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Halloween Cartoons 2019 Edition - black and white preferred
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This one starts a little slow, but it’s great.
Well that brought back some memories.
Bad 70s fashion, camp pseudo gay weasel, fatass Satan, furry fetish fuel...spoopy?
seems to be a bunch of story arcs mashed together with all the grace of a 52 episode show into a single compilation movie
I wouldn't be shocked to find out this informed some of Castlevania's Dracula mythos.
Was there ever a Broom-Hilda Halloween special? I know she was one of the segments on The Fabulous Funnies which aired when I was extremely young and I guess I probably saw it just enough for me to remember that animated Broom-Hilda was a thing that existed but I swear I remember a Broom Hilda prime time special that aired only maybe two or three times. Not that I trust my own early childhood recollections of whether a cartoon aired on Saturday mornings or in the evening specifically in the month of October four decades ago.
Wikipedia's Broom-Hilda entry doesn't mention any prime time specials other than one about newspaper cartoonists that had a few short animated segments, so I suppose my Broom-Hilda Halloween special "memory" is a total fabrication.
Wikipedia's Broom-Hilda entry doesn't mention any prime time specials other than one about newspaper cartoonists that had a few short animated segments, so I suppose my Broom-Hilda Halloween special "memory" is a total fabrication.
Here are some Halloween classics that ought to be standards with everyone during the season:
I know you said you preferred black and white, but Bob's Burgers always has great Halloween episodes. Gene managed to dress as Queen Latifah without resorting to blackface.
While I've seen it as an adult several times, as a young child, I remember having seen Halloween is Grinch Night once or twice, enough for me to know there was another non-Christmas Grinch special somewhere out there, but I swear I don't remember it being played on television much beyond the early 1980s, although it's possible that it did and I just kept on missing it.
Was the scene where Euchariah experiencing the "sour-sweet wind" a little too intense for children? Was having a scene where the Grinch uses what is essentially a hallucinogenic drug on a child a bit controversial? Or was it just that this special aired on ABC while the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas and the majority of the most famous animated prime-time TV specials aired on CBS (cue the "CBS Special Presentation" intro)?
I only remember seeing this once as a kid (and I'm old enough that it might have actually been at its first airing. ) I don't think the "Paraphenalia Wagon" scene was all that controversial back then. (Was this cartoon one of the reasons drug accessories were labelled "paraphenalia"? Hmm....) I remember the Walt Disney show would air the "Pink Elephant" scene from Dumbo around Halloween, and no one really seemed to care that it was an hallucination that happened because the main characters accidentally ingested alcohol.
I think the reason Halloween is Grinch Night didn't get aired much was because its continuity clashed with the original HTGSC ("Why is the Grinch turned evil again?") And because parts of it were really scary for youngsters. Dr. Seuss was practically tailor-made for Halloween creepiness - I'm disappointed he didn't make more Halloween specials, frankly.
One of the few Mickey cartoons technically public domain (even if they refuse to let the character be)
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If you're a fan of 80s cartoons, I've got 11 recommendations for you. These were some of my favorite cartoons to watch at Halloween time when I was a kid before I moved to Treehouse of Horror and things like that. Still, these make for nice nostalgic viewing every few years or so.
Goddamn it. I am going to have that song at the end stuck in my head again.
1) From "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe", check out the "House of Shokoti" 2 Parter. I watched this every year for Halloween, moreso than The Great Pumpkin special. It deals with He-Man and friends' search for an evil temple belonging to an ancient evil sorceress named Shokoti. There are monsters aplenty, good scares for small children, and some creepy villains (including Lord Masque in Part 1, who looks like a He-Man-ized version of Darth Vader).
2) Also from "He-Man: MOTU" is "Reign of the Monster" where Skeletor unleashes an ancient creature named Molkrum. I am recommending this one purely for the monster. Molkrum is one of the craziest designs I have ever seen.
3) From "Thundercats", there is "The Ghost Warrior" which was my favorite episode of the series when I was a kid. Not only does it contribute a lot to the series mythos and is essential viewing for anyone looking to watch the series, this episode an effective ghost story for a kids action/adventure show, with some of the most memorable scenes in the series.
4) Also from "Thundercats", you can watch "Spitting Image", where Mumm-Ra basically becomes Dr. Frankenstein. He has a lab in his pyramid (which we never saw before or after this and I have no clue where it came from) where he creates a clone of Panthro and gives it life by allowing it to be possessed by the evil spirit of the dead pirate Hammerhand. The stuff in Mumm-Ra's lab feels like classic horror material, and I love it, and some of the images of the Panthro clone causing chaos are more intense than you'd expect out of this show.
5) From "GI Joe", episode "The Phantom Brigade" works for Halloween. Cobra Commmander has had some screwball plans in his day, but few as nutty as this. Frustrated with his defeats at the hands of GI Joe, the good Commander hires a gypsy woman to raise the spirits of three dead warriors that he uses to fight his enemies. It is appropriately weird and perfectly fitting for this time of year.
6) From "Transformers" Generation 1, check out the post-movie episode "Dweller in the Depths". The creators of the Transformers, the Quinetessons, devise a plan to retake Cybertron. They trick Galvatron and the Decepticons into unleashing machine/organic hybrid monsters from Cybertron's core, including a giant energy leech. The leech is appropriately creepy as it can drainsthe energy of any Autobot and Decepticon it comes in contact with, turning all of them into energy vampire/zombies themselves.
