Halloween Edition - Strongsville City Schools

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If you like fear, there are many places around
Strongsville that can fit your limit.
Starting with the freakiest, The Mansfield
Haunted Prison Experience is a popular haunted Halloween attraction.
It’s located inside the Ohio State Reformatory, an old prison that is thought to be haunted. It’s over 124 years old and closed down in
1990. When it was in use, it could hold up to
155,000 prisoners.
The Mansfield Haunted Prison Experience
includes a haunted attraction with your typical haunted house props, focused around the
fact that the prison is haunted. Also, you can
schedule Ghost Hunts, which allow you stay
over night and look for ghosts.
This haunted attraction has won seven awards.
Some examples include Scariest Haunt, Haunt
of the Year, most assaulting soundtrack, and a
local award of excellence.
It’s located in Mansfield Ohio at the Ohio
State Reformatory. Tickets are $17 dollars for
all nights. You can buy tickets online or at the
door. Their phone number is 419-360-5689
and their website is http://www.hauntedx.com.
The Haunted attraction is open through Halloween on every Thursday through Sunday.
Hours on Thursday are 7-11 PM, Friday and
Saturday7-midnight , and on Sunday 7-10pm.
By Emmie Donelan & Marisa Mindyas
Gore Opha
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If you like to be scared out of your mind, there is an abandoned orphanage not far from Strongsville. Located in Lorain County, The Gore Orphanage shut down in 1916 and has been closed ever
since, after burning down with children still inside.
The only thing that made it out of the fire is the foundation. According an eye witness, “late at
night you can hear the screams and smell roasting children.” If you want to visit Gore Orphanage,
find Gore Orphanage Road in New London. There are no tickets and no tours.
Seven Floors of Hell
The most commonly visited haunted
attraction by people form Strongsville
is Sever Floors of Hell. If you’re looking for the “normal” haunted house
experience, this is the place to be.
Seven Floors of Hell is located in
Berea at the Cuyahoga Fair Grounds.
There are seven themed houses, although the main theme this year is the
Saw movies. You never know when
something’s going to happen because
the attraction is not only in the houses, there are actors roaming around to
scare you.
Tickets are 20 dollars for any three
houses and 23 dollars for all seven of
them. You can only get tickets at the
door, although there is a coupon there
website,
http://www.7floorsofhell.
com.
The hours on Thursdays and Sundays
are 7-10 PM. On Fridays and Saturdays Seven Floors is open from 7PM
to midnight.
Bloodview
Another popular haunted house is Bloodview, which is on Towpath Trail in Broadview
Heights. This haunted house is the only Charity Haunt in Cuyahoga County, meaning no actor receives a
paycheck. All the money from entrance fees goes to various charities.
Bloodview is not just a haunted house, but a haunted experience. There are many parts to the attraction. The Gore House, the Haunted Trail, Baby Doll Island, the cemetery path, the Post Apoch
Trail, and the Maine House are all of the attractions at Bloodview.
Tickets are $15 for three attractions, $20 for an all-night pass, and you can go back into a house
you’ve already been in for $3. Tickets are available at the door. Their phone number is 440-5269148 and their website is http://bloodview.net.
Bloodview is open from 8PM until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and from 8-10PM on
Sundays.
By Larissa Fisher and James Williamson
The biggest in zombie books, movies, videogames and tv shows
I am legend is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film starring Will Smith and
directed by Francis Lawrence. In the movie, Will Smith plays Robert Neville, the only man immune to the vicious man-made virus that was originally
intended to cure cancer. He is located in an empty New York City with his
dog, Sam, searching for fellow survivors and works to create a virus for the
zombie-like people who come out at night to hunt, that are already infected.
A hot series on AMC, taking place
after a zombie apocalypse centering
around main character Rick Grimes
(Andrew Lincoln), a cop from Georgia, wakes from a coma after an injury in battle. Grimes and his family
lead a group of fellow survivors on a
journey across the desolated country
avoiding the living dead and search
for safety and other survivors. Every
episode the characters are faced with
horror of the living dead and hostility amongst greedy survivors.
