cooper/Collegeville-ish Halloween costumes! #HalloweenSpotted Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps Teaser

TWO Halloween references in @joe-hill.bsky.social’s newsletter “Escape Hatch: 060”… #HalloweenSpotted

“… On a cross-country trip in October, Delta offered a Halloween collection that included "Beetlejuice" and "The Conjuring."…” - How airlines Pick the Movies on Your Flights, NYTimes by Matt Stevens #HalloweenSpotted www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/m...

Happy Holidays from Halloween Thing! youtu.be/2fy12lbbrtQ

Happy Friday the 13th. 12 Days ‘til Christmas. 322 Days ‘til Halloween…

Who are your four favorite Marvel characters? #MarvelComics