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The Creep lives up to name with eerie props aMy MaCynSKI Lantern reporter macynski.3@osu.edu I genuinely thought I wasn’t afraid of much, but The Creep showed me otherwise. The experience was more than just three haunted houses, “The Residence,” “MadHouse” and “FR3AK’D,” set at the Madison County fairgrounds, it was a high quality haunted festival. As we drove the roughly 30 minutes from campus in the dark, the setting changed from a brightly lit city to eerie cornfields. The fairgrounds are located on a street called Elm Street, which added even more to the creepy setting. I began to prepare myself for what might be my own “Nightmare on Elm Street.” My anticipation built as my friends and I each paid $24.99 for a wristband that got us into all three houses. The scariest part of The Creep was one specific entertainer, known as Samhain. My first interaction with this mad man was in “FR3AK’D,” one of the haunted houses that resembled a fun house gone wrong. He stood in front of me with a plain white mask over his face and stared hauntingly at me. When I backed away and shakily tried to run around him, he removed the mask to reveal his bloody face and large sharp teeth. The only word I could let out was, “Nope,” then I took off into a nearby hallway that led to a maze. I went through the rest of “FR3AK’D” rather quickly, passing the group that was let in before mine. The group in front of ours had paused to look around in one of the empty areas, so I ran past them and exited the attraction without the group I had entered the attraction with. The haunted houses were well put on, the props inside were believable and the actors knew how and when to scare the patrons. I heard screams coming from the haunted houses as I waited in the line at each attraction. Once I had been through the attractions, I enjoyed a caramel apple from one of the food trucks in “Creeper Commons.” The commons consisted of multiple attractions in the outdoor area between the haunted houses. It included food, a movie screening, live entertainment and multiple entertainment booths. The open space was reminiscent of a small town festival, but with an eerie twist. I spent time looking at all the haunting the production had to offer in the fog-covered outdoors. While in the commons, I constantly was checking behind me for the characters roaming throughout. My friends and I did some scaring of our own in the scare booths, which are video screens that show a specific area in one of the haunted houses and feature a button that controls an effect which can be activated when fellow patrons walk through the attraction. After scaring a few groups of people, I walked over to a bench to sit down to watch the movie, “The Shining,” which was playing on a giant screen. My friend
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a doll sits inside The Creep, a haunted house located at the Madison County fairgrounds. then advised me to not look behind me, which I automatically did, and there Samhain was again, with his bloody face, pointy teeth and those creepy eyes. I dropped my caramel apple in the trash can in front of me and stood frozen in fear. As my fear subsided, my friends and I took photos with him and I asked him a couple of questions to which he only replied in grunts. Finally he took my phone and typed in his name to look up on Facebook. His page was filled with his appearances and creepy photos. The entertainer’s experience using fright was not only shown in his social media, it was also apparent in person. His swift movements and piercing stare were enough to make me double check my closet for monsters before bed that night. His calculated timing is what made him stand out amongst the other characters who were adorned in equally as terrifying makeup and costumes. The rest of the time at The Creep, I watched the fire dancers. Two women dressed in all black spun fire on hula-hoops or chains while to a drumbeat played by a man in the background who was dressed in black as well, wearing a gold mask over his face. It was a very interesting show, though it was hard to focus on when I was making sure there wasn’t a character ready to make me jump. The Madison County fairgrounds is located in London, Ohio at 205 Elm St.
