Elvira How to Carve a Halloween Pumpkin

Lots of people say to me, "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, I'd like to be able to carve a swell jack-o-lantern, but I just don't seem to have the knack."

Well, these are a few pointers on the fine art of creating the perfect jack-o-lantern.

Rule number one, you want to start out with a pumpkin that looks like a pumpkin.

I mean, don't get one of them gnarly old jobs that looks like Karl Malden's nose on a cold day, okay?

Now, this is a good-looking pumpkin.