Global best-selling video game
series Call of Duty joined the
zombie phenomena in 2008 with
the game mode “Nazi Zombies”
in the game Call of Duty: World
at War.
This video game brings together
two terrifying worlds of Nazis
and Zombies into one game.
This game mode consists of
various levels of zombie invasions; the goal for the gamer is
to stay alive as long as possible.
They start off fairly slow but as
the game progresses, the speed
and toughness of these things
will get the best of most players,
and there literally is no escape.
The Zombie Survival Guide
The Zombie Survival Guide:
Complete Protection from the
Living Dead (NY Best Seller)
This New York Bestseller serves
as a survival manual for potential zombie attacks containing
detailed plans for the average
citizen to stay alive. Also states
a list of “previous” zombie attacks in history and an appendix
of blank pages for the reader to
take notes on their own survival
stories. By: Jenn Lash, Jen Taggart & Alyssa McDannel
Rachel Ragone
Biggest Fear: Clowns
“Clowns look so
terrifying. When I was
10 I went to a
haunted house with
creepy clowns who
freaked me out.”
Sabrina Gloeckler
Biggest Fear: Spiders
“I hate spiders because
they have too many
legs. When I was 5, I
went camping and got
bit by a spider and had
a bad reaction to it
Jill Ross
Biggest Fear: Scary Movies
“When I watch scary movies
I feel like it’s real life. After I
watched Texas Chainsaw
Massacre I heard it was based
on a true story and now I am
forever scared of chainsaws.
Kate Faulaber
Biggest Fear: Clowns
“I’m scared of clowns
because they get up in my
face and their make-up
is creepy. The movie IT
caused my fear of the.”
Paige Amodio
Biggest Fear: Ghosts
“I’m afraid that a
ghost is going to kill me.
I first got scared when I
saw Paranormal Activity,
it made me aware of what
ghosts are capable of
doing.”
Kirby Hockaday
Biggest Fear: Blood
“I’m scared of blood
because it makes my skin
crawl. A few years ago
I had to get blood
drawn and passed out.”
Eric Anderson
Biggest Fear: Clowns
“When I was four I went
on a Haunted Hayride,
on my birthday, where a
clown with a chainsaw
was picking on me.”
Anthony Kowalski
Biggest Fear: Ghosts
“I’m afraid of ghosts
because you never know
where they’re at but they
can touch you. My
childhood made me first
scared of them.”
Stephen Soupanich
Biggest Fear: Death
“I’m scared because I don’t
want to go to hell. Church
taught me to be scared of it
because I dont want to burn
internally.”
Max Mclaughlin:
Biggest Fear: Death
“I’m scared of that fact that
you’re not living and the
fact that you dont know
what is going to happen
when your dead.”
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1. Nightmare on Elm Street
6. The Thing
In the dreams of his victims, a spectral-child
murderer stalks the children of the people who
killed him
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shapeshifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people
that it kills.
2. Paranormal Activity
7. The Shining
After moving into a suburban home, a couple
becomes increasingly disturbed by a demonic presence
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter,
where an evil presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific things from past
and future.
3. Silence of the Lambs
A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated
and manipulative killer to receive his help on
catching another serial killer who skins his
victims.
4.Texas Chainsaw Massacre
A group of friends are being stalked and hunted by
a deformed killer, who’s family can only eat what
they kill.
5.Halloween
A psychotic murderer, institutionalized since
childhood, escapes and stalks a high school girl
and her friends
8. The Exorcist
When a child is possessed by a mysterious entity, her
mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.
9.
It
Seven outcast kids fight a demon who poses as a child
killing clown. 30 years later, they are called back to
fight him again
10. The Hills Have Eyes
An American family is being stalked by a psychotic family
that lives in the desert
Halloween
Traditions
Around
the World
Japan
Halloween is new to Japan, and the Japanese absolutely love it! Japanese
citizens fully embrace Halloween with going all out on their costumes,
which include anime characters, ninjas, samurais, uniforms, and much,
much more. They even have a parade in Kawasaki to celebrate the new
yearly tradition!
