... IN THE HOUSE OF THE RISING FUN : THESE HOMES WILL GIVE YOU THE CREEPS.Byline: Kevin Ainsfeld Daily News Staff Writer Many people create a little shop of horrors right at home. Here are some who would like to scare you this Halloween: Agoura Matt Garrido and his friends have decorated his home at 5044 Benedict Court for old-fashioned fun. Thursday's celebration for kids includes storytelling Storytelling Aesop semi-legendary fabulist of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Harvey, 10] Münchäusen Baron traveler grossly embellishes his experiences. [Ger. Lit. throughout the evening, from dusk till 10 p.m. Canoga Park Wendy Buckley, 6422 Hanna Ave., has gone to a lot of trouble to create a cool Halloween adventure. Her home will feature a haunted graveyard, hell with a giant devil, a tunnel of terrors and more, and will be open 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Halloween night. Canyon Country For the fifth year, the Hillman Hillman was a famous British automobile marque, manufactured by the Rootes Group. It was based in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry, England, from 1907 to 1976. Before 1907 the company had built bicycles. family has created a giant maze and haunted cemetery, complete with witches, ghouls, vampires, fog and the living dead. The display is on from 6:30 to 10 tonight, Sunday and Thursday at 19215 Calla calla or calla lily: see arum. calla Either of two distinct kinds of plants of the arum family. Calla palustris is known as the arum lily, water arum, or wild calla. Way. Granada Hills The Mincer family has decorated their home with ghosts, lights and pumpkins at 17311 Los Alimos Ave. Drive by any night through Halloween. Kiko Vargas Jr. has set up a little ghost house for his 3-year-old daughter, Ashley, and other youngsters ages 2 to 5 years to visit on Thursday. It is more entertaining than scary at 11030 Genesta Ave. Mission Hills The Shelhorn-Smith family has a haunted house A haunted house is defined as building that is believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences or paranormal phenomena.[1] A haunted house may contain ghosts, poltergeists, or even malevolent entities. that features lights, flying bats, skeletons, 6-foot homemade ghouls, freshly killed body parts and a graveyard. The ghoulishness starts after 4:30 p.m. Thursday at 10864 Marklein Ave. Moorpark Martin Rosenbloom's Home for the Hallow-day features an elaborate graveyard scene with ghosts and ghouls, lighting and sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros , strobe lights strobe light n. A flash lamp that produces high-intensity short-duration light pulses by electric discharge in a gas. strobe light , fog machines A fog machine (also called a smoke machine) is a device which emits a dense vapor that appears similar to fog or smoke. This artificial fog or smoke is known as theatrical smoke and fog within the entertainment industry. , live costumed ghouls and an electric chair. The haunted house is open beginning at dusk Thursday and is located at 6603 N. Columbia Ave. Northridge The sixth annual Tunnel of Terror, a free haunted house geared for children, is a ghoulish ghoul n. 1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome. 2. A grave robber. 3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses. affair at 9240 Encino Ave. that features moving illustions, witches, ghosts and a vampire in a coffin. Open from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, it's being put on by friends Drue, Archie and Tres Preissman, David and Dana Drabinsky, and Bijan Gharavi. Panorama City Brian O'Conner not only has decorated his home but will be juggling torches and knives beginning at sundown Thursday. The show runs till 11 p.m. at 8030 Hazeltine Ave. San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. The Cortezes have a haunted house that features Freddy Krueger and giant spiders at 1407 Griffith St. You can drive by now, but everyone is invited to come inside from 5 to 11 p.m. Thursday. Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. The Mostacciuolo family's haunted house features witches, skeletons, ghosts and a graveyard at 2287 Trinway Ave. It will be open from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday. Studio City Cary Corb has created the Hallowed hal·lowed adj. 1. Sanctified; consecrated: a hallowed cemetery. 2. Highly venerated; sacrosanct: our hallowed war heroes. Haunting Grounds at 4343 Babcock Ave. for the 24th year. It features a phantom organist and a talking statue enhanced by special light and sound effects and is open from 7 p.m. to midnight Tuesday through Thursday. Tarzana Halloween maven Julie Baas and her friends Dwayne Rozell and Scott Winslow have attempted to present the supernatural aspect of Halloween through a display of tombstones tombstones a cellular phenomenon in pemphigus vulgaris; rows of basal cells of the epidermis remain attached to the basal membrane, reminiscent of rows of tombstones. , bats, pumpkins and more at 19351 Hatteras St. This haunted house runs Tuesday through Thursday. Van Nuys Noah Korda, a makeup artist and prop maker, has decorated a house that will truly scare. This big-time production starts when the sun goes down Thursday and runs till 11 p.m. at 13350 Weddington St. Winnetka Todd Trail calls it the Halls of Horror. From 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday many scary characters will be haunting the place. The display features a graveyard, a laser hallway and an animated dragon at 7434 Quakertown Ave. in Winnetka. All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. CAPTION(S): Drawing, 2 Photos Drawing: (Cover--Color) HOMES FOR THE HALLOWDAY Your guide to the haunted houses of the Valley Jorge Irribarren/Daily News Photo: (1--2) For the fifth year, the Hillman family of Canyon Country has created a giant maze and haunted cemetery, complete with witches, ghouls, vampires, fog and the living dead. You can view this scary scenario from 6:30 to 10 p.m. tonight, Sunday and Thursday at 19215 Calla Way. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion