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rts ^Entertamment tht LACK AM A ‘Print*! October 13, 2004 ; astle B loodmoor ’ delights with frights Hillary Ferguson | The Clackamas Print Internet Photo At last, it’s everyone’s favorite time of year— Halloween. And what could possibly bring out the spirit of the season more poignantly than fearing for your life? Invoking these feelings has been the quest of Ralph and Ruth Cellarius and Robert Campbell in their haunt, the House of Midnight. But this haunt did not start out as a professional business. Ralph Cellarius began over twenty years ago in his own home. Every Halloween he would make brave trick-or- treaters trek through his house of horror if they were to receive any candy. In the last years as an amateur, upwards of about 500 people would face their fears in his garage of fright. So, two years ago Ralph decided to go pro, now bringing his passion to the masses. Everyone’s been to the lackadaisical sort of haunted house where crusty foam characters slowly attack you from their clanking metal tracks. Rarely is there a haunt which is actually freakin’ scary. The House of Midnight, however, is inhab ited by ghouls and goblins that are very much alive (.. .or are they?) and hidden in every cranny. But The House of Midnight is not just one haunt, it’s two. I toured The Exaquaria first off, and was immediately overcome with the Halloween spirit. The Exaquaria is more of your average type of haunt, with a myriad of otherworldly beings. The sets and costumes are far above par; the cheesy- ‘to-frightening ratio is clearly in their favor. The haunt began by completely disori entating its victims, sending me through a spinning tunnel of light (I wasn’t drunk, but Your Horoscopefor Yoday might as well have been.) It’s This is when I screamed the only scarier from there. Some loudest. (Yeah, laugh it up, sections were completely guys) dark, other sections played on Now, I know what you’re the fears of arachnophobes. It thinking—I’ve given away seemingly took forever to the whole haunt. But you’re escape The Exaquaria, but wrong, because there’s all this finally I was thrown back into and much, much more. Every the lobby area, not quite sure aspect of the haunt was top if I felt like daring The Castle notch—no stone was left un Bloodmoor. possessed, no comer left The Castle Bloodmoor unattended. I give the House was shorter than The of Midnight two thumbs up Exaquaria, but the theme eas for an uber-frightening night ily made it my favorite. on the town, and a great way Victims enter through an to get into the mood for elaborate stone gate framed another Halloween. by eerily glowing torches. In The House of Midnight is fact, the whole haunt was located off 1-5 at the Family enclosed by huge stone walls, Fun Center arid Bullwinkle’s giving the feeling of a Restaurant. Tickets are $8 per medieval pagan ceremony. person, per haunt or two for Monk-like ghouls rushed past $14. It runs from October 13 me in the narrow hallways, through 31, so there is plenty screeching and hissing, “You of time, if you dare. Group shouldn’t be here!” Perhaps rates are available, so bring the most frightening element your friends. Log on to was the stilt beasts. I’m not so www.houseofmidnight.com tall, so these wolfs towered /for more information on this about six feet above my head. year’s attractions. Finally, we see modern King Lear Look Forward To: 'With (Dr. James ‘Totnße, Master of the Stars Costumes: The modem feel of the costumes brings King Lear into the present time and allows the viewer to connect. (Mar 21 Apr 19) Your love eyes, but your short attention span /ill improve after you purchase will make you interest some ;d van and large quantities of where after grade school. tape. 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