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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 30 points 10 months ago

As an Irish person it kind of serves them right? Halloween is supposed to be this special, singular, liminal night when the barriers between the mundane and the supernatural are weakest, when dinner is laid out for the spirits of those that died as if you can speak to them there and then. Then the next day it's gone, and new year starts, cold and bleak at first then warming in temperature and tones.

Turning it into a month+ of commercialised spooky/sexy stuff just makes it less unique, less Halloween in every way.

I propose that a new costume night be created, in summer so people can actually wear them, and return Halloween to the darkness it belongs to.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Over the garden wall is my recommendation for this time of year. It's been a really poor offering on the streaming services this year.

[–] reev@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Second this for any time of year.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the real horror is the ennui we made along the way

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Wee wee? Naw, overall we like her.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I usually end up doing a week at the end of the month. Or maybe 1-2 per weekend. 1 every day? Yeah, that's a good way to take the spark out of it, imo.

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 8 points 10 months ago

I watch something every day, but I balance things out by including mini-marathons of Halloween tv specials, like The Simpsons, South Park, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, etc. Halloween themed comedies are a great way to keep from burning out.

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm not watching one every night but I'm watching a few a week to cross off some classics I've been needing to see and some newer offerings. I've already watched Last Voyage of the Demeter, Last Exorcism, and rewatched Over the Garden Wall. Train to Busan and the K-horror The Host are my next choices.