That’s right folks, October has come and brought Halloween Cheer all the way to Moviecycle. First, it rattled on our windows. Second, a cold wind surrounded the awesome Moviecycle staff. Third, the lights went dark, and the radio started playing Oldies 97.3. That’s right, a radio station that has been off the air for at least a year now. The Moviecycle staff turned in a gasp, hearing the classic cool voice of  Roy Orbison (also deceased). When the lights came back, an orange glow invaded the room, casting a blurry haze over the beloved and always-reliable Wall O’ Cool.

The incredibly cool staff squinted their eyes as they tried to make out what was different about the wall, besides the creepy orange glow. As the super in-their-prime staffers edged toward the wall, they felt an empty chill suffocate their bones (does that even make sense?). One looked for solace in The Big Lebowski, yet it wasn’t… quite…. there. Gone, too, was the criterion collection of The Royal Tenenbaums, or the wonderfully gripping Rescue Dawn, even Purple Rain… simply gone.

In their place was a collection of terrifying terrific and stupidly silly films, all bearing a mild appropriateness for Halloween. The worst part, to the horror of the radical employees, was that every…. single… movie… on the wall… was… 20% off (along with all other movies in the horror, suspense, and sci-fi sections). From that day, the staff fell victim to the spell of films like Children of the Corn, Little Cory Gory, and The Silence of the Lambs. Even Scooby Doo and the Haunted Mansion were included in the spell… a horrifying spell that would last until the end of eternity*!!! Muahahahahaha!

*or until November 1, when things to back to normal

Happy October  Moviecyclers!

This is one of the most awesome times of year. Crunchy leaves, bonfires, hoodies and curling up with your favorite scary movie!

Now through Halloween, Moviecycle will be offering 20% off our Horror, Sci-Fi, and Mystery sections! Hundreds of titles to scare those tacky orange socks right off!

Hanging with Hitchcock maybe? Unwrap a little Boris Karloff? How about several different versions of Dracula? I hear he doesn’t bite….much!

So turn on the nightlight, grab some popcorn and a frightening flick from your friendly neighborhood video store, then prepare to chill….all the way down to the bone! Muah-hah-hahahah!

Next time on the blog? The Wall O’ Ghoul!!

Summer Time woke up and stretched extra hard. She got out of bed, went to the window and pulled back the curtains with a smile.

“What the *#@%!”, she shouted in frustration. The view outside her window was of a slightly soggy Saturday morning.

“This is why I hardly ever visit Seattle! Maybe if I hang out for awhile, the fog will burn off and I can go outside and be warm.” She flopped back on the bed and  looked at the clock.

“I need something to do,” she mumbled. “I know! I’ll go get some movies from that store my friend Moon told me about. Moviecycle in Ballard! She said they have all kinds of cool flicks for real cheap.”

Summer hopped up and assessed herself in the mirror. Spiky gold hair, cupcake pajama bottoms and a Care Bear t-shirt (Sunshine Bear…of course).  She nodded to her reflection in approval and threw on her yellow Converse and Rat City Roller Girls hoodie. Keys in hand, she booked it to Ballard.

The cute little store was  nestled between a gourmet food shop and yoga studio. Darth Vader stared at her through the window as she walked in the open door (pausing for a moment to check out the bin out front…$2.99! Wow!).

The store was funky and covered in tons of movie posters while mellow tunes flowed from the speakers. The clerk smiled and greeted Summer pleasantly, asking if she had any questions.

“I am gonna browse, thanks though!” Summer shared a smile with the friendly clerk.

The new releases caught her eye, all for only $9.99. Book of Eli was supposed to be really good. And that new Michael Cera movie, Youth in Revolt was hilarious according to Moon. Kristen Bell in When In Rome. She is always a cutie. Summer was stoked to see they also had Legion and The Lovely Bones. Two movies she hadn’t caught in the theater. Cool!

Ooooh, speaking of cool. They had a whole wall devoted to cool things! The Wall O’ Cool! 4 Quentin Tarantino movies, 2 Monty Pythons, All About Eve, Fight Club, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fargo. Summer laughed as she discovered they had The Care Bears Movie,  Labyrinth, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Classic kid flicks.

Wow! Look, there’s Death at a Funeral (the cool British version), Donnie Darko, Chasing Amy, American Splendor (didn’t Harvey Pekar just pass away? Paul Giamatti did a decent job playing him.), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Superman, E.T., Knocked Up…..the list of cool titles just kept going.

Summer felt overwhelmed.

Luckily, the clerk helpfully pointed out that she could get three cool movies for only $20! Anything $8 or less and she would be golden.

Summer grabbed The Care Bears Movie, The Darjeeling Limited and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (that one was always her favorite…the scene with the monkey brains just makes her laugh and gag all at the same time…it’s great).

Summer looked longingly at the rest of the store ( “TV shows! Foreign films and stand-up comedy? I will have to come back.”)

The clerk rang her up quickly, checking each disc to make sure they were in good shape. A smile and her change and Summer was out the door headed home to veg out and watch movies until it was time to go outside and shine.

The End

(By the way, you get that she is fictional and we still have those cool movies on the shelf. Just wanted to make sure that was clear…..)