I’ll admit, this movie was pretty entertaining. I really enjoyed the play on voyeurism. It’s as if, as the audience, we too are voyeurs watching Mark’s life. By today’s standards, this would never be classified as horror, but it was a fun psychological thriller. Although, when it first came out, it was pulled from the theatres. I’d say this movie is worth at least one watch.

Coming up on it’s 5th season of scaring Louisvillians, this week Psychomania Theater of Terror was met with an unthinkable tragedy. After working late in the night preparing new scares for the 2012 season, the owners of Psychomania were struck early Tuesday morning with a call that their building had caught fire. The cause is still unclear, but it suspected to be an electrical fire.

The once thriving business which the Psychomania team had put so much blood, sweat and tears into had been completely destroyed. It is a terrible occurrence and an enormous loss to the haunt community. The owners of Psychomania have been creating haunts in this area for over 15 years and in an instant over a decade of work had gone up in flames. In this time of tragedy, please keep the Psychomania team in your thoughts as they struggle through this very difficult time.

An online ‘Rebuild a Nightmare’ fund has been started by another local haunter. If you can help at all, every little bit will help them try to create a new haunt to start scaring the heck out of you again. You can find the fund at GoFundMe.com.

Also, there is a Candlelight Vigil and Fundraiser planned for Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the burial ground of Psychomania. It is located at the Greentree Mall. Anyone that can join celebrate the memories shared at this once great Louisville haunt is urged to come. We hope to see you there. You will be missed Psychomania – Theater of Terror!

I can’t believe it has taken so long for someone to make a spoof like this. I actually had to pause the movie at one point because I couldn’t stop laughing long enough to hear what they were saying. This is a comedy with the characters trapped in a scary movie except the guys that you would expect to be the “killers” or “monsters” are in fact so sweet that you sympathize with their situation. This is a classic “don’t judge a book by its cover”.

Your friends at Louisville Halloween

Lady Gaga
Description: Lady Gaga is the controversial pop star who inspires comments every time she changes her outfits.
Where/Pricing: Lady Gaga accessories including gloves, masks and wigs range in price from $5.99 to $19.99 at Party City. The complete outfits at Party City range in price from $44.99 to $59.99. Accessories like gloves, wigs and masks range in price from $8.99 to $22.49 at Halloween Express. The complete outfits range in price from $54.99 to $59.97, also at Halloween Express.

Angry Birds
Description: Don’t confuse Angry Birds with Hitchcock’s The Birds. Angry Birds is a video game released by Apple in 2009. Since then it has become an addictive, guilty pleasure of many. Characters in the video game include red and yellow birds and a King Pig.
Where/Pricing: Adult red, yellow Angry Birds and King Pig costumes are available at Party City for $49.99. The children’s Angry Birds and King Pig costumes are sold out at Party City. Halloween Express has Angry Birds masks in red, yellow and King Pig, available for adults, teens and tweens for $37.99. Adult red Angry Birds and adult King Pig costumes are available for $64.99 at Halloween Express. Infant red Angry Birds and infant King Pig costumes are available for $29.99 at Halloween Express.

Amy Winehouse
Description: The soulful singer’s passing has brought her music and her life attention. Her distinct look is easy to duplicate with a wig and some eyeliner.
Where/Pricing: The Rehab Adult Wig is available for $16.99 at Halloween Express. The wig is poofed on top with long curls hanging down. Note that the wig is not sold as an Amy Winehouse wig, but rather the Rehab Wig.

Charlie Sheen
Description: Actor Charlie Sheen’s recent drug problems, conflicts with CBS over the hit show Two and a Half Men, and controversial declarations about having “tiger blood” and “winning” have made him a popular choice this Halloween.
Where/Pricing: A Charlie Sheen mask and shirt combination is available at Party City for $24.99, and the mask alone is $16.99. A Charlie Sheen-esque white hat is also available (complete with a band that says “winning”) for $16.99, also at Party City.

