Ep.222 – The Portal - An All Night Movie Fest Turns into a Bloodsucker's Dream!

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It's Halloween time, and what better
way to celebrate than with an all night

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horror movie marathon. But what if
the secret film showing at midnight didn't just

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take you into another world figuratively,
but literally as well, A new world

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full of inhabitants who are so very
hungry to meet you. Feel the chill

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in the air. Listen to the
leaves Russ Ross as they die and fall

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to the ground. It is Halloween. You will experience tales of horror,

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our ghosts, and death. An
it is not recommended for the week a

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heart. Join me for a Tale
of Falloween is weekly Spooky. Hello,

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my spookies, Well it's not Wednesday. No, no, it's Friday.

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I feel like we've all gotten the
groove of this thirty one days of October

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Spookies. Although I am you're very
tired and happy. Narrator Enrique Kuto,

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I'm so happy to see you all
back for another tale of Halloween terror.

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This one is a lot of fun, and believe it or not, you

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can listen to it with the little
ones around. It's relatively family friendly.

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I also want to mention that today
we'll be dropping two programs at once,

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so you'll have this story first thing
in the morning and then a little later

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in the day will be the first
ever episode of Weekly Spooky Radio. It's

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a little thing I put together with
some bands I've been talking to. It's

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just a fun Halloween playlist with me
as your DJ. So make sure you

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don't miss that. It's the perfect
thing to listen to while you're carving jack

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O lanterns or maybe the neighbors.
Hey I'm not here to judge, but

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before we get to tonight's story,
I want to say thank you for listening

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so much. Halloween has been amazing
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click on store. There's all kinds
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in the very very chilling winter months. Now I'm looking forward to this story.

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It's all about an all night horror
movie marathon, which, ironically enough,

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myself and author Rob Fields did attend
one last weekend. We went to

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Horror Rama and Inglewood, Ohio.
Had a great time and this story just

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makes me feel nostalgic. And we'll
get right to it after these quick words.

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The portal by Rob Fields. Carter
Cross is standing outside my bedroom.

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You ready, Madeline? One sec
I tell him. He comes in and

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watches me finish a really tough level
on Donkey Kong. It's an old school

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video game that Nintendo released many years
ago. Playing an actual arcade cabinet Dad

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picked up for me a few years
ago. It was all beat up and

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scratched, but I restored it and
gave it new life. Yes, I

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cry when I finished the level.
Since I know Carter and me gotta get

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going, I turn off the cabinet. After putting on my ball cap with

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a familiar horror hockey mask. I
tell Carter I'm ready. You always get

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your geek on with our horror thons, Madeline. He tells me he's right.

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In addition to my ball cap,
I'm also wearing a Freddy Krueger T

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shirt. I finished my outfit with
jeans and sneakers. Who dresses you anyway?

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Carter jokes Mom. I say,
without hesitation, she's picked up a

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lot of horror clothes for me.
By the way, nice shirt yourself.

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Carter's wearing a Michael Myers T shirt. Guess I don't want to feel left

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out. Nah, I'd never let
you feel left out, buddy. Carter

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and I leave my room and head
downstairs. Dad ain't home at the moment,

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but Mom's wor and on some artwork
she was commissioned for. She takes

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the time to look up at us. I've heard people say she looks a

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lot like Violet from Friday the Thirteenth, Part five. I'm so jealous of

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you kids, Mom exclaims. Then
she groans, if I didn't have two

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projects needing finished by Monday, i'd
totally go with you both. Yeah.

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Little known fact, Mom, Carter
and me have done horrorthons together. In

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fact, she took Carter and me
to our very first one at the Strickfield

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Drive in Theater a few years ago. You went to all that trouble to

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find out about the lineup, and
you can't go, Carter asks her,

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and thank you. By the way, I know, Mom groans, Maddie's

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gonna be haunting me in my dreams
later tonight. Aw come on, Mom,

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I grown back. Carter and me
understand. Really. Then Mom gives

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me some money, bring me back
a T shirt? You got it?

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I tell her. We say our
goodbye and Carter and me leave. We're

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talking about tonight's lineup. Carter's really
excited about seeing the director's cut of Veranda,

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Queen of the Night. Know how
I'm going to Friday night sleepovers at

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Ariel Mirron's house. Carter usually catches
Veranda on Friday nights on Channel sixty one.

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Anyway, I think Veranda's his favorite
movie monster. It ain't long before

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we're coming in to downtown Strickfield.
Thanks again for all the tutoring you've been

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giving me for Miss Ridolfi's class.
Carter says, I just aced her test

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today, so I got no worries
about doing the horror thon. Glad I

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could help pal. Now we're gonna
watch twelve hours of horror movies, scarf

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lots of junk food, and drink
lots of caffeine. Believe me, I'm

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ready, Carter promises me too.
Then Carter bumps my arm. Uh oh,

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don't look now, Madeline. Of
course I end up looking. Ariel,

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miRNA, Abeles, and Bailey downs
are crossing the street to come and

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meet us, and you know they're
gonna be picking on me. Ah Man,

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Sorry, Princess, I don't have
any pop for you, Carter tells

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Ariel. Then he points past her. Maybe you can use King Daddy's royal

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credit card to buy a great,
big one at the horror thon. Ariel

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glares at him. You just keep
it up, Carter cross. Then she

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shoves him, and you owe me
forgetting me detention today. Carter grins at

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her. Ooh, I'm so scared, princess. Then he glances at Mona

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and Bailey. You gonna sick your
royal handmaidens there on me. Mona gives

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him a mean look, but Bailey
snickers. She don't even hide it when

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Ariel growls at her. Then Ariel
looks back at Carter and growls at him.

