New Halloween Hall of Fame Inductee! (drum roll, please)

Academy Award-nominated director is recognized for his contribution through movies that have promoted Halloween and inspired costumes over the years

The Halloween Hall of Fame, an organization dedicated to promoting Halloween by sharing fun facts and other information, recognizes those who have contributed through music, movies, designing Halloween costumes and much more. This year, they have selected Tim Burton to be the next inductee into their Hall of Fame. The Academy Award-nominated director is recognized for his spooky film work including, "Nightmare Before Christmas", “Edward Scissorhands”, “The Corpse Bride" and many others.

Mr. Burton has produced several multi-million dollar movies that have inspired top selling Halloween costumes like “Batman" and "Planet of the Apes". Mr. Burton is joined by the existing hall of famers who have contributed to promoting Halloween and include Vincent Price, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bobby (Boris) Picket, Bella Lugosi, Elvira and Fred Gwynne.

“Tim Burton’s movies have had such an impact on the inspiration of the next greatest Halloween costumes. Due to his amazing vision, each one of his movies sets off a frenzy of ideas and demand for the next Tim Burton movie-inspired Halloween costumes,” said Harold B. Maxwell, Founder of the Halloween Hall of Fame. "The fact is, Halloween is fun, and we are so pleased to include a film director who shares our love of Halloween."

Each year, the Halloween Hall of Fame board recommends nominees and a new member is then selected by the public. Each nominee is added to the Halloween Hall of Fame website where the public votes. Just before Halloween, the votes are tallied and the public is then informed of the winner. Tim Burton won this year by a 20% margin, with John Carpenter coming second.

About The Halloween Hall of Fame

The Halloween Hall of Fame is an organization dedicated to honoring people who have contributed to the popularity and fun of Halloween. In fact, the Halloween Hall of Fame provides the history behind Halloween, Halloween trivia, customs, traditions, safety tips and current trends. The Halloween Hall of Fame board of directors is made up of Halloween industry professionals and those who support the holiday of Halloween.

The Dark Knight Costume Quiz

The folks over at MovieFone have really been celebrating the latest Batman movie 'The Dark Knight' and I have been eating up all the articles since I am a huge Bat-Fan. Take the Batman Quiz and see if you can beat my score! 11 correct 5 incorrect



I'll even give you a few head starts!


The original Batman suit that Michael Keaton wore weighed a whopping 70 pounds!


Michelle Pfieffer had 60 Catwoman costumes made for the movie. A pretty expensive cat suit at $1,000 each! Reportedly, she cited the skin tight suits' un-comfortableness as a reason for turning down the Catwoman sequel film.


Danny Devito's Penguin Makeup was so horrific it actually frightened a co-star into needing re-takes. He spent two hours in makeup everyday to obtain that scary villain look!

Want your own Batman costume or Bat - Villain costume? Check out the Batman Costumes from all the movies and Batman costume accessories available at AnniesCostumes.com. New Dark Knight Batman costumes coming very soon!

Batman & Superman Costumes from 1965

I saw this fun post and picture on a vintage blog called Found in My Mother's Basement. Costumes have come a long way since 1965! This is from the 1965 Sears Catalog.

Current Batman Costumes on http://www.anniescostumes.com/

Current Superman Costumes on http://www.anniescostumes.com/

New Dark Knight Trailer

Over at WhySoSerious.com, the Joker seems to up to his usual tricks, posting cool clues about the upcoming Batman flick. Our friends at Warner Bros. claim they have nothing to do with the site, but clearly powerful forces are at work here, reports MTV's moviesblog. The Dark Knight movie, the sequel to Batman Begins with Christian Bale, who does an awesome job in the role of Batman and Bruce Wayne. Michael Keaton was my favorite Batman, but I really love Christian Bale and Batman Begins is definitely my favorite Batman movie. Although the original with Adam West and the "Bat Shark Repellent" is surely a classic. I guess today's joke over at whysoserious.com is an auto redirect to http://www.rent-a-clown.com/.

So many rumors, false poster pictures and fake trailers are circulating the Internet, so for some facts, please visit The Dark Knight FAQ page over at IMDB.com

And here is a link to The New Dark Knight Teaser Trailer!

Stay tuned for more updates on the Dark Knight batman costume and other gadgets like the Bat Pod. It is one of batman's vehicles in the upcoming film and here is the clip from The Today Show with Al Roker and Meredith Viera at the helm:



In case you can't tell, I am a huge Batman fan, I even watch the Batman cartoons on TV. Have you seen them? They are pretty cool! It airs on both the WBKids and Cartoon Network. Batman also appears in the Justice League cartoon and in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon. Either the writer, director or producer of the Justice League cartoons must be a big Batman fan. His character there is awesome - just how you would picture Batman to be.

DC should really get together and plan out a live action Justice League movie - they already have a Batman and a Superman, a WonderWoman movie has been in negotiations for way too long and Superhero action flicks do so well - why not? Follow in marvel's foot steps with Hulk, Iron Man, and Thor Movies all leading up to a live action Avengers movie with the same actors. That will be cool! Can't wait to see them all.

So stay tuned for more Batman inside info: Same Bat Time & Same Bat Channel!