"My Visit to the NETHERWORLD!"

It's been a long time since I visited a haunted house so when someone at my job suggested that this year we all go to Georgia's (in)famous Netherworld I jumped at the opportunity. I decided to bring my sister along since (if I recall) I don't think she's ever been to one.

The first thing you notice when you walk to the location is that it is housed in what appears to be a two story furniture store. It may not look (at first) like something special but that's just the impression they want you to have about the place. After you get your ticket(s) you have the choice of going to one of two houses (or haunts) to enter. In the case of Netherworld they have the Manger and the Carnavore. You can buy tickets for only one of the houses but its just as cheap to get them both.

Once you have tickets in hand then you have to stand in line until its your turn in the house. The great thing about Netherworld is that there are just as many monsters and creatures outside as there are inside and those monsters are doing anything and everything to get the patrons ready for when they enter the house. It's a great audience booster as the patrons get an up close and personal look at all the great make up and creatures on hand and believe me there were many and they were great. One of the fun things on this trip for me was watching the eight year old kids in front of me get excited by all the monsters that roamed the street. At first they were scared and didn't want to go near them but as time went on they got used to them and at one point even tried to scare the monsters.

Needless to say it was a very enjoyable beginning.

When it was time to enter the house Carnavore (and I refuse to give up the goods in hopes that those of you that can do decide to go) I was at first captivated by the great lighting of the facility. Being a lighting technician that's always the first thing that I think of and take notice. Netherworld's Carnavore is the most traditional of all haunted houses as rooms remind you of EVENT HORIZON, POLTERGEIST, CLOVERFIELD, PUMPKINHEAD, and just about any other haunted house and horror film you can think of. It is truly an experience not to be missed. A trip through this house runs about fifteen to twenty minutes (yet seems longer) and is truly fun for the whole family.

Next up was the house Mangler which looks like something Clive Barker cooked up and is a bastard child of the film SE7EN and THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE or SAW. This was a much shorter haunt (about ten minutes) but works because from the moment you enter you just want to get out as soon as you can (this is in the good way).

Both houses were worth the small admission $20.00 with coupon (or $25.00 regular) and was better then any horror film currently at the box office. If you want to spend this Halloween getting scared then there's no better way then this.

"After the Fall"

I thought I might have something to say given the fact that I haven’t written anything in several weeks but I’m all out of ideas as I’m trying to put the fragile pieces of my life back together again before I embark on my film production which will take up most of my time in the coming weeks and months.

Just got off of a two week gig at Tyler Perry Studio’s grand opening celebration. It was a one night event that took two and a half weeks to put together in which Mr. Perry could show off his new studio in East Point, Georgia to all his friends and colleagues and show off to the world that he doesn’t need Hollywood to do his own films.

Although the event will have paid me good money (enough to help me finance my film) the whole thing was one big waste of money in order to allow Mr. Perry to “show off” his money. Point of fact he needed this event due to the fact that his latest film “The Family That Preys” hasn’t exactly been as popular as many of his previous films. Having only sat completely through one of his films I can have no opinion on his work.

I do have to admit that his Grande Opening was the biggest production (and most expensive) that I had ever been a part of and I met a lot of great people during the event so I am very appreciative. I didn’t get to meet the man personally but he was always around watching and…well, watching. He was always around and if he wasn’t around his cameraman was around documenting everything. If I was forking out as much money as he was on the event then I would want someone to document it as well.

That was then and this is a new day. That gig is over and having returned from the lush gig that it was working at Gwinnett Convention Center seems to be lacking something. I’ve been back for a week and I have yet to actually “do” anything there. My motivation is gone and I feel as if my talents would be better suited somewhere else. I’m sure this is how everyone who hates there job feels. Only I don’t hate my job; I hate the politics and bullshit that comes with working at my job (something I’m sure I’ll go deeper into at a later date).
In the meantime I’m focusing all my energy on my film production and my new partnership with GET THE EORD OUT FOUNDATION (something else I’ll get to at a later date).