The time has come for a special Halloween treat: Ormon Grimsby’s NBC17 Halloween Special.
Tune in or set the DVR for 6:30 a.m. on Halloween or at 9:30 a.m. Sunday or following the 11 p.m. news Sunday night to watch as Raleigh’s only horror host offers a little fright and a lot of fun.
Stay tuned here for the video of the show coming soon.
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office issued the following press release on Friday:
Soon our streets will be scattered with little ghosts, goblins and witches trick-or-treating this Halloween. “Halloween should be filled with surprise and enjoyment, and following some common sense practices can keep events safer and more fun,” says Cumberland County Sheriff Earl R. Butler.
The Sheriff reminds all Cumberland County residents to follow these safety tips:
Motorists:
• Watch for children darting out from between parked cars.
• Watch for children walking on roadways, medians and curbs.
• Enter and exit driveways and alleys carefully.
• At twilight and later in the evening, watch for children in dark clothing.
Parents:
• Make sure that an adult or an older responsible youth will be supervising the outing for children under age 12.
• Plan and discuss the route trick-or-treaters intend to follow. Know the names of older children’s companions.
• Instruct your children to travel only in familiar areas and along an established route.
• Teach your children to stop only at houses or apartment buildings that are well-lit and never to enter a stranger’s home.
• Establish a return time.
• Tell your youngsters not to eat any treat until they return home.
• Review all appropriate trick-or-treat safety precautions, including pedestrian/traffic safety rules.
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• Pin a slip of paper with the child’s name, address and phone number inside a pocket in case the youngster gets separated from the group.
Costume Design:
• Only fire-retardant materials should be used for costumes.
• Costumes should be loose so warm clothes can be worn underneath.
• Costumes should not be so long that they are a tripping hazard.
• If children are allowed out after dark, outfits should be made with light colored materials. Strips of retro-reflective tape should be used to make children visible.
Face Design:
• Masks can obstruct a child’s vision. Use facial make-up instead.
• When buying special Halloween makeup, check for packages containing ingredients that are labeled “Made with U.S. Approved Color Additives,” “Laboratory Tested,” “Meets Federal Standards for Cosmetics,” or “Non-Toxic.” Follow manufacturer’s instruction for application.
• If masks are worn, they should have nose and mouth openings and large eye holes.
Accessories:
• Knives, swords and other accessories should be made from cardboard or flexible materials. Do not allow children to carry sharp objects.
• Bags or sacks carried by youngsters should be light-colored or trimmed with retro-reflective tape if children are allowed out after dark.
• Carrying flashlights will help children see better and be seen more clearly.
While Trick-or-Treating:
• Do not enter homes or apartments without adult supervision.
• Walk; do not run, from house to house. Do not cross yards and lawns where unseen objects or the uneven terrain can present tripping hazards.
• Walk on sidewalks, not in the street.
• Walk on the left side of the road, facing traffic if there are no sidewalks.
Treats:
• Give children an early meal before going out.
• Insist that treats be brought home for inspection before anything is eaten.
• Wash fruit and slice into small pieces.
• When in doubt, throw it out.
Homeowners/Decorations:
• Keep candles and Jack O’ Lanterns away from landings and doorsteps where costumes could brush against the flame.
• Remove obstacles from lawns, steps and porches when expecting trick-or-treaters.
• Keep candles and Jack O’ Lanterns away from curtains, decorations and other combustibles that could catch fire.
• Do not leave your house unattended.
“Halloween is a fun time in Cumberland County,” Sheriff Butler concluded, “But let’s make it a safe time as well. The major dangers are not from witches or spirits but rather from falls and pedestrian/car crashes. “
Say hello to Ormon Grimsby, host of Raleigh’s only horror-host show “Monster Creature Feature” and an overall creepy guy.
Watch a video introduction here.
Ormon has agreed to work with us here at NBC17 this Halloween season to talk about local happenings and to also do a special edition of his show just for us. Look for that show Halloween weekend. Details to follow !
For now, meet Ormon, the undertaker for the already dead with a bad diet and some skin problems. Just don’t tell him I said it 
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RALEIGH, N.C. — You should see the skeleton that Craig Vance keeps in his Knightdale garage.
Or maybe you would be more interested in the corpse named “Dead Lou” propped up on a bench.
Even more interesting is the world Vance has created in this one-car garage known as the local television show “Monster Creature Feature.”
Along with co-creator Kenneth McGuire, Vance is the co-writer, director, producer, filmmaker, host and editor of the local horror-host show seen locally on public access channels in Raleigh and Durham.
For those who have seen the show on Friday nights at 10 p.m. and midnight and Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m. on Raleigh’s RTN Channel 10, Vance is the ghastly host “Ormon Grimsby — the undertaker of the already dead.”
Each week, Vance and his show “Monster Creature Feature” highlight old sci-fi and horror flicks along with interviews, special segments and guests and the always interesting commentary from Grimsby.
“The show is kind of a throw back to the old horror-host shows of the ’60s and ’70s and what we are shooting for is the whole nostaglia feel of what you grew up with,” Vance said. “I was really missing the kind of programming I grew up with as a kid and I wanted to bring some of that back to Raleigh.”
Shown in black and white, it is hard to believe that such a show is filmed with one Panasonic camera with a set of things collected and pieced together in the garage of a modest suburb.
Vance, who works as a computer graphics animator in downtown Raleigh, started the show here two years ago after nostalgia brought him back to his youth in Detroit where he watched the local horror shows and became hooked on the genre.
“Typically in the old days you had the local weather man and they would slick his hair back and draw in a widow’s peak with a magic marker and you had a horror host,” said contributing writer Clay Griffith. “This is a cut above that.”
Now, “Monster Creature Feature” and its Web site, have grown quite a cult following throughout the Triangle.
