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Howlings ~ Haunted Industry News
Recent & Upcoming
Auctions and Sales
HAUNTED HOUSE ATTRACTION AUCTION REPORT
Salt Lake City
,
UT
The Disneyland of Haunts
is what industry insiders dubbed the Rocky Point
Haunted House. After twenty-five years, the award winning haunt lost
its lease on its 66,000 sq. ft. building.
Enter Norton Auctioneers, a
Coldwater,
Michigan
based auction group that
specializes in the auction of tourist attractions, amusement parks, carnivals,
haunts, carousels and all types of tourist attractions.
The April 28th Rocky
Point Auction attracted over 250 haunt owners and Halloween aficionados from as
far away as Alaska, Connecticut, New York, Florida, Arizona, California and all
parts in between.
It took four hours to sell the
300 lots comprising the intricate walk through attraction which featured movie
props, robotics, animation and all kinds of haunts.
A small four room haunted
mansion scene sold for $44,000, 8 framed marquis at $6,300, coffins from
$400-1,500, 4 foam gravestones $1,100, pneumatic headless zombie $2,000,
pneumatic leaper $1,650, faux mausoleums from $3,000-5000 each and a mirror maze
was gone at $19,800. Other prices realized included a WWII searchlight at
$18,750, forest maze $4,400, various pneumatic tricks from $500-4,000,
Frankenstein table at $7,150, rocking boat captains room for $7,150, scary
carousel at $11,000, asylum facade $4,125, groups of costumes totaled over
$10,000 and fog machines averaged $550 each.
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July 2008
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New Midnight Syndicate CD - The Dead Matter:
Cemetery Gates coming in August
Beyond the cemetery gates the dead do not rest easily. An ancient
Egyptian relic, vampires, and the living dead lurk amongst its shadowy
crypts. Midnight Syndicate beckons you into the dark world that inspired
a major motion picture....
Midnight Syndicate's first all-original, independent release in three
years, the long-anticipated The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates will
be unleashed this August. Catch PREVIEW TRACKS this weekend on Rotting
Flesh Radio and Haunted Voices Radio.
Listen to tracks from the upcoming CD on Rotting
Flesh Radio and Haunted Voices Radio THIS FRIDAY, JULY 11th
Rotting Flesh Radio (www.rottingfleshradio.com)
will be debuting several tracks from the upcoming Midnight Syndicate CD,
The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates on its show this FRIDAY, JULY
11th at 7pm EST.
Then at 9pm EST, Gavin Goszka and Edward Douglas from Midnight Syndicate
will be live with Todd Bates on Haunted Voices Radio (www.hauntedvoicesradio.com).
Ed and Gavin will play more exclusive tracks from the CD as well as
discuss their plans for the rest of 2008.
NEXT FRIDAY (July 18th) tune in to Rotting Flesh Radio (www.rottingfleshradio.com)
where Ed and Gavin will be previewing more new tracks from the upcoming
CD, talk about production of the CD, and the upcoming The Dead Matter
movie.
The first The Dead Matter movie
trailer, director, and cast to appear at San Diego Comic-Con
The first The Dead Matter movie trailer will premiere at the San
Diego Comic-Con July 23-27 at the MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE SOUNDTRACKS booth.
Also appearing at the booth will be director Edward Douglas and cast
members Sean Serino, Christopher Robichaud, Tom Nagel, and CB Spencer.
The Dead Matter achieved picture lock in early June and work on
the score and visual effects are underway. "The test screenings went
extremely well," says Douglas. "There's a tremendous amount of
excitement building around here as we head into this next stage."
Look for some BIG The Dead Matter movie announcements in our
AUGUST UPDATE!!
The Rage soundtrack earns critical
acclaim
The reviews are in and The Rage soundtrack is scoring high with
critics and fans alike. To see what the press has been saying about
The Rage soundtrack, visit the main page of the
Midnight Syndicate website or go directly to
www.MidnightSyndicate.com/ragepress.htm. To hear tracks for
yourself, stop by the
Midnight Syndicate MySpace site or the new
The Rage MySpace page.
Midnight Syndicate guest stars in new horror
fiction
 
Over the years, the band has been contacted by fellow artists who enjoy
listening to the music while working on their own creations. Several of
the artists that have contacted us over the past year are featured at
Legions of the Night. Recently, two authors have incorporated
Midnight Syndicate into their stories.
Reminiscent of the old Kiss comic books, the first is
Phantom Music Box, one of the latest in Chris Cantrell's
Asylumantics comic book series. In this story, an ancient music box has
been discovered that is rumored to have the power to control the dead.
Supernatural artifact collectors Midnight Syndicate are in a race
against time to retrieve the box before it falls into the wrong hands.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a zombie was bitten by a
vampire? Can jinn and demons make zombies? Why is Midnight Syndicate
playing a vampyre club and why does a zombie attack during their first
set? The answers to these questions and more can be found in Empty
Graves a very original and entertaining collection of zombie-themed
short stories for fans of the undead. The book, written by Murphy's
Lore's
Patrick Thomas, is now on sale at
Amazon.
2008 Haunt Registrations
It's that time of year again where the first of the Halloween products
are starting to appear in the stores and people are finalizing the plans
for their haunts.
If you are planning on using Midnight Syndicate's music in your haunt
this year, please take a minute to register your haunt. As always, it is
free to use the music. For more information and to register with us,
please visit
www.MidnightSyndicate.com/HauntedAttractions.htm
New The Dead Matter movie interview in
Revenant Magazine
In this new, in-depth interview posted on
Revenant Magazine, director Edward Douglas talks about the
ups and downs of filming The Dead Matter, what Midnight Syndicate
fans can expect from the film, and plans for the rest of 2008.
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