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Carter shrugs, anyway, not my
fault, Princess. You were the

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one who started hitting me when I
wouldn't bow down to you. Actually,

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Ariel wanted his bottle of soda,
and he wouldn't give it to her.

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Naturally, Ariel's gonna make a scene. Principal Benjamin van Deist caught her and

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slapped her with a detention. Boy, if Ariel's looks could kill, then

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she points right at me, and
you are supposed to be coming over to

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my slumber party tonight? Or did
you forget what day it is? I

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shake my head quickly, Sorry,
Ariel. You know, Carter and me

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always go to our horrorthons, even
if they fall on a Friday night.

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Any other time i'd become into your
slumber parties, but tonight ain't happening.

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I smirk. Unless you three want
to join us tonight. Yeah, Ariel's

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mad at me too. I hate
you mouse, I shrug, Sorry,

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not sorry. Then Mona's given me
this weird look. Wait a minute here,

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you too can't go to the horror
thon. Oh that's right, Bailey

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agrees. Last I checked, you
two ain't eighteen. In fact, none

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of us are eighteen. We ain't
even old enough to dry Carter's smirkin'.

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Now this is true. But I
raise my finger. But Carter and me

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are allowed in I explained, to
the other girls. How Carter and me

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were walking around Strickfield University last February
because Mom sent me there to buy this

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exotic coffee she wanted from the Bitter
End in Wilder Hall, the student union

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building. Then we get approached by
these redheaded twins, the Corgan Twins.

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They made a lot of horror movies
around our area. Now they wanted Carter

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and Me to be in one of
their latest movies as a couple of kids

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for this mom and dad. While
we was on set, we got to

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talking with the Corgans about all these
different movies, mostly Roger Corman ones.

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I think it was safe to say
Carter and Me earned their respect. We

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also found out they're big with the
university's film society and they put on a

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lot of events in our village.
They're the ones who are putting on Tonight's

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Horror Thon. Jesse and Jenny gave
Carter and me both passes to be able

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to get in in all the events
we want. Yeah, they know we're

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both underage technically, but all we
gotta do is show our passes and we

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get in, no questions asked.
But then we get another surprise. These

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three giving you problems again, Maddie, boy do Ariel, Mona and Bailey

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gasp when they turn and see Bella
Tabon standing right behind him and next to

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her is Aileen. I shriek with
excitement, Maddie. She's just as excited

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to see me. The two of
us quickly hug. Looking at us,

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you'd swear we were twin sisters instead
of cousins. I mean it. We

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look exactly alike, same height,
we're very skinny, same brown hair,

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same mousey voices, same faces,
same last names, and even the same

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velma dinkly looking glasses. Standing together, there's only one way to tell us

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apart. Aileen's got brown eyes and
I got blue ones. You and Bells

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are doing the horror th On two. I shrieked, I need here,

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practically handcuffed me and dragged me along
with her Bell's mutters. Then she gets

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serious. Ainy and I wanted to
get out and go do something, so

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she suggested the horror thon and you
two get to hang with us tonight.

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Bell's calls Aileen Aine and is short
for Einstein, a nickname her older brother

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Martin gave her on account of her
being gifted with quite a brain. In

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response, Aileen calls Bella Bell's,
Oh, Ariel's really mad. Now she

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ain't got her way all day long. Then she looks from me to Aileen

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and back. Why do there have
to be two of you? Just?

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Why are you feeling okay? Ariel? Aileen asks her. Now, Ariel's

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wide eyed? How do you even
know my name? Then she looks right

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at me, Oh, you you. Then she belts out one of her

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blood curdling screams. Aileen and I
just look at each other. Now Bell's

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is giving us her own funny life
looks. Carter just shrugs. When Ariel

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stops screaming, Bells starts patting her
on her head. They're there, you

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want some cookies? Ariel puts her
finger right in Bell's face. You listen

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to me, you augh. Turns
out Bells really does have Halloween cookies.

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Guess she brought them to sneak into
the horror thon. Anyway, Bell's ends

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up giving them all to Ariel,
Mona and Bailey. Happy Halloween girls enjoy

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Well, not quite Halloween yet,
but it is the final weekend in October.

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Bell's turns to Carter in me,
we better get going, Ariel Mona

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and Bailey don't say anything as the
four of us walk to the theater together.

