Ways to Tap into the Spooky Spirit
In the midst of studying for midterms, family visits, and all the other time-consuming happenings that occupy life on College Hill, it may be hard to maintain interest in the most important priority of all: getting undeniably, unavoidably, downright FREAKY for Halloween.
If you’re feeling stuck and need some help achieving a truly possessed spirit, look no further! Here are some ways to tap into the Halloween mood.
Start a prank war with your roommates. But not just any old novice prank war, oh no. The goal of this battle should be to scare your roommates to the point that they strongly consider moving out and/or transferring schools. I have a bucket of pig’s blood rigged and waiting above my suitemate’s door right now. Last night, I left a horse’s head in my other suitemate’s bed. They have said I am “taking things too far,” but I think I’m just honoring the true scary spirit of the holiday!
Look to classic horror movies for inspiration. Perhaps start schlepping around campus like Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby, or exclaim “here’s Johnny!” super charmingly whenever you enter a room. I think your professors will appreciate this sophisticated dedication to film and will hopefully even get into the spirit with you! No better way to spread Halloween cheer than to maybe even try to play act the vomit scene from The Exorcist with a prof or, next time you and your pals walk into the Rat, exclaim earnestly that you hope they’re serving human liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti for dinner. That would make you seem very normal and well adjusted.
Hold a seance. Dust off your Ouija board and enlist some pals to attempt to contact a spirit from your past, preferably someone super creepy like the ghost of Michael Jackson or your mean old great aunt (rip). After all, if I’ve learned one thing from every single movie involving Ouija boards, this plan simply cannot go wrong. And everyone will certainly survive this experience.
Whip up some freaky Halloween desserts: witches’ fingers, eyeballs, pickled internal organs, etc., and store them in your dorm fridge for a nice pleasant surprise when you get in on Saturday night!
Find an abandoned house and just go chill there. The woods will also work, but you must immediately separate from your friends as soon as you get there, and you must go under the guise of filming some sort of doc/mockumentary. Really try to tap into the scary ambient noises of bugs crawling, animals howling, and your friends being maimed by some unknown creature.
Howl ghoulishly as you jaunt about campus (if you’re not just doing this naturally already).
Host a murder mystery party. Make it super realistic. I'm not saying you should actually murder someone, but I will say that that sort of effort would definitely show some real dedication (note: The Blognonian does not condone murder, in case that needed to be made clear).
Happy Halloween! Don't forget to get freaky!
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