Warheads Super Sour Gummy Body Parts

Happy Halloween from the RtW gang! This year on Review the World to celebrate we're trying a ghastly gaggle of spooky sour gummies in the shapes of ghastly grotesque body parts! A holiday all about horror movies and candy is totally up our alley and we invite you all to dim the lights, get an autumnal candle going, put on your sister's old She-Ra costume, and watch this terrifying treat of a video!

Paqui Haunted Ghost Pepper Chips

We’re celebrating the spooky season with the hottest chips on the market! Paqui’s Haunted Ghost Pepper are scarier than a specter showing up at your soiree. The ghost pepper (also known as the ghost chili or Bhut jolokia) is rated at over 1 million on the Scoville heat scale — to give a comparison Tabasco sauce comes in at a mere 5000. Join Brian, DJ D, Will, & Vineet as we face our flaming fears. Also: bonus footage! We whipped up some hot apple cider as we continue our dive into all things autumnal.

RtW & Pals Fave Childhood Halloween Costumes

Brian is joined by blogging buddies Will (of Casserole of Disaster) and David (of Retro Ghouls) to discuss some of our favorite childhood Halloween costume memories! We discuss some of our earliest costumes, most embarrassing ones, parental ingenuity, and run the gamut from robots to iconic movie characters and serial killers plus more! Embrace the Halloween season and join us for this jaunt down memory lane! Video best enjoyed while wearing an uncomfortable mask.

RtW Cameo: Halloween Hot Sauce

And here's another brand new RtW Brian cameo! Once again I'm joined by DJ D over at VeggieMacabre HQ and this time we're trying Halloween salsa & hot sauce! And man, oh man, just wait until you see what happens when DJ D gets his face melted!

RtW Cameo: Monster Sodas

Last month I went to North Carolina and spoiler alert: it was a blast. I crashed the offices of VeggieMacabre and over a weekend that saw us crush some BBQ and hush puppies, fancy Italian dining, and lots and lots of junk food, we also made time to shoot some videos! Here's the first of my cameos on Will's Halloween Hell Show! Hope you love it!

Mike and Ike Zours Zombies

We end the Halloween season with a bang trying Mike and Ike Zours Zombies! Little capsule-shaped super sour sweets given goofily gimmicked ghoulish names like Leery Lemon. Brian and Nick hit the pavement doing a walking review, watch as they amiably dodge oncoming traffic, dish that unprecedented review oratory, and give you, the RtW faithful, a horrifying and harrowing Halloween experience!

Zombie Jerky

RtW celebrates the Halloween season with a truly heinous snack! Zombie Jerky! But I'm not facing this rancid meat by my lonesome. I'm joined by DJ D of Dark Entries: Goth Radio and Retro Ghouls & Shocks and my buddy Will of VeggieMacabre to put green fetid flesh in our mouths. So watch as we open up the specimen, go cannibal, and Billy gets attacked by a rabid cat!

RtW Cameo: 2014 Cheap Thrills Halloween Special

It's the 8th annual Cheap Thrills Halloween Special! I've joined pals Katie and Tim's Halloween special and it's jam-packed with over 60 min. of non-stop spooky reviews! This'll get you in the Halloween spirit! Frightening hot sauces, costumes, baking, and lots of candy! Join our terrifying trio of hosts and you know our Halloween game is on point!

RtW Cameo: Horror Franchise Discussion

Got an hour to kill? Then join me as I crash the party over on the set of Cheap Thrills with its hosts Katie & Tim to discuss over 25 horror franchises! Get into the Halloween spirit with a heaping helping of horror talk!

B&T Show #25: UFO & Ghost Discussion

Originally intended to be part of this year's Halloween video a lively discussion between Tim and Brian goes 20+ minutes about all things UFO and ghosts. You don't need to go to Area 51 to get spooked. Just watch!

B&T Show #24: 2013 Halloween Special

Our seventh Halloween special! Can't believe we've been doing these yearly since 2007. This time Brian and Tim spend an hour celebrating all things Halloween: Ghoul Aid, Jones Soda, tons of candy, and frighteningly bad attempts at humor! Enjoy and have a great and safe Halloween everyone!

RtW 2012 Halloween Special

It's the last Friday in October so that means it's time for the sixth annual Brian and Tim Show/Review the World Halloween Special. This year, the guys return to where Review the World began and look at a whole assortment of items including cheap masks, Halloween beer, and numerous other things that go bump in the night.

My Brother's Halloween Party

Brian and the Review the World squad invade his brother's yearly Halloween party!

