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AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS and 95.5 WPLJ Radio Present a "MONSTER SCREAM!" Outside Madison "Scare" Garden to Scare up Big Bucks for Ronald McDonald House.


BETHPAGE, N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1998--On Thursday, Oct. 22 from noon to 8:00 p.m., New Yorkers will be screaming their heads off one-by-one outside of the Madison "Scare" Garden Scream Park to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House.

AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS and 95.5 WPLJ-FM have teamed up this Halloween season to raise funds for Ronald McDonald Houses in the Tri-State area There are a number of places in the United States known as tri-state areas where three states or holdings meet at one point (a tripoint), or in proximity to each other. The two most well-known are for the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas. . AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA.  will be celebrating the season with MONSTERFEST: HOUSE OF HORRORS, a marathon of classic horror films and original spooky specials on AMC, Oct. 26 - Nov. 1.

The suggested contribution to participate in the "MONSTER SCREAM!" is $1.00. AMC and WPLJ WPLJ White Port Lemon Juice  will contribute $1.00 for each screamer screamer, common name for gregarious, aquatic birds comprising three species in the family Anhimidae. Although they are related to the ducks and geese, they do not resemble them in outward appearance. , up to $10,000. "We hope to scare up to find by search, as if by beating for game.

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 $25,000 for Ronald McDonald House and have a scream doing it," said Naomi DiClemente of WPLJ's Scott and Todd "Big Show" Morning Show, and the emcee of the "MONSTER SCREAM!" starting at noon.

Anyone can participate. Guests will be asked to make a contribution to the Ronald McDonald House and then get up on stage and SCREAM for up to 15 seconds. The location of the Scream is the Madison Square Garden Coordinates:

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 Mall lobby located at Seventh Avenue at 32nd Street.

Ronald McDonald House is a temporary home-away-from-home for families of children being treated for cancer and other serious illnesses at nearby hospitals. "We challenge everyone to come out to Madison 'Scare' Garden and give us their biggest scream to help make a difference in the lives of these families," said Silvana LaFerlita Gullo, Executive Director of the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island. Volunteers from Ronald McDonald House will be on hand to give out free throat lozenges to all screamers.

"Screaming feels good, whether you get scared watching your favorite MONSTERFEST movie on AMC or just letting go of stress," said AMC Executive Vice President and General Manager Noreen O'Loughlin. "What better reason to scream than to raise money for Ronald McDonald House? What better place than New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 where anything goes?"

AMC has put together a monstrous collection of classic horror films to celebrate Halloween, featuring some of Hollywood's most notorious villains: Bela Lugosi Noun 1. Bela Lugosi - United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956)
Bela Ferenc Blasko, Lugosi
, Lon Chaney Lon Chaney may refer to:
  • Lon Chaney, Sr. (1883-1930)
  • Lon Chaney, Jr. (1906-1973)
See also
  • Chaney
, Vincent Price and Boris Karloff. The scary good time on AMC begins with a MONSTERFEST Festival each night at 10:00 PM (ET) on Mon., Oct. 26 through Nov. 1. Acclaimed movie director and animator Tim Burton, creator of such bizarre contemporary classics as BATMAN, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, BEETLEJUICE and THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS will host AMC's MONSTERFEST from genuine haunted houses. On Halloween weekend, the frightening fun is continuous with 48 non-stop hours of horror movies. That's 25 classic thrillers, including RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (1943), THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957) and TALES OF TERROR (1962).

Also on Friday, October 30 at 9:00 PM (ET) and again at midnight, AMC will world premiere the one-hour documentary HOLLYWOOD GHOST STORIES. This AMC original production, hosted by "Star Trek's" William Shatner, chronicles the many ghosts, haunted landmarks and otherworldly doings of Tinsletown, including a startling star·tle  
v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles

v.tr.
1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start.

2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten.
 new discovery -- the "curse script" that may link the deaths of comedy heavies John Belushi, Sam Kinison, John Candy and Chris Farley.

Madison "Scare" Garden Scream Park, a Radio City Entertainment and Lynton V. Harris production, will return Oct. 16 through Nov. 1, for its third season in the Garden's Expo Center. This Halloween attraction is considered by many to be "the scariest place on earth" and features a 40,000-square foot interactive stage filled with haunted thrills and chills. Call (212) 465-MSG1 for schedule and ticket information.

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