Wexner Center for the Arts to showcase early Hitchcock films ryan CooPEr Lantern reporter cooper.487@osu.edu Film fans of all sorts likely know the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock’s work very well . However, most have never had the opportunity to view his early silent works that shaped his influential “Hitchcockian” styles. Columbus cinema-goers will get that opportunity this month, when the Wexner Center for the Arts presents “The Hitchcock 9,” a series of nine of Hitchcock’s earliest works between 1925 and 1929, restored by the British Film Institute. As part of the restoration, some of the classic films are set to be accompanied by live musicians. The series is set to make its only stop in Ohio at the Wexner Center, running Thursday through Oct. 25. “This is going to be a series that has a lot of appeal to both casual fans of Hitchcock and people who have seen all of his work,” said Jennifer Wray, the marketing and media assistant for the Wexner Center. “This is an opportunity to see works that you either have never seen before or never seen in this quality.” In addition to enjoying the early cinematic classics, attendees for some of the showings will also have a chance to enjoy original accompaniment pieces by one of three Columbus musicians — Derek DiCenzo, Sue Harshe or Larry Marotta. Harshe, whose music will be accompanying “The
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a scene from alfred hitchcock’s movie, ‘Blackmail.’ a series of nine of hitchcock’s works is set to be shown at the Wexner Center for the arts beginning oct. 10. Farmer’s Wife” and “Champagne,” has worked for months on her compositions. She said she did not look for the scores originally accompanying the films, instead opting to attach her own interpretations to the tone of the scenes. “I make sure the music doesn’t compete with the
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film,” Harshe said. “I stay away from sound effects because they are difficult to sync up.” Harshe plans to play keyboard and guitar live and be accompanied by various recorded instrumentation, such as violin, wind instruments and distorted trombone. Dave Filipi, director of Film/Video at the Wexner Center, said he has high hopes for the series. “Expectations are high,” Filipi said. “Hitchcock is the most famous filmmaker who ever lived. His films hold up in a critical way while being extremely entertaining at the same time.” He said attending the film showings is a good opportunity for students. “Students should take advantage of this opportunity,” Filipi said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see films from early in Hitchcock’s career and to see what kind of a filmmaker he was earlier and how it created his later styles.” Wray said she thinks the draw for the event is huge. “I anticipate this being a popular event,” Wray said. “It’s something you can’t ever see anywhere else in the state of Ohio. Both the films and the quality of the musicians will make this a big draw.” Tickets are $8 for the general public and $6 for students, members and senior citizens. The films are scheduled to be shown at the Wexner Center’s Film/ Video Theater, which is located in the Wexner Center for the Arts at 1871 N. High St. The series kicks off with “Blackmail” (1929) Thursday at 7 p.m.
Guide to College Fashion
Dressing up, wearing costumes not just limited to Halloween BrEanna SoroKa Senior Lantern reporter soroka.15@osu.edu From the second the clock struck midnight Oct. 1, I haven’t been able to get anything Halloweenrelated out of my head. I’ve been watching all my favorite movies based on the holiday, eating as much candy as I can stomach and planning the costume of my dreams. But I decided I don’t want my Halloween celebrations to end there: I want to make my fashion choices revolve around this spooky day as well. I don’t mean wearing cheesy, pumpkin-covered sweaters or purple and orange striped socks, though. I mean treating every outfit I pick this month as a costume and dressing up as a new character each day. If you’re up to this challenge as well, read on to learn how to keep your costumes tame enough for everyday wear.
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Become a character If you’re at loss with how to begin, pull inspiration from one of your favorite characters in pop culture. This can be a literary character, someone from your favorite movie or even a real-life personality — the options are virtually limitless. Keep in mind that ensemble shouldn’t be an exact copy of what your chosen inspiration is wearing. That’s no fun and can easily be seen as doing too much. Simply use your own wardrobe and that wonderful creativity you possess to fashion an outfit based upon theirs. This means not even “Beetlejuice”
or the “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy are off-limits, just pick a few of your favorite elements and have fun with it. Adopt the attitude If you’re dressing up as someone else for the day, you’re going to want to make sure you also have the attitude it will take to carry it with ease. This doesn’t necessarily mean you should be quoting lines from “The Royal Tenenbaums” just because you’re pulling inspiration from Margot Tenenbaum’s main ensemble, but rather that you add some sass and snarky remarks to your everyday vernacular just like she does. The whole point of this is to make you feel more comfortable and empowered while wearing something you wouldn’t normally wear dressed as yourself, not to make everyone around you question your sanity — so proceed with caution. Leave your comfort zone If you’re the type of person who loves wearing ripped jeans, band T-shirts and worn-in sneakers, you won’t look or feel any different if you choose to base your outfit around Ellen Page’s lead character in the movie “Whip It.” To really rise to this challenge, try instead to dress as someone who doesn’t reflect your everyday wardrobe choices. At the very least, you can start out with included minor elements of your chosen icon’s style, until you become comfortable enough to go for the whole shebang. For example, add pearls to your heart’s content to emulate Daisy Buchanan from “The Great Gatsby” (both book and movie versions) and when you feel up to it, throw on a drop-waist dress
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Get into the halloween spirit early by pulling inspiration from your favorite pop culture characters and their style for your own outfits. with matching hair wrap to give off all the flapper vibes you can muster. Fashion is all about having fun and expressing yourself, and there’s no better way to do so than including elements of your favorite character’s style in your outfit. Get into the spirit of Halloween now, but don’t be afraid to continue getting inspired by pop culture icons in the future.