While Christmas commercials get almost all the love, Halloween isn’t one to stay in the shadows. A whole bunch of advertisers get in with the spirit of the spooky season, too.

There’s one I wish I could find (I’ve forgotten the soap brand behind it), since it encapsulates the mix of horror and comedy that’s so prevalent this time of year. A woman arrives at her isolated old home in the forest, and the first thing she decides to do is take a shower using the advertised brand of soap. Even though she has the bathroom window wide open, the running water prevents her from hearing a mask-wearing, axe-wielding Bad Guy approaching the house. (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS) Well, she holds the bar of soap just right, so it squirts out of her hands and flies out the window….. You can probably guess what happens to the Bad Guy; and the tagline is something about how the brand of deodorant soap gives you long-lasting protection….

Anyway, here are a couple of neat spots that I *could* find:

The holiday is all about kids getting as much candy as possible, right?

POM has a cute little one set at a late-night laundromat:

I gather this short film from Burger King was more well received than the actual product:

A fun spot from Bacardi with their recipe for a classic cocktail:

Actress Cassandra Peterson is known for a couple of things: being a top-notch improv comedienne, having a good head for business, and for managing to grab complete control of her “Elvira” character from the TV station where she first introduced it. That allowed her to be pretty much everywhere in October during her heyday. She’s still around….

And finally, for everyone who has wanted to yell at the stupid people doing all the wrong things in horror movies, Geico has the undisputed best Halloween commercial:

A tip of the mask to David Figlioli, the actor portraying the ne’er-do-well with the chainsaw collection…..