Will he last? - My High School Journalism
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10<br />
By Kayla Hurst<br />
Staff Writer<br />
T<strong>he</strong> Southfield Jay / October 2006<br />
Review:<br />
“Ahh!” a young girl screams<br />
while standing in line at t<strong>he</strong> Hayride<br />
of Doom.<br />
S<strong>he</strong> is one of about 100 waiting<br />
in line to climb aboard a haunted<br />
wagon for a 15-minute spooky ride<br />
through dark woods.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> monster who scared <strong>he</strong>r was<br />
only one of several who were creeping<br />
around t<strong>he</strong> grounds of t<strong>he</strong><br />
Haunted Scare Fest 2006. T<strong>he</strong><br />
Scare Fest sprawls across 45 acres<br />
in New Haven at 61288 Gratiot at<br />
28 Mile and is open Oct.1, 5-8, 12-<br />
15 and 19-31.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> Scare Fest is a guaranteed<br />
good time for t<strong>he</strong> younger crowd.<br />
It boasts a staff of 15-20 security<br />
personnel and 50 actors throughout<br />
t<strong>he</strong> attractions.<br />
“It is interesting and fun to see<br />
people’s reactions to t<strong>he</strong> scary attractions,”<br />
says staff member Sarah<br />
Marshall. It opens at dusk and<br />
closes w<strong>he</strong>n t<strong>he</strong> <strong>last</strong> person leaves,<br />
and t<strong>he</strong>re is a matinee hayride for<br />
little ones from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> Scare Fest includes not only<br />
t<strong>he</strong> Hayride of Doom, but several<br />
ot<strong>he</strong>r attractions, such as T<strong>he</strong> Terror<br />
Zone Haunted House, t<strong>he</strong> For-<br />
Movie<br />
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Center’<br />
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video<br />
video<br />
est of Darkness, T<strong>he</strong> Ultimate 3D<br />
House, t<strong>he</strong> Amazing 3D Graveyard<br />
and t<strong>he</strong> Black Terror Maze.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> Terror Zone Haunted<br />
House is actually three different<br />
haunted houses all in one. Those<br />
who enter are not allowed to turn<br />
back .T<strong>he</strong> costumed actors who terrorize<br />
t<strong>he</strong> visitors are believable<br />
and do not come out of character<br />
even w<strong>he</strong>n provoked.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> Forest of Darkness is quite<br />
interesting because you have to<br />
walk through it to exit while being<br />
chased by monsters. Monsters<br />
crawl out of t<strong>he</strong> darkness and pretend<br />
that t<strong>he</strong>y’re about to grab t<strong>he</strong><br />
guests or hack t<strong>he</strong>m with knives.<br />
Those who brave t<strong>he</strong> Ultimate<br />
3D House and Amazing 3D Graveyard<br />
are given 3D glasses to wear<br />
by a drunken monster poised at t<strong>he</strong><br />
end of t<strong>he</strong> Forest of Darkness. T<strong>he</strong><br />
glasses <strong>he</strong>lp t<strong>he</strong> glow-in-t<strong>he</strong>-dark<br />
paintings on t<strong>he</strong> walls to jump out<br />
at visitors. Like t<strong>he</strong> forest, t<strong>he</strong> 3D<br />
House and graveyard are replete<br />
with lurking mosters.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> enormous Black Terror<br />
Maze with monsters includes<br />
Leat<strong>he</strong>rface from t<strong>he</strong> Texas<br />
Chainsaw Massacre, clowns and<br />
t<strong>he</strong> walking dead. It is so dark inside<br />
t<strong>he</strong> maze that visitors can<br />
Ent Enter Ent er ertainment<br />
er ainment<br />
Haunted Scare Fest is frightfully fun<br />
By Makia Brooks<br />
Entertainment Editor<br />
Many remember t<strong>he</strong> tragedy of<br />
t<strong>he</strong> 9/11 terrorist attacks with <strong>he</strong>avy<br />
<strong>he</strong>arts and a tear in t<strong>he</strong>ir eye.<br />
It has been five years since t<strong>he</strong><br />
nation has been shaken by this<br />
event, which to many seemed like<br />
something taken out of a film. With<br />
t<strong>he</strong> history that Hollywood has of<br />
portraying real life events on<br />
screen, it is no surprise that t<strong>he</strong><br />
events of September 11 became one<br />
of t<strong>he</strong> best movies of t<strong>he</strong> summer<br />
of 2006.<br />
World Trade Center poignantly<br />
illustrates personal events that occurred<br />
before and after t<strong>he</strong> attacks.<br />
Not to entertain, t<strong>he</strong> film’s real goal<br />
is to remind us that even at<br />
America’s darkest hour, t<strong>he</strong>re’s a<br />
twinkle of light in us all.<br />
Director and producer Oliver<br />
Stone, (known for his previous<br />
films Born on t<strong>he</strong> Fourth Of July,<br />
Any Given Sunday and Apocalypse<br />
Now) released t<strong>he</strong> <strong>he</strong>art-wrenching<br />
barely see t<strong>he</strong>ir own hands in front<br />
of t<strong>he</strong>ir faces. T<strong>he</strong> maze includes<br />
fog and flashing lights. T<strong>he</strong> only<br />
way to get to t<strong>he</strong> maze is to go<br />
through Bobo’s Pun House, which<br />
is a room with different puzzles to<br />
