Contact: Spunky Productions
419.524.4330
The Facts on Scary.com
Who: Scary.com, one of the most popular Halloween websites for kids and parents.
What: Families can gather around the computer to enjoy scary-lite interactive activities such as original Web
toons, spooky sing-a-longs, and interactive investigations that offer audio and animated rollover
explorations. Kids and parents will alsofindfind Grinch mischief throughout the Claus.com site, as well as costume suggestions, recipes and craft suggestions to help
ring in the Halloween season.
Launched in 1999 as one of the first animated Halloween sites for kids in cyberspace, Scary.com
celebrates its 4th season of free Web holiday entertainment. Scary.com is created by Spunky
Productions, a division of Universal Digital Communications.
Scary.com Favorites:
1) This year for the first time, the Grinch will infiltrate Santa’s Village and spread mischief throughout Claus.com as part of a promotion for the home video release of Universal Studios’ The Grinch starring Jim Carrey. Kids and parents will find all kinds of Grinch mischief throughout the animated, interactive Claus.com site, including:
Naughty Ratings: The Naughty or Nice Archives has turned into the Naughty Archives, where kids can get a personalized Naughty Rating from the Grinch.
Elf School: The Grinch has taken over the school with his rule -- "No games. No fun. No Christmas." Kids can earn their personalized Honorary Grinch Diploma.
Toy-Making Machine: The Grinch has hot-wired the Toy Hullaballu to make coal instead of toys, forcing the elves to wear hard hats with lights.
Mrs. Claus's Kitchen Raid: The Grinch stays busy cleaning out the Kitchen and filling his sack full of tasty treats intended for good little girls and boys.
12) The grossest recipes:
Back by popular demand are disgustingly fun food concoctions for kids. Favorites include: Eyeballs in Spaghetti, Rat on a Stick, Booger Burrito and more.
23)Suggested costumes and crafts:
Costumes sure to win that school prize and crafts that will keep friends talking for months to come. Craft ideas include: Repulsive Door Wreath, Hazel the Hag napkin holder and more. Favorite costume ideas include: Peanut Butter and Jelly, Bubblegum Under a Chair, Hand-y-Man and more.
3) Haunting History 101:
At the suggestion of William Shakenscream, knowing about the history of superstitions is a must, especially during Halloween
4) Enhanced animated features have been added throughout this “Spooktacular” neighborhood, such as:
- Watching and listening to spooky interactive rollovers
- Interpreting freaky fortunes
- Singing along with Shriek, Ima Stoneturner and Hedley the Butler
- Reading spooky short stories in the “Scary-Tale Patch”
- Inspecting tombstones in the “Semi-Scary Cemetery”
- Probing Dr Heebie Jeebie’s Gory Laboratory to find desktop goodies and Instant Message Buddy Icons
- Bone-rattling jokes performed by the Zombie brothers
- A who’s who of the entire cast of the Scary.com
- Shopping in the Boo-bargain booth to find over forty designs with a choice of twenty different products. From a cooler, to a visor, to a Frisbee, to long and short-sleeve t-shirt’s
Where:
Cost:All the interactive features on the wwebsite are free.
Artwork: Exclusive Grinchifying designs at udcomm.net\grinch. Screen shots and other Scary.com graphics are available by Spunky Productions at (419) 524.4330
Online Media Kit: Scary media kit is located online (is print ready) at: