Tim remembers commercials forPOLTERGEIST, HOUSEand HOUSE 2. And while far too frightening for his childhood eyes, he jumped to the record button when the Disney Sunday Night Movie aired its safety guaranteed take on this genre, MR. BOOGEDY.
By 1987 Tim had ceased the seasonal practice of trick or treating. So, on that particular Halloween, he was home to witness the live television broadcast of THE SEARCH FOR HOUDINI
Forever wedged in the corner of 20th Century funny pages, Gary Larson's THE FAR SIDE was a childhood primer of the avant garde. And, in 1994, it animated itself into a Halloween special.