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Still, I got a feeling Carter
and Me are gonna hear about it

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on Monday at school. We walk
a few more blocks before we reach the

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Strickfield Centennial Theater. We only got
to wait in line for a little while,

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but we're up near the front soon
as it's time the theater starts letting

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people in for the Horror Thon.
And Me show our passes and Aleen and

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Bell show their printed tickets. Bell
sends Aileen on ahead to get us good

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seats. Then Bell's insists on treating
us to the concession stand. Carter's surprised

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that Bell's orders a lot of stuff, including lots of pizzas. She even

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ordered one for Aleen. Once we're
getting everything, we take it back into

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the auditorium. Aleen calls out to
us she got us great seats. Before

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long, the Corgan twins are up
in the front of the screen to kick

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off the Horrorthon. They do announce
one change to the lineup to the secret

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midnight screening. Now, I told
Carter that the director's cut of Veranda Queen

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of the Night was going to be
the secret midnight screening. Carter's looking kind

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of bummed out, at least until
the twins say it's replacing the Spanish version

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of Dracula because they weren't able to
get the print in time. The biggest

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thing about the Horrorthons the Corgan Twins
present is that every single movie is shown

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on real film. The Corgan Twins
say that a secret new film will be

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screening at midnight. There would be
giveaways during intermissions and some short films playing.

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They thank everybody for being here and
supporting both horror movies and Halloween.

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Then they tell everybody to have a
great time. The lights dim and the

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first feature starts. We're all cheering
when Veranda, Queen of the Night,

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kicks off the Horror Thon. Man, you should have seen how happy Carter

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was. Carter even quietly tells us
what's different about the director's cut scenes.

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But that ain't all Carter's getting.
When it comes to Veranda. After the

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movie's over, the Corgan Twins spring
a huge surprise. Vicky Valentine, who

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plays Veranda, is here in person. Ah Man. Carter practically faints,

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but we're there with him when he
finally meets Vicky Valentine in the flesh and

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gets her autograph. He also gets
Aileen and Me to pose for a pick

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with him and Vicky, which Bella
takes. Bell's does get an autograph,

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but doesn't pose for a pick.
Ah, that's right, she can't.

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Vampires don't cast a reflection, which
means she won't show up on picks.

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You okay, buddy, I ask
Carter as we're taking our seats again.

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I can't believe I finally met Veranda. Carter gushes, I think I'm in

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love. Don't be letting Ariel here? You say that, I tease.

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Carter suddenly turns to me, Why
you little? When I laugh, he

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playfully pulls me into a headlock and
rubs his knuckles on my noggin. Then

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he lets me go. Carter points
at me, Hugh, just keep dreaming,

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Madeline. But I definitely know better. In fact, Carter's checking his

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phone. Not only does he have
a wallpaper of Ariel, they even have

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each other's numbers, because he's texting
with her right now. And I know

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for a fact Ariel don't give her
phone number to just anyone. Speaking of

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phone numbers, Ariel made sure she
texted me too, I hate you mouse

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with a little mouse moji. The
second feature is the original Halloween O.

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Man, Mom's gonna be so bummed
when she hears this one was playing.

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This is our movie. In fact, it was the first one and our

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first horthon together. As we're watching
the movie, I can't help noticing Bells

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is in the middle of her fifth
whole Pepperoni pizza. Bells is a very

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unique form of master vampire. She
don't drink blood, so she's got to

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eat lots and lots of food to
get her nutritional requirements. No problem for

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Bells since she loves food, especially
from Denoyer's grill. We're having fun now,

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but things are about to get a
lot more interesting real soon. You're

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not safe yet, Weekly Spooky will
be right back. Another intermission comes.

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Then the Corgan Twins appear and do
a couple of giveaways. I even remember

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to buy Mom her Horrorthon T shirt. When I get back. They're starting

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to announce the secret midnight screening.
It's a new film that's supposed to be

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called The Portal. Ain't none of
us ever heard of it? The Corgan

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Twins say they attended a secret screening
of it and that it was really good,

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so they had to secure it for
the Horror Thon. Soon as they

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walk out, the lights dim and
the movie starts. The portal ends up

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being about this group of teenage kids, like high schoolers. They end up

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running from this gang who was chasing
them down. Before long, they take

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refuge in a cemetery and break into
a crypt to hide. They lose the

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gang, but they get real tired
and fall asleep in the crypt. Next

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morning, things get weird when they
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Everybody's given the kids weird looks.
Turns out everybody in the town is

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all vampires. The kids are on
the run now. Along the way,

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some of them either fall for the
vampires or become vampires themselves. Long story

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short, they learn they're in a
parallel universe where everybody on this earth is

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a vampire. In the end,
the kids never return to their universe again,

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and the last one's got a fake
being a vampire to hide in plain

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sight with them. Suddenly, I
gasp and open my eyes. I look

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and see Carter Bells and Aileen are
still in the theater with me. No

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movies are playing, no lights are
on. We can see the auditorium's big

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time trashed. Did we fall asleep
and miss the rest of the horothon?

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Aileen asks, I don't recall falling
asleep. I say, yeah, me

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either, Carter mutters, shaking his
head. Aileen looks at Bell's. I

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know you couldn't have fallen asleep.
You never sleep. Bell stands up.

