Today I upgraded my internet connection to Verizon FiOS, and above you can see the kind of speeds I'm getting. It's like mainlining the internet straight into your jugular. I made a short video of the process, after the jump...

It's Halloween! After the party is over, and the trick-or-treaters have gone to bed, it's time for a horror film festival! Sure, there will be Halloween movies on TV tonight, but there's no reason to go by the broadcast schedule when you have the classics right here on the internet, ready to play when you are ready to watch. You might want to watch the original Dracula from 1931, or the even scarier Nosferatu from 1922.

Or take a break with Tim Burton’s six-minute 1983 animation Vincent, or It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

Ectoplasmosis has a collection of Halloween cartoons, featuring Count Duckula, Betty Boop, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

There’s a link to the first Frankenstein movie, from 1910 in the mental_floss post 38 Essential Facts about Frankenstein.

Need Coffee posted feature films all through the 32 Days of Halloween. Take your pick from this extensive list!

Metafilter has a list of links to more vintage films, documentaries, and radio broadcasts.

And we posted several collections of funny shorts here, on Frankenstein and the Wolfman, zombies, vampires, and skeletons.

Continue reading for a classic horror film that I haven't seen (or posted) anywhere else.

Over the next 3 days the folks at Ocean Spray are turning Rockefeller Center into a cranberry bog. Don't laugh Chicago and LA, you're next. Still, could be interesting to check out.

Today on the veg - the scary maze prank

Fun with pumpkins. Display them. Carve them. Destroy them. Ignite them. Pumpkins can do it all.

A new viral for The Dark Knight, that seems to be one giant scavenger hunt.

You may have heard by now that Robert Goulet passed away yesterday, at the age of 73. Not only a great singer, but he had a great self-deprecating sense of humor, as well.

Will Ferell's famous tribute, after the jump.

- The X-men hunt down a little baby
- Cross-dressing serial killer in love
- Iron Fist through the ages
- Our last line of defense in Iraq
- And The Perry Bible Fellowship comes to the comic shop

Each week we run down the 5 most interesting comics that come out on Wednesday. Here's what to look for today. Although there are a few Halloween themed books coming out today none of them are really worth noting so this is going to be a Halloween-free list today.

If we had a graphic designer on staff, we'd probably have redesigned the whole site for you today with a pumpkin theme. As it is, here are a noticed both YouTube and Google changed logos. If anyone notices any more today, leave a comment and I'll compile them here.

Also after the jump, the last 7 years of Google Halloween logos...

UPDATE

- Rudy's sentences consist of a noun, a verb and 9/11. Biden Rocks!
- What do Thompson and Kucinich have in common? Meet the FLILFs
- Miss C wrote a really interesting piece on Waverly Hills Sanatorium.
- Gimme a T...Gimme a HOLY SHI...Cheerleader get run over by team.
- And for this special day, the top ten horror movie moments, w/video.