SOUTH ABINGTON -- The driveway of 107 Sean
Drive could easily have been mistaken for a hot dance club Thursday
night.
Hundreds of people -- many in costume -- lined
up around the block in near-freezing temperatures for almost an
hour. Their goal: to be among the first to see the fourth annual
"The Haunt at Sean Drive" event.
"We came out last year but
the line was so long that we didn't get in, so we came early this
year," said Linda Craven of Old Forge.
"I'm excited to go in
and get scared. I want to see the ghosts," said Amber Craven, 8,
dressed as an emergency room doctor.
The Cravens waited with
dozens of other families for almost an hour for the 6 p.m. premiere
of the outdoor spook show.
The show featured "Men in Black"
special agents fighting aliens who landed from the hovering UFO, and
Dr. Bush, the mad scientist.
DJ Creepy played Halloween
favorites, such as "Thriller" and "Ghostbusters," in addition to Top
40 songs.
If the dancing and crowd didn't keep the people
warm, there were free hot dogs and hot chocolate on hand.
"I
wanted to come here for a while because my sister came last year and
said it was fun," said Bobby Wilod, 7, of Clarks Summit.
Matt
Burne, creator of "The Haunt," said there were 40 actors on hand to
play creepy characters, including the Grim Reaper and the Headless
Horseman.
Over the past week, Mr. Burne converted his back
yard into a cemetery with bodies coming up from the ground. His
front yard held a guillotine. His garage spent the night as a 3-D
movie theater. A man hung from a noose on the back porch.
The
inside of 107 Sean Drive became haunted with fiery skulls, a man in
an electric chair and a rotted skeleton with an eyeball in the
midsection lying beside a steaming Jacuzzi-cauldron, filled with
floating arms.
Tom Malinchak spent the past two Halloweens
cooking and dishing the hot dogs and hot chocolate at Mr. Burne's
house. He said preparations take several months.
"I can't
imagine how much this costs," he said. "But we have a great time.
It's a real good show."
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