Dracula pinball machine

A friend of mine just purchased this Dracula pinball machine. It's from the late 70's. I can't believe I've never heard of this one before. Have you?

With glow in the dark ghosts!

Just the type of game I would have enjoyed when I was 8. Click here for more information on the game.

Shocking Autopsy game

This game is just like the classic "Operation" except you have to remove razorblades and throwing stars instead of butterflies and buckets. Oh yeah, you also get SHOCKED if you touch the sides! Available from Stupid.com.

The Game Of LIFE (Haunted Mansion Edition)

What a great idea! I want one.

"It is the classic game of LIFE with a chilling spin. Welcome to the After-LIFE incorporates the stories, mythology, history and the scary fun of the Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Disneyland Paris Haunted Mansion attraction (known as Phantom Manor in Paris) to create an otherworldly game play experience.

If you've played THE GAME OF LIFE, then you're in for a real treat (and a few tricks!) It's all here from the game you know, but re-imagined to take place on the grounds of Master Gracey's vast, decrepit, and mostly haunted estate. You may encounter the "soul" mortal - the Grounds Keeper and his dog as you travel through the After-LIFE. There will be trials and tribulations as you, kind spirit, encounter a hitch-hiking ghost or three, all the while trying to accumulate the most screams along the way. If you are the spirit to arrive at the FINAL RESTING PLACE with the most accumulated screams you will be welcomed as the 1,000 ghost at the Haunted Mansion.

Spook-tacular Facts about The Game of LIFE - Haunted Mansion "Welcome to the After-LIFE" Disney Theme Park Edition

- The game board centers on extending the stories of the four stretch paintings found within the Haunted Mansion.
- Elements from inside and outside the Mansions tucked with in the game board. Can you find the musical instruments? "Tomb Sweet Tomb?" Transformation paintings? Tombstones? Busts from the library, the pet cemetery, the ghosts and ghouls, the five roses?
- The buildings include the Haunted Mansion from Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Disneyland Paris (aka Phantom Manor), a crypt, a carriage house, the Grounds Keepers shack, and a BOO-niversity. The buildings and spinner are glow-in-the-dark.
- The spinner is inspired by Madam Leota's table, complete with tarot cards on the table, a melted candle on the spinner and a raven who watches your every move.
- The bridges hold a few surprises of their own...
- The movers are modified Doombuggies, to hold you and your "passengers" along the path of the After-LIFE.
- Also included are new elements not found at the Mansions but would certainly be found at the Gracey Estate.
- The "Scareer" cards have images of the classic spirits residing in the Haunted Mansion and a few more that have long since been unseen, until now.
- And of course, there are Hidden Mickey's - see how many you can find on the game board and on the cover."

Spooky games

Timewarp Toys
lists an impressive assortment of spooky games & toys. (The spooky stuff starts about halfway down the page.)

A murder of crows

This game is a great way to kill time at the office and the graphics are creep-alicious! Slingshot seedpods into the air to scare off crows and make your scarecrow come alive.

Haunted Mansion board game

In honor of my upcoming trip to Disney World, I present the Haunted Mansion Game. Released in 1972, it's "based on the classic attraction from Walt Disney World. Players try to move their pawn through the haunted mansion. A major portion of the game board consists of rotating discs that change the path that the player pawns can take. Check out Board Game Geek for more info.

Slime Monster game

Why didn't I have this game growing up? Here's a description of it from the folks at Board game Geek: "The Slime Monster has invaded the town. You've got to stop him! You must get from the High School to the Armory, pick up a land mine and knock the Slime Monster over. But be careful that the Slime monster doesn't knock you over with his slime. Movement is directed with a spinner. Each spin is used twice: once for the player and the same amount for the monster. The players try to manipulate the monster so that he winds up standing over an opponent. He then "slimes" the player and moves. If the slime covering the player causes the player piece to fall over, the player must start again. Yuck!"

Whack-a-ghoul

As further proof that there are no more original ideas, allow me to present
"Whack-a-ghoul" #1 and "Whack-a-ghoul" #2.

(Under normal cicumstances, I might feel that reviewing "ghoul whacking games" is beneath me. Tonight though, you are in luck. Here's my 23 word review --> "Though #2 has superior graphics, I prefer #1 because it allows you to swing a shovel at their ghoulish little heads.")