Halloween has long been my favorite holiday from childhood to adulthood unlike any other. So when a friend suggested we go to one of the classic, interactive non-horror Halloween movies at my favorite movie theatre, I readily agreed. The theatre even provided a goodie bag to go along with the movie–very smart move. I wasn’t the least surprised that the goodie bag didn’t contain rice nor fine confetti. Imagine the clean up!
With a third of my closet dedicated to costumes, I wasn’t the least bit pressed about being a particular character. I just pulled together most of my Mad Hatter costume with the notable exception of the hat and the functional addition of my slick black raincoat. Even though the theatre gave us newspapers, they also gave us water guns. I made sure to fill mine up with water since I wasn’t going to enter this water gun fight with a dry gun. That would be un-Texan.
I hadn’t seen this movie in such a long time that it was almost like seeing again for the first time, yet I’d seen it at least twice before. I’d really wanted to do the Time Warp, especially since we sat on the front row and didn’t have to travel far to dance. I got sidelined by my chicken wings that arrived a few minutes prior to that famous scene.
Despite the mostly young crowd, there were some of us who have remained young at heart and knew many of things to shout out at the screen. We’d had a talking to prior to the movie, which basically said don’t squirt or throw anything at the servers and don’t shout out continuously throughout the movie.
I’m so happy everyone participated without getting out of hand and since this was a musical, we sang along throughout the movie. This may become my new Halloween celebration tradition, especially when Halloween falls on a weeknight.