Halloween 2K26 - My Final Costume

Halloween was always a thrill when I was a kid. My family moved around a lot, which meant there were always new neighborhoods to explore, new houses to visit, and different little Halloween attractions to discover. I loved figuring out what I was going to dress up as each year and was constantly trying to top whatever costume I had worn the year before. Then seventh grade arrived, and suddenly Halloween seemed childish. I was heavily into horror movies by that point, and walking door to door asking strangers for candy felt immature compared to staying home and watching people get slaughtered on VHS. So that year, my little brother went trick-or-treating without me while I stayed home and marathoned horror movies. A new Halloween tradition was born. From eighth through tenth grade, I spent every Halloween parked in front of the television watching scary movies. I had no desire to dress up, go trick-or-treating, or participate in anything remotely social. Give me a stack of VHS tapes…