After hearing of the new Spookers Haunted attraction opening nearby my home, I just knew I needed to be part the show. Back then the interview was a formality and pretty soon I was working my way up through all the 'greenhorn parts'. It took a while rotating in the various rooms as a motely collection of creepy characters, but after a night as Freddy, I was offered the role on a permanent basis. Flattered as I was, I continued acting as one of the two fixed roles; Freddy Krueger, the other being the dentist.
After a several years of late Friday and Saturday nights, I decided that I needed a break. I went back to Spookers a few times in the years following, but never for more that a few months at a time. With two young kids, my unavoidable early weekend mornings became a new nightmare...
Scaring people was a younger person's game smile emoticon