Boo

Halloween doesn't really work in New Zealand.

Sure, every year there's a few more kids knocking on our door, dressed as vampires or Munch screams or princesses*. But in October it's still light in the evenings and the temperature is more suited to a quick swim at the beach than hiding while evil spirits roam, etc.

Halloween seems to be working just fine in Wales and Germany:
Cops coax half-naked Czech wolfman from Cardiff tree

Drunk zombie mistaken for murder victim

And now if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment with all that uneaten candy sitting in a bowl by the door...


* Don't think a princess is scary? I've got two little girls. I'm scared of ponies.

Dracula returns! Again!

It's old news now, and I meant to blog about it, but you know.
Anyway, how brilliant is it that Hammer Horror is coming back!

Same story from the Daily Mail. Turns out this Dracula bloke has, um, risen from the proverbial.