October 22nd, 2021Not all Halloween movies have to be horror. There are plenty of magical movies out there to celebrate spooky season with the whole family. Some of them are big time hits like Hocus Pocus, but some of them are smaller and more eclectic. For the specific generation of kids who grew up with classic Disney, here are some old-time favorites...
October 21st, 2021Today is National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day! I'm going to take today to make something Pumpkin Cheesecake adjacent. Keep in mind, it's still spooky season so we're going to be festive with it, but we're making Pumpkin Cupcakes w/ Cream Cheese Frosting. That, however, is a long name for a desert so we're going with Spooky...
October 8th, 2021No one does screams like Blumhouse. They’re one of the leading production companies in horror, with some of the biggest hits and franchises–Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Creep, and Happy Death Day just to name a few–and they’re never stronger than they are in October. Loot Fright is currently celebrating the season with a...
September 14th, 2021Every year, Universal Studios transforms their theme park into a horrific wonderland of monsters and screams. At least—almost every year. In 2020, due to the global pandemic, Universal decided against hosting their annual event. This year, it’s back bigger than ever, celebrating Halloween Horror Nights 2021 with a bang!
We visited...
September 10th, 2021It’s September, which means it’s officially Halloween! To celebrate Spooky Season, we’re going to be covering five movies a week to add to your Halloween watchlist. Some of them you’ve probably seen, maybe there’s some you haven’t. Either way, we’ll be celebrating monsters, pumpkins and horror all season long. We’re...
October 29th, 2018Video games are no stranger to the Halloween season – whether it's actual horror games like Resident Evil, Silent Hills, or Outlast, or any of a variety of games that happen to have some really cool, and often spooky, in-game Halloween events.
This year, of course, is no different, as dozens of games across all platforms and genres...
October 18th, 2018At face value, Psychonauts looks and feels like a funny and cutesy adventure game with a weird twist about campers and their strange abilities. I've personally played this game multiple times, and each time I've found things that I missed in previous play throughs that are just plain nightmare fuel.
Originally released in 2005 for Xbox...
October 4th, 2018It's October, so that means it's time to bring out Disney's The Nightmare Before Christmas for the next three months!
This stop-motion film is a timeless classic that has only gotten more and more popular over the years. Disneyland Park even does an entire The Nightmare Before Christmas overlay for the extremely popular Haunted...
October 2nd, 2018Whether you've got scissors for hands or you're forever destined to fight the forces of darkness, October's theme is CURSED, with Loot Crate, Loot Crate DX and Loot Wear celebrating favorite forsaken characters from pop culture!
Which CURSED character are you? Take this quiz to find out... if you dare!
New York...
September 27th, 2018Who doesn't know about the out-of-nowhere Halloween staple Hocus Pocus? Released in 1993, the story follows the legend of three witches who were hung during the Salem Witch Trials. Of course, some virgin 300 years later decided to light the black flame candle and bring the sisters back. If you haven't seen it, you're seriously missing...
October 31st, 2017It's Halloween! Have you already got your party plans settled? No? I got you then! Grab a couple of these doozies and settle in with your friends for some fun, silly and somewhat intense Halloween fun!
I've got a handful of titles that you can sit around with your friends and play! Whether they're screaming at the screen beside you,...
October 30th, 2017It's been one hell (literal hell) of a ride since killer Charles Lee Ray first took possession of a Good Guy doll, way back in 1988...
Over the course of seven films, killer doll Chucky has spearheaded one of the most enduring horror franchises in history, to the delight of slasher film fans everywhere. To celebrate this Halloween...
October 19th, 2017Over the show’s thirteen seasons, Supernatural has provided the daunting task of bringing to light creatures that scares the audiences as well as keeping the show true to its beginnings: “saving people, hunting things: the family business.”
We here at the Daily Crate have compiled a short list of the many creatures that have been...
October 13th, 2017It's Halloween season, and if you're like us you love to have a creepy, crawly, or just plain fun flick on to amp up the feels through All Hallows Eve...
Everyone's got their favorite scary movie, or their favorite fun and freaky tale that celebrates all the creatures and legends that make this time of year such a delight. If...
March 29th, 2017RINGGG, RINGGG, RINGGG. Who’s on the other end? Will you answer? It could be Michael Myers… or Ghostface… or maybe that annoying salesman that just won’t quit.
Last October, we sent Looters spine-tingling chills with our festive theme, HORROR! To get into the spooky spirit, we packed our Loot Crate and Loot Crate DX crates with...