Did you know that Gary Larson’s comic strip "The Far Side" was turned into an animated Halloween special in 1992?  No?  What are you waiting for?  Clickie!  {and Happy Halloween From Your HanttulaCo Hosts!}

And I unleash unto you, the 2007 Hanttula’s
HALLOWEEN PHENOMETHON of LINKS & GAMES

UPDATED 10/26 at 10:12 PM

1. Springed Spooks Attack: Fend off attacks from spring-bound spooks to save the princess {fun cartoon style!}
2. Night of 1000 Zombies: You are a jack-o-lantern, tossing your own head to smash approaching zombies
3. Monster Match: Stack matching monsters to remove them in this reverse-Tetris style game
4. Dead Frontier - Night One: Can you survive the night during an onslaught of malicious zombies?
5. Mon-Buster: Match monster tiles to remove them in this timed memory game
6. Whack-a-Ghoul: like Whack-a-Mole but with ghouls
7. Ghost Town: a club-wielding baby in a cemetery makes battle with ghosts & other haunting baddies.
8. De-Animator: a shooting game in which you play the part of a regretful scientist who chooses to undo his "reanimation" of corpses… one bullet at a time.
9. Ghoul Academy: side-scrolling shooter action in this early 90’s style video game
10. Pumpkin Toss: a shooting-gallery type game in which you toss pumpkins at approaching ghosts, ghouls & skeletons.
11. Halloween Pumpkins: a stacking-puzzle/strategy game… with pumpkins!
12. Virtual Pumpkin Carving: illuminates when you are done!
13. Halloween Hangman:  just what you would imagine.
14. Very cool & simple (to make) Halloween Mask: [video] if you have two large sheets of paper & about 15 minutes you can create a mask that gives the impression of the wearer’s head being twisted all the way around his/her body
15. All Hallow’s Eve: Defend your home from attacking zombies. Aim for the head.
16. Candy Toss: toss treats to trick-or-treaters on the street below.
17. Halloween on Creepy Street: kind of like Super Mario Bros. expect you’re trick-or-treater dressed as a ghost.
18. Grave Robber: visit the local cemetery gather enough spare body parts for your local mad scientist
19. Cat Bowling: Roll pumpkins at the feline pins!
20. Ghost Bowling: Roll jack-o-lanterns at ghostly pins!
21. Bill the Demon: Find souls. Eat them.
22. Halloween Smash: like Bejeweled, but with Halloween-related items.
23. Crumpkin’s Pumpkins: visited this haunted pumpkin patch and click (and click and click) around to see what surprises await you. { or just go to listen to the creepy ambient soundtrack }. { Works in Internet Explorer Only}

And I quote the link’s title…
Using McDonald’s As Pizza Toppings — this could not have happened (north of) the ‘Mason-Dixon Line’

Now, dear friends, I share with you the greatest scene in all of cinema’s history.
{ Dick Shawn & Barrie Chase Dancing }

Something to look forward to: a coffee table book of faux cereal boxes created by some of your favorite animators.  Oh, how I wish I could start my day with a nice bowl of Cthulhu Crunch.

Waaaaaay back in the eighties, Canadian cartoonist Ty Templeton created his magnum-opus "Stig’s Inferno" — a classic Mad Magazine inspired take on "The Divine Comedy".  Long out of print, he has now made the entire saga available for reading on his website.

It’s about time that Ivan Dimitrov, the world’s greatest (semi-undiscovered) dancing sensation, is given a proper venue. Watch him in David Wingo’s music video now. Be mesmerized & entertained beyond all previous expectations.

"PLAY FOR ME BECAUSE I LOVE IT!!! OK!!!"

Another infinitely zooming image (with sound!); this one to promote SciFi Channel’s "Tin Man": Infinite Oz

Greg introduces us to…
M&M Survival of the Fittest

A graphic display of the "footprint" of various retailer’s land use in the U.S. Not surprisingly, WalMart covers more acreage than the island of Manhattan.

Meet the Waterhobo: one individual’s answer to the problem of neighbors cutting through his yard to use a community pool. One individual’s auto-sensing, -tracking, -firing, and -recording water cannon answer.

DarkDan introduces us to
The Wilhelm Scream. A single, stock soundeffect that has been used in dozens & dozens of films since the early 1950’s.

Here’s a video compilation of uses of the Wilhelm Scream.

Here’s a mini-documentary regarding the history of the Wilhelm Scream. 

I love repurposing of shipping containers.
I love that this one was turned into an illy cafe.

Hola Chica from GlueGlue Design turns sliced fruit into a vessel for wine.

From Gastronomica Magazine, comes this fairly exhaustive listing of Food On Film.