Here's an interesting way to spend your Halloween... Go to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery and watch the movie "Halloween" starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Sound a little sacrilegious?
I hadn't planned on going. I felt like I couldn't afford the $10 fee to get into the cemetery. But, my friend finally convinced me to go.
We got dressed up (you could wear costumes). My friends Mute* and Crowe* went as slashing victims from a horror movie and I dressed in black sneakers, jeans and a white tee with a little green Merlotte's logo on my left breast and I had 2 fang marks on my neck (all those Vampire fans out there know who I was).
We went to the store to get snacks (you could bring snacks). We also went into a Subway and got sandwiches (you could eat and drink there).
It felt a little odd.
We pulled into the cemetery in our costumes with our bags of food and our blankets to sit on and we each paid the $10 fee and Mute paid the $5 parking few. And then we made our way in the car to a parking spot alongside the rows of headstones. We were very lucky to park near an exit gate.
We got out of the car with all our things and then headed towards the sounds of music and the lights and the palm trees (only in LA). As we were making our way over to the grassy area, the DJ (yes, they had a DJ for about an hour and a half), he put on the song "Thriller." Now how fitting is that... to be walking through a cemetery on HALLOWEEN and to hear the song "Thriller." I sort of felt in place, like I belonged where I was on this Halloween. That song got me in the mood and I kind of hoped that Zombies would start to appear and make their ways down the paths and start to dance in unison (No Such Luck).
It really was a thrilling experience. We walked down a dirt path towards the sounds of music and towards the spotlights, shining up into the air. As we approached the grassy knoll, we found a spot just on the outside edge. With tombstones behind us, we laid out a blanket and sat down, and ate as we waited for the show to begin.
Only in Los Angeles could people get away with hanging out in a cemetery on Halloween. Everyone was in the full spirit of the night, all dressed up in costume. The movie started at 7 PM. It was entertaining to watch a movie outdoors with hundreds of people and watch and listen to the crowd as the corny and cheesy lines were said. And the with "why are you doing this" statement being said aloud by many. And the cheers and the gasps at the triumph or the stupidity of the lead characters were being shown.
All I can say, is only in LA...
**Names have been changed to protect the 'undead.'
