The Monster Cereal Trifecta is here!

With Elvira having aired her first comeback show, and this early Autumn heat wave in full swing, it’s officially Halloween Time. Every local store has been thoroughly scoured for Halloween things, and there's something new in one of my annual purchases.

The Monster Trifecta cereal has new artwork. Take a look:


It's a nice change, and a good update on classic characters (though I hope they don’t completely abandon the old artwork), and there are a few subtle hints in the new background that tell us more about our favorite monster cereals.

Notice the castle in the background of each box? It’s the same castle. This can only mean one of two things:

1) The monsters all live in the same castle. Presumably it is Count Chocula’s castle, FrankenBerry is his pet monster/roommate, and BooBerry is the ghost that inhabits their home.
2)The artists are lazy.

I’m sure the good people at General Mills would not get lazy with their artwork, so it must mean that the three monsters have been roommates all along. Or perhaps the recent housing crisis has made them consolidate expenses - haunted houses are expensive to keep up.

The Halloween season officially starts

This gorgeous, gloomy weather can only mean one thing: an imminent SoCal heat wave. It happens every year when it seems that Autumn might have finally arrived. This Saturday night I'll be cranking up the A/C, popping a big bowl of popcorn, and settling in for the return of Elvira's Movie Macabre.



Elvira, the bawdy, boob-y hostess of b-movies is kicking off the 2010 Halloween season with the classic zombie movie Night of the Living Dead. This season promises lots more good things - including a new intro from living legend Jack White.


Can we talk about how amazing she looks?

My only complaint is that the show is not DVR friendly (it's listed by the movie title, not as Elvira's Movie Macabre), so take a look at the schedule to make sure that you don't miss a minute.