Mark J. Halliday Poet Rhyme

Notes About The Poem

I always like the old song Monster Mash by Bobby 'Boris' Picket.  I thought it would be cool to write something similar based on more modern horror movies.  The films referenced are Scream (Ghostface), Psycho (Norman Bates), Phantasm (Tall Man and the zombie dwarves), Friday The 13th (Jason Voorhees), Nightmare On Elm Street (Freddy Krueger, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Leatherface), Child's Play (Chucky), Halloween (Michael Myers), and  from It (Pennywise the Dancing Clown).

Halloween At the Bates Hotel

Halloween at the Bates Hotel (revised)

The attendant in the Ghostface rig was kinda creepy,
When I came in to pay him what I owed.
“Is there a motel nearby? I’m really sleepy.”
He pointed down a dark and dreary road.

No kids were Trick-or-Treating that Halloween night,
Nothing was open.  I couldn’t to buy or sell.
I could barely see. There wasn’t a single light.
Then I saw the sign for the Bates Hotel

The clerk in drag, carrying a dripping blade,
Said they had a sudden opening;
But first he had to get the room remade.
“Why don’t you stroll outside, see what’s happening.”

Some spaced-out dwarves were shuffling ‘round the mortuary,
While a Tall Man looked down from up above.
Nearby a big dude in a goalie mask was swinging a machete,
Taunting a burned guy wearing a freaky glove.

Another dude was gardening, cutting something at night,
Sporting a leather mask and a gas chainsaw.
But a walking-talking Good Guy doll gave me the biggest fright--
He was probably the weirdest thing I saw.

I decided to head back; this town gave me the ‘willies’.
A big shape and a clown grabbed me outside the Bates Hotel!
“I’m Mike Myers, and my friend’s name’s Penny.
We’ve come to convey you back to Hell.”



 (the original version)
The attendant at the station was kinda creepy,
When I came in to pay the gas I owed.
“Is there a motel nearby? I’m sorta sleepy.”
He pointed down a dreary one-lane road.

No kids were Trick-or-Treating that Halloween night,
Nothing was open, so I couldn’t buy or sell.
I could barely see, there wasn't on a single light;
Then a sign pointed to the Bates Hotel

The clerk in drag carrying a kitchen blade
Said they just had a sudden opening--
But first he had to get the room remade.
“Why don’t you stroll outside, see what’s happening.”

There was a crowd of dwarves shuffling ‘round the mortuary,
While a Tall Man looked down from up above.
A big dude in a goalie mask was swinging a machete,
Taunting a burned guy wearing a freaky glove.

Another dude was gardening, pruning trees at night,
Sporting a leather mask and running a chainsaw.
But the walking-talking Good Guy doll gave me the biggest fright--
He was probably the weirdest thing I saw.

I decided to head back—I was getting the ‘willies’.
Two guys with knives stopped me outside in the Bates Hotel.
“I’m Mike Myers; my colleague’s Jason Voorhees.
We’ve come to escort you back down to Hell.”

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Dorian Petersen Potter September 17, 2015 at 2:38 PM Great pen Mark!Very good and creepy my friend. A 7! Perfect piece for Halloween just around the corner.Wishing you a very lovely day! In his light God bless you! :) D. Mark J. Halliday September 17, 2015 at 4:20 PM Thanks for commenting. I'm revising the poem a bit, to add the characters "Ghostface" from Scream, and "Pennywise the Dancing Clown" from the film IT. Glad you liked it.