All Hallows Eve

Hi,
I had a great Halloween, did you?


This year I was invited to take part in a haunted house set up at my friend Kevin's place. Every year for the last four years he has done up his home in Fairless Hills, PA (10 minutes from our place) to entertain the neighbourhood on Halloween. Kevin is the guy I use to do maintenance on our lawn, cut trees and hedges down to size, occasionally plow snow that we can't move ourselves. This fall I found out he is a landscaper with an edgy side. He was growing his hair long and when I asked why, he told me for his Halloween event. I'll bite... what 'event'? He does up his house as a scary place for the trick or treat crowd. I offered to help out since we don't get a single trick or treat-er in our neck of the woods. The main street is too busy for kids to walk and the houses are too far apart. You'd never get anywhere or get any amount of goodies in this place. When I asked what Kevin planned to do at his home I knew immediately what I could offer to help with. Make-up!

Kevin gets all his family and a dozen or so friends to assist with his haunted house. They spent three days setting up a maze on the front yard and around the back using landscaping tarps, black light, strobes, flashing bulbs, neon balloons, dozens of decapitated manikins, tombstones, body parts, sound systems with scary music and screams everywhere.... a bond fire burning witches, dismembered victims, grim reapers... you name it, they have it. I came over at 3pm and did make up for the zombies, crazed clowns, maniacal priests, chainsaw slashers, vampires, ghosts and anything else they asked for. It was fantastic. Kevins' mom brought in food so everyone could eat before taking their places and then the fun started. 

Their neighbourhood is teaming with kids. They also had been putting up sign around the whole place for a week promoting the haunted house. Last year they had 200 people coming through.... probably as many if not more may have shown up this year. I stuck around to see the full effect as I walked the maze. Disney on bad drugs would be a good way to describe it. Every turn and twist of the maze has something flashing or screaming at you, things and people jump out when you least expect them. It's creepy and ghoulish and funny as all hell. It also costs Kevin a lot of money to buy all this paraphernalia and set it up but he and his partner, Dana and their families love it and wouldn't miss it for the world. I loved being a part of it all and have signed up for next years event.

I have to start planning my costume.
xox
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