October 31 is Hallowe'en

 BOO

For a THE HISTORY OF HAUNTED HOUSES click here, if you dare.

Oh yeah, any candy left donate to the local food pantry or senior center, ok?

Abbott and Costello films for Hallowe'en

 Abbott and Costello films for Hallowe'en

In my opinion, these are great family films for Hallowe'en.  For the ones in Bold Red, I have on 16mm too!

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

And out of the title trend, we add ...

Hold that Ghost (on TCM Tonight at 7pm Central)

and 

The Time of their Lives

Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8102696

Halloween Horror-thon

 My favorite time of the year is October when the air begins to cool making it perfect for hiking.  And less bugs.

But it is also Halloween Movie time!

See this add for sales of 16mm Horror movies from twenty years ago.

I am currently watching Vincent Price in Roger Corman's Poe series!

Boo!

A Fright Tourism Bibliography

 Try this for starters ...

American Haunts. 2020. American Haunts: Facts. Accessed September 2022. http://www.americahaunts.com/ah/facts/. 

Andersen M.M., Schjoedt U., Price H., Rosas F.E., Scrivner C., and Clasen M. 2022. Playing With Fear: A Field Study in Recreational Horror. Psychological Science 31(12) 1497–1510, http://DOI.org/ 10.1177/0956797620972116

Ashworth, G., and R. Hartmann. 2005. Horror and human tragedy revisited: the management of sites of atrocities for tourism. Cognizant Communication Corporation.

Ashworth, G., and R. Isaac. (2015) Have we illuminated the dark? Shifting perspectives on ‘dark’ tourism, Tourism Recreation Research 40(3): 316-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2015.1075726

BBC. 2017. Hong Kong: Man dies at haunted house attraction. See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41300031 (accessed 12/4/2022)

Bristow, R. S. 2020. Communitas in Fright Tourism. Tourism Geographies 22(2): 319-337. http://doi: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1708445.

Bristow, R.S. 2022.  Fright Tourism. In Buhalis, D. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. 

Bristow, R. S., and I. Jenkins. 2020. Geography of fear: fright tourism in urban revitalization. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events 12(2): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/19407963.2019.1631319

Bristow, R. and Keenan, D. 2018. Fright Tourism: a Study of Fear.  e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR). 15(1): 63-78. https://ertr-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/ertr/index.php/ertr/article/view/165

Bristow, R. S., and M. Newman. 2005. Myth vs. fact: An exploration of fright tourism. In K. Bricker, (comp., Ed.), Proceedings of the 2004 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-326. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, pp. 215-221. https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/9597

Brown, S., P. McDonagh, and C. Shultz. 2012. Dark marketing: ghost in the machine or skeleton in the cupboard?  European Business Review 24(3): 196-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/095553412112224771 

Busby G. 2022. Dracula tourism. In Buhalis, D. (ed) Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

Clasen, M. 2012. Monsters evolve: A biocultural approach to horror stories”, Review of General Psychology 16(2): 222-229. http:// doi.org/10.1037/a0027918

Clasen, M. 2017. Why horror seduces. Oxford University Press.

Currie, R. R. 1997. A pleasure-tourism behaviors framework. Annals of Tourism Research 24(4): 884-897. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0160-7383(97)00051-0

DeVisser-Amundson, A., A. De Korte and S. Williams. 2016. “Chill or thrill”: the impact of the “polarity paradox” on hospitality and tourism. Journal of Tourism Futures 2(1): 71-78.

Hand, R. J., and M. Wilson. 2000. The Grand-Guignol: aspects of theory and practice. Theatre Research International 25(3): 266-275.

Houran, J., S. Hill, E. Haynes, and U. Bielski. 2020. Paranormal tourism: Market study of a novel and interactive approach to space activation and monetization. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly 61(3): 287-311.

