Haunted Films at Haunted Places

Date: October 24 (Sunday)
Time: 7:30
Movie: "House on Haunted Hill" (1959)
Location: The original Haunted Hill

GHOULA is working with the EPFC's Filmmobile to present a series of free outdoor screenings every Sunday in October at a different haunted site. Each evening will consist of a "haunted" movie, guest speaker, a discussion of the location's ghost(s), and maybe some other activities. (Don't forget to bring a chair.)

(Note: GHOULA and the EPFC Filmmobile will only disclose the actual location 24 hours before showtime. So, check out their facebook page for the exact directions to this screening, or just check out the GHOULA site the day before.)

This Sunday's movie, "House on Haunted Hill" (1959) is the first of William Castle's Horror "gimmick films." When it was originally screened, a plastic skeleton (sometimes an inflatable skeleton) was hoisted over the audience in effort to scare the patrons. Most of the time, people just threw popcorn at it (but had fun all the same). This trick would later be employed at Disneyland's Haunted Mansion (it's debatable whether it works any better there).

Check this site 24 hours before this event to get directions to the haunted location of this screening.

The last "Haunted Films at Haunted Places" will feature....

October 31th, "Haunted Silent Shorts" @ a haunted 1920's hotel.