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FREE POOL TIL 10PM TIL CLOSE SUN S' MON $5.25 DBL. WELLS $2.00 PABST Tuesday $2.00 (Sushi Dolls 1 99 WEST BROADWAY • 683-3154 Halloween decor remains a favorite Consumers have increasingly focused their holiday decorating attention on Halloween - making it the second largest decorating holiday of the year behind Christmas and Hanukkah. Holiday decorations spending, 2003 Christmas/Hanukkah S7.6 bil.-; Halloween wmm st.fi bit. All events/parties/other $1.2 bit. Thanksgiving W4m $969 mil. Easter/Passover m $922 mil. July 4lh m $640 mil. Labor Day * $46B mil New Year's Day *$320 mil Valentine's Day s $222 mil. St. Patrick's Day *$129 mil Memorial Day * $117 mil. Cinco de Mayo $71 mil. SOURCE: Unity Marketing AP r Movies: Remake's changes weaken plot's scare tactics Continued from page 5B Marcus Nispel didn’t seem to under stand the tactics that made the 1974 original a hit. While the original uses delayed violence and emphasis on sound to create a truly tormenting movie, the remake relies on special effects and gore to evoke fear. The remake begins like the origi nal with a group of young adults traveling to a Lenard Skynard con cert in a van. They pick up a lost, disturbed young woman on the side of the dirt road. She orders the group to turn the van around and shoots herself in the back seat when they don’t comply. This early dis play of extreme violence in the film kills any suspense that could have made this remake worth watching. Instead, it becomes yet another for gettable teen scream flick. Suspense, a main scare tactic of classic horror flicks, makes these grit ty classics more terrifying than new special effects slashers and are a per fect fit for a Halloween scare. Missy Somers is a freelance reporter for the Daily Emerald Maze: Dozens of employees patrol farm's 2.5 miles of corn Continued from page 4B runs every weekend from Oct. 8 to Sunday. Each night, the employees change into their Halloween gear and haunt the maze. “It takes a lot out of you,” said two-year maze veteran Michelle Reiser. Haunting the corn maze takes both time and effort. The farm holds try-outs for community members hop ing to join the crew of 25 to 30 people who work at the maze every night. Reiser said people came out in full costume to fight for the maze positions and were handpicked by own er Lori Jensen. “Lori picks the people she thinks can handle the long days,” TYuhn said. The 4-hour shift often starts with a family dinner. A group of employees gathers every night to feast on Jensen’s home-cooked meals. When the haunting hour strikes, the employees take their assigned ar BETHERE What: Haunted Nights Corn Maze Where: Lone Pine Farms, 91909 River Road, Junction City When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights and the last five nights of October How much: Fridays and Saturdays $10, Sundays $8 eas in the 2.5-mile maze and stay put until the evening’s end. Wanderers roam through every section to make sure the customers are scared while corn cops walk through the maze to make sure everyone is safe. “It’s funny to watch everyone fall down and get scared,” Reiser said. The farm closes in No vember, and most of its en ergetic staff will move on. But for now, head to Lone Pine Farms for some salt water taffy and a dose of Halloween fright. ashleygriffin@ daily emerald, com MORE HALLOWEEN Halloween dates back nearly 2,000 years, to when Celts believed that on Oct. 31, the ghosts of the underworld arrived to damage crops. In the later 19th century, millions of immigrants brought All Hallow’s Eve traditions to America. — Colleen McClure CONTENT ONLINE^ K.C. Anton, owner of Eugene's Woodhart: Ways of Olde, and Department of Public Safety Sgt. Robert Guse say Halloween is a time to prepare for dangers - from both the metaphysical and natural worlds. — Michael A. Booth Visit www.dailyemerald.com for the complete text of these Halloween stories and more. Call for rescrvafions 2435 Hilyard ► 684-8400 ► www.iraila.com Medilcrranean Rusfica 0204961 Dustin Isabella Jude Jason Lily Mark Naomi HOFFMAN HUPPERT LAW SCHWARTZ MAN TOMUN WAHLBERG WATTS from wrier and director of THREE KINGS, FLIRTING WITH DISASJER, and SPANKING THE MONKEY Along with Etsrnsl Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, it's the most playful, intelligent and original comedy of the year." --Etaanot Rmgti G*«h»« ATLANTA i V huckabees 5:00,7:10 & 9:20 Nightly Sun Mat 2:45 492 E. 13th 686-2458 For the week of October 22nd! 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