Hoffner, C. A., and K. Levine. 2005. Enjoyment of mediated fright and violence: A meta-analysis. Media Psychology 7(2): 207-237. https://doi.org/10.1207/S1532785XMEP0702_5

Holloway, J. 2010. Legend-tripping in spooky spaces: Ghost tourism and infrastructures of enchantment. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 28(4): 618–637. http://doi.org/:10.1068/d9909

Hollycombe. 2022. Orton and Spooner, World’s Oldest Haunted House. Accessed September 2022 from https://www.hollycombe.co.uk/fairground/haunted-cottage

Jurković, T. 2013. Blood, monstrosity and violent imagery: Grand-Guignol, the French theatre of horror as a form of violent entertainment. Journal of Literature, Culture and Literary Translation, 4(1).

Kaplan, A. 2012. Dracula: The Life of Vlad the Impaler. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.

Kendrick, W. M. 1991. The thrill of fear: 250 years of scary entertainment. Grove Weidenfeld.

Kerr, M. 2015. Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear. Public Affairs, NY.

Light, D. 2007. Dracula tourism in Romania Cultural identity and the state. Annals of Tourism Research 34(3), 746-765.

Light, D. 2009. Performing Transylvania: Tourism, fantasy and play in a liminal place. Tourist Studies 9 (3): 240-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797610382707

Light, D. 2016. The Dracula Dilemma: Tourism, Identity and the State in Romania. Routledge.

Light, D. 2017. The undead and dark tourism: Dracula tourism in Romania. In G. Hooper and J.J. Lennon (eds) Dark Tourism: Practice and Interpretation  (pp. 121-133) Routledge, Abingdon.

Light, D., S. Richards and P. Ivanova. 2021. Exploring “gothic tourism”: a new form of urban tourism? International Journal of Tourism Cities.  Advance online publication.

Linton, R. 1951. Halloween. Scientific American 185(4), 62-67.

McEvoy, E. 2016. Gothic tourism. Springer.

McClung, G. W. 1991. Theme park selection: Factors influencing attendance, Tourism Management 12(2): 132-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/0261-5177(91)90068-5

McKendry, B. 2013. The History of Haunted Houses, Fangoria America Haunts (special edition), The Brooklyn Company, NY. pp 6-7.

Milman, A. 2001. The future of the theme park and attraction industry: A management perspective.  Journal of Travel Research 40(2): 139–147.

Morton, L. 2013. Trick or treat: A history of Halloween. Reaktion Books.

National Retail Federation. 2022. Halloween Data Center.  Retrieved from https://nrf.com/insights/holiday-and-seasonal-trends/halloween/halloween-data-center

NBC Universal (2014) 12/04/2022, 16:30 Scared to Death? Teen Has Fatal Heart Attack at Ohio Haunted House  See https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/scared-death-teen-has-fatal-heart-attack-ohio-haunted-house-n230811 (accessed 12/4/2022)

Olbrys Gencarella, S. 2007. Touring history: Guidebooks and the commodification of the Salem Witch Trials, The Journal of American Culture 30(3): 271-284.

Podoshen, J. S. 2013. Dark tourism motivations: Simulation, emotional contagion and topographic comparison. Tourism Management 35: 263–271. http://doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2012.08.002

Powell, R., and K. Iankova. 2016. Dark London: Dimensions and characteristics of dark tourism supply in the UK capital. Anatolia 27(3): 339–351.

Raine, R. 2013. A dark tourist spectrum. International Journal of Culture, tourism and hospitality Research 7(3): 242-256.

Ruide, K. 2019. Japanese amusement park’s new horror attraction involves handcuffing visitors in the dark. Sora News 24, 25 March.

Seaton, A. V. 1996. Guided by the dark: From thanatopsis to thanatourism. International Journal of Heritage Studies 2(4): 234-244.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13527259608722178

Spracklen, K., and B. Spracklen. 2014. The strange and spooky battle over bats and black dresses: the commodification of Whitby Goth Weekend and the loss of a subculture. Tourist Studies 14(1): 86-102. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797613511688

Stone, P.  2006. A dark tourism spectrum: Towards a typology of death and macabre related tourist sites, attractions and exhibitions. Turizam 54(2): 145-160. https://hrcak.srce.hr/161464

Stone P.  2009. "It's a Bloody Guide": Fun, Fear and a Lighter Side of dark Tourism at the Dungeon Visitor Attractions, UK. In R. Sharpley & P. Stone (Eds.), The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (pp. 167-185). Bristol: Channel View.

