Hell-Mouth Halloween Party 2002

This year's theme was the Hell-Mouth Halloween Party, or "come as your favourite demon or demon hunter." As usual, as long as you could convincingly describe your costume in the theme's context, everything was OK. There were some borderline jobs, but what are you going to do, throw them out? Hell, I'm just glad people showed up.

[What a spread]
...really glad people showed up. There was all this food. And beer too!

We had a pretty even mix of demons and hunters. I'm kind of happy with that, since a group of demon hunters by themselves is pretty boring, and demons alone are just plain scary.

[A couple of ringwraiths showed up]
The first to show up were some hungry ringwraiths.

[They liked the pina coladas]
They went straight to the bar and ordered Pina Coladas. Go figure.

[Without the hooded cape]
Of course, they weren't so tough when they had their hoods off. Explains the fancy drinks. Only a witch-king of Angmar would order something in a hollowed-out coconut.

[You know, Ash, from Evil Dead]
To counter all the evil in the room, Ash appeared and revved-up his chainsaw.

[Working chainsaw too]
It came in handy when we needed some more cold-cuts and cheese.

[Chainsaw detail]
We kept trying to unwrap the chainsaw blade, thinking there was chocolate underneath.

[Ghostbuster Janine]
To help Ash out, Ghostbuster Janine appeared ...

[Proton pack]
... and brought in an unlicensed nuclear accelerator. A water-soluble one at that.

[Ghostbuster trap]
Her ghost-trap was on the fritz, but that didn't stop her from crossing the streams.

[Ghostbuster logo]
Hello lawsuit...

[Janine again]
Where the hell can I find a pair of these glasses?

[Sans costume]
We had a couple of troggs show up up, sans costumes. Who goes to a halloween party and doesn't want to wear costumes? They were sacrificed early in the evening.

[Danny and Jackie]
As I said ... sacrificed ... with a blunt chainsaw.

[Me. The Deviled Man]
Please allow me to introduce myself. I am your host for the evening.

[Hah cha cha]
In accordance with 1950s pop culture, we were required to have a classy lady demon. Done and done.

[Double the Devil]
But why stop at one? Devils for everyone! HUZZAH!

[Ditto Devils]
Anyone want a bite? Come on... It's good for ya.

[Witchy Woman]
Someone from Sunnydale showed her witchy face. We weren't sure which side she was on.

[Jay and Silent Bob showed up]
Even Jay and Silent Bob showed up. Again, we weren't sure which side they were on. Sure they fought demons in "Dogma", but ... you know ... it's Jay and Silent Bob.

[J and SB goofing off]
See what I mean? They're crazy mo'fos.

[Something's not right here]
Or something ....

[Harry Potter]
The odds began evening out when Harry Potter showed up in our chamber of secrets.

[He has the mark]
He ordered a Virgin Caesar and kept going on about some "Basilisk" or something.

[Devilish food]
With drinks in hand, everybody started digging in and worshipping at the food altar. It was all pretty spicy nosh, but that's what you get at a Hellmouth party.

[Ever dance with the Devil?]
Hey hey. The Devil is *in*. Wanna make a trade?

[Offering oregano to the chicks]
After scoring some "oregano", Jay went over and tried to pick up some chicks. We didn't tell him there was only catnip in the bag -- and actual oregano.

[Getting fresh]
He started getting fresh too. A little too fresh.

[Getting really fresh]
Hrmmm.

[An odd fantasy]
Kind of a weird fantasy scene. Sort of.

[An odd nightmare]
Yikes! I'm going to have problems watching those movies again. This is a disturbing new way to read Jay and Silent Bob's relationship.

[Hallow Kitty]
Scared the crap out of my cat. Shouldn't invite cats to Halloween parties - they make shoddy familiars, they drink too much, and they tend to catch fire when exposed to candle flames.

[Spamrock Trophy]
Finally, I found a place for the infamous SpamRock trophy. enjoy the amazing costumes.

[PS2]
As is the tradition around here, to everyone goes a [picture of a] Sony Playstation 2. Hooray!