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All events, unless otherwise indicated, take place on Friday, Oct. 31 at 10 p.m. Buried Alive is arguably the worst way to die, but it’s also one of this city’s best Halloween blowouts. The 10th annual Dark Wave Nights event is also an afterparty for its very own evening Zombie Walk—meet for make-up at Sherbrooke metro at 5 p.m. and trek with your fellow undead through the Plateau, Place des Arts, Chinatown and Old Montreal from roughly 6–9 p.m. (Details at zombie.kao-production.com.) As for the party itself, DJs Mr. Black, Kaotik and Uriel bring out the dead (with side orders of goth, EBM, synthpop, industrial, alternative and electro) on the second floor of Saphir. Bonuses: Toronto’s Dym will perform “a terrifying live industrial show” at 10 p.m., and there’ll be costume prizes from the Cruella boutique. Admission is $10, $8 after midnight or $6 with a zombie costume. Meanwhile, downstairs at Saphir, the “Helloween” edition of Pop Mutant (accessible at no extra charge) promises a costume contest, a prize pinata, rounds of orange Jell-O shots and killer rock ’n’ roll tunes. And Nov. 1 sees Saphir transformed for Dance of the Dead, featuring DJs Napoleon, Commando and special guest Tinsoldierman. Bloody attire is encouraged. Bowler hats, suspenders and eyeliner are preferred at Jupiter Room’s Mod Club Orange, Nov. 1, starring DJs Lee Modern, ParkLife and TT La Veste. It’s open bar (and $7 cover) until midnight, cheap drinks (and $5 cover) thereafter. And yes, they got milk. Dress like a ninja and pay $3 instead of $5 for the Halloween edition of Ninja Tune’s monthly Clockout dance party at Casa del Popolo, with a set from Brooklyn punk-crunkers Ninjasonik. The record label’s staple DJs Luv and Ghostbeard will be on hand for the occasion, as will Teenwolf. Watch out, this one’s gonna be hairy. Down at Divan Orange, it’s an orgy of multiethnic, maxicultural dance music as the Sonido Nordico and Royal Air Togo DJ teams come together again for Internationale Charismatique Foi & Tentacules. Olé! Santé! ??????????????!! Way down in Old Montreal, the hex is on you at Cherry, where NYC’s Hex Hector spins premium house, electro and garage for your pleasure. Le Gymnase invites patrons to don their best disguises for a Bal Masqué (at 9 p.m., for $10), offering prizes to those wearing the top three costumes. Whatever his mask, you’ll recognize Ghislain Poirier as the man behind the decks upstairs (DJ Marc spins Beat 80 downstairs), punctuating his dancehall-heavy sets with that awesome air horn. Psst, Sean Kosa’s back from sunny Kazakhstan, folks! But he’s only here for a visit, so catch him before he turns into a pumpkin, with DJ Bliss at Salon Officiel’s Super Halloween Monster Spectacular, at 9 p.m., for free! Voyeur wishes you a very Bloody Halloween, care of DJs Jordan Dare, Nu Ravers on the Block and Mike Mind, bringing carnage on wax. Expect a live set by Le Matos, costume prizes and a $10 tax. 
MONSTER BEATS: Ghislain Poirier GlamurderousIt’s double trouble at Academy Club this year: Glammerslammer! Slam it up in “the Chamber of Bass” with Kiffah, Wally, Hosta, DB Vaig and Bass Facial, or glam it up in the “Rave-o-Rama Room” with Poontz vs. Mighty Kat, Romeo Kardec vs. Sarcastic, Rhys Taylor vs. Axel Klein, F.F.F. live and, all the way from the U.K., Sick Brit! Bam! Hosted by Dom Tranny, with four costume prizes, visuals by Matt Williston and way too many DJs, this will be a scream. $5 gets you in. See Café Campus transformed into la Maison aux Horreurs for the second year running, with DJ Napolitaine offering a mixed candy bag of R&B, hip hop, dance and rock ’n’ roll from the devilish decks. Expect a $6 cover, and don’t be outdone by the haunted house décor—prizes will be awarded for the very best costumes, $150 cash to the winner and a bottle of champagne for the runner-up. Speaking of which, Baloos has the cure for your economic ills this year, offering $1,000 in prizes to the craftiest ladies and gents. Expect drink specials all night, and a $5 cover charge. It’s all about Indecent Xposure: Graveyard Stomp at le Social, with indie, rock and reggae on the first floor and electro, house and mash-ups upstairs, care of DJ Mary Hell, among others. And expect a little live “xposure” from Obscene