Jersey Shore
Description: The Jersey Shore is a popular MTV American television reality series, whose participants—The Situation, Snookie, Paulie and JWoww have become popular because of their distinct qualities.
Where/Pricing: From wigs, to fake muscle tees, to headphones and complete outfits, these costumes are available at Walmart, Target, Party City and Halloween Express. Prices range from $9.99 to $49.99.

Smurfs
Description: The Saturday morning cartoon series, with the little blue creatures, has made a come back with a Smurf movie.
Where/Pricing: Target is offering adult costumes and masks from $22.99 to $59.99. Kid’s Papa Smurf and Smurfette costumes are available at Target for $29.99. The Smurf costumes are popular this year, infant and toddler costumes are sold out at Target. All Smurf costumes are sold out at Walmart. Halloween Express has infant, toddler, kid and adult Smurfette and Papa Smurf costumes ranging in price from $26.99 to $49.99

Rainbow Brite
Description: Rainbow Brite, another animated series from the ’80s, has inspired Halloween costumes this year.
Where/Pricing: The woman’s adult costume is available for $69.99, and the wig is available for $29.99 at Target. The women’s costume is also available at Halloween Express for $69.99.

Written by Natalia Motola.

Tickets can be purchased at the front desk of the Jewish Community Center, 3600 Dutchmans Lane, or by phone by calling (502) 459-0660.

All tickets are $18 per person. Group rates available by request (15 or more).

Show Times
Thursday, October 27 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 29 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 30 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 3 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 5 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 6 2:00 p.m.
Monday, November 7 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 10 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 12 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 13 2:00 p.m.

Blithe Spirit is a comic play written by Noël Coward which takes its title from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “To a Skylark” (“Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! / Bird thou never wert”). The play concerns socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira, following the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles’s marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost.

The play was first seen in the West End of London in 1941, creating a new long-run record for non-musical British plays of 1,997 performances. It also did well on Broadway later that year, running for 657 performances. Coward adapted the play for film in 1945, starring Rex Harrison, and directed a musical adaptation, High Spirits, on Broadway in 1964. It was also adapted for television in the 1950s and 1960s and for radio. The play enjoyed several West End and Broadway revivals in the 1970s and 1980s and was revived again in London in 2004. It returned to Broadway in February 2009. Now it is at the Bunbury Theatre in Louisville.

Special activities happening during the F.A.T. Friday SoCo Halloween Hop on October 28th are:

· The Wine Rack, located at 2632 Frankfort Avenue, will be rockin’ a Bourbon Street theme and sampling specialty SoCo cocktails. All staff will be in costume, and there will be live music from 6:00pm-8:30pm.

· Third Lutheran Church, located at 1864 Frankfort Avenue, will host “Trunk or Treat” in the parking lot behind the church where kids dressed in costume can go from car to car to get free candy!

· The Crescent Hill Trading Company, located at 2720 Frankfort Avenue, will offer Southern Comfort Gumbo prepared by Chef Finbar Kinsella for a small donation.

· Mellwood Art Center, located at 1860 Mellwood Avenue, will host a Halloween Pet Costume Contest and participants can enter for a chance to win $50! Costume judging will take place at 8:00pm in the Mellwood courtyard where Crushed Velvet will be playing live dance music. The Canadians Invade Kentucky exhibition is currently on display in the majority of the Mellwood Galleries, which features ten Canadian photographers. This exhibition is being held in conjunction with the 2011 Louisville Photo Biennial.

· Margaret’s Consignment, located at 2700 Frankfort Avenue, will host a costume contest at 7:30pm, and the winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Margaret’s! There will also be free candy, Lady Gaga impersonators, and chair massages provided by Balance Therapeutic Massage from 6:00pm-8:30pm.

· Eyedia, located at 1631 North Mellwood Avenue, will partner with 9th District Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh to host a Green Triangle celebration featuring refreshments and giveaways to guests wearing costume. A portion of the evening’s sales will also benefit the Green Triangle program.

For more information about specific F.A.T. Friday events, the trolley schedule, and the participating businesses, please visit www.fatfridayhop.org.