The American Scream Page #3

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THE CROW'S NEST IS A 55-GALLON

DRUM, WHICH I'VE CUT IN HALF.

FREE CHICKEN WIRE, FREE PVC

PIPE.

INSIDE HERE IS THE ROLL-ON BALLS

FROM ANTIPERSPIRANTS.

MY WIFE USED TO SELL AVON, SO

IT'S, LIKE, WE USED TO GRAB THEM

ALL.

THROW THEM IN THERE.

IT'S GOT TISSUE PAPER AND LATEX.

AND I JUST USED WOOD STAIN.

AND WHOOPS.

HE'S OLD, SO HE'S FALLING APART.

THIS IS NEW FOR THIS YEAR.

I GOT IT FOR FREE DOWN THE

STREET.

THE GUY THREW IT OUT, SO I

DRAGGED IT HOME.

THE ARMS GO UP AND DOWN.

THEY GO REAL SLOW.

THE MOTORS ARE FROM A ROTISSERIE

FROM A MICROWAVE.

I HAVE AN MP3 PLAYER WITH

COMPUTER SPEAKERS.

SO IT'S LIKE [HUMS DRAMATIC

MUSIC]

THAT TYPE.

I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT SOME

OF THE STUFF I BUILT I BUILT.

I'M PROUD OF IT.

[ SIGHS ]

AND I GUESS HALLOWEEN MEANS THA I CAN SHOW IT OFF TO EVERYBODY.

[ KEYS CLACKING ]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS, THE LOCAL

TOWN PAPER, WANTED TO KNOW WHA WAS GOING ON IN THE TOWN AS OF

EVENTS FOR HALLOWEEN, STUFF LIKE

THAT.

SO I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND

DROVE AROUND THIS TOWN, WROTE

DOWN EVERYBODY'S ADDRESS WHO HAD

DECORATIONS OR WHATEVER.

SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN

THE ORDINARY.

I MEAN, IF THERE'S A

JACK-O'-LANTERN ON YOUR PORCH,

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE

THE MAP.

BUT IF YOU HAVE STATIC FIGURES

OUT FRONT, A GRAVEYARD, OR

SOMETHING MORE DETAILED, THEN

I'LL GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND

ASK THEM IF IT'S OKAY.

I MEAN, I HAVE TO ASK IF IT'S

ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THEY WAN TO BE RECOGNIZED.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I PROBABLY

HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE ON

THERE, AND THIS YEAR TOPPED OFF

AT 17.

MY HOUSE RIGHT HERE ON

OXFORD STREET.

THERE'S VICTOR'S.

MATT BRODEUR IS RIGHT HERE ON

FORT STREET.

MATT BRODEUR AND MR. BRODEUR --

I'VE KNOWN THEM FOR A WHILE.

MATT'S GOT A BIG HEART, YOU

KNOW, AND HE DOES A LOT FOR THE

SHRINERS AND EVERYTHING.

BUT IN SOME WAY, THEIR WAYS

ARE -- I DON'T KNOW -- PECULIAR.

>> A LOT OF HAUNTERS, YOU KNOW,

THEY STICK TO WHAT THEY KNOW.

THEY DO KIND OF THE SAME SCENE

OVER AND OVER.

BUT I TRY AND CHANGE IT UP AS

MUCH AS I CAN.

WHENEVER I GET A NEW PROP --

ESPECIALLY THAT'S ELECTRONIC --

THAT'S GIVEN TO ME OR WHATEVER,

WHAT I'LL DO IS, I'LL BRING I DOWN HERE AND I'LL TEST IT, AND

YOU SEE I HAVE A FULL WORKBENCH

HERE.

I HAVE...

I HAVE THIS GUY HERE, AND LET ME

SEE IF I CAN PLUG HIM IN.

>> I LIKE THIS GUY.

HE LIFTS HIS HEAD UP.

>> YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF HIS

FAVORITES.

HE PULLS HIS HEAD UP LIKE THAT.

AND HE SCREAMS, "AAH!"

I HAVE ABOUT A HALF-DOZEN TOTES

IN THE BACK THERE THAT I'VE

ALREADY GONE THROUGH.

THIS ONE HERE'S KIND OF

MISCELLANEOUS STUFF.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE

MASKS.

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