the monster mash

the end of september means the beginning of haunted house season - and halloween just happens to be my favorite of all the holidays - i look forward to it like normal people look forward to christmas - it's not just the candy, the costumes, the parties, the mood, the chilly nights, the haunted houses, the spirit, the history, the ghouls and the goblins...it's all of it!

this weekend we headed out to a nationally accredited haunt in gainesville, a small town just south of oklahoma, where all of the proceeds from ticket sales are donated to the red cross - in these quick snapshots, i tried to capture the things that represent a recipe for a good scare: ticket booth hand painted on the side of a trailer..in the middle of nowhere, target practice, clowns, decapitated heads, and...porta potties

there is nothing more fun for me, than to visit these houses with people who are easily terrified and truely scared of, not just the spooks and startles, but the mere anticipation of it all - it's just not the same unless you have a screamer in the group, and luckily we had a couple - i'm really looking forward to screaming all over the metroplex for the next couple of weeks!