Hong Kong
Known as “Yue Lan” (Festival
of the Hungry Ghosts) people
believe that ghosts roam the
earth for 24 hours. The people
of Hong Kong burn images
of fruit and money during the
night, because they believe
that the images will reach the
spirits and offer them comfort
throughout their journey.
Created by
Megan Largent, Kristen
Zeszut, Taylor Grahl, and
Sarah Tuckowski
Scotland
Apple Dookin’, or bobbing for
apples, is a tradition that originated in Scotland. Scottish people tie their hands behind their
back, and then dip their head
into a bucket full of apples and
attempt to grab them with their
teeth. Although it can be very
unsanitary and possible dangerous, it is a fun tradition that has
even spread to America.
Germany
As the children of the United
States pull out their fake knives
for their Halloween costumes, the
people of Germany are quickly
hiding theirs. In Germany, the
people believe that knives should
be hidden on Halloween night
in order to protect the returning
spirits. It is believed that any sudden movements with knives on
Halloween, day or night, could
harm passing spirits.
Name
Gwen
D’amico
Kristen
Kirkwood
Nathan
Steigert
Mary
Papandreas
Czechoslovakia
The celebrations that take place
in Czechoslovakia are all about
family and honoring the dead.
Here, chairs are placed by the
fireside on Halloween night.
There is one chair for each living family member and one for
each family member’s spirit.
Mexico
In the United States, treats and candy are given to
people that are alive, but in Mexico, treats are given
to the deceased. “el Dia de los Muertos” or “The Day
of the Dead”, is a popular three-day celebration in
Mexico that starts on Halloween, and concludes on
November 2nd. During this three day period, deceased family members are honored by creating an
altar of offerings for the deceased filled with candy,
food, and drinks. The Mexicans believe that on Halloween night, the spirits of their deceased family
members go to their relatives’ homes for their treats,
much like children in the United States do when they
go door to door for “trick-or-treat.”
What is your first
What are you being for What was your favorite Would you rather dress up
as a VAMPIRE or a
memory of dressing up?
Halloween this year? costume as a kid?
ZOMBIE?
Dead Mistress
Mermaid
Zombie
Sun-Drop
Girl
Dorothy from
Vampire
Jedi Knight
Teletubby
Vampire
Harlem
Globtrotter
Witch
Vampire
Wizard of OZ
Spongebob on a
box
Grandma made
princess costumes
Getting all the
candy
Cat in the Hat
BLOODY MARY
SCARY LEGENDS
By Aziz Ahmad & Elija Mwase
Mary Worth lived a long time ago. She
was a very beautiful young girl. One day
she had a terrible accident that left her
face so disfigured that nobody would look
at her. She had not been allowed to see her
own reflection after this accident for fear
that she would lose her mind. Before this,
she had spent long hours admiring her
beauty in her bedroom mirror.
One night, after everyone had gone to bed,
unable to fight the curiosity any longer,
she crept into a room that had a mirror.
As soon as she saw her face, she broke down
into terrible screams and sobs. She turned
on the sink and tried to wake her self up
with water, hoping this was just a horrible dream. She realized it was reality. It
was at this moment that she was so heartbroken and
wanted her old reflection back that she
walked into the mirror to find it, vowing
to disfigure anybody that came looking
for her in the mirror.
The Killer In The Back Seat
One night a woman went out for drinks
with her girlfriends. She left the bar
fairly late at night, got in her car and
onto the deserted highway. She noticed
a lone pair of headlights in her rearview mirror, approaching at a pace just
slightly quicker than hers. As the car
pulled up behind her she glanced and saw
the turn signal on — the car was going
to pass — when suddenly it swerved back
behind her, pulled up dangerously close to
her tailgate and the brights flashed.
THE HOOK
A teenage boy drove his date to a dark and
deserted Lovers’ Lane for a make-out session. After turning on the radio for mood music, he leaned over and began kissing the girl.
