Trick 'r Treat

Last night I watched a movie on the Pay-Per-View TV On Demand service called Trick 'r Treat, directed by Michael Dougherty. It was a 2007 horror movie set during Halloween night in a small American town. The film basically consists of four interlinking stories: A boy discovers that the high-school principal (Dylan Baker) hides a murderous secret, some teenage pranksters discover the truth behind a ghostly local urban legend, a young woman (Anna Paquin) is threatened by a mysterious stranger on the way to a party and an elderly curmudgeon (Brian Cox) is attacked in his home by a malevolent trick or treater. It's all very cleverly linked together and the movie is hugely entertaining, which makes it a mystery why it was released straight to DVD, because it really did deserve better.

Today was another dull day at work, although I did manage to spend most of the day listening to Neil Gaiman stories on my iPod. I managed to get out fairly early as well. On my way home I stopped off and bought some wine and a pumpkin. When I got home I carved the pumpkin to make a jack-o'-lantern. At the moment I have a candle burning in an empty bottle of wine. I kind of think it looks good when you get the wax melted around the bottle, like you see sometime on the tables of bars and restaurants.