Terrible Treats: The Witch's House

When most people think about a gingerbread house, images of Christmas and cheery snowmen seem to come to mind. Not for me. I tend to think of dark woods, witches and children being baked into terrible treats in a giant oven per the classic fairytale Hansel and Gretel. Here are some of my favorite takes on the witch's gingerbread house.

This is a cute, easy to make version.


Of course Martha Stewart has an amazing version that is elegant but perhaps harder to build.


And now for my personal favorite. This little gingerbread house has all the qualities of the season. It's a little scary, a little sweet, easy to construct (note the use of Golden Grams cereal as shingles)and looks totally cute and delicious! Go HERE for more about this wonderful house and the wonderful woman who made it!

Terrible Treats Tuesday

Last week Alison posted about the Poltergeist cake that the famous Ace of Cakes made. It got me thinking about what other Halloween cakes were out there. To say the least, I came across some good ones, and some pretty bad ones

Here's the Good:

I like cute Halloween cakes and I think these guys are adorable.


Martha does it again. I can't imagine how long this takes to make.

A woman made this cake for her son.
It was her first time using fondant. I think she did a great job.

Love the red filling!!

This is a B-day cake, but I like macabre color combo. So bleak.

Funny, cute, and enough cake for everyone.

I love all the fine details in this cake.
The fence, cobblestone, and the moon.
This one is my favorite. So amazing!

Now for the BAD:

I had a hard time deciding whether this cake was good or bad,
cuz it is so fucking awesome!!

This is what happens when TwiHards(teenage Twilight fans)
try to make cakes.

Yes, this is a cake. Yes, it is gross.

Looks like someone got carried away with cake accessories. Fail.

If I tried to make a Skull Cake, it would turn out like this.
I'm sure this was delicious, but seriously,
the rice krispy treats look like barf.

Impressive, but tacky. I also find myself asking, Why?
No Comment.

The Shining

I remember watching this movie as a kid and being memorized by the blood pouring down the hallway.



I, however, do not like it when silly emo bands decide to rip off the movie for their stupid music videos. I don't know what is more horrific.

Monday Movie Madess

Another in a long line of horror movie classics, Dario Argento's "Suspiria" should not be missed. Perhaps one of the best-worst death scenes in any b-horror movie!

The Most Macabre Museum in the world: The Mütter Museum

If you have ever been intrigued by human anatomy or human oddities you'll be wanting to make a trip to Philly to visit

the Mütter Museum. So much amazing medical history exists in this place. They have a giant collection of human skulls and a 9 foot colon on display. Definitely not for the faint of heart. But so intriguing, so disturbing, so great!!

The museum has also published two books.

Can't wait to get my hands on this one!!

More Vintage Halloween costumes

If you enjoyed some of the costumes below, you MUST check out the blog archive of Geek Orthodox. This guy has so many great vintage costumes from the '60's, '70's, and '80's for you to peruse. Here are a few from his site, plus a couple of other kitschy ones that caught my eye!

You can never go wrong with Morticia Addams!

Walking movie advertisement,
but still, the shark head mask is awesome!

Somebody better be wearing this mask this year.
We ♥ you, Farrah Fawcett.

Dr.Doom

I've never heard of the tv show, Bigfoot and Wildboy,
but it sounds amazing!

Classic!

I love Casper.
AAAAAAYY!! It comes with The VEST! What a deal.
This swamp creature was made by Ben Cooper, one of the major Halloween costume companies from the 1950's, '60's, and 70's. Don't you want to collect these and use them as Halloween wall decorations for your next party?!?
Old advertisement for Superhero masks.

Freaky Fashion Friday

I think these vintage halloween masks and costumes from the 1960's-1980's are pretty appropriate for Freaky Fashion Friday cuz some of them are just downright freaky! Where did these people come up with these ideas?!? I have to admit I love the designs on some of the older ones:

Check out the pirate in the corner! I also love the Senorita.

This is suppose to be a hippie.
See what acid does to you kids. Makes you paint your face and get freakish piercings!

This mask looks a little modern to me, so I am not quite sure if it's vintage but I love the design.
Cat people are awesome.

Jolly Roger

El Diablo

Classic Skull

A little bizarre, but cool.

The scaredy cat on the head of this witch is a great touch.
So are the bat earrings.
I have no idea what is going on with this mask.
My first reaction was wtf?
I also found the plastic Rainbow Brite costume I wore when I was 4 years old on ebay. I love how the eye holes are in the hair!!

If you want your own vintage mask I recommend browsing Etsy and Ebay. You are sure to find a deal at either site!!