B&T Show #1: 2011 RtW Halloween Special

What better way that to debut the BRAND NEW show called "The Brian and Tim Show" that with the fifth annual Review the World Halloween Special! As usual, Brian and Tim bring you all things ghostly and macabre This year features zombie lab experiments from the Doctor Dreadful Zombie Lab, Tim playing an old DOS based PC game called "Hugo's House of Horrors", Brian reviewing miscellaneous items such as a reaper scythe and monster goo candy, and Tim getting literal by reading an original poem and a selection from the fan fiction story "Doom: Reprecussions of Evil". Believe us, this is the best 50 minutes you'll spend this Halloween.

RtW 2010 Halloween Special

Your favorite Halloween hosts are back for 2010! It's the fourth annual Review the World Halloween Special. A great number of items are reviewed including ancient XBOX video games, Halloween pop tarts, and the first ever Halloween Bag of Crap. Enjoy!

RtW 2009 Halloween Special

The third annual halloween special and one of our best ever! All kinds of fun stuff featuring Tim doing baking, Brian reviewing random stuff in downtown Indianapolis, and tons more!

My Halloween In Pictures

After trick-or-treating was over we ventured to my brother’s for a house party..

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RtW 2008 Halloween Special

The second week in October brings the second annual Halloween Special, featuring one of the best openings we've ever done, a Halloween contest with a face ripping puppet, tons of candy, decorations, and other Halloween related items. Enjoy!

RtW 2007 Halloween Special

It's the one that started it all, the 2007 Review the World Halloween Special! Not only is this the first Halloween Special, it's the first time that Brian and Tim host together! Many good things are reviewed and covered including decorations, candy, a Creepy Crawlers machine, and one of the last appearances of RAP SNACKS~!

Creepy Classics - The Curse of the Werewolf toy

Well, it’s Halloween time and I run a website, so I figured the least I could do was write something Halloween related.  But, this assignment quickly turned from task to something indubitably better.  I went to the local Dollar Tree, and for those unfortunate enough to not have one nearby, you’re missing out on a treasure trove of cheap goodness.  They had a relatively impressive collection of Halloween goods, ranging from bulk candy, to stretchable vampires, and so on.  But, having only a dollar in my wallet, I had to choose wisely.  My choice?  Look above, and just maybe, you’ll feel what I felt when I first laid eyes upon this miniature wolf/man hybrid behind a plastic prison.  Much like a common prostitute, he was begging to be freed and fondled, but not necessarily in that order.

The first major misconception I had was that I prematurely assumed I was taking home a figurine based upon the famous film The Wolf Man (1941).  I was mistaken.  As you’ll see on the left, that’s the most recognizable werewolf of them all, from the aforementioned horror masterpiece.  So, if not him, what werewolf did I now own?  Peer upon the mysterious austere figure to the right for the answer to that query.  From the film The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), I now owned Leon Corledo, which sounds neither scary nor appropriate to me.

At first, before doing the proper research, I must admit I wasn’t particularly awestruck by this figurine.  The attention to detail provided nice touches, but overall, it wasn’t doing much to warrant its admittedly cheap price.  Once I found out that it was in fact based upon an actual film, and that my werewolf wasn’t wearing dress clothes for the hell of it, I was definitely more satisfied.  Based upon what meager photos I could find of the film, the figurine’s ripped shirt and pointy ears are extremely close to its cinematic counterpart.

In fact, here’s a side-by-side comparison of our wolf-like pal Leon in his two unique forms.  You’ve got to admit, just the fact that now, 45 years later, this obscure horror character is being immortalized as a figurine sold exclusively in dingy dollar stores is kind of bizarre enough to be noteworthy.

Even after the ghoulish holiday is over, Leon Corledo now has a permanent home on my stove amongst the spices.  Subsequently, to make him feel more at home, I ripped the shirt I’m wearing now to shreds.

Thus ends Review the World’s foray into the wicked world of Halloween for 2006.  I made this rad image for you all as a token of my sincere and genuine appreciation of your support.  Although we weren’t deeply steeped in the holiday on the site, it’s always been one of my personal favorites; also, albeit a bit premature, I do already have some great ideas for next October.

In conclusion, if anyone’s got a copy, be it an original or homemade dub, of The Curse of the Werewolf (2013 edit: No need I finally tracked it down!) and be willing to mail it to me I’d be forever grateful.  I’d also be remiss not to recommend my all-time favorite werewolf film to anybody looking for a fun horror movie, and that’d be The Howling (1981), which is available on DVD.  I hope everyone has a swell Halloween.

Overall Grade: B+