Philadelphia Daily News from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 30

HOUSES Continued from Page 25 Haunted houses and tours Maximizing the experienc is what makes Philadelphia's "Terror Behind the Walls" at Eastern State Penitentiary so successful. Sean Kelley, the penitentiary's program director, said that visitors walk through each of the 13 rooms of the prison in time -released small groups. "Terror Behind the Walls" is a low-gore haunted house that exploits the talent of its 130 costumed prisoners, prison guards and psych patients. If you think you'd like to get into the haunted house business, be prepared to spend some serious money. "It costs somewhere around $20 per square foot to build an attraction, $7 per square foot if you want a consultant like me and you should set aside per square foot for advertising," Pick el said.

"You should have at least 8,000 square feet for a suc- Halloween tours comprise 60 percent of the penitentiary's income. Nightmares X-Treme Scream Park, eight spine-tingling attractions at the Wachovia Spectrum, Thursday through Sundays. New this year: Prison Break based on the hit Fox TV show. Other attractions include Fear Park, Snakes in a Tomb, Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic ightmare, Dead El vis in Concert and more. Tickets are $20 Thursdays and Sundays, $25 Fridays and Saturdays.

For schedu le and to order tickets, go to www.NightmaresX.com. HALLOWEEN at Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge "Dining with the Dead," Halloween dinner and tour package. Catered, candlelight dinner in the Gatehouse followed by a group of Halloween tour. Two seatings: 6 and 7:30 p.m. Friday.

$50 per person. Reservations required, 215-228-8200. Evening Halloween Tours, guides will lead you through dimly lit pathways as you learn about the history of cemetery, and meet some of the "restless spirits" (as portrayed by local actors. Hour-long tours depart every half-hour beginning at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The last tour departs at 9:30 p.m. $15 for members, $20 for non-members. Afternoon guided Halloween tours: Starting at 2 p.m. Sunday; $12 members, $15 non-members. Shocktoberfest, Route 422, Sinking Spring, 610-375-SCREAM.

This haunted theme park includes a Biohazard Hayride, the Prison of the Dead and a Monster Midway with food, games and music. Gates open at 6:30 p.m., Thursday-through Oct. 31. For directions see www.shocktoberfest.com. Haunted Ship, 301 S.

Columbus the Gazela tall ship is open for haunted tours beginning at 7 p.m. Friday through Oct. 31. $6 adults, $3 children. Special children's matinee from noon-4 p.m.

Saturday, 215-238-0280. Ultimate Haunted House, 5140 Butler Pike, this mummy and corpse filled tour may be too scary for youngsters, but there's a Corn Maze on the premises for them. This attraction is a fund-raiser for the Lulu Shriners. Hours: 6-10 p.m. through Halloween.

Adults $15, children under 10, $10, 610-828-9050. Count Halloween's Spooktacular at Sesame Place, Langhorne, is a non-scary attraction for the smallest fry. Saturday is the final day of the season and there will be hay rides and mazes, rides, a parade, and a costume contest. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, $41.95, 215-752-7070 or www.sesameplace.com.

The Original Haunted Cape May Tour, a walking tour of sites reputed to be haunted led by paranormal investigator Al Rauber runs through mid-November. October tours: 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday. November tours 7 p.m.

Saturday through Nov. 18. $10 for adults, $5 for children, 609-463-8984 or www.hauntednewjersey.com. A Taste of Philadelphia We are the Original! Over 20 years in business! Hoogies, flieesesteaks, Soft Pretzels, TastyKakes other Philty Favorites. Shipped anywhere overnight.

E7TTW dTMTil InilRllJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJI ed house It's the real thing. You can sense it as soon as you walk in. In fact, you can sense it when you first see the facade." To be profitable, a haunted house depending on its size and the admission charge needs to attract about 20,000 people during the fall season. Kelley boasts that "Terror Behind the Walls" has been successful throughout its 16-year history. Halloween tours represent 60 percent of Eastern State's operating income, Kelley said, and because the penitentiary is a tax-exempt charitable organization, every penny made during the tours goes toward the preservation of this national historic landmark.

When haunted houses have multiple elements in their attraction, it is easier to get customer to pay higher admis sion prices because they feel like they are getting their money's worth, said Pickel. That's how "Terror Behind the Walls" is structur ed. With the addition of Night Watch, a walkthrough tour of parts of the prison with a flashlight, "Terror" has five elements, including Intake (hop on a prison bus where you'll hear the moaning of the incarcerated), Maximum Security, and The Experiment (a journey through a madhouse after the experiments have gotten out of hand). Eastern State Penitentiary doesn't even need darknes to attract visitors. Daytime tours are popular.

