CLICKING THROUGH A HAUNTED HOUSE : WEB OFFERS VARIETY OF SPOOKY CHOICES FOR HALLOWEEN FRIGHT.Byline: Elizabeth Lee Cox Professor Lee Cox is a writer and famous political figure in Australia. Among his more notable works include the Presidential Address of Truth 1981, York Debillou 1980 and Scenes from a Separation 1982, argued within some scenes to be Australia's most successful theatre production News Service As Halloween draws near, haunted Web sites are popping up faster than apples in a bobbing barrel. Here are some fun, slightly spooky areas where you can find suggestions for costumes, parties and videos, wander through haunted mansions and play ghoulish ghoul n. 1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome. 2. A grave robber. 3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses. games. The Haunted Home Page offers a good selection of carving stencils, as well as safety tips and downloadable sound files of cackling cack·le v. cack·led, cack·ling, cack·les v.intr. 1. To make the shrill cry characteristic of a hen after laying an egg. 2. To laugh or talk in a shrill manner. v.tr. witches, moaning moan n. 1. a. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain. b. A similar sound: the eerie moan of the night wind. 2. Lamentation. v. ghosts, screams and the like. Ghoulish recipes and kid-friendly ones are here, too. But its interactive game, which involves clicking through a haunted house A haunted house is defined as building that is believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences or paranormal phenomena.[1] A haunted house may contain ghosts, poltergeists, or even malevolent entities. , is the main reason to visit this site. Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. 3.0 or Microsoft's Internet Explorer Microsoft's Web browser, which comes with Windows starting with Windows 98. Commonly called "IE," versions for Mac and Unix are also available. Internet Explorer is the most widely used Web browser on the market. It has also been the browser engine in AOL's Internet access software. 3.0 are recommended for viewing the site and playing the game (www.hauntedhome.com.). Ben & Jerry's Halloween Page offers downloadable images for use on Web sites or computers, as well as games, crafts and links (www.benjerry.com/halloween). The Cabinet of Dr. Casey - The Horror Web Page is a horror fan's dream of a site, with sound clips from movies, poster art, literature links and pointers to related Web sites and news groups. There's a list of Halloween links, too (www.cat.pdx.edu/caseyh/horror). YaBoo! A Parody by Dark Side of the Web echoes the Yahoo format in assembling a huge list of working Halloween links, arranged by category. Parents may wish to supervise children when they're clicking on links not included in the kids category (www.cascade.net/yaboo.html). Family Planet's resources include costume tips, many low-cost and easy to make; party theme suggestions by age group, complete with recipes and ideas for activities, prizes and decorations; suggestions on videos to rent, with age recommendations; and recommendations on controlling candy-eating, safety and dealing with a frightened child. For children, there are electronic postcards to send and a pumpkin to be carved on line (family.starwave.com/seasonal/halloween/). Many of the videos suggested on Family Planet are obvious choices and likely to be rented early; for other fright flick options, try searching the Internet Movie Database. Specifying the 100 highest-rated horror films in English brings up hundreds of choices (thanks to tie scores). Keep an eye on how many Internet users actually voted on the rating, though - some of the top choices are the work of just a few fans. Some videos can be ordered through an Internet storefront (www.imdb.com). Small children can roam freely on the home page for Billy Bear's Halloween. Here, they can print out drawings to color, play on-line games and find games and screen savers Screen Savers may refer to:
The Haunted House, another kids site, supplies party ideas, decorations, recipes, games and downloadable pictures (ww.islandnet.com/bedford/hallow.html). America Online's One Scary Night is a one-stop forum for downloads, ghost stories, games and tips for adult parties. There's a kids area, too. Keyword: Halloween. Hell's Half Acre Noun 1. Hell's Half Acre - a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice Hell's Kitchen Manhattan - one of the five boroughs of New York City , sponsored by the Minneapolis Star Tribune For the Wyoming newspaper, see . The Star Tribune (also Star trib or Strib, as it is often referred to) is the largest newspaper in the U.S. , has games and a selected list of links to other Halloween sites (www.startribune.com/stonline/html/fungames/boo). At UNICEF's Web site, children can order collection boxes to trick-or-treat for funds to help other children worldwide (www.unicefusa.org). Universal Studios' site is a commercial morass; skip the theme park and video ads and go straight to the postcard area, which offers Halloween missives with classic horror movie scenes (www.mca.com). CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Urban Legends' site is among various Web choices, running from tips on costumes for kids to a trip through a haunted house. |
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