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Hillary Ferguson
| The Clackamas Print
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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
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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:
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Costumes: The modem
feel of the costumes brings
King Lear into the present
time and allows the viewer
to connect.
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get seasonal work wrapping channel the spirit of an ancient
at department stores.
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Acting: The lead roll of
King Lear is played bril
liantly
by
Thom
Christopher. Watch as he
portrays
the
gradual
destruction of his psyche.
Direction: Though the
play is modernized, Chris
Coleman’s direction lost
none of the tragic quality.
Play Info:
The show runs from now
until Oct. 31.
Ticket prices begin at $45.
The play has a run time of
3 hours.
Newmark Theater, 1111
SW Broadway, Portland
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