"The months of September and October are actually the busiest for our daytime tours," Kelley said. "People might think that the night tours deflect people from coming to daytime tours, but it is actually just the opposite. I suppose because they see the intricacies of the prison and become interested in seeing more of it, they usually come back for daytime tours." cessful haunted house." That comes to about $225,000 just to get started. Eastern State Penitentiary's 11 acres contribute to its spacious but still spooky feel. And the fact that it is already a creepy building is another advantage.

"Other haunted houses spend years, literally, trying to get an ancient and storied feeling to their building Kelley said. But new construction inevitably ends up smelling like paint and plywood. "Eastern State Penitentiary is a real haunt MMMJ UNITED ARTISTS EAST WHITE LAND STADIUM 9 593 Lancaster Ave 800FANDANGO 641 UNITED ARTISTS GRANT PLAZA Northeast Philadelphia 800FANDANGO 651 UNITED ARTISTS KING OF PRUSSIA STADIUM 16 300 Goddard Blvd 800FANDANGO 644 UNITED ARTISTS MAIN STREET 6 3720 Main St 800FANDANGO 647 UNITED ARTISTS OXFORD VALLEY STADIUM 14 8OO0FANrJANGO 645 AMC LOEWS CHERRY HILL 24 Cherry Hill 800FANDANGO 748 CINEMARK CINEMARK 16 Somerdale 856784-7964 NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS ATCO MULTIPLEX CINEMAS Alco 856768-5500 REGAL CINEMAS BURLINGTON 20 Burlington 800FANDANGO 259 RITZ SIXTEEN 900 Haddonfield -Berlin Rd 856770-0600 UNITED ARTISTS MOORESTOWN 7 Rt 38 Lenola Rd 800FANDANGO 598 UNITED ARTISTS WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 14 Sewell 800FANDANGO 602 AMC DEPTFORD 8 Deptford 856848-2400 AMC MARLTON 8 Marlton 856596-8289 REGAL CINEMAS BURLINGTON 20 Burlington 800FANDANGO 259 REGAL CINEMAS HAMILTON COMMONS 14 4215 Black Horse Pike 800326-3264 468 RITZ SIXTEEN 900 Hoddonfield -Berlin Rd 856770-0600 UNITED ARTISTS MARKET FAIR 9 3521 US Rt 1 800FANDANGO 601 UNITED ARTISTS MOORESTOWN 7 Rt 38 Lenola Rd 800FANDANGO 598 UNITED ARTISTS WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 14 Sewell 800FANDANGO 602 AMC DEPTFORD 8 Deptford 856848-2400 AMC HAMILTON 24 325 Sloon Avenue 609890-8307 AMC LOEWS CHERRY HILL 24 Cherry Hill 800FANDANGO 748 CINEMARK CINEMARK 16 Somerdale 856784-7964 DE STINT A THEATRES INDEPENDENCE PLAZA Homilton 609888-4500 FRANK THEATRES TOWNE STADIUM 16 Shore Mall, Egg Horbor Twp 609646-4700 NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS ATCO MULTIPLEX CINEMAS Atco 856768-5500 NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS MULTIPLEX CINEMAS TOWN CENTER PLAZA 319 Route 130 North 609371-8472 REGAL CINEMAS BRANDYWINE TOWN CENTER 16 Wilmington 800FANDANGO 174 REGAL CINEMAS PEOPLES PLAZA STADIUM 17 Newark 800FANDANGO 173 OR DISCOUMT TICKETS ACCEPTED REGAL CINEMAS BARN PLAZA STADIUM 14 Doylestown 800FANDANGO 337 REGAL CINEMAS DOWNINGTOWN STADIUM 16 Downinglown 800FANDANGO 336 REGAL CINEMAS EDGMONT SQUARE 10 800FANDANGO 339 REGAL CINEMAS MARKETPLACE STADIUM 24 Oaks 800FANDANGO 341 REGAL CINEMAS PLYMOUTH MEETING 10 Conshohocken 800FANDANGO 335 RFGAI CINFMAK ROXY THEATRE 2023 Sansom Street 215923-6699 UNITED ARTISTS RIVERVIEW STADIUM 17 1400 Columbus Blvd 800FANDANGO 650 AMC FRANKLIN MILLS 14 Northeast Philadelphia 215281-2750 AMC GRANITE RUN 8 Media 610891-6440 AMC MARPLE 10 Kpnnniiom 61 0328-5348 AMC NESHAMINY 24 AMC PAINTER'S CROSSING 9 West Chester 610558-4793 AMC WOODHAVEN 10 Northeast Philadelphia 215244-1200 THE BRIDGE CINEMA DE LUX University City 215386-3300 CLEAR VIEW CINEMAS ANTHONY WAYNE Wayne 610222-FILM 523 FRANK THEATRES MONTGOMERYVILLE 7 Montgomeryville 215815-1312 NARBERTH STADIUM 2 Narberth 610667-0115 KING THEATRE CIRCUIT MOVIES AT CHELTENHAM SQUARE Cheltenham 215884-6222 RICHLAND CROSSING 12 Quakertown 800FANDANGO 342 REGAL CINEMAS WARRINGTON CROSSING 22 Warrington 800FANDANGO 343 Company. Outstanding Ensemble in a Play: "Killer Joe," Theatre Exile. Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical: "Mission to Mercury," Pig Iron Theatre Company.