Kidz. It’s time to party at the back at Foufounes on Nov. 1, where hard rock and heavy metal ring out at the Don’t Cut the Mullet Halloween party, manned by Poudy and Mario Rock. $1,000 in prizes will be awarded, so don’t slouch. At the bitter end of Crescent Street, Jumbie 2: The Haunted Masquerade Fete goes down at Bacchus—to be “ghoulishly decorated” for the occasion, according to hosts Jesse Walker and Traxx—on Nov. 1. It’s all about soca, with reggae and hip hop on the side, care of Toronto’s Soca Monarchs and local DJs Chunes, Jinx and Blaster. There’s no cover before 1 a.m. if you’re in costume and free masks go to the first 150 paying customers ($8 in advance, $10 at the door). Go to jumbie.info for deets. Over in the gaybourhood, Unity presents Les Origines, a pagan party weekend to end all pagan party weekends. On Oct. 31, Skittel’zz puts some bump in the night with hot R&B and hip hop in the main room while Ivan Benoit takes your requests in the Bamboo Bar; on Nov. 1, Danny Torrence materializes in the main room while Bobzilla takes control of the Bamboo Bar, and hefty cash prizes go to the lucky patrons in the best and second-best costumes—we’re talking $1,000 and $500 cash, so doll it up, hon! Parking’s got a pair of costume prizes too, at the third annual Spook da House, where Pablo Ceballos and Joubin will move you with top beats and bottom bass. Got vag? That’s okay, you’re welcome to this “mixed event.” Ladies take charge at Club Balattou’s annual Touloulou Ball, a tropical treat in the form of a traditional Guyanese bal masqué. Tonight, Thursday, Oct. 30, at 9 p.m., it’s the 14th annual edition of this “carnaval”-esque event, wherein women disguise themselves in elaborate touloulou costumes and seduce men in the direction of the dancefloor. And there’s no saying no to a touloulou, so gents, bring your dancing shoes. Both sexes can expect door prizes, costume prizes and some sweet surprises. 
MONDO MONSTROUS: Royal Air Togo RavenousIf standard bar hours are not enough to twist your wig, keep cutting a rug at Chill, where the theme is tropical. Winter encroacheth, but Halloween sous les tropiques promises enough fake plants and steamy house, electro and trance (by way of Night Vision, Overdrive, Sam and Smooth) to whisk reality away from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., for $10. Good vs. Evil is the theme of Circus Afterhours’ third annual Sneaky party. Who’s to say which will win, but the award for most unintentionally funny DJ duo of the year goes to Arsen and Bender, who will break you with hard beats all night long baby! With ample help, it must be said, from Francis Lalonde, Max Rain and Nymra & Sofisticated, plus eye candy care of VJ Adrenochrome. Ladies pay $15–$20, gents $25–$30. Call (514) 794-7779 for tickets. For a little more mystery, maybe the secret-location rave is the way to go. On Nov. 1, from 9 p.m.–4 a.m., Tech Safari presents its fifth Halloween bash, Amazone: Last Ritual, with Domestic (live) and DJs Ido Ophir, Joti Sidhu, Yann vs. Rikam and Tenzin, and VJs Cafrine and Sakara. Tickets cost $30–$45. Go to www.techsafari.ca for details. Costumes are mandatory at Aztek Soul’s Halloween bash, running from 8 p.m. on Friday to 11 a.m. on Saturday, at an as-yet-unnamed location. Sponsored by MusiTechnic and Techno.fm, there’ll be a whole lot of beastly banging, with an eclectic array of house, techno and trance by eight DJs (some local, some from Mexico) on a top-notch sound system. The promoters promise “trippy” lights, visuals and décor, a bar, clean washrooms and a chillout room to rest your weary bones come sunrise. Go to www.rave.ca/event/21938/ for details.  FEAR THIS: aRTIST oF tHE yEAR Live music for dead timesIf you fear a punk planet, be afraid of American Devices, dropping bombs on les 3 Minots with land support from Crabe and Will Austin Escape. Be there if you dare, pay what you can. On Nov. 1 at 3 Minots, it’s glitter noir and blackened beatscapes at Hellrazors, with Chernobyl Cha-cha, Hugh Manatee Party, Dapinknoise and Taxi Nouveau, at 10 p.m., for $5. For something completely different, leave your sweet tooth at home for Fini les bonbons, a masked affair featuring the Halloween Quintet (cellist Rémy Bélanger de Beauport, synth-player/vocalist Marie Davidson, clarinetists Xarah Dion and