Show Ill I'll II take some sanity please Neal Whitlock Arts Reporter Halloween is coming up very quickly Ive I've always been a huge fan of the holiday After all what's better to a kid than dressing up and getting candy I thought that was the top until I got a little older and realized that Halloween parties are arc even more fun You still get to dress up you still get candy and you dont don't have to walk around in the cold hiding your costume under a winter jacket What gets even better is when you start making money and going to haunted houses The only problem there is how expensive they have become over the past several years At about 15 I 5 a head it can get quite pricey for a poor college student student especially especially when taking a date And lets face it why go td a haunted house without one I dont don't want to be dating myself here but I remember paying 5 for these things Alien Encounters even had a S 1 I 1 discount if you brought a acan acan acan can of food to donate Not anymore though Prices are just too high for me I swore last year that I wouldn't be going to any anymore anymore anymore more until prices became a bit more reasonable Well Vell maybe Ill I'll go to Thanksgiving Point That turned out to be more fun than I imagined What am I to do though With not enough money to justify a hour half-hour scare in a dark smelling odd-smelling room how I am supposed to enjoy the spirit of the season Luckily for me I have quite the collection of scary movies and video I games Hold on there Dont Don't run away just yet Video games can be scary too Believe Believe me Im I'm actually very pleased with this Halloween season Two movies that I found to be quite great for scary times recently released on DVD Im I'm referring to 1408 and 28 Weeks Later Both of these I found to be a great departure from the growing trend of torture porn such as the Saw or Hostel movies They focus more on the scare rather than simply trying to disturb 28 Weeks Later was very entertaining for me I enjoyed how different the story path was from conventional scary movies Rather than the infected zombies being the central villain it moved towards the very force that started out as being the protector the US U.S. Army Anny With word of a likely sequel it makes me even more excited I recommend this to any that have not yet seen it but only if you see the original of the series 28 Days Later I found 1408 very much akin to The Ring in that it was very atmospheric in how it scared It wasn't focused on startling and getting the audience to jump It wanted to get inside your head and maintain that feeling as you walked out of the theater Im I'm an avid gamer I have been pretty much all my life I started on the Atari and have been moving up with each new system release ever since Maybe its it's that I enjoy video games so much that I find them to tobe tobe tobe be a more than valid place to get scared but I think it might be a greater focus on story interactivity and well thought-out thought environments One game specifically stands out to me as the best for this topic Resident Evil 4 While playing Resident Evil 4 one night with a few of my friends watching I approached a swamp Cautiously I took single steps forward being sure to scan the distance for any of the zombie villagers When I spotted one I would fire my gun and lure them out outto outto outto to me Not the most daring strategy but Im I'm not the most daring man wh when n it comes to surviving After killing several villagers and not seeing any more I began to move forward more carefree But then I heard it In Inthe Inthe Inthe the distance there was a aman aman aman man shouting Stopping immediately I readied my weapon and searched back and forth for its source Nothing Again he shouted Louder Closer Quickly I 1 scanned to and fro for any sign of movement I 1 couldn't find any The shout echoed again This time very loudly Very close I 1 turned completely around to find an entire group of villagers directly behind me One of them had an axe in hand and was well within striking distance Four grown men each screamed yes screamed quite loudly in fright and I immediately paused the game It took me at least a minute to calm myself and regain my composure Once I 1 had done so I equipped my shotgun readied my grenade and well Im I'm still alive arent aren't I |