Welcome again kiddies! It's time to kick off the Countdown to Halloween in earnest with my annual look at Halloweeny, spooky, or creepy TV commericals. These are always one of my favorite articles to write, because there's something about televised capitalism that really puts you in the Halloween spirit!
First up: a demonstration of the Kodak Instamatic camera at Universal Studios Hollywood--with a little help from our fiends!
Next up: an awesome promo for Cinemax's "Drive-In Saturday Night Horrors" programming from the late '80s. The four films featured here are all '80s horror classics--what a film festival these would make! Then again, Oh, God! You Devil beforehand is a nice bonus!
This next one is in honor of the not-yet-official news that McDonald's is bringing back Halloween Happy Pails! McDonald's hasn't offered Halloween Pails since the Great Pumpkin tie-in ones from 2016; this commercial is for the 2011 incarnation of the pails, which came with stickers that kids could use to create their own Pail design.
Craft store chain Michael's has long been an important place for Halloween decorations, but I didn't know they ever had costumes as well! Here's proof from this delightfully low tech commercial from 1991!
One thing about Halloween that doesn't get mentioned enough--it's a surprisingly good way to make a love connection! And you can get affordable help creating a costume from your local Goodwill. Just look at this lucky fellow who found a costume and a connection thanks to Goodwill!
AMC is known today as the cable network for Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, but the channel's origins is as American Movie Classics, a home for great films from '30s through the '60s and even earlier! It's where I saw some great early horror films like the ones featured in this promo. I wish the channel was still like this!
I hope you enjoyed this collection; please let me know in the comments. I hope to have more for you later this month. Thanks!
Some great ones there! Movies hit different when you didn't have thousands available at the touch of a remote. When you knew you were watching with millions of others around the country. It's why I like taking part in watch parties when I am able.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for the pails at McDs! Hope they aren't scarce!
Added these commercials to my Halloween collection. I love watching these during the Halloween season. When we were kids, we hated commercials, now I kind of miss them (these classic ones anyway, the new ones still suck!)
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