September 24, 2008 at 12:03pm
STEPH DEROSA: BLACK LAKE ASYLUM >>>
Ben Isitt of Art Attack is THE MAN when it comes to creating Hollywood-type, top-notch, molded monster replicas. So when it came time for Kate Malady, events coordinator for Freighthouse Square, to set up her Black Lake Asylum-themed haunted house, it was Ben Isitt she called.
A cast and crew of 21 frightening actors will fill the empty masks and garb â€" some coming from Tacoma School of the Arts, others coming from fraternities of “veteran haunters.†Yes, that’s right; “haunters†have their own community. Who knew? I was amazed. Looking for someone to scare the crap out of you? Go to haunternet.com! One-stop bloodcurdling shopping! Want to talk about the 4-year-old you scared who will need therapy for the rest of his life? Pop into halloweenforum.com!
I meandered through the empty 9,000 square feet that will host this year’s haunted house in Tacoma’s Freighthouse Square from Oct. 10-31. In the front room, Mr. Isitt had some of his creations out for spectators to grimace toward. I witnessed a 4-foot, hairy, lurching spider that will pop out at unsuspecting victims, a wall of corpse faces with one hole punched out for a real face to scare those who pass by, and a monster cavity that is indescribably gory. Isitt clued me in to the mixture that would make up the monster cavity’s “gurgleâ€: Borax, Elmer’s glue, and food coloring. Yummy.
Isitt even created an image of me after attending the Puyallup Fair. The similarities are amazingly accurate.
Across the hall stood the worst dentist’s office I’ve ever seen. Sound effects, lights, and eerie fog creeped me out â€" BIG TIME. I came to this Black Lake Asylum haunted house preview with the intent of actually going through the completed haunted house. I’ll admit I wanted to have the piss scared out of me. Although the set-up was nowhere near complete, the overall ambiance of creepiness and gore had goosebumps crawling all over my body.
The grand finale piece is a large, over 7-foot monster in which Andrew Meyers will operate. If you look in the picture’s chest, the oval opening is where Meyer’s face will be. So, seeing as how Meyers is already 6’3,†think how tall the monster will be once it’s in action. Meyers plans on moving those bony arms and grabbing sufferers as they try and escape the Black Lake Asylum. I’ll see you then, Andrew Meyers. But if you grab me in the wrong place, you’re going to have to buy me a drink afterwards.
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Light Dental Studios Tacoma Puyallup said on Jul. 08, 2010 at 9:36am
Why does the dentist's chair always make the Halloween issue? We hope that our patients don't think about us that way.
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