{"id":466,"date":"2008-09-12T13:32:48","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T17:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/?p=466"},"modified":"2008-09-15T11:03:58","modified_gmt":"2008-09-15T15:03:58","slug":"spookyblue-at-psychomania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania","title":{"rendered":"Spookyblue at Psychomania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align='left' hspace='5' vspace='0' class='picborder' src=\"\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/07-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Staging area\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/07-350x263.jpg 350w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/07.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>The dilapidated Trans Lux theater is tucked in beside the Green Tree Mall in Clarksville.  I saw the original Willy Wonka movie there when I was a kid.  Its glory days were well behind when it became the &#8220;Greentree 4&#8221; dollar-cinema, and then it closed for good some 10 years ago.  Since then, it has fallen into serious disrepair and was slated for demolition.  <\/p>\n<p>That is, until Matt Kemp, Phil Grainger, and William McHugh of Fright Night Productions talked the owners into a lease and began a major renovation that would turn the once crumbling building into &#8220;Psychomania &#8211; Theater of Terror&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class='picborder' src=\"\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/23-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Head nurse\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-463\" \/ align='left' hspace='5' vspace='0' srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/23-350x263.jpg 350w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/23.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>That was nine months ago, and despite having to fix a leaky roof, screwy electrics, exploding plumbing, and even being harassed by real &#8220;live&#8221; ghosts, they just kept working.  And now it looks like they&#8217;re going to pull it off.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, Psychomania &#8211; Theater of Terror opens its doors for their &#8220;Press Night Gala&#8221;.  A couple of Spookyblue props will also debut, and I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing everything up and running.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some behind-the-scenes pictures.  I&#8217;m not giving anything away, and there&#8217;ll be more to post later.  This is what you can accomplish if you work really hard and aren&#8217;t afraid of a dumb ol&#8217; poltergeist stealing your hammer when you&#8217;re not looking.<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-466 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/04'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/04-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/04-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/04-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/06'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/06-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/06-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/06-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/07'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/07-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/07-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/07-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/10'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/10-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/10-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/10-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/14'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/14-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/14-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/14-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/18'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/18-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/18-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/18-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/19'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/19-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/19-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/19-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/23'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/23-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/23-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/23-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/25'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/25-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/25-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/25-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spookyblue-at-psychomania\/attachment\/27'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/27-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/27-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/spblogpix\/2008\/09\/27-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<a class=\"linkgold\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsandtribune.com\/homepage\/local_story_045112336.html\">Evening News : Greentree 4 theater being turned into haunted house<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"linkgold\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/theaterofterror.com\/\">Theater of Terror website<\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Note:  You have to be as old as Spooky Blue to refer to the <em>old<\/em> Greentree 4 Theater as the <em>Trans Lux<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dilapidated Trans Lux theater is tucked in beside the Green Tree Mall in Clarksville. I saw the original Willy Wonka movie there when I was a kid. Its glory days were well behind when it became the &#8220;Greentree 4&#8221; dollar-cinema, and then it closed for good some 10 years ago. Since then, it has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[35,36,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spookyblue.com\/spookyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}