Ghostly haunts will make your flesh creep
By JOHN CROWLEY
Of the Emerald
Edward Howe once said "A
good scare is worth more to a man
than good advice. Students
whose advisors lend credence to
that notion have three chances to
field test it this Halloween season.
Three haunted houses—or ac
tually, two haunted houses and
one haunted tent—offer disquiet
ing Halloween diversion in the
Eugene area. For consumer a
wareness, they are evaluated
here by the Tombstone Rating
System, from one to four.
Springfield Jaycees Haunted
House — Springfield Mall; 7-10
p.m. through Tuesday; Admission
$1.50, $1 with discount coupons
available from Springfield mer
chants; proceeds go to Jaycee
projects for underpriveleged kids
and senior citizens.
The Jaycees have transformed
a giant tent into an impressive
gauntlet of horrors. Small groups
of potential cardiac victims wind
through a convoluting corridor
dripping with cobwebs and lined
with “living exhibits."
The sound system adds con
siderably to the mayhem, sending
churning, hellish noises through
the gallery.
Especially effective is the Mad
Doctor exhibit, where a grisly “op
e ration" separates the dedicated
gore-lover from those just bolting
through.
Rating:
Boys' and Girls' Aid Society
Haunted House — River Ave.
and Ross Lane (just off Belt Line);
6 to 10p.m. through Tuesday; $2
($1.50 for under 13 and over 60);
proceeds go to the Society,
which provides maternal care
and adoption services.
Although a fire last Saturday
nearly deep-sixed their project,
the members of the Cedar Branch
of the society worked feverishly
last week to reopen their haunted
house. Aided generously by
community labor and materials,
they packed two floors of horror
into a one-story, winding hall of
the bizarre.
5 Their hard work shows. They
present an exceptionally scary
display. The scenes reveal much
detail and refinement of theme,
and range from the frantically ter
rifying to the chillingly funereal
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seeing instructor Peter Sherman
“at rest” in an eerie wake scene.
Rating:
Springfield High Band
Haunted House — 1975 N 5th
St. Springfield (1 block from Fred
Meyer); opens 7 p.rrt. through
Tuesday; $2 ($1.50 under 12),
party rates, call 746-6637; pro
ceeds go to the band's "March to
Mexico."
This one's hard to beat. The
students have converted an old
house, which was vacant ten
years, into a two-story trip through
fear. “Just in case,” for they sup
ply guides fore and aft for each
group making the circuit. The ex
hibits are imaginative and well
staged, the lighting works well,
and the spooks are, well, spooky.
The tour winds up and down
creaking stairs, creeps through
strange and spongy tunnels, and
slinks under frightfully distracting
thingies suspended from above.
This haunted house offers
some unique scenes; the trans
formation of the Incredible Hulk
comes off well, but the high point
must be the kitchen, where two
shrieking she-ghouls “halve at
each other with meat cleavers and
other frightening implements in a
strobe-lit, blood-spattered scene.
Deliciously macabre!
Well-plotted and scary indeed,
it gets the highest rating:
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is tricky for would-be treaters
Kids are not the only ones that
can end up looking like monsters
on Halloween — so can the per
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bags and hoard the tittle boxes for
Christmas baking.
First, the grocery store still
hides a few wholesome munchies
between "Cap'n Crunch" and
"Miniature Marshmallows.” The
figs, dates, peanuts, cashews and
crackers make appealing treats.
So what can be done Hal
loween night besides locking the
door, turning out the light and
studying in the closet7
Homemade goods such as
peanut butter cookies, gorp balls
and cupcakes also delight the
R202s and sptdermen — if they
aren't confiscated first. Avoid
wasting time and eggs and butter;
label an baked or home packaged
foods.
The ingredients help parents
with children on special diets or
who have allergies. Your name
and address win help too. though
not totally, to remove the yearly
worry about razor blades and
poisons that turn treats into grue
some tricks.
There is an admittedly un
American alternative to this sticky
business of giving and receiving
food on Halloween. Surprise the
children with balloons, marbles,
beads for making necklaces, pen
cils or paper airplanes Or haunt
garage sales and thrift shops for
matchbox cars and costume
jewelry. Children will treasure
these treats long after the tooth
aches are gone and the stretchy
string on heir masks is broken.
And if saying "oh, how cute you
look" to 50 Darth Vaders and 30
Apollos isn't appealing, try putting
up a black maltese cross
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