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Okay, I think it's safe to
say something ain't right here. For one

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thing, where are all the pizza
boxes? What you're still hungry? Bella

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Carter asks in surprise. No,
don't you get it, Carter, we

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never got up to throw anything away. If we did fall asleep, then

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those boxes should still be right here. We're all quiet for a bit.

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Then I say we might as well
head outside and see what's up. Let's

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go. Bells agrees. The four
of us leave the auditorium. Even the

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lobby's a mess. Not only that, nobody's man in the concession stand.

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Then we walk outside. Where is
everybody? Aileen asks, Church I pipe

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up, Bell's looks my way on
a Saturday morning? Oopsies. Then I

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sigh, what do we do now? We look around for a little bit.

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Hey, it's still night out here. I quickly notice that, or

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there are storm clouds up there.
Aileen says, I look at my smart

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watch. Huh, what gives I
got blanks where the time ought to be.

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We look at our smartphones and get
the same results. Maybe something happened

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and the theater got cleared out,
I suggest, and they just left us

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sitting in there. Carter mutters,
I shrug, just trying to make sense

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out of all this, buddy.
Maybe we should see what's going on at

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home, Aileen throws out. We
talk about it and decide to do just

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that. The computers should be working, Aileen says, message us as soon

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as you get home, Maddie,
you too, Carter. Carter nods.

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Then we split up. Carter and
me walk until we're back in our neighborhood.

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So far and nothing out of the
ordinary. But where is everybody?

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Madeline? Carter asks, We ain't
seen a single person since we left the

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theater. Then I tap shoulder.
Looks like familiar faces. We both look

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to see Ariel, Mona and Bailey
across the street. When I wave at

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him, they just stop and look
at us in this weird way. Now,

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Ariel motions for Mona and Bailey to
come with her. They cross the

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street and approach us. When they
get close enough, they all gasp.

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Ariel Mona cries happily. I know. Ariel groans seemingly with relief and shows

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us a huge smile. Food.
Huh, I utter, what you mean?

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Food? Before Carter can say anything, all three girls open their mouths.

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Are you seeing this, Madeline?
Carter stammers, yeah, you know,

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I'm seeing it. But run.
Carter and Me turn away from him

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and run fast, foolish mortals.
Ariel calls out, when will you learn?

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Suddenly, Ariel appears right in front
of me. She puts her on

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my neck and lifts me off the
sidewalk. I'm trying to get down,

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but she's got me up here good. Ariel's hands are so cold, and

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how did she gets so strong?
Next thing I know, Ariel brings me

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down and pins me up against a
tree. I shriek when I see how

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red Ariel's eyes are now her fangs
are glistening and sharp. Then I see

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how pale her skin is. Usually
Ariel's got some of her summer tan leftover

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during October. Help, Carter yells. I look over Ariel's shoulder and see

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Bailey and Mona have Carter on the
ground. You two can have Carter.

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Ariel tells him, I'm going to
dine on a delicious little mousey. I'm

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just so glad we have food again. Bailey squeals, shall we Mona,

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we shall Mona murmurs, You're going
to taste so good, Carter, even

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better than Denoyer's Grill's cheeseburgers. Ariel
glares at me. Now, this is

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what you get for ditching your girls
for a horror thon mouse No no,

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I scream. Then I suddenly drop
out of Ariel's grip and scurry right between

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her legs. I come back up
and quickly shove Mona. Carter fights back

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now and shoves Bailey off him.
When Carter's back up, I quickly grab

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his arm and we run. We
see our houses and go right to mine

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since it's there first. We quickly
go inside and slam the front door shut.

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Go check the back. Carter,
he didn't need me to tell him

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twice. He quickly locks that door. I do the same with the front

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open up. Ariel screams, I
hate you mouse oh, you wicked little

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rodent. Mona yells, you really
think these doors are gonna keep us out,

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Bailey teases. Carter points to me, Listen, vampires can't come in

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unless you invite them, right,
I go, Pard, last I checked?

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Then Carter gulps too. How do
we know we ain't like those girls

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outside, Madeline? Or what if
we're turning? Now? I'm real scared.

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We gotta find a mirror first,
we can confirm we got reflections.

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Then I can summon Mary Worth,
the spirit of a witch who's possessing me.

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All I gotta do is say her
name three times in a mirror,

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and then she can take over my
body and stop these vampires. Suddenly we

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hear movement on the stairs. Then
we see Mom coming down. When she

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sees us, she smiles, Maddie, you're home. What's the matter,

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honey? You two might as well
just let us in right now. Ariel

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yells, go back to your coffin
and get your beauty sleep, princess.

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Carter yells back, not that it'll
do you any good. Carter, Oh,

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you you, and that sets off
another one of Ariel's blood curdle In

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screams. Mom's dressed in her pink
clothes like she usually is, but something's

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wrong here. Mom's skin looks just
as pale as those vampires outside come to

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Mom, Maddie, she says,
not paying attention to the girls outside.

