Dropped in on the Spirit Halloween Superstore last night. It was filled with parents and their children, who were gleefully exposed to the most frightening collection of violent, disgusting and generally traumatic fictional imagery ever collected in one place.

Apparently, like visits with Santa, children are dragged literally kicking and screaming into the store, paralyzed with terror, to get dressed up by their insane parents like little dolls. What was more disturbing were the kids who appeared to feel right at home surrounded by polyurethane heads on pikes, giant rubber rats and all sorts of dismembered humanoids.

I'm not a prude or anything, but that sucks. The only saving grace was the bad ass little kid in the sumo outfit. â€" Paul Schrag