Stone, P.R. and Grebenar, A., 2022. ‘Making Tragic Places’: dark tourism, kitsch and the commodification of atrocity. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change 20(4), 457-474. DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2021.1960852

Tamborini, R., and J. Weaver. 1996. Frightening entertainment: A historical perspective of fictional horror. In Horror films: Current research on audience preferences and reactions (pp. 1–13). New York: Routledge.

Time Out. 2022. Daiba Haunted School. See https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/things-to-do/daiba-haunted-school (accessed July 2022).

Weir, R. E. 2012. Bewitched and Bewildered: Salem witches, empty factories, and tourist dollars. Historical Journal of Massachusetts 40(1-2): 178-212.

Wright, D. W. M. 2018. Terror park: A future theme park in 2100. Futures 96, 1-22.

Wyatt, B., A. Leask, and P. Barron. 2020. Designing dark tourism experiences: an exploration of edutainment interpretation at lighter dark visitor attractions, Journal of Heritage Tourism http://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2020.1858087

Wyatt, B. 2022.  Dark Visitor Attractions.   In Buhalis, D. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing. 

Halloween Carbondale Style

 While pretty tame , the town is still celebrating Halloween.  So I got my latest long sleeve T-shirt for the season:

I have this on 16 mm of course.  But you can watch it https://archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead_dvd

But back in C'dale, a few years later it got out of hand.

Halloween 2022

 Lots of positive news about Halloween this year.  

News from https://nrf.com/insights/holiday-and-seasonal-trends/halloween/halloween-data-center

highlights important things like Costumes:

$10.6 Billion US is the expected expenditure too! And over a $100 per household.

Halloween is big business.  Figures are double from 6 years ago.

For Halloween movies see this link for some locations.

Oh, donate your extra candy to a senior center or food pantry.

Día de los Muertos

Halloween time, so what about this cultural event?   Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, is a popular event in Latin America.

See this post from UK on a Mexico National Park.

See also this issue of Tourism Geographies.

Kyra Schon - Happy Birthday

 Cult movie fans will recognize this name as the child actor in the classic Night of the Living Dead.

Kyra Schon is 65 today, wish her well.  Read more about her at her website.

For more about the film that changed Horror see the production team info.

Fright Tourism

 

Bristow, R. S. (2022). Fright Tourism. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing.

 

If the background is of interest,  check out this horror classic yet also one with a social commentary.

Always a favorite when I showed my 16mm print of this title.

 

 Watch it here.

 

 

Hallowe'en Flicks

 I am real busy to come up with unique thoughts right now, so I want to share some horror films that I am trying to watch when I need a break from packing.

So for tonight, try 

THE NINTH GUEST

Available for free to enjoy from the Internet Archive.

Scary papers

 I know it is a scary time in our history, but then again there is Hallowe'en.

Four papers on the subject:

Bristow, R. S., & Newman, M. (2005). Myth vs. fact: An exploration of fright tourism. In In: Bricker, Kelly, comp., ed. 2005. Proceedings of the 2004 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-326. Newtown Square, PA: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 215-221. Link.

Bristow, R. & Keenan, D. (2018). Fright Tourism: a Study of Fear.  e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR). 15(1): 63-78. Link.

Bristow, R. & Jenkins, I. (2019). Geography of Fear:  Fright Tourism Contributing to Urban Revitalization. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events. doi: 10.1080/19407963.2019.1631319 

Bristow, R. S. (2020). Communitas in Fright Tourism. Tourism Geographies. 22(2): 319-337. doi: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1708445.

 

(source:  https://giphy.com/gifs/animation-halloween-ghost-l41lZuDtMj71VOHxS)