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Let me sire you so you can
keep being my little girl. Then we

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can dine on Carter together. Oh
man, Carter chokes, shaking his head

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slowly. Not you too, missus
Donnery. We both scream when Mom shows

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us her fangs. Then she raises
her hands, which are claws. Now

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Carter and me are backing up when
she's moving closer. Ah, why are

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you like this? Mom? I
stammer. I'm now seeing things more.

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No mirrors anywhere, and all the
windows are painted black. You don't get

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it, Maddie. Mom growls and
holds her tummy. There's no more food.

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One day, many of us woke
up to find we were vampires.

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We claimed many of the mortals that
didn't turn. What few were left managed

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to escape and form resistance. We're
so very hungry. The only way we

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could find food quickly was to open
a portal that would allow us to gather

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mortals from other realities. Carter and
me look at each other. Guess that

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explains how we woke up in the
theater all by ourselves, Madeline. Carter

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says, then I understand something else. That means you ain't really my mom,

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and those girls outside ain't really our
friends. Suddenly, Aeriel bursts right

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through the front door. Mona and
Bailey are coming in right behind her.

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We gave you and Carter both a
chance to be reasonable about this mouse,

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Bailey says, guess now it's survival
of the hungriest. Mona ads, licking

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her fangs. I know you've always
had an eye for me, Carter,

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Ariel laughs. Now you can know
the feeling is entirely mutual. Then Carter

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acts. He quickly dives for two
pieces of wood from the broken door and

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puts them together into a cross.
Ariel moves her hands out in front of

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her and hisses. Then Bailey and
Mona do the same. Mom just gets

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back. You're a genius, Carter, I cry. I quickly pick up

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two pieces of wood and make my
own. At first, the vampires don't

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seem to be afraid of me.
Then I figure out why they're afraid of

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Carter. When you use a crucifix
against a vampire, you have to have

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faith for it to work. Fright, Night, Sure got that one right.

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Suddenly we hear the back door explode. Oh man, more vampires breaking

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in looking to have Carter and me
for dinner. Next thing we know,

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we're both being snatched up. These
two are mine. I almost cry out

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Bell's name, but that would have
given us away fast. Bell's quickly turns

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and kicks the huge front window out. Then she takes us out through it.

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Come back here with our food,
Ariel screams. Bell's leaps off the

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porch with both of us. Good
thinking with those crosses. She tells us,

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wait a minute, you're a vampire
two. Carter shrieks. It's okay,

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Carter, Bell's is on our side, I tell him. Then I

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ask her, how'd you know to
come back for us. We'll talk about

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it as soon as we meet up
with Iiny. They're turning into bats.

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Carter quickly tells Bells, yeah,
I expect it as much. Hang on

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you two. Bells leaps into the
air again and eventually ducks into an alley

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with us. When she lands,
the bats are soon flying right over us.

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You two, okay, Bells asks. When she knows it's safe.

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We both nod quickly, then Bell's
nods. Once from there, she grabs

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hold of us again and jumps back
up into the air. After a few

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more jumps, we're at a church. We go inside the wrecked church and

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find a Leen sitting on top of
the altar. She's very happy to see

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Bells brought us. When we reach
a Leen, she quickly holds out across

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touch it. Both of you.
Are you afraid? Good? Weekly spooky?

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We'll be right back. I touched
the cross without hesitation. When I

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don't burn, then Carter touches it. Aleen sighs with relief. I'm so

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glad you guys are okay, Bell
says, as soon as me and Iini

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got home, Martin was right there. Funny thing. He didn't recognize me,

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but he was oh so eager to
sink his teeth into Iini. Yeah,

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Madeline and me just found out we're
in a different universe. Carter says.

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Her mom knew about it. Yeah, it's like Marvel Zombies, except

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everybody's vampires here, I say,
Bell's gives us funny looks. The three

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of us quickly explained the plot behind
that comic book series. You'll have to

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let me read that one if any
of you've got it, Bell says,

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Or you guys could have said it
was like the last man on Earth.

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Sorry, I squeak. Mom did
say not everybody got turned. She never

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said what caused it either. She
just said one day they woke up and

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they were all vampires. But how
did they get to us? Carter asks,

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I don't get it. Think Carter, what was the one thing that

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was weird earlier? Ainie asks,
we were at the horror thon. Carter

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recalls, that's it. We were
watching that secret movie. That's what Bell's

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and I came up with two.
Aini agrees. We decided that the film

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had opened up some kind of portal
to let those vampires come into our reality

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and bring us to theirs. Bell
says, you think they got everybody else

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in the theater? I ask,
hard to say, Maddie, Aini replies,

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if we ended up in the theater
by ourselves, I'm guessing the other

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people were either taken by the vampire
or they escaped, and the ones that

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were taken probably became food for the
vampires, or they became like them.

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By now, Carter ads, I
mean they are starving, right, That

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would make sense. Bell's agrees.
So what do we do now? I

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ask? We got to figure out
how to get back home, AINI says,

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we can't stay here or we're going
to end up being food or becoming

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vampires ourselves, well aside for you, Bells. Bells sits next to Aileen

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on the altar. No telling how
long we're going to be safe in here,

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so we need to come up with
a plan fast. I quickly raise

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my finger. Hey, wouldn't Strickfield
Academy have weapons against the vampires? I

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mean they're supposed to be a parochial
institution, right, I was just going

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to say that, Maddie. Then
Aileen and me slap fives. Hugh twins.

