So it’s Halloween!… Light your pumpkin lantern, extinguish the lights (if you’re in lower Manhattan you can skip this step), throw a log on the stove, get a glass of wine and a slice of pie and settle down for a selection of reader-nominated excerpts of The Baz at All Hallow’s… First, suggested by Cinegeek, some music…. Are the candles flickering a little? The drapes billowing as a draft buffets the window? Excellent. Next up, and nominated by Tim is Baz reading THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allen Poe, with very cool visuals and effects… Change of tone for the next offering, suggested by femgirl, a clip from THE BLACK SLEEP(1956). It was Lugosi’s last film, and Basil looks as if he wishes it was his. Lon Chaney jr plays someone known as Mongo, and Tor Johnson is locked in the cellar. Truly terrifying, but not in a good way. I suffered additional cognitive dissonance the first time I saw this clip as I thought Basil was shouting “Taxi!” and briefly wondered if he’d lost …