Trek or Treat? Halloween for Star Trek fans

As we approach Halloween, there are plenty of things a Star Trek fan can do to get into the spirit of the spooky season. Pumpkin Carving It wouldn’t be Halloween without a bit of pumpkin carving! And what better way of showing how much of a Trek fan you are than by showing off your […]

Fright Night @ the Englands 2016

Ok, so I totally didn’t get around to posting about this back in 2016!!  But finally, here is a breakdown of our first Halloween party in our new house, and for the first time, we had plenty of space to buy extra pumpkins! I decided to have another traditional Halloween theme, and I hope to […]

A Survivor: The Legacy of the Alien Franchise

When we learned about the “Alien Encounter” experience being hosted at the National Space Centre in Leicester over the Halloween weekend at Comicon earlier in the summer, we signed up for tickets straight away.  The event included: a fantastic live-action experience where a bunch of real-life Colonial Marines from the UK division battled it out against large […]

Something Wicked This Way Comes: Hosting a Traditional Halloween Party

Halloween is a great Holiday. There are just so many themes and colour schemes that you can use for your celebrations.  Last year we had a Breaking Bad theme, which was so much fun to plan for.  You can read more about how to host your own Breaking Bad party here: https://geekchic-hq.com/2013/11/07/yeah-science-a-heisenberg-halloween/ Double, double toil and […]

Yeah, Science! A Heisenberg Halloween

*(WARNING: spoiler alert)* The end of AMC‘s Breaking Bad proved VERY timely for Halloween twenty thirteen.  

 The show chronicles the transformation of Walter White, from a Nobel award contributor, and high school chemistry teacher, into ALBUQUERQUE ’S meth king-pin supremo.  Far from being the protagonist of the series, WALT proves to be the catalyst for […]