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Realize that's a long shot, right. Bell's asks, Like I said,

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we can't stay here. There's a
car out back, Heine says,

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think you could start at Bell's once
I hot wire it. Iiny nods and

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then hands Carter and me crosses and
some packs she made up vampire survival kits.

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You both know what to do with
the crosses. There are wafers and

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a few bottles of holy water inside. Use them only if you have to,

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and don't drop the crosses. Above
all, make sure you have faith.

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You don't gotta tell me twice.
Carter says, quickly, we leave

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the building, out the back and
get into the car. Aileen mentioned after

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Bell's hot wires that she's driving us
to Strickfield Academy. I wish I knew

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what time it is, Irony groans, it sure would be nice to know

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when the sun's coming up. For
all we know, the sun might not

401
00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:49.759
be coming up. Bell says,
I don't mean to be a Debbie downer

402
00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:54.599
here, Believe me, the thought
crossed my mind too. Irony admits bats

403
00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:59.759
in the air. I quickly call
out, lots of them hang on Bell's

404
00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:05.319
yet she floors the gas and drives
across Strickfield University. It ain't long before

405
00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:09.759
the bats are really flapping their wings. Then I suddenly remember cars have mirrors.

406
00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:14.119
But I groan when I see the
rear view mirror and the door mirrors

407
00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:19.559
are broken out. Guess these vampires
didn't want any mirrors period. When we

408
00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:22.480
finally reach Strickfield Academy, Bells drives
right through the main gate and up the

409
00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:27.599
driveway. When we reach the main
building, Bells screeches to a halt and

410
00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:31.240
we get out. Follow me,
Bells tells. Us. Bells pulls one

411
00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:35.960
of the main doors open, breaking
the lock in the process. As soon

412
00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:38.799
as we're in, she quickly pulls
the door shut. That won't keep them

413
00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:44.480
out. Bells points to another door. Run. We turn and run down

414
00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:49.359
the hallway. Soon we're running through
the cafeteria. It ain't long before vampires

415
00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:52.359
are showing up. We raise our
crosses and keep them back. We run

416
00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:55.720
out of the building and head into
another one. Now we're running into a

417
00:33:55.759 --> 00:34:00.759
gym. Bells points to me.
You need to find mirror. I'm trying,

418
00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:07.960
I say, mirror. Carter wonders
for what. Then my tummy drops

419
00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:10.679
when I see the windows out of
the gym doors. Lots of bats out

420
00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:15.039
there. We can't go back outside
again. Then Bell sees something when we're

421
00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:20.320
leaving the gym. There's a chapel
right over there. As we run into

422
00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:22.360
the chapel, I know right away
if we end up trapped in here,

423
00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:29.000
no, I gotta find a mirror. I gotta Madeline, Carter yells when

424
00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:31.559
I turn and take off running.
Just trust me on this, Carter,

425
00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:36.679
I call back, I got an
idea where I might find a mirror.

426
00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:39.039
As soon as I go back into
the gym, a vampire tries grabbing me,

427
00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:43.360
making me lose my cross. I
quickly drop to the gym floor and

428
00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:46.079
crawl between his legs. I spring
back up and head into a nearby locker

429
00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:50.559
room. I run through it looking
for a mirror. If we're gonna have

430
00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:52.039
any hope of making it out of
here, I gotta be able to call

431
00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:57.079
Mary Worth. I'm checking all over
the place. Come on, there's gotta

432
00:34:57.119 --> 00:35:00.719
be a mirror. Then I suddenly
stop slippin' and falling on my keyster.

433
00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:05.760
When I finally see it, I
quickly pull myself up and move to the

434
00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:09.480
mirror. It's right then when the
vampire grabs me from behind and lifts me

435
00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:15.119
off the floor. No. Then
I scream and struggle with every bit of

436
00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:17.679
fight I've got left in me.
When the vampire's struggling to keep a hold

437
00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:21.880
of me, I quickly push back
and make him fall over a bench in

438
00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:24.760
a locker area. I fall over
myself and quickly crawl to the mirror.

439
00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:29.719
The vampire's quickly on me again,
thanks to that warping thing they do.

