RARITAN REVIEW OCTOBER ISSUE THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY ‘TWAS THE FIRST NIGHT HOLLOW OF FALL BY: MATT HAGBERG BY: KIERA MALLEY ‘Twas the first night of Fall and all through the land were hayrides and mazes and ghouls at hand! As you can see the Autumn sea- son is in full swing, with all of the fun activities that come with it! From Halloween themes to general fun, I’ve compiled a list of activities to do in the upcoming two months! 1. Apple picking! This is one of my favorite things to do in the fall. If you and a group of friends find yourselves bored on a beautiful Since its publication in 1820, Washington Autumn day, apple picking is the way to go. It’s Irving’s classic tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” exciting, easy, and makes great desserts! Check has both delighted and terrified audiences. There out places like Eastmont Orchards and pick are several adaptations of this iconic Halloween away! story, including films, television shows and spe- 2. Pumpkin picking! Some of my most cherished cials, and plays. One of the best script adaptations childhood memories were spent pumpkin picking of the tale is that written by Christopher Cook. with family and friends. The experience itself Both humorous and mesmerizing, this adaptation is always enjoyable, and seeing what you can will be performed by the Holmdel Theatre Com- carve out of it is even better! Casola farms is pany numerous times throughout October. The great for this! Holmdel Theatre Company is a non-profit, semi- 3. Casola Farms! With locations in Holmdel and professional, student focused theatre company Marlboro, Casola farms is great for everyone! At dedicated to presenting fresh interpretations of night they have attractions like haunted hay- classic plays as well as rarely-presented modern rides and dark mazes for those who love a good dramas and comedies. The Company’s unique fright, and during the day they have pony rides mission is to integrate young people and non- and wild west show! Fun for everyone! professionals with professional actors, technicians, 4. Zombie Walk! Asbury Park is hosting their designers and directors in a collaborative artistic eighth annual Zombie Walk this year! Being held and educational exchange. on October 3rd, crowds of people dress up like “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, directed by zombies and live the Walking Dead! No need to Raritan’s own Melanie Taylor, will premiere at The even register, just show up and enjoy the. Holmdel Theatre Company’s Duncan Smith Theatre chilling walk among the other groaning zombies on October 16th and will run until October 31st. around you? Seats are reserved, so be sure to make your way 5. Fright Fest! Six Flags hits its prime (in my to HTC’s website to get your tickets before they opinion) around this time each year with their sell out! Tickets are $22 for the general public, spooky Fright Fest! Swing by for some awesome $17 for seniors, and $12 for students. mazes, scary characters, and their ever-so-fun roller coasters! RARITAN REVIEW OCTOBER ISSUE BEST SCARY MOVIES TO D.I.Y. HALLOWEEN WATCH ON HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS BY: NICHOLAS INCE BY: EMILY O’CONNOR Halloween is a time for candy, dressing up Halloween Lanterns in silly costumes, and being scared. Scary movies Materials: empty milk carton, black construction are a way to spook you until you can’t watch an- paper, pencil, string of white or colored Christ- other second. Some people hate watching them, mas lights, scissors, glue (liquid works best) others are just too afraid, but if you’re the kind 1. Use a clean, empty milk carton. of person that likes those movies, I would recom- 2. Take a pencil and outline your design of mend these to you... choice on black construction paper. 3. Cut out your design and glue it to the outside 1. Halloween - On a cold Halloween night in 1963, of the milk carton. 6 year-old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 4. Carefully cut a hole in the back of the carton 17 year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and to string lights through it. locked away for 15 years. But on October 30th 5. Plug it in to show off your creation! 1978, while being transferred for a court date, a 21 year-old Michael Myers steals a car and heads Freaky Faces to his hometown of Smith’s Grove, where he Materials: assorted color swatches (available searches for his next victims. at Home Depot or Lowes), construction paper 2. The Ring - A mysterious tape is a little more (black, white, green), a pencil, glue(liquid killer in this movie. 