A short while later, the music suddenly
stopped and an announcer’s voice came on,
warning in an urgent tone that a convicted
murderer had just escaped from the state insane asylum — which happened to be located
not far from Lovers’ Lane — and that anyone
who noticed a strange man lurking about with
a hook in place of his right hand should immediately report his whereabouts to the police.
The girl became frightened and asked to be
taken home. The boy, feeling bold, locked all
the doors instead and, assuring his date they
would be safe, attempted to kiss her again.
She became frantic and pushed him away,
insisting that they leave. Relenting, the boy
peevishly jerked the car into gear and spun its
wheels as he pulled out of the parking space.
How To Summon Bloody Mary:
1) Go to any room with a mirror. Going in
a group, or at least with one other person
is recommended.
2) Turn off the lights, make sure there is
little to no light coming into the room.
3) One of you (probably the braver one)
should touch the mirror, everyone else
should hold hands.
4) Turn on running water, since that is
the last thing Mary heard.
5) Chant Bloody Mary 3 to 13 times, deoending on preference.
6) Watch the mirror. People have said to
see Red Eyes or scary faces in the mirror.
Also, there are people who claim to have
been scratched on the face, this is Mary’s
attempt of deforming others, the way she
was deformed.
7) Run!
When they arrived at the girl’s house she got
out of the car, and, reaching to close the door,
began to scream uncontrollably. The boy ran
to her side to see what was wrong and there,
dangling from the door handle, was a bloody
hook.
Humans Can Lick Too!
A young girl named Lisa was
left alone on several occasions
as her parents worked late. Her
parents bought her a dog to keep
her company. One night Lisa
was awoken by a constant
dripping sound. She got up and
went to the kitchen to turn off
the tap properly. As she was
getting back into the bed she
stuck her hand under the bed
and the dog licked it.
The dripping sound continued,
so she went to the bathroom
and turned off the tap properly
in there, too. She went back
to her bedroom and stuck her
hand under the bed, and the dog
licked it again.
But the dripping continued,
so she went outside and turned
off the taps out there. She came
back to bed, stuck her hand
under it, and the dog licked it
again.
The dripping continued, drip,
drip, drip. This time she listened
and located the source of the
dripping — it was coming from
her cupboard. She opened the
cupboard door, and there was
her dog hanging upside down
with its neck cut, and written
on the window on the inside of
the cupboard was, “HUMANS
CAN LICK TOO!!!”
Now she was getting nervous. The lights
dimmed for a moment and then the
brights came back on and the car behind
her surged forward. The frightened woman struggled to keep her eyes on the road
and fought the urge to look at the car
behind her. Finally, her exit approached
but the car continued to follow, flashing
the brights periodically.
Through every stoplight and turn, it
followed her until she pulled into her
driveway. She figured her only hope was
to make a mad dash into the house and
call the police. As she flew from the car, so
did the driver of the car behind her — and
he screamed, "Lock the door and call the
police! Call 911!"
When the police arrived the horrible truth was finally revealed to the
woman. The man in the car had been
trying to save her. As he pulled up behind
her and his headlights illuminated her
car, he saw the silhouette of a man with
a butcher knife rising up from the back
seat to stab her, so he flashed his brights
and the figure crouched back down.
The Seven Deadly Sins CreepyPasta
I’m writing this so that I can keep a
bit of sanity. This is my suicide note.
It’s the end for me. I just want this
down so that others may see why
death brings suffering. Why you can’t
let one person die in your life.
My daughter got home from school
at about two in the afternoon. Since
she was in a kindergarten class, they
sent the little tykes home before the
others. I thought that I could get in an
hour or two of some TV. I finished at
around 1:40, and exactly after I turned
the television off, a ring came at the
door. I walked to the door and saw a
little girl with her mother selling girl
scout cookies. I happily bought them
and started to eat the Tagalongs (I
gave the little girl a tip, when delivering cookies in the heat of Florida,
you have to have a bit of decency).
About 25 minutes later, my daughter
got home. “Hello daddy!” she said,
throwing herself on me. I chuckled
and got her some lunch. It was definitely a normal day, until that night.
