Well, one of my favorite holidays is almost here and a few haunted houses have already opened their doors. I'm a haunted house fanatic and I was very sad to hear of the Haunted Prison's demise. The old Nashville Prison which had been home to the "event" for many years , has been demolished. Sure the Haunted Prison was a breeding ground for middle schoolers, wasn't very scary, and perhaps over-rated, But its a shame that the old prison had to go. In a weird way, I considered it one of the coolest places in Nashville.

On a much happier note, anyone know of any cool haunted-house type events that are worth the admission fee?

(Edited by joeywade at 3:20 pm on Sep. 19, 2003)

Dude,
those clowns in the prison, that jumped out with poka-dots, ........they were scary!

What's the one that's in the old Wal-Mart on Charlotte?

i loved the haunted prison. it was by far the best of the haunted houses ive been to. i cant belive they are already opening.

that was scream theatre and i'm hoping it will reopen this year. it seemed pretty scary to me, but maybe thats b/c i went through it with just one other person. they had this really cool meat locker room that scared the crap outta me!

Yeah, the pagans keep making this holiday come earlier and earlier every year...

i hate haunted houses. HATE!

I hate them, too.. But the worst ones are those church ones, do they have those horrible things around here?

At home one of the churches has a HUGE haunted house sort of event which portrays what it will be like when you go to hell.

I went to it once with some friends thinking it was going to be a normal haunted house.. I happened to look up at the time the pastor said, "If you want Jesus in your heart just look up at me." (I wasn't paying attention.) The next thing I knew, I was being whisked off to another room to be witnessed to and such.

That was a real downer.

Unfortunately, yes.

Yeeeaaaahhhh! That sounds awesome. There's nothing like scaring people into accepting Christ.

Brother Love and I went to one of those when we were in 7th grade. It truly freaked me out, and not in a good way.

That's absolutely hilarious, Weeny.

Ha, yes that is very clever and funny weeny!

Wait a minute...is GSTP being sarcastic or am I? Or are both or neither of us being sarcastic?

Stupid ambiguity on the internet.

(Edited by YaDaDaDa at 1:29 pm on Sep. 20, 2003)

I dont so much like going to haunted houses as much as I do going to like run down houses/buildings, like that Elk Lodge next to Waffel House in Brentwood

and for this you will both go to hell.. just as the Baptists say..

Besides, I wasn't trying to be funny, that was quite a traumatic experience. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

YDDD, I wasnt being sarcastic!

And I'm an ex-Lutheran/Quaker,......now an atheist,.......so, im not worried about hell.

And weeny, as far as haunted houses being traumatic, thats silly.
I think they are stupid/fun if anything, I guess the best/worst experience I had was in the sticks of Virginia, where everyone running the haunted house in the woods, were drunk. One guy with a chainsaw pinned this old man up against the wall, and wouldnt let him loose. Those were the scary ones, where drunken rednecks have real chainsaws!

On a related note, my mom has a REAL ghost story, from her college days in gettysburg. I think she was just really high though, but apparently she really thinks she saw a ghost. Yeah, my family is crazy. My mom used to go to the trees and "talk to the trees to decide"......very eccentric

(Edited by GrungeSlobTearPants at 5:47 pm on Sep. 20, 2003)

Neither was I. Your statement and mine could have gone either way. I also couldn't tell the true mood from weeny's post, and I was just commenting on it.

My apologies to you both, in that case.... maybe you aren't hell-bound after all.



And just to clarify.. the haunted house wasn't what was so traumatic. It was going into the room with the people afterwards... they said "Praise the LAWD! Jesus has saved another! Hal-le-LU-jah!" There was cheering , jumping up and down, and I was all but forced to hug numerous strangers. All because I happened to look up to make a "how-much-longer?" look at one of my friends standing nearby.

It was all very overwhelming... especially since I just wanted to leave hell..

(Edited by weenysmack at 4:54 pm on Sep. 22, 2003)

Yeah, I'm not a fan, either. I went to the haunted woods when I was 10. I clung to my brother the entire time while crying and hyperventilating. I have yet to attend one since then.

Poppycock

I tried it once. I recall it was similar to Crunch 'n' Munch.

I love you Sexy Sadie! Let us get together one autumn evening. And attend a haunted house!

Goodness...I never knew knowledge of caramel coated popcorn could take a girl so far.

I'm not making any promises. I do know of a great great halloween party everyone should attend incognito. PM BoozeCentral for more information. It's his home. There is a cover charge of course. But its the best halloween party ever!

dont be getting any crazy ideas there, mr. tear pants........





i may have to put sadie back in her cage.......

I heard the best Halloween party ever was taking place at the Blue Sky Court this year. Of course, that will probably be over by 1am. Plus, it's not even a school night! It's a Ghoul night.

man, halloween, a scary night indeed. ive never been a fan of haunted houses; i don't really like being scared. I'd rather be drunk. and yes weenysmack i have read about those horrific things where like, it shows someone with aids and they go to hell and it shows a girl getting an abortion and she goes to hell. its really quite twisted. im sorry they tried to save you. YIKES!

anyway, what is everyone going to dress up as? i havent decided yet, so if anyone has anny ideas . . .

My friend and I dressed up as the guys from A Clockwork Orange, had the jock strap and all, yes......thats what I will be again........

