Tag: Halloween

The House of Shadows!

A black title card with green spooky writing reads “The Hammer house of Vaark presents”

Another black card reads “The House of Shadows!”

Well! I was out for a walk in the Spooky Forest, and it started to rain. Luckily, I came across a big old house, so I’ve come in to shelter.

Ratvaark is in his duffel coat, in a wood panelled room, with cobwebs and a clock at nearly midnight

Ah, there’s a candle on the mantlepiece, I’ll light that so I can see a bit better…

Ratvaark looks at a candle on the mantelpieceRatvaark has lit the candle

Argh! What’s that shadow! It’s a giant bat!

Ratvaark sees a giant shadow on the wall, which looks like a giant bat wing

Oh, no, it isn’t. Hello Bernard. Were you out for a walk too? At least you were sensible enough to bring an umbrella. Your shadow did look spooky!

Bernard comes into the room, with an umbrella

Eek! A flying witch’s broom!

Ratvaark and Bernard see the shadow of an old fashioned broom on the wall

Oh! Hello Microvaark. What’s that? You’ve come to sweep up a bit? Jolly good. It is a bit cobwebby.

Ratvaark talks to Microvaark, who is carrying a broom

Microvaark uses the broom to sweep some of the cobwebs

Yikes! A coffin!

Ratvaark looks at the shadow of a coffin shape on the wall

Oh! It’s not a coffin, it’s Hypno, with a table. Odd thing to bring for a walk…

Hypnovaark has come in, carrying a table

Argh! A ghost, a ghost!

Ratvaark looks at a ghost shaped shadow on the wall

Hmm, doesn’t look so ghostly now… Oh! It’s Dim, with the cloth for the table….

Ratvaark looks at a figure with a cloth draped over it

Dim places the tablecloth on the table

*shiver* That looks like a load of creepy gravestones….

Ratvaark looks at the shadow of some square and arched gravestones on the wall

Oh, hello Fury. You’ve brought the chairs to go with the table? Well, I suppose that’s a good idea…

Fury has brought three chairs, two square tops and one arched.

Yikes! A huge spider web! Imagine the size of the spider!

Ratvaark looks at the shadow of a giant spider web

 

Oh! It’s Esther, with decorations and bunting. Of course! We’re having a Halloween party!

Esther comes in carrying a spider web decoration and a length of orange and black bunting.

Esther and Bernard hand the decorations over the fireplace.

Oh no! A terrible tentacled monster!

Ratvaark looks at the shadow of a monster with tentacles

Oh hello Nano. You’ve brought paper streamers? Well done. Esther and Bernard can help you hang them up.

Nano comes in with a load of curly orange paper streamers

Esther helps to hang the streamers on the bunting.

Eeek! That looks like Frankenstein’s monster with the square head and the bolts through the neck!

Ratvaark looks at the shadow of a Frankenstein type monster

Oh, Arnold! Why are you carrying a bucket on your head? Ah! It’s for the apple bobbing!

Arnold comes in, wearing a bucket on his head

The bucket is filled with apples

Argh! A giant creepy hand!

Ratvaark looks at the shadow of a creepy hand

Oh, it’s alright. It’s Peggy and Gino with a pot of cutlery for the buffet table. Good thinking.

Peggy and Gino bring in a teapot with the handles of 4 spoons sticking up looking like fingers.

Peggy and Gino put the pot and spoons on the table

*gulp* Is that a witch’s hat?

Ratvaark looks at the shadow of a witch’s hat

Oh. No. It’s Matilda with a big tall jelly for pudding!

Matilda brings in a tall conical jelly

Yikes! A spooky cauldron of potion!

Ratvaark sees the shadow of a cauldron

Ah, it’s alright. It’s Ofelia with her big cooking pot, full of pumpkins!

Ofelia comes in with her big cooking pot, full of little chocolate pumpkins

*gasp* Is that an evil knifeman, or the Grim Reaper?

Ratvaark sees the shadow of a figure wielding a knife

Oh, ok, it’s Ernest with a cake, and a knife to cut it with. Yum Yum!

Ernest has a big sponge cake, and a large shiny knife.

Argh! Is that… a headless figure, stumbling towards us?

Ratvaark sees a shape with two arms but no head

Oh, no, it isn’t. It was Winston and Vincent getting lost and looking which way to turn….

Winston and Vincent stand back to back, their snozzles sticking out like arms

Well, what started as a rather spooky house has become a rather jolly Halloween party hasn’t it! We are going to have fun.

Ratvaark looks at the camera, a hint of a shadow on the wall behind him

And thank goodness, there are no more spooky shadows, eh?

