Halloween Follies: Warhol Re-Conjured at Factory Bash; Unisex Salon Is a Band of Ex-Models; The Moth Wants Your Stories at the Nuyorican; One of the Year's Fine Indie Films, Toxic Avenger 4, Premieres,

Mr. Makos?dressed as a troll?is one of many you'll find honoring Andy Warhol during this Wednesday's Halloween at the Factory party in Chelsea. At $75, Halloween at the Factory is not cheap, but it has a noble goal: to recreate, for one night, the glory and abandon of Andy Warhol's center of operations. (The Factory ran in various New York locales from 1964-1975, a nonstop, drugged-out Muppet show that produced great art on a regular basis.)

The party is a costume ball with some of the most creative, rich and crazy New Yorkers guaranteed to show up in bitchin' outfits. In addition, Warhol's work, the work of his proteges and colleagues, and those proteges and colleagues themselves will be on display in a venue being carefully made up to look like the old Factory: the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center.

"I'm going to the parade first, of course," adds Mr. Makos, referring to the sure-to-be-muted 28th Annual Village Halloween Parade. "But that only lasts 20 minutes, you know? I need something to do afterwards."

Mr. Makos will be providing some of the evening's art: "I have six big photos, 40-by-60 photographs that provide a window into the world of that [Factory] scene. There's one really special one of Andy Warhol wrapped in a flag, which is appropriate for the moment. Then there's one of Andy kissing Salvador Dali, Andy kissing John Lennon... Yes, he's kissing them on the lips." Scandalous. And the troll costume?

"Well, I got the mask from Abracadabra," he explains. "It's this unbelievable troll face, and then I wear a leather jacket and tight jeans and stuff, sort of like to try and be a sexy troll, like with a good body that I can show off."

Halloween at the Factory runs on Halloween from 8 p.m. to midnight (208 W. 13th St., betw. 7th & 8th Aves., 620-7310). If you still have time to costume shop, or Halloween's passed and you want some discounts, Abracadabra is located at 19 W. 21st St., betw. 5th & 6th Aves., 627-5194.

...A New York band called Unisex Salon plays the Elbow Room on Halloween for the kind of people who enjoy Roxy Music, the Soft Boys and contemporary fashion. Why is this act worth your time? Let's dissect.

First, Unisex Salon sounds almost exactly like the Cardigans, with the notable (and welcome) difference of male vocals on half the lyrics. Whether you like the Cardigans or not, you must admit that "Lovefool" ("Love me, love me/Say that you love me") is a good song, and it's just now old enough (1996) to be retro. Unisex Salon is bringing it back.

Second, the band is fronted by two ex-models, Gina Calavera and Kenyon Corazon, and Kenyon Corazon might be the best stage name ever. Just try saying it a few times. It sounds like the rugged South American Clark Kent.

Finally, glam-related people simply do a better job handling Halloween than the rest of us. It's their day, the same way that New Year's belongs to jam bands and the first of the month to rappers. Unisex Salon will put on some costumes, bang out fine originals like "Fat Ass" ("When you slit your wrists, dontcha know that/Everyone still says that you look fat?") and a DEVO cover or two, and you'll end up supporting local live music. At the Elbow Room (144 Bleecker St., betw. Thompson St. & La Guardia Pl., 979-8434) this Wednesday, staring at 10 p.m. Cover is $7.

...For the literary Halloween reveler, the Moth, an organization that consistently hosts excellent readings/parties in this city (i.e., if you get invited, go), brings its equal opportunity StorySLAM to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. StorySLAM is what you might expect?an open mic for storytelling?only the participants are judged poetry-slam style, quickly and viciously, and the winner gets a chance to participate in Grand StorySLAM-off 2002.

The Moth does a StorySLAM at the Nuyorican every last Wednesday of the month; this time it just happened to fall on Halloween. To that end, the call is going out for ghostly and psycho-paranormal tales, but anytime StorySLAM comes around it brings a certain amount of refreshing madness. There are stories about dogs on subway tracks and bank robberies; recently a participant spun a yarn about going to protest Bush's inauguration and falling in with a crew of hard-partying, cool Republicans.

StorySLAM starts at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (236 E 3rd St., betw. Aves. B & C., 505-8183) at 7 p.m. It'll be $5 at the door; 100-150 people will be there, and Timothy "Speed" Levitch (of H'Wood's latest hype-fest Walking Life) will host.

...Speaking of Walking Life, is anyone else not moved by Richard Linklater's strategy of doing exactly what he did with Slacker, but in the format of those old EarthLink commercials? For real independence (and that's their slogan, "27 Years of Reel Independence"), you have to go to the good folks of Troma Entertainment. This week, they bless the world with Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part 4.

For those who have not seen any Troma films, here's the deal. Start with Pulp Fiction; remove all but bloodiest parts, divide the budget by 10 and keep the dialogue at the same level of crispness. There you have Toxic Avenger Part 4, which features, among other things, the Toxic Avenger checking a special watch to see when it's time to impregnate his wife (the watch has four quadrants: "Impregnate/Horny/No Sex/PMS: go bowling").

Toxic Avenger isn't the only series of Troma films, but it is by far the best, and the one that makes the most money for director/Troma proprietor Lloyd Kaufman. To celebrate the release of 4, which premieres Friday at the Pioneer Theater, Lloyd has a couple of parties going down.

The first is, once again, on Halloween. A Tromatic Halloween Extravaganza starts at Downtime (251 W 30th St., betw. 7th & 8th Aves., 694-2747) at 10 p.m. and is allowing under 21-ers in. This should last a long time, because the cover, $10, goes up to $15 after midnight and the underage kids know that the longer they stay, the easier it will be to get alcohol. Look for Troma staff, Fangoria collectors and plenty of FIT students.

Then, following the inaugural screening of Toxic Avenger on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Pioneer Theater (155 E. 3rd St. at Ave. A, 254-3300), there will be a sizzling party at CB's 313 Gallery (313 Bowery at Bleecker St., 677-0455). This is where you look for cast members, and since this is a Troma film, many of the cast members will be gorgeous women. This is also the place to find Lloyd Kaufman, who resembles Mel Brooks and will talk your ear off about Troma products past, present and future. The Toxic Avenger after-party starts at 10:30 p.m., costs $5 and profits go to AFMA's WTC Victim Fund. Do catch Toxic Avenger 4, and if you like it, congratulations, you have the same warped taste as me. Bully and Baise Moi are the your other must-sees for this year.