Seriously, the best party in M'boro is at BoozeCentral.....it is live broadcasted each year on the internet at boozecentral.com .... this is the most amazing halloween party ever. this will be my 4th consecutive year attending. EVERYONE must go!

Yes, this is the only Halloween event I hope to attend. What with all the attention DeNovoDahl has gained through stage attire and all, I am looking forward to seeing their costumes.

That said, I have no idea what I'll be for Halloween this year.

i hope to see you all at the blue sky on halloween. the dahls will have an awesome costume - that is a promise. and if there is much participation, there should be plenty of great costumes. and there will be prizes for the best ones. after the show we should all head to that party in murfeesboro.

Me and two buddies did that a few years back and it was a blast. I was Dim. We started at a school party at 328 (RIP) and won the costume contest (with a narrow margin of victory over a group of Madonnas-- the singer, not the virgin). Then we cruised up and down 2nd Avenue with chains and sticks in hand listening to everyone snicker and gasp at our enormous packages. Several asked if they were real. We didn't answer. We went to Lonnie's for awhile until some pricks asked us if we wanted to join the KKK, and we promptly left. On the way to the car, my friend (dressed as Alex) was so drunk and so into the character, he wanted to beat up some homeless people we passed by. I, of course, talked him out of it. He did take a leak in the alley, which was cool.

This year's costume is a secret.

I'm gonna be Carl for Halloween.

Rent "Hell House" if you want to relive this experience. I thought it was funny and offensive at the same time, and I also thought it was totally bizarre and could only exist in Texas until a coworker described a similar thing she had attended and said it was "really neat", especially at the end when you see a live portrayal of Jesus on the cross. It was then that realized I was in my own personal hell (house).

My Dad took me to the Haunted Woods when I was little - I was so brave at the beginning since I had my pink plastic Crucifix in my coat pocket and brandished it against the Vampires for protection. Unfortunately, by the time we were halfway through, my Dad was carrying me and I was just screaming the whole time. At the end when I thought I was safe, my Dad put me down and "Jason" came out and chased me with the chainsaw - I ran out screaming only to slip and fall in the mud. It sucked.

Don't forget about Baltimore! I wish I could figure out what you guys were going to be

I mentioned in this thread last year about how I worked in a haunted cave for a couple of years. I hated when little kids were given cotton balls as a sign for us not to jump out and scare them. I usually just did it anyway.

I'm probably going to be Austin Powers this year, which is extremely easy and totally unoriginal. I really can't come up with anything else. I'd like to do a group dress up as the Fab Five from Queer Eye, but we would all want to be Carson...man...

Group dress-ups are always the best, but the girls usually get the short end of the stick. Case-in-point: "the Dick Van Dyke Show." What girl wants to be Rose Marie?

So has everyone decided on their costumes? What is everyone going to be?

I'll be on a bus on Halloween. I'll probably be 1/2 of a siamise twin.

Why will you be on a bus?

I'm going on a Younglife retreat in Georgia. We leave on Halloween.

It's a secret...

yars yars, im going to be Carrie. i just need some blood and a prom dress.

Secret, shmeecret. Tell us!!

Doesn't anyone appreciate a good surprise these days?

I am now torn between Austin Powers circa "Goldmember" and Han Solo circa "Empire Strikes Back."

My vote is for the latter, especially if you're talking circa late-"Empire Strikes Back". That would be wicked.

i want to dress up as an 80s lego space man. it would be really hard to make a costume like that though.

You mean like this?

I haven't decided between 70's Burt Reynolds and the Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase. If Brother Love would be Irwin R Schyster, we could be Money Inc. and PFMO could be Jimmy Hart. It would be tight. Another thought includes Paul dressed as Virgil. If I could pull it off, I would be post-haircut Ravishing Rick Rude. Yes, Rick Rude...I may have to do that...Sina will you be Sensational Sherri???

exliontamer and Parrish should be the Hart Foundation

(Edited by richarddawson at 3:46 pm on Oct. 20, 2003)

That is obviously a Lego man dressed as me if I were a spaceman. He has my initials all over his suit, just like I would.

No such luck. She's already informed me that she's too cool for Halloween costumes.

I dig the wrestler themes. Go for it!

She and I are gonna have to talk about this. All she would need to do is tease her hair and wear some cat-like make-up. I think I am going to be Rick Rude, just because I want to oil myself up and wear tights with someone elses likeness on them.

You're right. Who volunteers to hose me down in cement/carbonite?

I bet I can think of one or two volunteers.

I never could find a decent Wonder Woman costume - only the crappy polyester ones in the plastic bags that somehow still cost 50 bucks. Booo. I have to be something else.

that's the idea, but something about that guy reminds me of nascar. i like the original space system.


http://www.brickmeister.com/pause/pix/space/6847.jpg

You should definitely be DiBiase. I thought Brother Love was going to be 9/11.

I still think you should be Burt Reynolds. Brother Love better still be 9/11. I was looking forward to that.

That better not be what I think it is...

I think he is referring to the ECW wrestler, not the terrorist attack.

no, i don't think he was...

ha, i don't think he was either...

maybe you guys should just wait for the official unveiling brotherlovetastic's costume. i know i can't wait...

I just thought he was saying that in passing. I encourage him to follow through with that.