Ted and Stevie Wolf Award for New Approaches to Collaborations: Arden Theatre Company and Vertigo String Quartet, "Opus." Excellence in Theatre Education and Community Service Award: In-terAction InterAct Theatre Company. Suzanne Roberts Theatre Alliance College Scholarship Award: Joseph Pizzi. Joseph Cairns Jr. and Ernestine Bacon Cairns Memorial Scholarship Award: Erika Wasko. Special Recognition Award: Come-dySportz Philadelphia.

F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist: Ben Dibble. Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Hedley. BARRYMORE Continued from Preceding Page Macao," Philadelphia Theatre Company. Outstanding Set Design: Bradley Helm, "Daughters of Genius," 1812 Productions.

PECO Award for Outstanding Lighting Design: John Stephen Hoey, "Nine Parts of Desire," Wilma Theater. Earl Girls Award for Outstanding Costume Design: Janus Stefanowicz, "Intimate Apparel," Philadelphia Theatre Company. Clear Sound Award for Outstanding Sound Design: Nick Kourtides, "Mission to Mercury," Pig Iron Theatre Company. Outstanding Original Music: Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman, "Wines-burg, Ohio," Arden Theatre Company. Outstanding ChoreographyMovement: Mercedes Ellington, "Dream-girls," Prince Music Theater.

Independence Foundation Award for Outstanding New Play: "Opus," by Michael Hollinger, Arden Theatre Quakertown 342 Worringlon 343 EAST STADIUM 9 Ave THE BRIDGE CINEMA DE LUX University City 215386-3300 FRANK THEATRES MONTGOMERYVILLE 7 Montgomeryville 215815-1312 INDEPENDENT BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 824 Lancaster Ave 610527-9898 REGAL CINEMAS BARN PLAZA STADIUM 14 Doylestown 800FANDANGO 337 REGAL CINEMAS DOWNINGTOWN STADIUM 16 Downingtowr 800FANDANGO 336 REGAL CINEMAS EDGMONT SQUARE 10 Edgmont 800FANDANGO 339 REGAL CINEMAS MARKETPLACE STADIUM 24 Oaks 800FANDANGO 341 REGAL CINEMAS PLYMOUTH MEETING 10 Conshohocken 800FANDANGO 335 REGAL CINEMAS RICHLAND UNITED ARTISTS RIVERVIEW STADIUM 17 1400 Columbus Blvd 800FANDANGO 650 CROSSING 12 800FANDANGO REGAL CINEMAS WARRINGTON CROSSING 22 800FANDANGO UNITED ARTISTS WHITELAND 593 Lancoster AMC FRANKLIN MILLS 14 Northeast Philadel phia 215281-2750 AMC GRANITE RUN 8 Medio 610891-6440 AMC MARPLE 10 Springfield 610328-5348 AMC NESHAMINY 24 Bensalem 215722-4262 AMC ORLEANS 8 Northeost Philadelphia 215722-4262 AMC PAINTER'S CROSSING 9 West Chester 610558-4793 AMC WOODHAVEN 10 Northeost Philadelphia 215244-1200 800FANDANGO UNITED ARTISTS GRANT PLAZA Northeast Philadelphia 800FANDANGO UNITED ARTISTS KING OF PRUSSIA STADIUM 16 300 Goddard Blvd 800FANDANGO UNITED ARTISTS MAIN STREET 6 3720 Moin St 800FANDANGO UNITED ARTISTS OXFORD VALLEY STADIUM 14 800FANDANGO 641 651 644 647 Langhorne 645 SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS NO PASSES PAGE 30 PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS TUESDAY, 0CT0BER24, 2006.