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Notes From The Creator: Matt Burne
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| By: Brigitte Geiss,
Associate Editor |
October
24, 2002 |
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The
Demon and the Executioner are waiting for
you!
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Haunt On Sean Drive Creator, Matt Burne, Shares Insight On Abington
Haunting |
Matt Burne, owner of 107 Sean Drive, has been scaring
Abington area residents with The Haunt On Sean Drive for four years.
Each year the attractions grows with larger special effects and more
ghastly ghouls. "My friends and I start preparing for the haunt
during the summer." Says Mr. Burne, " When I was a kid, I visited a
similar, smaller haunt run by a local dentist, and neighbor Dr. Richard Bush. After an inspiring trip to Salem, Massechusetts,
I recalled how much I enjoyed that haunt as a child. I enjoyed it
so much that I thought I would bring the idea back to the Abingtons.
We like to sum it up this way...we do it one half for the kids, and
the other half, for the kids in ourselves. " Obviously a task such
as this requires numerous hours with the nose to the grindstone.
Since the haunt takes place in Mr. Burne's yard and home, you would
think that putting up with ghosts and goblins day in and day out
would get tiresome. "I love it." states Burne, "I enjoy working on
the haunt and my girlfriend is very cooperative." The haunt gets a
fair amount of support from both the Scranton and Abington School
Districts who all work hard to make the attraction fun and
appropriate for all ages. According to Burne, "The Haunt is like a
comical spoof of a 1950's monster movie." Burne and the staff of the
haunt do everything they can to make the event enjoyable by even the
smallest visitor. With everything that takes place, the attraction
is more like a Halloween Festival. There is plenty to see and do for
everyone and the month of October leading up to the big bang show
gives onlookers the opportunity to see just how some of the special
effects are created. "Diring the month, we spend all our time
building the attraction." says Burne, "as people drive by to get a
glimpse of the spaceship and such, many pop in and we show them how
things are done. However, there are some effects that are kept
secret." This year there are 35 crew members working on the
attraction. Last year approximately 2,300 people came out on
Halloween to see the spectacle and this year more are expected. "We
can only get about 1,000 people through the haunted house," stresses
Burne, "it's just not possible to get everyone through there but
there are so many other things to do that noone leaves with a normal
heartrate."
Putting together an attraction such as this could not
possibly be cheap, still, the attraction is entirely free of charge.
Even the goodies are included in the festivities, the only catch,
enjoy yourself and create your own fond memories of Matt Burne's The
Haunt On Sean Drive.
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