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We asked Michael M. of Curious Confections our favorite Halloween-flavored questions. Take a look at the rest of his answers and share your own!

Happy Magazine: What is the one “treat” you’d always trade with that poor sucker who went trick or treating with you?

Michael M.: I’d always offload the Starlight Mints that I’d inevitably get from the octogenarians in the neighborhood (why did they always have them on hand… in their purses, in the car, in the loo?). Of course, I always sought out the other undesirable — the chewy peanut butter candies that came in the black or orange waxy wrappers that you could get in bulk for next to nothing. Still love those little guys.

HM: Bad news — you’re turned into a zombie. Good news — you get your pick of anyone in the world at chow time. Whose brain do you munch?

MM: So many choices! I guess it would have to be Stephen Hawking… that beautiful brain has been getting so much better with age, it’s almost unbelievable.

HM: Is Twilight making a mockery of the vampire culture or is it introducing a new generation to the lore?

MM: As much as I despise the Twilight series of books and movies (sparkle!), I can’t say it makes a mockery of vampire culture… far more importantly; it makes a mockery of non-fiction writing and good cinematic storytelling. For all practical purposes it’s a “tween” version of a Danielle Steel (or Laurell K. Hamilton, to be more accurate) bodice-ripper romance novel — all the hormones, none of the heavy petting.

HM: You can either become a vampire and only feed on adorable stray kittens, or you can become a zombie and only feed on reality stars thus you may starve. Which do you choose?

MM: Wait… I get to thin the population of reality stars?! Go Team Zombie, ALL THE WAY! Long live Team Kitteh!

HM: What’s your favorite obscure Halloween flick?

MM: Oh, man… why do you make me choose? Sleepaway Camp is by far the most groan-inducing wonderfully horrible horror flick I’ve seen, so I’d have to pick that one. Notable mentions, while not specifically “Halloween” films, would be a one-two punch from Peter Jackson — two of his first three films: Bad Taste and Dead Alive (any movie featuring a lawnmower as a hand-to-hand weapon gets my vote!).

HM: What’s your favorite Halloween tradition?

MM: In general I strictly adhere to the “Three F’s” for Halloween: friends, food, fun. Specifically, whenever possible, I like to have folks over a day or two before Halloween to carve pumpkins, eat pizza and have a few drinks — it’s a nice way to take a break from preparing for the party, and to get help carving the mountain of pumpkins I usually purchase. The less-formal tradition is to take swords, bats, axes, shovels and machetes to the pumpkins at the end of the party to, um… help break them down for the compost bin (that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it!).

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