solve. Its purpose is to get a few<br />
laughs instead of screams. Both of<br />
t<strong>he</strong>se attractions cost $8.<br />
T<strong>he</strong> Hayride of Doom is worth<br />
t<strong>he</strong> wait because w<strong>he</strong>n t<strong>he</strong> wagon<br />
does arrive, it sports spinners,<br />
flashy lights and eerie fog. T<strong>he</strong><br />
monsters include vampires,<br />
werewolves, Jason, psycho killers<br />
and t<strong>he</strong> walking dead, all for $12 a<br />
hayride.<br />
Ticket prices for t<strong>he</strong> ot<strong>he</strong>r attractions<br />
vary depending on how many<br />
attractions visitors want to see at<br />
t<strong>he</strong> Scare Fest. T<strong>he</strong> best deal? Students<br />
can go before 8 p.m. for $10<br />
off t<strong>he</strong> full $26 admission to see it<br />
all. But bring your student I.D.<br />
After 8 p.m., t<strong>he</strong> full admission is<br />
$26.<br />
Along with t<strong>he</strong> attractions are<br />
bonfires, a projector showing scary<br />
movies, concession stands and a<br />
National Coney Island. T<strong>he</strong> Scare<br />
Fest, created by John Marino, is in<br />
its fourth year. Marino says <strong>he</strong>’s averaging<br />
of 4,000 to 5,000 visitors<br />
per day.<br />
true story of two New York Port Authority<br />
police officers.<br />
World Trade Center grossed a<br />
total of $55,642,517 in t<strong>he</strong> U.S. box<br />
office in its opening weeks. It topping<br />
t<strong>he</strong><br />
gross for<br />
United 93,<br />
anot<strong>he</strong>r 9/11<br />
film released<br />
four months<br />
earlier.<br />
Oscar<br />
winner<br />
Nicholas<br />
Cage and<br />
Michael<br />
Pena (Crash) star as Sergeant John<br />
McLoughlin and <strong>Will</strong> Jimeno, two<br />
officers called to duty on t<strong>he</strong> day<br />
of t<strong>he</strong> attacks.<br />
Cage and Pena gave a face and<br />
<strong>he</strong>art to two men whom t<strong>he</strong> world<br />
only read about in t<strong>he</strong> papers and<br />
occasionally saw on t<strong>he</strong> evening<br />
news. T<strong>he</strong>y acted out t<strong>he</strong> trauma of<br />
being buried under t<strong>he</strong> remains of<br />
what was New York’s proudest set<br />
Photo by Kayla Hurst<br />
Blood thirsty: T<strong>he</strong> dead still come to dinner at T<strong>he</strong> Terror Zone<br />
Haunted House in New Haven, w<strong>he</strong>re fun is always on t<strong>he</strong> menu.<br />
Those who enter t<strong>he</strong> haunted house are not allowed to turn back,<br />
so visitors must be sure t<strong>he</strong>y really want to enter.<br />
of twins. Pena’s <strong>Will</strong> Jimeno manages<br />
to salvage his sense of humor<br />
after waking from a dream with<br />
‘Jesus and a bottle of water’. Veteran<br />
actor Cage and talented newcomer<br />
Pena por-<br />
trayed<br />
t<strong>he</strong>se men<br />
with dignity<br />
and<br />
respect in<br />
an overall<br />
outstandingperformance.<br />
One of<br />
t<strong>he</strong> strengths of t<strong>he</strong> film occurred<br />
in t<strong>he</strong> opening scenes w<strong>he</strong>re t<strong>he</strong> two<br />
men began t<strong>he</strong>ir early morning at<br />
home, preparing for t<strong>he</strong> day a<strong>he</strong>ad,<br />
not expecting t<strong>he</strong> outcome. It gave<br />
t<strong>he</strong> audience a more in-depth look<br />
at t<strong>he</strong>se people; t<strong>he</strong>y weren’t just<br />
policemen in uniform, but men who<br />
put t<strong>he</strong>ir life on t<strong>he</strong> line.<br />
Sirens buzz t<strong>he</strong> audience’s ear<br />
drums while t<strong>he</strong> sight of ash and<br />
T<strong>he</strong>y acted out t<strong>he</strong><br />
trauma of being buried<br />
under t<strong>he</strong> remains of<br />
what was New York’s<br />
proudest set of twins.<br />
rubble tumbling down on t<strong>he</strong> citizens<br />
below makes viewers want to<br />
cover t<strong>he</strong>ir eyes in horror. T<strong>he</strong>n, everything<br />
goes black.<br />
In t<strong>he</strong> darkness of t<strong>he</strong> t<strong>he</strong>atre no<br />
one makes a sound; t<strong>he</strong>re is no shuffling<br />
of t<strong>he</strong> popcorn or slurping of<br />
t<strong>he</strong> soda. Complete silence. It’s one<br />
of t<strong>he</strong> most powerful scenes in t<strong>he</strong><br />
film, not because of its imagery but<br />
because of t<strong>he</strong> message that no matter<br />
who you are, w<strong>he</strong>re you live or<br />
what you do, Americans are all connected<br />
through that fateful day.<br />
Throughout t<strong>he</strong> film we are<br />
taken on t<strong>he</strong> terrifying journey that<br />
<strong>Will</strong> and John went through, from<br />
t<strong>he</strong> realization of what happened in<br />
New York, to t<strong>he</strong> impressive spirit<br />
of holding on to hope.<br />
In t<strong>he</strong> words of t<strong>he</strong> real <strong>Will</strong><br />
Jimeno, “I want this movie to come<br />
out and really teach people that<br />
you’ll always have support and<br />
you’ll always have people t<strong>he</strong>re to<br />
love you, and if you have that, you<br />
can pretty much overcome anything.”