Three Halloween Top Tens (Countdown to Halloween)

Halloween Top Tens

Ok, I’m not going to go into a lot of details on this but to make up for it you’re getting several lists instead of just one. 

Top Thirteen Halloween Songs

13.       Witch Doctor – David Seville (pre-Alvin and the Chipmunks version)

12.       Tie: Love Potion Number 9 – The Clovers/Love Potion Number 9 – The Searchers

11.       I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (or Bette Midler)

10.       Little Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

9.         The Hearse Song (aka The Worms Crawl In) – this version is my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czja6XI_s5k

8.         Science Fiction Double Feature – Cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show 

7.         Ghostbusters – Ray Parker, Jr.

6.         Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley

5.         Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon

4.         The Time Warp – Cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show  

3.         Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell (feat. Michael Jackson)

2.         Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Picket

1.         Thriller – Michael Jackson (feat. Vincent Price)

Top Ten Trick or Treat Treats

10.       Full-Sized Candy Bars – not strictly Halloween centric – thus it’s low ranking – but come on, cheapskates.  It’s Halloween, forget the “Fun Sized” and – Great Pumpkin forbid – Minis.   

9.         Tie: Mary Jane/Bit-‘o-Honey

8.         Tie: Pumpkin Shaped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups/Orange Kit-Kats

7.         Caramels (such as Brach’s Milk Maids or better yet Homemade)

6.         Tie: Dum Dum Pops (especially Root Beer)/Root Beer Barrels

5.         Monster Cereals (Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Boo Berry) – ok, not candy but still a favorite Halloween treat.

4.         Mary Jane Peanut Butter Kisses (aka Black and Orange Candy) – amusingly I found this on a list of the worst Halloween Candies!

3.         Candy Corn

2.         Caramel Apples

1.         Homemade Popcorn Balls

Top Ten Halloween Family Movies - Updated

This list assumes your kids automatically think a movie is bad if in black and white, so only relatively recent movies are list here.  This list also excludes cartoons (you can find some of my favorites here: http://nerdthenewcool.blogspot.com/2012/10/top-10-halloween-cartoons.html)  Due to several people calling me out I have changed up this list a bit I have removed Tremors (1990, PG-13) which I had always included with some reservation, due to language and violence.  I have kicked it off and mention it here as a recommendation for families with older kids.  

10.       Scooby-Doo (2002, PG)

9.         Willow (1988, PG)

8.         Transylvania 6-5000 (1985, PG)

7.         The Princess Bride (1987, PG)

6.         Casper (1995, PG)

5.         The NeverEnding Story (1984, PG)

4.         Poltergeist (1982, PG) - Warning: Gets pretty scary, plan to watch something else after it, especially
            with very little kids.  

3.         Ghostbusters (1984, PG-13)

2.         Hocus Pocus (1993, PG)

1.         The Monster Squad (1987, PG-13) - Warning: Language and slight suggestive dialogue

There you have them, three terrifying lists to tantalize you and get you ready for the upcoming holiday. 

Until next time,

Nerd Is The New Cool, signing off.