At around 1:40 in the morning my
daughter screamed bloody murder. I
quickly jumped out of bed and ran
to her room. I threw the door open,
and saw my daughter huddled up in
a little ball on the corner of her bed.
I grabbed her quickly and turned
the light on in her room. What I
saw was completely chilling. Written in red paint on the wall: LUST,
GLUTTONY, GREED, SLOTH,
WRATH, ENVY AND PRIDE; SINS
OF YOUR FOREFATHERS, SINS
YOU CAN’T HIDE. What was that
supposed to mean? The seven deadly
sins?
My daughter started to hyperventilate, and she started saying “daddydaddydaddydaddy” over and over
again. I grabbed her asthma inhaler
and tried to give it to her, but she was
so far into an asthma attack that it re-
Hello, this is Gregory, the boy in the
story. I’m 36 now, and I was given
this note from the police about a year
ago. This suicide note was written by
my father back in 1980. I was only
five years old. When my mother got
the news about my father, she cried
for about an hour. I was alone too and
it wasn’t until ten years later that my
mother gave me the real story.
She cried crocodile tears when she
heard the news. The only emotion she
harbored for my dad was hate. See,
my father did all of those horrible
things you see in the story. My father
went insane at 1:40 in the morning in
1973, the date of his first wife and his
anniversary. The psychologist he saw
when his wife died suspected that his
wife’s death was solely his fault. He
created an excuse, and based his socalled “revenge” on the seven deadly
sins.
The night of his wife’s anniversary,
he gave his daughter a shot of steroids, which gave her the heart con-
ally couldn’t do much. I ran with her
to my car and placed her in the back
seat, and drove as fast as I could to
a nearby hospital. We were instantly
admitted, and she was saved from going into cardiac arrest. It turned out
that my daughter, age five, had heart
disease.
During those next seven years things
started to really get bad. Seven years
later near Christmas, I had a wife
named Samantha, and a son named
Gregory. My daughter, Haley, was
12 years old, Greg was about 4. I
was loving life. The kids were happy,
Samantha and I were happy. It was
great…except for the years previous.
The first year, all the woman around
me became aroused and flirted with
me constantly. Want to know why
that was bad? Every one that I rejected killed themselves in some horrid
way. One gutted herself with a kitchen knife, and another hung herself
from the gutter on her house.
The second year, my daughter became infatuated with food, so much
that her heart condition worsened.
She was rushed to the hospital over
10 times during the course of the
year, but when the year was up, she
became anorexic, and stopped eating
much altogether.
The third year, my house went into
foreclosure, and I became very stingy
with money and food. We later found
out that the landowner of our house
still had rights to our land, and was
stealing money out of my credit card
for two years. I’m lucky that I met
Samantha, and she let my daughter
and I move into her home. We married in December, and had my son in
October.
The fourth year, I was called by
many talent agencies, asking about
my amazing singing skills, which I
had shown off when I sat in with a
dition. He killed every woman who
flirted with him for one year, making
their deaths look like suicides.
The second year, he stuffed his
daughter full of food, making her eat
the largest portions. He became upset
that it did not kill her, so he made her
throw up her food after every meal
when the year was up.
The third year, he sold his house,
and let my mom use money from his
credit card. He also became abusive
for many years after.
The fourth year, he claimed that he
was the most talented singer ever,
calling talent agencies and such.
When they turned him down, he
would call them foul names, and one
man he even tried to kill. He shot at
the man right outside of his studio,
clipping him in the ear.
The fifth year, he tried to kill my
mom and late sister many times, but
my mother retaliated, pushing him
down the stairs. He had acquired
short term memory loss and couldn’t
band a month before the year started.
The thing is, when I said no, they
would keep calling and calling, until
they became violent and foul. One of
them even tried to kill me right outside my house. He shot at me with a
handgun and clipped my ear.
The fifth year, I became inexplicably angry at my daughter and wife for
everything. I became abusive in the
month of December, but in that same
month, I fell down the stairs and suffered brain damage that gave me little
memory of the year past. I can only
recall this because my daughter told
me about it.