440
00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:35.480
I quickly say Maryworth's name three times. Suddenly, the vampires forced off of

441
00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:37.920
me. When the energy comes out
of the mirror and into me, I

442
00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:43.159
feel the essence of my ghostly friend
taking over my body until I'm nothing more

443
00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:46.400
than a passenger. Now we're in
a real bad fix. Mary, I

444
00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:51.360
tell her, I shall do what
must be done, Madeleine. In the

445
00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:55.880
meantime, you are safe Now.
Mary turns and sends the vampire flying away

446
00:35:55.920 --> 00:36:00.239
from us. Then she floats through
the walls until she comes in to the

447
00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:04.639
chapel where everybody else is. Carter
gasps when he sees the ghost of Mary

448
00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:08.599
Worth. For the record, only
Aileen and Bell's know my secret. Bell's

449
00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:14.039
looks relieved to see Mary. If
you know what's going on, I do,

450
00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:17.880
Mary chance a witch spell. Suddenly, the power of the white light

451
00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:22.840
appears at the doors and windows.
It ain't sunlight, but it sure drives

452
00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:27.280
the vampires away like it is.
Aileen's got an idea. Why didn't I

453
00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:30.360
think of it before? We need
to get back to the theater and restart

454
00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:35.199
that movie. We listen as Aileen
explains she believes that the film The Portal

455
00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:39.559
brought us into this alternate universe where
everybody's a vampire. Nobody has any objections

456
00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:44.440
to going back to the theater.
Listen, Aileen, if you're wrong about

457
00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:47.119
replaying that movie and it don't get
us back home, We're not only stuck

458
00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:53.519
here, we're goners. Carter stresses. Then he realizes, hey, where's

459
00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:59.159
Madeleine. Madeleine is safe. Mary
tells him, I assure you that she

460
00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:02.599
shall be with you again upon your
return home. Carter ain't sure if he

461
00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:07.960
can trust Mary, but Bell's and
Aileen both assure him everything is gonna be

462
00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:12.199
okay. We just have to fight
our way through those vampires to get back

463
00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:16.440
to the car. Aileen mutters,
leave the fighting to me. Bell says,

464
00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:20.440
you guys, just be ready to
roll when I open the door.

465
00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:27.440
That shall not be necessary. Bella
tabon, Mary tells her. Mary conjures

466
00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:31.559
up more white light to teleport us
back to the Strickfield Centennial Theater. Just

467
00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:36.440
like that, as soon as we're
outside the theater, more vampires are crawling

468
00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:40.920
out of the woodwork inside. Mary
instructs everybody. As soon as we're in,

469
00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:45.719
Bell's holds the doors shut. Mary
seals them with the white light.

470
00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:50.400
And that's when I finally solve the
mystery about how all this happened, and

471
00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:55.360
quickly tell Mary be on your guard. Mary warns the others, we may

472
00:37:55.400 --> 00:38:01.400
have unexpected company awaiting us within this
structure. We move and head back into

473
00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:07.159
the auditorium. You're much too late, we hear from up in the projection

474
00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:13.000
booth. Mary floats up at the
same time Bell's vampire warps into the booth.

475
00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:15.840
I was right, Mary, I
cry. I knew it had to

476
00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:21.639
be them. It was the Corgan
Twins. I didn't want to point fingers

477
00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:23.880
at him, but it was the
only thing that made sense. They were

478
00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:28.440
the ones who put the portal in
as the new secret midnight screening. Right,

479
00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:34.239
I'm pretty sure these ain't are Corgan
Twins, though these vampire versions were

480
00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:39.039
probably sent here to bring an unsuspecting
crowd to their universe. These two redheaded

481
00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:45.840
bees destroyed the film. Bell's yells
we're stuck here. Then Mary floats through

482
00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:50.000
the wall and into the projection booth, just as Belle slams the Corgan Twins

483
00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:53.320
into a walled to dasm. All
is not lost here. Bella tabon.

484
00:38:54.039 --> 00:39:00.679
Mary says, we shall return home. Shortly, Mary uses her which magic

485
00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:05.519
to restore the film. Well,
that's great, Unfortunately I don't know how

486
00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:09.000
to work one of these things.
Bell says, looks like I'm gonna have

487
00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:14.000
to come back out. Mary.
I tell her that is not possible without

488
00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:17.199
a mirror, Madeline. Mary thinks
back at me, can you make a

489
00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:22.360
leen appear up here? Then I
ask? Good thinking, Mary magically makes

490
00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:28.320
a leen appear in the projection booth
AINI you gotta mount this film and run

491
00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:32.800
the projector yesterday. Bell's quickly tells
her I got this. Aileen picks up

492
00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:37.119
the top reel and moves to the
projector. Um, we don't need the

493
00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:43.199
entire film, do we. This
is just the first part we shall see

494
00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:47.679
soon enough. Mary says, proceed. Aileen quickly mounts the film, making

495
00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:52.800
it look real easy. Then she
turns the projector on and starts the movie.

496
00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:55.480
I don't know when the magic is
supposed to happen, you guys,

497
00:39:57.280 --> 00:40:00.920
leave that to me. One final
time, uses her witch powers on the

498
00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:07.559
film to open the portal and bring
us safely back to our strickfield. Suddenly,

499
00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:10.239
we find ourselves back down on the
floor and back in our seats where

500
00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:15.880
we were before everything went crazy on
us. The theater's still full of people

501
00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:19.639
enjoying the horror. Thon I'm back
to be and me again, and quickly

502
00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:22.880
check my smartwatch to see we're in
the middle of the secret midnight screening.

503
00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:28.920
Believe it or not. The Corgan
Twins and Vicki Valentine end up presenting the

504
00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:32.360
director's cut of Veranda Queen of the
Night. After all. Funny thing,

505
00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:37.000
we all end up remembering the first
movie being the nineteen ninety version of Night

506
00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:43.239
the Living Dead. We'd compare notes
later to learn we remember both realities.

