Darkness really IS important for halloween. Jeers to the DST steering comitte for f'ing up halloween for the kids; don't forget that halloween starts an hour later this year due to the extended daylight savings time.
I'm going to put a sign out front that reads "Halloween starts at dusk" just so any parents who are conditioned to starting at 5:45 know to come back in an hour when it gets dark and Halloween 'really' starts.
Little kids should only have a 1aaa light, like a dorcy, but adults should have something brighter for safety. Maybe just a glowing jackolantern to carry.
Anyway, around 9 when halloween ends I'm going outside with a bright flashlight to keep an eye on the 'hoods' who come out late and spray shaving cream.
As far as your spooky music needs, I put together a cd last year that was really super. It includes these albums with the songs jumbled up:
- A nightmare on elm st. :Charles Bernstein/ Christopher young
- Corpse bride
- The best of halloween: John Carpenter/Alan Howarth
- Friday the 13th orchestra with Henry Malfredini and Michael Zager
- The jaws theme, the psycho theme,