
"Spook Shows" used to tour the states and perform at movie theatres with an elaborate stage show with magic and some lofty promises. Audiences would sign their wills before viewing the horrific happenings that were to take place on stage during the show. Taking a look at all of this material on this disc makes me long for something like this today. These things are a thing of the past since everyone is too "sophisticated" for this type of entertainment any more.
Pound for pound, this is my favorite DVD. It's not really a movie really, it's more of an interactive DVD with a whole lot of easter eggs. One of my favorite features of the disc are the ads that were run to get people interested in the show. These go on for about 45 minutes and the artwork and narration for some of these ads were amazing...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=23OQCGLJ7rY
Included is a whole bunch of original poster art that were originally placed at the front of the box office and the artwork is really wonderful.

In addition to these main features is also the 30 minute movie "Monsters Crash The Pajama Party" which was used to play onstage with a lot of the
stage shows. Some of the other easter eggs consists of a trip through a 60's era haunted house carnival ride much like what was seen in the film "House Of 1000 Corpses." You also get the original "Tormented" feature film from Bert I. Gordon. Audio interviews with some of the Ghostmasters who ran these stage shows is also included.
It's a really interesting disc and is a real time-capsule of an artform that is not around in these jaded, clinical times.