507
00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:45.920
We end up making it through the
rest of the Horror Thon and don't get

508
00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:51.239
out of there until around nine thirty
on Saturday morning. Bells and Aileen walk

509
00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:54.079
Carter and Me back to our house
just to make sure everything's okay. In

510
00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:58.920
fact, Mom opens up, glad
to see all of us. She invites

511
00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:01.360
everybody in and we talk about the
Horror Thon for a little bit. Of

512
00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:07.440
course, we leave out our little
side adventure. Anyway. Mom was real

513
00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:09.760
happy to get her T shirt,
and she never once does anything to say

514
00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:15.000
she's a vampire. When everybody leaves, Mom offers to make me breakfast,

515
00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:19.039
but I tell her I'm going to
bed. She kisses me good night,

516
00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:22.719
and I head upstairs. When I'm
getting ready for bed, I talk to

517
00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:25.440
Mary in the bathroom mirror. She
tells me we should be safe from those

518
00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:30.679
vampires from that other universe. After
she used the white light to make the

519
00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:35.559
film send us back, she destroyed
it again. What if they have or

520
00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:39.079
make another print of the portal?
I ask her. We can only hope

521
00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:43.920
that they do not. She replies, I hate to say it, Mary,

522
00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:45.719
but I get the feeling we ain't
seen or heard the last of this.

523
00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:51.239
Even Belle said that on the way
home, all that we may do

524
00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:54.599
is deal with it should things transpire
as such again. But for now,

525
00:41:55.599 --> 00:42:01.599
go and rest yourself. We shall
talk again soon. I say good night

526
00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:06.039
to Mary and head off to bed. As I'm about to fall out,

527
00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:08.639
I get a text from Carter asking
if I want to go trick or treating

528
00:42:08.679 --> 00:42:14.119
tonight. I tell him I'll gladly
go with him when I get up.

529
00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:20.519
Anyway, I'm really tired, so
I'm gonna say goodbye to you all until

530
00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:30.079
our next adventure. See you soon. I have to say, I'm really

531
00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:35.639
digging this concept of Mary Worth being
a protector of the children of Strickfield.

532
00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:38.880
I hope you are too. We
had another story involving Mary Worth and her

533
00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:44.519
cavalcade of friends which aired earlier in
the week. That was Return to cry

534
00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:46.559
Baby Bridge. If you missed it, you may want to go back and

535
00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:50.920
check it out. I think you'll
enjoy it quite a bit. I gotta

536
00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:54.000
tell you, I had a great
time recording Weekly Spooky Radio, so I

537
00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:58.920
do hope you check it out.
It should release this same day, right

538
00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:01.920
on the Weekly Spooky Feed, and
it's the perfect thing to listen to while

539
00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:07.960
you're getting ready for Halloween activities this
weekend. I actually, in a shocking

540
00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:12.360
turn of events, tonight Friday Night, will be going to a haunt in

541
00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:16.320
the Dayton, Ohio area, one
called Face Your Fears Hotel of Terror.

542
00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:20.360
I'm really excited to check it out. I never get a chance to do

543
00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:25.199
spooky stuff like that outside of the
Crypt because I'm always recording shows and working

544
00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:30.960
like a dog. But I'm making
an exception and I'm super excited about it.

545
00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:32.440
And a big thank you to those
who've written in to let me know

546
00:43:32.719 --> 00:43:37.960
that we're helping your spooky season kick
into full gear. And I want to

547
00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:40.880
say a big, extra special thank
you to our Patreon podcast boosters. These

548
00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:45.440
are folks who pay just a little
bit more to hear their names at the

549
00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:49.800
end of every show, and they
are Johnny Nicks, Bobotopia dot Com,

550
00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:53.159
Megan Hua, Julia Kersh, Brent
mccallaugh, Steve King, Karen We met

551
00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:58.320
Jack Kerr and Craig Cohen in a
big shout out to Johnny Nicks over working

552
00:43:58.320 --> 00:44:02.519
in his automotive shop. I know
that we keep him in stitches while he

553
00:44:02.599 --> 00:44:07.079
makes sure your tires and oil change
go off without a hitch. So take

554
00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:10.519
care, Johnny, keep working hard
and keeping people safe on the road.

555
00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:14.599
But now, my friends, it's
time for me to hop out of here.

556
00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:17.039
But hey, remember to head over
to Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave

557
00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:22.159
us five stars, make sure new
spookies find the show. Head to Facebook

558
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and type in weekly Spooky's Tomb of
Terror. Hang out with me and the

559
00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:28.480
authors. But now I got to
get out of here. So for myself,

560
00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:31.639
for my executive producers Rob Fields and
Joshua Butler, our producer Dan Wilder,

561
00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:36.880
and our composer Ray Mattis, I'll
talk at you tomorrow for another story.

562
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Thank you for listening me. Make
sure to find your way back next

563
00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:47.519
week. But for now you are
safe, trust me,