are you telling me americans have stores that open up SPECIFICALLY for halloween and just. dont exist any other time of the year. you people are insane
Imagine an empty storefront. Some business that closed years ago. The building stands empty, unused for literal months. And then boom. Fall comes around and there’s a Spirit Halloween. There’s no escape.
what the fuck
Yeah this is a thing
Are you serious
Yes and they are divine gifts of beauty and cheap plastic lawn decorations.
… I honestly assumed that the existence of Halloween stores was just a running joke in American TV shows.
No they’re very real
Can confirm this phenomenon also occurs in Canada
It’s fun
Oh, it’s a blast.
Wait, so during non-halloween they are just empty? Like, they don’t switch between seasonal decorations (like christmas, easter, etc), they just…close and wait for next year???
Yeah, it’s not a permanent store. A company will rent an empty building for the 2-3 months before halloween, sell halloween stuff, and then clean everything up and disappear until the following year. And they’ll usually set up in different buildings from year to year. They just find any good-sized empty store space that will give them a cheap, short-term lease.
It’s so temporary that the halloween stores don’t even have a real sign, they just hang up a banner outside:
So you’re telling me that every year for a month or two the Spirit of Halloween possesses a dead building then disappears?
“Believe it or not, Halloween destination Spirit Halloween is being turned into a movie, with Variety today announcing the project that’s based on the Halloween superstore.Christopher Lloyd and Rachael Leigh Cook are set to star!
Here’s the plot synopsis for the “family/kids adventure movie”…“When a new Spirit Halloween store appears in a deserted strip mall, three middle-school friends who think they’ve outgrown trick-or-treating make a dare to spend the night locked inside the store Halloween night. But they soon find out that the store is haunted by an angry evil spirit who has possessed the creepy animatronic characters.“The kids embark on a thrilling and spooky adventure in order to survive the night and avoid becoming possessed themselves.”Donavan Colan (“Zoe”), Dylan Frankel (“Raven’s Home”), Jaiden Smith (“Blue Bloods”) and Marissa Reyes (“Raven’s Home”) will also star in Spirit Halloween: The Movie.David Poag directed Spirit Halloween, expected in October 2022!
The film comes from Strike Back Studios, Hideout Pictures and Particular Crowd. “One of the reasons I immediately connected with the script is it is very much inspired by some of my favorite kid adventure films growing up from ‘The Goonies,’ ‘Gremlins,’ ‘Monster Squad’ and so many great films made by Amblin Entertainment,” said Noor Ahmed, president of Strike Back.”
Interestingly enough, when I went to talk to my boss while wearing this monitor, she mentioned that she’s had to wear one in the past. And the day before, when I went to get my hair dyed, my hairdresser also recognized that it was a Holter, but I was expecting that because I know he has heart problems too.
[Image description: one full-body photo of a young woman (me) with pin curled orange hair that’s twisted back in front and pulled into a ponytail. The ponytail is tied with a black scarf with white polka dots. I’m standing in front of a white wall. I’m wearing an off-white ¾ sleeve linen shirt tucked into a khaki pleated skirt that goes to about mid-calf. The skirt is belted with a black belt, and I have a cell phone case clipped to it. There is also a sensor coming up from the front of my waistband and hanging around my neck. Under the skirt, I have on “nude” tights. I’m wearing red lipstick and black-and-grey sneakers. As always, I have on my round silver glasses.]
Contrary to popular belief, Spirit Halloween DOES punish employees for customer theft.
Store managers lose their bonuses, employees get fired, and if a certain location has a shrink percentage larger than 10%, that location will not reopen the following year, meaning those employees will not be asked to come back the following year, because they failed to protect the company’s assets.
So not only are you messing with jobs and pay by stealing from Spirit Halloween, but you’ll be why certain locations don’t reopen the following year.
Think about that the next time you thinkk about stealing a shitty Pageboy wig, a $10 choker, or an entire Sexy Little Red Riding Hood costume.
