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China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday bemoaned the collapse of demand from Western countries for “festive products for coming Halloween,” while taking some solace in brisk orders for “Christmas consumption.”

Halloween spending points toward another disappointing holiday shopping season.

Handing out Halloween treats is going to be trickier this year. The cost of candy and chewing gum soared 13.1 percent compared to a year earlier in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics — the highest increase ever recorded.

Director David Gordon Green plays bait-and-switch with Halloween Ends. Instead of delivering what was promised, an obsessed and intense Laurie Strode hunting down Michael Myers, we’re served a dull character piece focused on some guy named Corey.  

A popular family-run haunted house in San Bernardino, California, was shut down by city officials after neighbors complained about traffic and safety concerns.

A Plainfield, Illinois couple’s Halloween display of a floating mannequin, based on the TV show Stranger Things, was taken down after one neighbor complained about the increased traffic it was bringing into the community.

As the Halloween season approaches, pumpkin prices are expected to increase due to inflation, drought, and higher production costs.

Hershey announced Thursday the company anticipates a candy shortage for Halloween due to issues with the global supply chain.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) claimed Tuesday in his first public appearance since Oct. 27 that he had canceled plans to attend the Glasgow climate summit because his children demanded that he go trick-or-treating with them on Halloween.

Rocker Jon Bon Jovi, who is fully vaccinated, has canceled his Halloween concert after testing positive for the Chinese coronavirus.

Veteran actor Steve Buscemi was seen handing out Halloween candy over the weekend, while dressed up as himself in a moment from TV’s 30 Rock which has become an enduring Internet meme.

Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria were slammed after posing with their six children clad in Halloween costumes and posting to Instagram what many called “tasteless” photos. The posts came one week after Alec killed Rust cinematographer and mother Halyna Hutchins, who was memorialized over the weekend.

George Washington University students expressed that “cultural appropriation is real,” and it is important to be “culturally sensitive” and “politically correct” when dressing up for Halloween.

Writer Paul Bois breaks down the greatest horror film scores of all time, from Danny Boyle’s “28 Days Later” to Hitchcock’s “Psycho.”

Attorneys general in several states have issued warnings about cannabis products that apparently resemble standard snacks and candies, CBS News reported Thursday.

Northern Virginia authorities are increasing security efforts at malls and shopping centers outside of Washington, DC, over Halloween weekend in response to a potential ISIS threat, reports say.

South Korean health officials recently discouraged “foreigners and young people” against gathering for Halloween celebrations in the coming days, warning that government authorities will seek to deport any foreign nationals found guilty of violating South Korea’s coronavirus restrictions, the Korea Herald reported Thursday.

What happens when leftists throw Halloween and their woke agenda into a cauldron and mix it together? The nightmarish result is this year’s “Bite Size Halloween,” a Hulu short film series sponsored by Mars Inc. — the company responsible for some of America’s most popular trick-or-treating candy.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released a series of Holloween-style ads on Wednesday targeting 15 vulnerable Democrat House members to highlight their plan allowing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to spy on bank accounts to nearly every American.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have canceled the traditional Halloween party at the White House, citing their travel plans to Europe for the reason.

The increasingly partisan Anti-Defamation League (ADL) interjected itself into the annual Halloween debate this week.

President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats plan to hold dual votes on the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Act next week.

The National Theatre of Scotland announced that it will not be using the word “spooky” as it has been used previously as a racial slur.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Monday told reporters Democrats will likely miss the halloween deadline for passing the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.

“Halloween Kills” into what I call “true horror,” a brutal and uncompromising story without mercy or sentiment.

Halloween decorations and costumes are becoming increasingly harder to find as supply chain issues plague the United States.

Fears that Halloween might offend certain children have caused several elementary schools to cancel the holiday this year.

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis said the new Halloween Kills movie is about the kind of mob violence that Americans witnessed on January 6 when rioters stormed the Capitol building.

Medical adviser to the president Dr. Anthony Fauci, who made waves last week after stating it was “too soon to tell” if families and friends should gather for Christmas this year, apparently believes it is safe for children to celebrate Halloween, encouraging people to “go out there” and “enjoy” it.

The majority of Americans say they will engage in Halloween festivities this year, nearly matching the percentage of those who said the same in 2019, prior to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, a Morning Consult survey released this week found.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced their new Halloween deadline for passing President Joe Biden’s radical agenda items.

Speaking of her latest turn as boogieman slayer in “Halloween Kills,” Kamala Harris fangirl, gun control pusher, and Planned Parenthood telehealth spokeswoman Jamie Lee Curtis insisted that her latest bouts with villain Michael Meyers are “prescient” because the movies are an allegory about how “evil is winning.”

To prevent the spread of coronavirus, Airbnb has announced it will ban one-night reservations on Halloween this year in the United States and Canada to cut down on potential parties.

Chinese state media on Friday said Americans might see fewer fireworks on the Fourth of July because Chinese-made fireworks are “caught up in the global supply chain disruption resulting from the pandemic,” but with half a year to go until Christmas, “much-needed goods” from the “world’s factory” in China should make it to the U.S. and Europe on time.

Police gave out nearly £100,000 in fines to people for having “illegal gatherings” in celebration of Halloween in the English region of South Yorkshire over the weekend.

Two people were killed and five wounded early Sunday morning in a Halloween attack in Quebec City. The alleged sword-weilding perpetrator, who was dressed in medieval clothing, has been arrested and is now in custordy, Canadian police said.