Scream Town leaves Minnesota residents breathless

by Shannon

Chaska is a long ways away. But for a journey with motivated friends nothing is too far. The motivation? Scream Town. This is located on the new Highway 212 East. For only $15 you can experience one of the most frightening and entertaining Halloween attractions in Minnesota. Scream Town has been up and running holding a permanent year after year residence seasonally since June 2008. It is filled with a lot of fun stuff including but not limited to:
Klown House, a maze which will rattle your senses with music that makes you cower and creepy clowns that are around every turn saying and doing frightening things. Terror in the Corn, which is sure to make you rethink ever diving into a corn field again and their newest attraction, which was added specifically for this year, Rabid Alley. This creepy completely pitch-black house of horrors with surely have you wanting to stay close with friends. Don’t wander inside by yourself; you’re sure to get lost. Como Park student Allison Leithauner said, “I had fun, I would definitely go back next year. My favorite was Klown House, It scared the c*!p out of me because I’m a big baby and I get scared easily.” Although a Como Park senior, Lucas, had a different opinion. “It was kind of lame. Rabid Alley was pretty sweet but for Blood Forest they had some sign up and at first I believed it. But the guy who led us into the forest just ruined it.” Haunted houses aren’t for everyone but this thrill ride might be for you. Scream Town is open at 7 PM and stops selling tickets for entry around 10 PM. Scream Town DOES NOT close at 10 but they stop admitting customers. Tickets go on-sale at 7 PM every night. For the most part it is open rain or shine but they update their facebook page and official website (http://www.screamtown.com) regularly with information. Scream Town is frightening Minnesota until Saturday.

(WARNING: If you’re sensitive to strobe lights Klown House may not be for you. But don’t worry. There are plenty of other tricks and treats that this goody bag has in store for you.)

Jennifer’s Body review

by Shannon

Megan Fox stars in the horror-comedy Jennifer’s Body as the leading lady Jennifer Check. An overly hot and highly self-confident high school student whose body becomes occupied with a demon. Her best friend, Needy, played by Amanda Seyfried, is the only one who can finally put the pieces together but only after boys around the small town go missing one by one.

This story takes place in a small farming town in Minnesota which is a coincidence since Brook Busey (pen name Diablo Cody, who wrote the cult classic Juno) is also from here. The film is rated R and with good reason. There’s plenty of gore, a few F bombs, and Fox showing skin. I can’t say I loved Megan as Jennifer but she certainly did the job. There were parts that were a bit too much and parts that could have had better acting but she did what she could. Her co-star Amanda also did her role very well. Even outshining Meg up until the very end.

Adam Brody makes a minimal appearance as the lead singer of Low Shoulder who just happens to be part of the band who not only catches Jennifer’s interest but takes her into the woods and sacrifices her for a grant of a wish of fame. His character is far different from the type casted roles he has played in the passed. He did a fair job but it took awhile to get used to it.

The plot was easy to follow and there were parts where was the dialogue was clever and well delivered. There was somewhat of a plot twist during the end but it was done pretty well. Part of what gave the movie a good feel was the music. The label Fueled By Ramen almost always puts out good music but the soundtrack for this movie were surprising. Such artists as; All Time Low and Paramore’s Hayley Williams were a part of it and thats what set the tone for the film.

Even if it grossed only $2.8 million opening day and $6.8 million opening weekend and received mix reviews from critics, This may have been because the movie was aimed at teenagers and people in their early twenties opposed to an older crowd. As Needy says, “Sand box love never dies.” and neither did my interest in this movie. Jennifer’s Body opened nation wide on September 18th.