The sixth year, my daughter became
jealous of my son for getting all the
attention. I tried to tell her that babies
need more attention than ten yearolds. She became angry and violent
and eventually ran away. I called the
Center for Missing and Exploited
Children. They found her in the abandoned house next to us, hiding in one
of the closets. She was starving, and
eventually kicked her anorexia.
It was the seventh year now, and
nothing had really happened at all.
That is until that night at exactly 1:40
in the morning that things went insane. I heard my daughter scream, a
bloodcurdling scream. I quickly ran
to her room, and saw something that
broke my heart and terrified me. A
man stood looking at her bed, holding a sleek knife. He grabbed her and
ripped her open with the blade. It’s
hard to even think about it, but he
took all that remained of her. I was so
proud of her.
It’s the eighth year now. My wife
left me, my son barely knows me,
and I curse myself every day. My late
wife, who bore my daughter, I now
know that it was you who gave me
this curse. You always hated me. I
couldn’t save you. I never could. And
you hate me for it. So now I end it all.
remember much about that month.
The sixth year, he drove my sister
out of the house, calling her names
and hitting her. She hid in the house
next door when my father called a
lost child agency. The forensics team
quickly turned her back into our
house, which my mother frequently
called “Hell”.
The seventh year, my dad was very
tame. He became a very nice man,
happy, and was proud of his behavior, until 1:40 in the morning. On the
night of his wife’s anniversary, he
killed my sister with a kitchen knife
and fled with her remains to the Bahamas.
I still cannot believe it to this very
day, and at the beginning of the
eighth year, he killed himself. The
police force says that it was suicide,
and that he created a makeshift noose
out of organic material.
They all lie, because I know the rope
was my sister.
By Sarah Fravel, Caite Raymond,
and Vinny Moser
In the spirit of Halloween there is
nothing better than reading or watching something that is extremely scary
and mind-boggling.
The website to visit to fulfill these
needs is CreepyPasta.
CreepyPasta is a website full of
creepy short stories and pictures
posted by members of the website. If
a member wants to post an unnerving, shocking short story on the web
site they have to meet the criteria.
The creators first want the writers to
focus on the aspect of fear and what’s
going to unnerve the reader.
The three types of fear necessary
for the CreepyPasta story are shock,
paranoia, and dread.
The creators also want something
that has never been done before.
On their website they explain,
“Death is overrated. It is so overplayed that people are immune to
it. Someone going missing is better
than saying they found him dead two
weeks later.”
To write a CreepyPasta story you
must reel in on the most frightening
aspects of scary movies such as the
unknown, science, children and girls,
mirrors, the unclear, abandonment,
faces, pictures, and technology.
The unknown is easy to work with
because the writer can tap into the
un-explainable things in our world
and seek to give it a terrifying, semibelievable answer.
A story about a little girl is more ter-
rifying than a middle aged man because they signify innocence.
Mirrors allow us to be able to view
ourselves, but also present to us the
idea that things are not always as they
seem.
The unclear allows the reader’s
imagination to wander and form their
own conclusions of the story, which
can sometimes result in a more horrifying ending to any story.
After reading the tips the creators
have given to the writers, they then
submit their short stories as a hyper
link to the website.
CreepyPasta has a large variety of
short stories and pictures which are
very obscure and frightening.
As a first time viewer of the
CreepyPasta Website you can check
out suggested reading or Genre Listings. The suggested reading links are
the top rated stories on the webpage
at that time. In the Genre listings you
can pick a category that stands out to
you and read all of the stories that it
has to offer.
Some of the genres include Demon/
Devil, disappearances, ghosts, history, reality, shocking endings and
many more.
CreepyPasta has what it takes to
make you jump out of your skin. It
has stories and pictures that will
make you believe that the impossible
is possible.
After visiting this sight you will
experience what Halloween is truly
about.
The following stories are two
CreepyPastas.
The Girl in the
Photograph
One school day, a boy named Tom
was sitting in class and doing math.