7) From Duck Tales, any fan of Scrooge McDuck should check out "The Curse of Castle McDuck" as Scrooge and the kids return to his ancestral home, revealing the curse of his family's castle which involves a ghost hound that haunts the grounds. You get nice atmosphere, a good mystery, a ghost dog, and a look into Scrooge's family history. What's not to love?
Also from "Duck Tales", there is "The Ducky Horror Picture Show" where Scrooge unwittingly hosts a monster convention as Duck World versions of classic monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Blob, and various others make their way to Duckburg. This was a love letter to the classic films of the 30s and 40s, and a fun ride for any fan of those monster icons.
9) From the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", there is "Case of the Killer Pizzas" where Shredder puts eggs from Dimension X on three pizzas as booby traps for the Turtles. The eggs hatch into Xenomorph-esque creatures that give the Turtles, Shredder, and everyone else plenty of trouble. It is a fun caper episode for the show and one of its most memorable showcases for the series. Also, the monsters themselves are memorable.
10) Pretty much any episode of "The Real Ghostbusters" will fit. It is designed to be watched at Halloween time. My personal favorite episode though is "Citizen Ghost" as it is basically a better Ghostbusters 2 than Ghostbusters 2.
11) Also, pretty much any episode of "Inhumanoids" will fit here too. Not many people remember this show, but man, if you like monsters, then this is for you. D'Compose is basically Godzilla meets Evil Dead, and any episode featuring him is worth checking out. There is also the character of Dr. Mangler AKA Nightcrawler. His origin alone is nightmare fuel for children. There are also only 13 episodes, so it isn't a heavy lift to get through.
2) Also from "He-Man: MOTU" is "Reign of the Monster" where Skeletor unleashes an ancient creature named Molkrum. I am recommending this one purely for the monster. Molkrum is one of the craziest designs I have ever seen.
3) From "Thundercats", there is "The Ghost Warrior" which was my favorite episode of the series when I was a kid. Not only does it contribute a lot to the series mythos and is essential viewing for anyone looking to watch the series, this episode an effective ghost story for a kids action/adventure show, with some of the most memorable scenes in the series.
4) Also from "Thundercats", you can watch "Spitting Image", where Mumm-Ra basically becomes Dr. Frankenstein. He has a lab in his pyramid (which we never saw before or after this and I have no clue where it came from) where he creates a clone of Panthro and gives it life by allowing it to be possessed by the evil spirit of the dead pirate Hammerhand. The stuff in Mumm-Ra's lab feels like classic horror material, and I love it, and some of the images of the Panthro clone causing chaos are more intense than you'd expect out of this show.
5) From "GI Joe", episode "The Phantom Brigade" works for Halloween. Cobra Commmander has had some screwball plans in his day, but few as nutty as this. Frustrated with his defeats at the hands of GI Joe, the good Commander hires a gypsy woman to raise the spirits of three dead warriors that he uses to fight his enemies. It is appropriately weird and perfectly fitting for this time of year.
6) From "Transformers" Generation 1, check out the post-movie episode "Dweller in the Depths". The creators of the Transformers, the Quinetessons, devise a plan to retake Cybertron. They trick Galvatron and the Decepticons into unleashing machine/organic hybrid monsters from Cybertron's core, including a giant energy leech. The leech is appropriately creepy as it can drainsthe energy of any Autobot and Decepticon it comes in contact with, turning all of them into energy vampire/zombies themselves.
7) From Duck Tales, any fan of Scrooge McDuck should check out "The Curse of Castle McDuck" as Scrooge and the kids return to his ancestral home, revealing the curse of his family's castle which involves a ghost hound that haunts the grounds. You get nice atmosphere, a good mystery, a ghost dog, and a look into Scrooge's family history. What's not to love?
Also from "Duck Tales", there is "The Ducky Horror Picture Show" where Scrooge unwittingly hosts a monster convention as Duck World versions of classic monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Blob, and various others make their way to Duckburg. This was a love letter to the classic films of the 30s and 40s, and a fun ride for any fan of those monster icons.9) From the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", there is "Case of the Killer Pizzas" where Shredder puts eggs from Dimension X on three pizzas as booby traps for the Turtles. The eggs hatch into Xenomorph-esque creatures that give the Turtles, Shredder, and everyone else plenty of trouble. It is a fun caper episode for the show and one of its most memorable showcases for the series. Also, the monsters themselves are memorable.
10) Pretty much any episode of "The Real Ghostbusters" will fit. It is designed to be watched at Halloween time. My personal favorite episode though is "Citizen Ghost" as it is basically a better Ghostbusters 2 than Ghostbusters 2.
11) Also, pretty much any episode of "Inhumanoids" will fit here too. Not many people remember this show, but man, if you like monsters, then this is for you. D'Compose is basically Godzilla meets Evil Dead, and any episode featuring him is worth checking out. There is also the character of Dr. Mangler AKA Nightcrawler. His origin alone is nightmare fuel for children. There are also only 13 episodes, so it isn't a heavy lift to get through.
Goddamn it. I am going to have that song at the end stuck in my head again.
Not no more it ain't.
The cartoon got such a bad reception upon release Disney essentially disowned it and let the thing go public domain, but some time back they... well, I forgot what they did but it isn't PD anymore.
According to Wikipedia, it's officially a prequel though I just think of it as an alternate universe Grinch story.
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This is from a movie called Freddie the FRO-7, a movie about a prince turned into a frog and then some how becomes a James Bond style secret agent, because sure why not?
The movie itself isn't very Halloweeny, but the bad guys sing this song about being evil and includes Nazis, the KKK, and a singing evil looking snake with hips.
That's...different.
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