The Friday Five Reminds Me That Halloween Is Just Around the Bend

1. What is your favorite scary movie? You know, I'm finding that surprisingly hard to answer, possibly because I don't mentally categorize "scary movies" as being different from any other sort of movie, and if I like a scary movie it's probably for reasons other than its sheer fright value. But, let's see... The Sixth Sense is wonderfully creepy, and a very good movie on a number of levels. And I was amazed by how much I liked that old Halloween standby, Scream, when I finally got around to seeing it. I'd maybe nominate Alien, too, but honestly I liked the second movie a lot better, and that was less of a traditional kind of horror story, I think.

2. What is your favorite Halloween treat? Anything chocolate makes me happy.

3. Do you dress up for Halloween? If so, describe your best Halloween costume. I haven't for years and years. Not since I was a teenager. I think the last time I dressed up for Halloween was in junior high. I was Mr. Spock.

4. Do you enjoy going to haunted houses or other spooky events? Nah, I'm afraid Halloween is generally pretty much a non-celebrated holiday for me.

5. Will you dress up for Halloween this year? Only if, for some strange reason, my friends suddenly decided to exert massive amounts of peer pressure on me to do so. Then maybe I'd put on a bathrobe and say I was dressed as Arthur Dent.