1. Friday the 13th. Had the same effect on me that The Omen did on you.

2. I went as a hippie when I was in the 9th grade. It was 1987 so it was evident that I was in costume.

3. Dr. Creep on channel 22 out of Dayton, Ohio.

4. No.

5. I liked the little candy bars.

1) "Last House on the Left" (original), with "Night of the Living Dead" (uncut) as a close second.
2) I made an R2D2 out of chicken wire and wood with working lights (powered by two 6-volt batteries), on wheels, and with a sound-effects generator (modified Radio Shack project kit schematic).
3) Whoever did "Creature Feature" (DC area in the 70's), but I also liked Vincent Price.
4) The usual toilet paper in the trees routine.
5) Sky bars. No contest. You don't get stuff like that anymore, but people did hand them out once in a while (or give you choice out of the bowl, which is what we do - "pick (x) pieces".

1. What is your favorite sacary movie and why? Ishtar, need I say why?

2. What was your favorite costume or trick or treat experience as a kid? Cyberpunk Giraffe, with real neon lighting.

3. Who was your Late Night Horror Movie Host? The guy on WNEW-5 in NYC.

4. Ever do any "tricks"? Helped my mother soap her brothers windows on his outhouse, really, his outhouse has windows.

5. What's the best treat? Hersey Bars with Almonds, no hopped up fancy pants candy for me.

I'm sure there's a story there.

1. What is your favorite scary movie and why? I loved those old Vincent Price movies, like "Fall of the House of Usher." We saw them at our local neighborhood theater.

2. What was your favorite costume or trick or treat experience as a kid? We went trick-or-treating after a Girl Scout Halloween party and got tons of treats.

3. Who was your Late Night Horror Movie Host? "Chilly Billy" Cardille in Pittsburgh.

4. Ever do any "tricks"? Yes, we were hooligans.

5. What's the best treat? I can't remember what they were called, but they were like Reese's cups (full-sized) but coated with white chocolate.

Thanks for the fun questions!

Bill Cardille had another role too, didn't he? Weatherman? Anchor? I seem to remember something.

He hosted the Jerry Lewis Telethon for years. Maybe that's where you remember him?

He had a lot of different gigs on Pittsburgh TV and radio.

For me The Exorcist was the scariest movie I've seen. The first half hour of Halloween and that brooding, creepy atmosphere as dusk approaches was also good. I'm a big fan of the Omen, too

I was about 11 years old in 1960 when I last went trick-or-treating. I found a very scary looking skeleton mask made of rubber that looked pretty real in the dark. I wore it with an old gray overcoat. I went trick-or-treating with a friend who had the same costume with the same mask. In other words, we looked alike. We tried to scare the people whose houses we visited. After getting candy, I'd wait around until the next group of trick-or-treaters would show up. Then I'd say good bye and let the people of the house see me leave by the front walk. Then a couple of seconds later, my friend would appear out of the shadows from the other side of the house wearing that similar overcoat and mask and disappear back into the shadows just as quickly hoping to scare the people into wondering how I could have reappeared in another place. It was kind of subtle and I'm not sure it really scared anyone.

My favorite host was a guy named Shockazan who showed scary movies on Fridays at midnight on a local station in Colorado Springs.

I never pulled any real tricks; my dad would have disapproved.

The best candy was homemade fudge that I had to hide from my mom because of all the stories about poison or razor blades snuck into Halloween candy at the time.

1. What is your favorite scary movie and why?
When I was about 10 years old, it was "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" starring Don Knotts. I especially liked the very last scene with the organ music.

2. What was your favorite costume or trick or treat experience as a kid?
I think my favorite costume was the Batman costume I got as a birthday present when I was 7.

3. Who was your Late Night Horror Movie Host?
I don't think there was a particular host, but there was a TV program called "Dimension 16" (Channel 16, Joplin) that I liked to watch. It was pretty tame, though.

4. Ever do any "tricks"?
No, because I didn't want anyone doing the same thing to me.

5. What's the best treat?
The first Halloween I remember (1963), I got a popcorn ball and was eagerly looking forward to eating it. But my grandmother took it from me, said there might be something bad in it, and threw it in the trash. I still remember the house I got it from. After that, the supervising adult threw anything homemade or fresh straight into the garbage can

The "best treats" I was allowed to eat were peanut butter logs-- and those Brach's candies with coconut in them-- and Hershey's miniatures. And the worst one was "coffee toffee". I hated that with a passion.