It was six more minutes until school
let out. As he was doing his homework, something caught his eye. His
desk was next to the window, and he
turned and looked to the grass outside. It looked like a picture.
When school was over, he ran to the
spot where he saw the photograph.
He ran fast so that no one else could
grab it. He picked it up and smiled.
It had a picture of the most beautiful
girl he had ever seen. She had a dress
with tights on and red shoes, and her
hand was formed into a peace sign.
She was so beautiful he wanted to
meet her, so he ran all over the school
and asked everyone if they knew her
or have ever seen her before. But everyone he asked said “No.” He was
devastated.
When he was home, he asked his
older sister if she knew the girl, but
unfortunately she also said “No.”
It was very late, so Tom walked up
the stairs, placed the picture on his
bedside table and went to sleep.
In the middle of the night Tom was
awakened by a tap on his window. It
was like a nail tapping. He got really
scared. After the tapping he heard a
giggle.
He saw a shadow near his window,
so he got out of his bed, walked toward his window, opened it up and
followed the giggling. By the time he
reached it, it was gone.
The next day again he asked his
neighbors if they knew her. Everybody said, “Sorry, no.” When his
mother came home he even asked her
if she knew her. She said “No.” He
went to his room, placed the picture
on his desk and fell asleep.
Once again he was awakened by a
tapping. He took the picture and followed the giggling. He walked across
the road, when he was suddenly hit
by a car. He died instantly, picture in
hand.
The driver got out of the car and
tried to help him, but it was too late.
He saw the picture and picked it up.
He saw a cute girl holding up three
fingers.
It’s Just A Bunch Of Hocus Pocus
By Sydney Oleson
Nightmares on
Christmas?
Halloween is quickly approaching us. The
countdown has begun and only a few days
until Halloween. What will you be? Will
you be going out and trick- or- treat? Or stay
home and watch some scary movies or scary
movies that have been tamed. The choice is
up to you but, real question is….. Do you
believe in magic?
The Nightmare Before Christmas is a movie about a skeleton named Jack Skelington. He
lives in a town called Halloweentown, but in his search he stumbles upon a place known
as Chistmastown. He then believes that he can be Santa and instead of having Halloween
this year, he wants to have Christmas. He has all of the neighbors in his town make “presents” out of things that children would not want.
When you were little, I’m sure you had a favorite Halloween movie, where whenever it came on, you were on
the couch with your brothers and sisters, moms and dads,
and even your friends.
Not all Halloween movies have a scary aspect though.
Movies like Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare before Christmas, which can also be a favorite Christmas movie, and
Beetlejuice have a tamer side to them. If you’ve never seen
them here’s a summary about each.
In the movie Hocus Pocus, filmed in 1993, three witches,
known as the Sanderson sisters lived in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1600s. After taking children’s lives to make
them “pretty and young,” these three witches magically
“disappear” and put a spell on themselves so if someone lit
the black candle they would come back.
On Halloween night in 1993, a virgin lit the black candle
and brought the three sisters back to life. Flying over the
town the Salem, trying to catch a little girl named Danny, her brother Max, his crush, Allison, and a cat named
Thackery Binx, who are trying to stop the sisters from taking children for power and trying to make them look good.
Eventually, these sisters get defeated.
Beetle-What?
Beetlejuice, filmed in 1988, stars Alec Baldwin, Winona
Ryder, and Michael Keaton, who plays Beetlejuice. After
getting into a car crash on a bridge after coming back from
the store, Adam and Barbra Maitland get killed.
Little do they know that they are dead. After the accident
the house they were living in was put up for sale and soon
after bought by a family with a daughter, Winona Ryder,
who could see ghosts.
Barbra and Adam were trying to “haunt” the family to
get them out, but they couldn’t so the last thing to do they
found an ad for. Beetlejuice was their last resort. After saying his name three times he appeared. Little did they know,
things were going to get ugly. The ghosts were fading and
were nearly gone and the only hope of getting them back
Beetlejuice insisted on marrying Lydia Deetz, played by
Winona Ryder.