A picture of the whole room, with partying vaarks, and the shadow of a monster is seen on the wall

Eh….?

Ratvaark looks at the monster shadow

A final black card reads “The End”

An out of this world Halloween!

Whooooosh, whooooosh

Hello! It’s time for our Sci-Fi themed Halloween fancy dress party! I’ve come as The Doctor (Tom Baker era!). Do you like my TARDIS? It’s bigger inside, so there’s lots of room for snacks!

Ratvaark peers out of the open tardis door

Anyway, I seem to be first here, so I better check everything is alright, and put the light inside the pumpkin! I wonder who will get here next?

Oh hello Hypno! You’ve come as Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon! Very good!

Hypno appears dressed as Ming the Merciless

Yes, I know they look like pumpkins, but they’re actually chocolate! How cool is that?

Ratvaark and Hypno look at a pyramid of chocolates wrapped in orange foil

Hey Ernest! You’ve come as a Cyberman! One of my oldest opponents! It’s a good thing you’re not a real one or I’d have to battle you!

Oh, Dim! Have you only just got up? Oh, I see! You’re Arthur Dent from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Well, it looks like a very comfortable costume. I hope you know where your towel is? Oh! Oh, I see you do!

Ah, I see Ernest has found the chocolate pumpkins!

Ernest picks up a chocolate pumpkin

So anyway Dim, you’re here, where’s Matilda? Who’s she coming as?

Ratvaark and Ernest tak to Dim, as Matilda appears in the background

What do you mean “Don’t blink?”

Matilda has come closer behind Ratvaark

 

Oh! Oh, Matilda you startled us! I see, you’re a Weeping Angel from Doctor Who. Um. Did they have glittery wings? Oh, ok. Yes, I suppose costumes are always better with a bit of glitter.

Matilda talks to ratvaark

Peggy! Or should I say Princess! I like your hairdo. And Gino! Very imposing as Darth Vader. Very… menacing.

Yes, Peggy, those are chocolate eyeballs! Gruesome, eh?

Peggy points to the dish of eyeballs

Gino says those aren’t really scary eyes… These are! Oh my goodness, so many eyes! I can’t look!

Gino brings in a dish of buttons (vaark eyes are made from buttons) and everyone is startled

Dim says the green eyes remind him of someone….

Dim looks at the dish of buttons

Oh, of course, it’s Esther! She’s come as Yoda, what magnificent ears! Ha ha, she’s having a mock battle of the Force with Darth Vader.

Now, I wonder who’ll arrive next…. What’s that funny noise? Ah! It’s Captain Kirk and Mr Spock beaming in!

Fury and Bernard have beamed in

Why did you two decide to come as a duo? Ah, Bernard says “It was purely logical”.

Beep beep! Hello, here’s R2D2! That’s a very good costume, but who…? Oh, Micro, it’s you!

R2D2’s head does make a rather good dish to hold a stash of chocolates, it’s true!

Micro has gathered some chocolates in the top of R2

Micro says he likes the way R2 matches his colours. Talking of blue, he says, who is Arnold coming as?

Micro talks to ratvaark

Oh! Arnold has come as Jake from Avatar! No body paint needed! He’s just glad we’ve got the heating on, that costume is a bit skimpy!

Micro and Ratvaark look at Arnold who is dressed as a character from avatar

Bernard is asking if I know what costume Nano has chosen… Yikes! He’s come as a Facehugger from Alien!

A close up of nano in costume

Nano! Don’t do that to Dim! Oh, it’s ok. He’s just getting a lift over the to table, so that he can tackle a chocolate eyeball!

So anyway, Fury, how are you enjoying… Um, what are you looking at? What’s behind me?

Ratvaark talks to Fury, who looks distracted

EXTERMINATE! Good grief Ofelia you startled me! My most constant adversary, the Dalek!

Ofelia appears dressed as a Dalek

You’ve worked very hard on that costume Ofelia, well done. You’ve even got a slightly familiar looking eye!

Well, are we all here yet? No, hang on.. What’s that! A DeLorean just appeared from nowhere!

A Delorean car appears in the room

It’s Winston and Vincent, as Doc Brown and Marty McFly, Back to the Future. It’s odd, the first thing they said was “Finally we got it right!” Apparently, they’ve already been early twice and late once!

Winston, dressed as Doc Brown, and Vincent dressed as Marty McFly with a skateboard get out of the car

Well, now we’re all here, and enjoying the party. Apart from the snacks, we’re bobbing for apples and enjoying looking at each others’ costumes.

Everyone is enjoying bobbing for apples

So I’ll say goodnight – I hope you’ve enjoyed our party, and if you’ve had your own that it went well too!

Ratvaark talks to the camera