4 teenagers get a random call works best), scissors that leads them to their deaths. After the call, 1. Use your pencil to draw out the pieces of the they watch a tape that has many demonic and face. scary images that kills them 7 days later. News 2. Cut out the pieces and glue them on the reporter Rachel Keller watches the video and has 7 color swatches where you want them to go. days to unravel this horrific mystery. 3. Hang your scary faces around the house for a 3. A Nightmare on Elm Street - Several Midwest- spooky effect! ern teenagers fall prey of Freddy Krueger, a dis- figured midnight mangler that haunts kids in their Creeping Eyes dreams and then ends up killing them in reality. Materials: paper towel tubes, pencil, scissors, Nancy and Glenn live on this street and try to un- glow sticks, clear scotch tape ravel the mystery before it is too late for them. 1. Outline the shape eyes you want on the pa- 4. Paranormal Activity - Soon after moving into per towel tube. a new house, Katie and Micah become increasingly 2. Use your scissors to carefully cut out the eye disturbed by events that have happened in their holes. house. So they set up cameras all over the house 3. Crack glow stick (don’t crack the glow stick to capture this paranormal activity, but were not until it’s dark out and you are ready to put prepared for what came that same night. out your craft!). 4. Use the tape to tape the glow stick to the inside of the tube directly across from the cut outs. 5. Place glowing eyes in bushes and trees to scare passersby. RARITAN REVIEW OCTOBER ISSUE THE TERROR BEHIND THE FUN FACTS ABOUT WALLS HALLOWEEN BY: KYLIE RIVERA BY: MARK CAPICHANA Are you sick and tired of that boring, redun- Halloween has been a widely celebrated dant hayride you’ve been going to for years? Have holiday for thousands of years. With the holi- you had it with childish daytime pumpkin picking? day being one of the more famous ones, we’ve If you and your friends are a thrill-seeking bunch become accustomed to the festivities that take and are daring enough to go looking for a Hallow- place, and the stories that are told, on that day. een scare of the spookiest sorts, it’s time to take We rarely take the opportunity to stop and think a step (and quite a bit of a drive) into the Eastern about what created those traditions, or stories. State Penitentiary. You’ll surely be in for a few Hopefully after reading this article, you will surprises. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have a better sense of how the halloween that the Eastern State Penitentiary is considered to we know now has come to be. be the world’s first true penitentiary. This meant it was a prison strictly designed to instill peni- The legends of vampires actually has 2 origin tence in its prisoners, hoping they would truly feel stories. remorse for the sins they’ve committed. Home 1. It was believed, in Medieval Times, that you to infamous criminals such as Al Capone and Wil- didn’t become a vampire until after you died. lie Sutton, this now haunted American prison is When a family member was sick and dying the widely speculated. There have been numerous whole family would visit and say their good- television shows, books, and audio tapes regarding byes. When this happened a few of the fam- and investigating the eerie, heart-stopping maze ily members that went to visit became ill, and of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. eventually suffered the same fate as the fam- While the prison’s year-round daytime tour is filled ily member that they had visited before. This to the brim with historical and interesting infor- began the myth of vampires being able to infect mation about this American travesty, it is known others. Because when they died, they died in primarily for its terrifying and massive interactive the same way as the others who were infected haunted house held every year during the fall sea- with the same disease. When the townspeople son. began to have a suspicion of vampires in the Being called the Disneyland of haunted at- town, they would head to the cemetery. To find tractions, Terror Behind the Walls is something you a vampire’s grave, they would have a 7 year- have to come out to experience. In 2015, there old go on horseback, on a white horse wearing are two new attractions in the haunted house, a white shirt, and they would let them loose in totaling six. The attractions include Lock Down, the graveyard midday. When the horse finally Infirmary, Detritus, Machine Shop, Quarantine 4D, stopped, they believed that the nearest grave and Break Out.