The Argenta Film Series presents The American Scream Thursday, October 18th, at 7 pm. at Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main Street, Argenta Arts District, downtown North Little Rock. Director Michael Stephenson will be in attendance.

In a small Massachusetts community, three Halloween-obsessed households transform into neighbor-terrifying supernatural wonderlands in this documentary from the director of Best Worst Movie.

Every Halloween, sleepy Fairhaven, Massachusetts erupts with the most ambitiously creative spookery in the world.  Endless styrofoam tombstones and backyard beasts come courtesy of a few supremely dedicated local “home haunters” who’ve devoted their lives to the art of handmade monster-making.

Believe it or not, there is a day out of the year that is called "Pancake Day", and you can even go to iHop to get a free order of short stacks that day.  While I doubt I’ll make my way to iHop, this sparked a story from long ago.

My grandma raised me, so you’re probably going to hear a lot about her in future blog posts.  She baked everything from scratch.  One day, she had a hankering for a cake, but we didn’t have any eggs.  She had this brilliant idea to substitute mayonnaise for eggs to “glue” the cake together.  I will allow you to rest with that on your mind for a second before moving forward.

Ok, now that you’re back, the cake actually turned out solid just like a norma