A FRIGHTFULLY GOOD TIME; KIDS GET PARTY AT THEME PARK.

Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer

Goody-bags, thrills, chills, young celebrities and an exclusive tour of Alice Cooper's Brutal Planet Ride at Magic Mountain.

Those mixed treats made for an unforgettable Halloween party for more than 50 inner-city children who had the run of Six Flags California on Friday, thanks to the joint efforts of the theme park, celebrity-driven action group Kids With a Cause and Door of Hope, an East Los Angeles-based community center.

The daylong event - kicked off by a face-painting contest that challenged youngsters to create likenesses of heavy metal legend Alice Cooper - not only brought the Los Angeles youths together with 50 child actors and actresses, but enabled parents from both groups to mingle as well.

Vincent and Alice Salinas, whose daughters belong to Door of Hope, said meeting the child actors one-on-one would show their daughters it's possible to reach high goals and follow their dreams.

``It'll encourage them to do well in school,'' Alice Salinas said. ``They get to see (the child actors) are just kids, just like them.''

Added Vincent Salinas, ``You talk to these kids and they tell you - they go to go to school and they have restrictions at home, just like everybody else.''

Parent Kelle Warren of Valencia, whose 7-year old daughter, Karle, appears in the new television show ``Judging Amy,'' agreed the entertainment business can isolate child actors from peers of diverse backgrounds.

``This type of event exposes them to different types of kids,'' she said. ``And that's good for them.''

``Basically, these are just acting kids who want to give something back to the community,'' said Linda Finnegan, executive director of Kids With a Cause.

The group, whose governing board is composed of child actors, decides which types of charitable events to hold, such as visiting pediatric wards in hospitals, Finnegan said.

Friday's trip to Magic Mountain was the first of its kind for the group.

With parents snapping photos, Looney Tunes characters dispensing treats in Spooky Town and a disc jockey spinning ``The Monster Mash'' in the background, the day clearly was a treat.

Before getting a sneak preview of Brutal Planet - a techno-horror maze designed by Alice Cooper that debuted last week - Door of Hope members Crystal Salinas, 13, and Tiffany Martinez, 15, had their photos taken with actors from such films as ``Practical Magic,'' ``The Sixth Sense,'' ``Free Willy'' and ``The Little Rascals,'' and collected several autographed pictures by day's end.

``I'm having lots of fun,'' Salinas beamed.

Her 11-year-old sister, Christy Salinas, won a Magic Mountain season pass for the year 2000 by luck of the draw, along with a dozen other children.

The smile she'd worn all morning widened a bit more after uncovering that prize.

Unique and Joe Hernandez, ages 6 and 8, also had ear-to-ear grins after meeting their favorite Looney Tunes characters.

And for their new friend, actress Camilla Belle, 13, those smiles made her day.

``I love kids,'' said Belle, who appeared in ``Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (as the girl who fed unappreciative, prehistoric birds in the opening scene) and ``Practical Magic'' (as a young Sandra Bullock). ``I love helping them. . . I love seeing them smile.''

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PHOTO (1 -- color) Children with Kids With A Cause enjoy a sneak preview of the Looney Tunes Spooky Town.

(2 -- color) Reina Garcia, 14, gets her face painted at a Fright Fest for Kids With a Cause and Door of Hope Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News