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Evilspeak is what would happen if Carrie went to Computer Camp. The movie is about a beleaguered orphan boy, Stanley Coopersmith (Clint Howard), who attends a sadistic Christian military academy where everyone picks on him, including the principal's horny secretary. So what does he do? He takes the academy’s Apple II and powers it up in the basement where he discovers a secret Library of Satan. Stanley eventually gives himself godlike demonic powers via computer! And the villain of the story is the Christian military industrial complex! And there are evil pigs who eat people!

You can watch the movie for free on YouTube. I highly recommend it for the early 80s satanic CG graphics alone.

https://youtu.be/aSYxDOKAX9U

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It was tough not to choose Bad Brains because they are one if my favorite bands.

The interior of my house has a year round slight Halloween feel to it. I live in a back upper, no y'all d to decorate.

I've only seen one scary movie this year and I'm one of 2 villains in it. I don't want to shameless plug it here, because that's rude, but you can find it if you type my name into IMDb. The film rhymes with Zombie actions ( though it's not a Zombie film ): Gnash and Moan.

Reese's all day long.

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I really enjoyed this one! There's just something so silly about a zombie Yelp review! And I did enjoy the brains!

Now, you force me to choose between Snickers and Reese's Peanut butter cups. I don't want to choose. This is hard. But I think I give the slight edge to Snickers. I'm not sure why, but I'm more likely to reach for a Snickers bar.

As for scary movies, I don't watch a ton of them. They scare me too much. But I do watch Zodiac whenever that movie is on. It haunts me, especially the scene where he goes to visit the projectionist.

We're not decorating this year because we're going to be out of town. I suspect we'll return to a house that's been properly egged and covered with toilet paper.

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Nov 3, 2022Liked by Geoffrey Golden

Hey Geoffrey! I just discovered Substack and immediately looked for the fun stuff-- found you and subscribed right away! Love the interactive storytelling, and I had no idea that IF even existed! What a fun new world to discover. Thanks for sharing!

Also, I enjoyed where the story ended up for me.😆 Are you able to see metrics for each choice your participants are making? I’m fascinated by this, ha! Keep ‘em comin, please. 👏

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I laughed all the way through this adventure. So funny! The best part is that I only had to sacrifice an arm to get what I wanted. 🤣

I have to choose Reese’s over Snickers, though I will gladly chomp through any chocolate. Speaking of which, hmm...let me see what the kids got last night. They shouldn’t eat all of it anyway...

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Oct 30, 2022Liked by Geoffrey Golden

I did not enjoy my brains supper. What, I have to hunt for my brains myself, like a damn barbarian? I thought this was America, dangnabbit! When I’m president, I’m putting all you can eat brain buffets on every corner!

Aaaanyway, Reese’s is the undisputed chocolate king, yummm 👑 🍫🥜😋

We didn’t put many decorations up this year as we just moved to an apartment, though we did do the standard orange lights and Jack-o-Lantern on the porch 🎃

Favorite scary movie I saw this year was actually this past week: the most recent adaptation of The Color Out of Space (the one with Nic Cage). I’m a huge fan of Lovecraft’s stories, and The Color Out of Space is my personal favorite.

I wasn’t expecting much, as Lovecraft adaptations are really hard to pull off and thus usually terrible. But this one was great! Not a word-for-word adaptation, but got all the main plot beats right and captured the spirit of the genre (which is so more important than slapping Cthulhu tentacles on everything). Got really intense there for a bit! Definitely recommend for a spooky night in 👻☄️🤪

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Mouthfeel. This quest was my favorite yet :-D I laughed so hard.

And please don't make me choose between Snickers and Reese's! I got busted by the checkout guy at my local CVS when I stocked up on loads of both. He felt the need to remind me that Halloween was a month away, implying that I was going to eat it all myself before the big day (I totally am, but that's beside the point ;-) I used to give the peanut butter cups slight preference, but now that I've been scarfing both for a month, I find them a bit too sweet and I think the Snickers are winning out...

And does it still count as a horror movie if it's MST3K? I recently watched "The Touch of Satan" which was diabolically funny.

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This premise is depressing, being a zombie is a miserable prospect regardless but being aware of it? That’s the real horror.

Australians fall into a couple of camps for Halloween: ambivalence, vitriol and enthusiastic.

Without a doubt most are ambivalent, probably not even aware of when Halloween is except for some supermarkets try to capitalise off of it. The vitriolic people hate that, there’s a bit of an anti-US streak with this where people will literally say ‘we’re not in America’ and are sometimes outright hostile. The enthusiastic people are flying the flag for Halloween but there’s never a big turn out, which I’m sure doesn’t boost morale and because most people are ambivalent the majority of houses don’t even have treats that can be got.

I think it’s such a fun idea but there’s nothing fun about wearing a costume and being the only one walking down the streets knocking on the doors of undecorated houses... I guess I could be the change I want to see in the world but I’m washing my hair that night.

I will be watching Evilspeak though, what a recommendation. I’m planning to watch Blood Diner which is an 80s movie about two cannibal brothers who serve the food in their diner... too much like Sweeny Todd’s pies? I’ve got you covered, they are also trying to, let me just check my notes, ‘awaken a dormant Egyptian goddess with blood sacrifices’.

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Oct 27, 2022Liked by Geoffrey Golden

Does it make a difference which alternative you choose as a zombie?

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Two of our neighbors have the 12-foot skeleton from Home Depot. I need to bone up on my decorating skills.

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The Table Talk for Your DVD-VCR Combo Device Was Stolen is happening here:

https://adventuresnack.substack.com/p/your-dvd-vcr-combo-player-was-stolen/comments

The button in the email linked to the wrong page. Sorry about that!

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