Elisabeth Lima and percussionist Germaine Liu) and the duo of violinist Joshua Zubot and percussionist Isaiah Ceccarelli. The good/ghastly times get rolling at 8:30 p.m., at O Patro Vys. Playing With Diana will terrorize pub patrons with their alt-rock barrage at Brutopia’s Bloody Halloween Bash—wear a costume and you could win a prize; dress down and be damned. aRTIST oF tHE yEAR are your favourite local funk soul brothers, and since they wear masks and afro wigs all year round, who knows what kind of madness they have in store for Halloween. Whatever the threads may be, the boys launch their new album, vELOUR bRIGADE, at le National with the Mirror’s own Scott C on decks. Rouyn-Noranda electropop duo Geneviève et Matthieu bring their quirky Québécois tricks and treats to Zoobizarre, alongside NYC’s ChingChongSong and Montreal’s own Collectif Pac-Pac. Watch it get wicked as Halloween segues into the Day of the Dead… Meanwhile, it’ll be indie at heart and weird on top at Lambi, where locals Mixylodian, Code Pie and Expo 67 will be joined by Amsterdam’s Hospital Bombers and DJs Jay Watts III and CFCF. The tax is $6, or half that with a proper costume—devil horns or bunny ears will not cut it. For absolutely no money, feast your eyes on Evil Boys From Hell, la Vermine and a special guest at Bistro de Paris, 9 p.m. Rock it, from the tombs! For $8, see psychobillies and other gutter rockers writhe around Bar St-Laurent 2, with the Brains, Shifters, Winslow Hellhounds, Dionysos, Forusofus and Chix Dix. Similarly raucous (or punkusraucousrex-ous, if you will), Bionic and les Psycho Riders light up l’Escogriffe. Bring your earplugs! Up at Eastern Bloc, Twin Peaks and Suspiria fans (and Girl Guides and Ghettopop) present Invitation to Blood, featuring Ninjasonik and Teenwolf (on double duty after their Casa gig) as well as DJs Tommy Banger, PK Smokes, Dan D Lion and live bands Tonitix (doing the Cramps), Talkin’ Head (doing Talking Heads) and Nightgoat and Barbituwitch (both doing Goblin). It’ll be a late one, so be prepared: you’ll need libation/transportation funds plus $5 for cover (with a costume) or $7 (without), a flashlight for the party’s “lost in the woods” feature (real woods, they promise) and maybe a football, to go out for a pass. 
CRUNK IN DRUBLIC: Ninjasonik Stage frightThe time warp. Again! Yes, it’s the Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Ball at the Rialto Theatre, proving that you can’t keep a good B-movie/A-party down. There’ll be six screenings this year, on Oct. 30, as well as Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. each night. Plastik Patrik will be your host, costume prizes will be awarded and you will leave dirty (or dirtier). Tickets cost $13.95 in advance (see www.rockyhorrormontreal.com for locations and other details) or $15.95 at the door. The annual Spasm film festival fetes Québécois horror, wrapping up on Halloween night with their Grande Soirée d’Horreur, a costume party at Club Soda, at 8 p.m., for $15. Shake it, baby. SPEKTAK presents Don’t Fear the Laughter, a comedy show on the Day of the Dead, Saturday, Nov. 1. Comedians Joey Elias and David Acer will be joined by illusionist Jason Acoca at Kola Note at 7 p.m. Part of the proceeds go to diabetes research. Dress up to get down (but leave your claws at home) for the Halloween edition of Meow Mix at la Sala Rossa on Nov. 1, 9:30 p.m., $10. Bent girls and their buddies can enjoy cabaret kings and queens such as Dirk Van Dyk, Ian Poe Kerr, Patsy & Kathy, Clara Furey & Torus, Monique Lavail and Vanessa Dorvily. Leave it to the Dead Dolls to push the limits of time, space and good taste. Their Halloween spectacle, The Haunted Ho-Down, unfolds on Saturday, Nov. 8 (that’s right) at the fabulous Café Cleopatra, where the doors open at 8 p.m. and the show goes down at 9 p.m., for $10 in advance or $12 at the door—call (514) 692-3923. Alongside the resident Dead Dolls Cabaret “zombshells,” Boston’s Big Moves troupe will take the stage (Fringe-goers know these gals) as will ace drag king Nat King Pole, the Dakini Dancers, Nick the piano man and MC Val Desjardins. And prepare your pitching arm because the ever-masochistic Dolls will provide patrons with junk to throw in their direction. Incoming! 
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