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A College Halloween With Friends, Pizza, and VH‑1

A college Halloween turned into costumes, candy, pizza, and Rocky Horror in a friend’s basement, creating one of the most unforgettable nights of my freshman year.

Spice Up Your Halloween With This Hot ‘n Devilish CHex Party Mix Recipe From 1988

Chex Hot ’n Devilish brings spicy retro flavor to Halloween night, delivering a fiery 1988 snack mix that pairs perfectly with candy, costumes and classic spooky fun.

MeTV Announces “A Very Merry MeTV” Holiday Programming Schedule

MeTV kicks off the season with “A Very Merry MeTV,” a holiday programming event packed with classic sitcoms, movies, animated specials and festive favorites from Thanksgiving through Christmas Day.

Collectors Corner: Starting a Candy Wrapper Collection

Candy wrapper collecting is a fun, accessible hobby for retro fans, turning everyday treats into colorful pieces of pop culture you can preserve, catalog, and display.

The Devil Made Us Do It: Inside the Satanic Panic

If you grew up in the 1980s, odds are somebody decided at least one thing you loved was dangerous or even downright evil. Heavy metal could lead you to Satan. Dungeons & Dragons was accused

The 80’s Halloween Video Countdown

The 80s delivered spooky music videos that were more camp than terror, but always unforgettable. From plague masks to werewolves, here are the decade’s creepiest, corniest, most entertaining gems.

Shrunken Head Apple Kit: Vincent Price, Apples, and Pure 70s Weirdness

In the wild and weird landscape of 1970s toy culture, where slime, monsters, and DIY kits reigned supreme, few products captured the spooky spirit of the era quite like the Shrunken Head Apple Sculpture Kit.

The Spooky History of the Ouija Board

So there’s no gray-haired psychic in your town? And you can’t sneak another call into the astrology hotline without your mom noticing the long-distance charges? If you need some answers in your life, and answers

Sink Your Teeth into the Top 10 Vampire Movies from the 1990s

Halloween is approaching, and my excitement for the season grows with each passing day. Decorations are up, candy is stocked, and the lights are dimmed. During the Halloween season, one of my favorite activities is

Elvira: Mistress of the… Wrestling Ring?

It may only be September, but, I’m already in the Halloween spirit. As Halloween approaches, I begin to think of Elvira more often than usual and for my wife and I, Elvira’s movies, “Elvira: Mistress

Ecto‑Cool Adventures: Revisiting The Real Ghostbusters

After the success of the 1984 film Ghostbusters, a cartoon adaptation was inevitable. With most of the characters from the movie appearing in this series (though in slightly altered form…Ray was a bit chunkier and Egon

My Pet Monster: The Blue Furry Icon of the Eighties

My Pet Monster brought bright colors, wild personality, and eighties charm to toy shelves, becoming a beloved creature that felt more like a mischievous friend than a monster.

Starting Lineup: The Toy Line That Turned Athletes Into Action Figures

Starting Lineup figures turned sports heroes into action‑figure icons, letting kids recreate their own highlight reels. With dynamic poses and trading cards, the line became a defining part of 80s and 90s fandom and a cherished collectible era.

Arcade All-Stars: Moon Patrol

It wasn’t easy patrolling the rocky terrain of Moon Patrol, but if it was any consolation, they gave you a really cool car. The purple, six-wheeled, high-jumping, laser-blasting vehicle at the center of Moon Patrol was a dream

The 1979 Daytona 500: The Race That Changed NASCAR Forever

The 1979 Daytona 500 became a turning point for NASCAR, delivering a dramatic finish, a televised fight, and a national audience that transformed stock car racing into a mainstream American sport.

Choose Your Own Adventure Were the Books That Let Us Kids Control the Story

Choose Your Own Adventure turned reading into exploration, letting kids shape wild stories filled with time travel, deep sea quests, haunted mansions, and unforgettable choices.

Toy of the Week: My Favorite Fairytale Collection Alice from Alice in Wonderland

Why did I choose this toy? Last Saturday was International Tea Day. Whenever I think of tea, I think of tea parties. When I think of tea parties, I think of Alice in Wonderland. Interesting fact

Event Spotlight: IBM Christmas Party

Sometime in December, my parents would get us dressed up and into the car and my dad would drive us all downtown to a big office building or hotel or banquet hall. I don’t remember

WWE Memorable Moments – Series 1 (Figure 3 of 4)

WWE: Memorable Moments Series 1(Figure Reveal 3 of 4) Hello Everyone. It’s been a few months, but I’m back to continue my series on my fictional or hypothetical WWE Action Figure Series that highlights important

Review of the Horror-Themed 90s Sitcom ‘Stark Raving Mad’

Stark Raving Mad was a modern “Odd Couple” sitcom from the end of the 1990s starring Neil Patrick Harris as a book editor named Henry McNeeley. Henry’s boss assigns him to horror novelist Ian Stark,

Halloween For Gen X Was Full of Costumes, Candy, & Chaos

Halloween gave us school parades, homemade costumes, wild teen pranks, and now the cozy joy of movies, snacks, and handing out candy to the next generation.

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