Halloween … We don’t have that here in Australia … Not in a traditional celebration sense anyway … But, we did celebrate a thing with a Halloween sort of theme. That is the Zombie Walk. You don’t believe me check this out: Sydney Zombie Walk. We also have miniature events like the Haunted House or those oOOooOo aAAaaAa theme park rides. So, we then move onto horror-themed dance clubs, a very fantastical way to party. Several films and real-life parties feature horror-themes. Who remembers the movie, “Idle Hands” where the prom was not the typical suit/glamorous dress-code, but rather wearing Frankenstein and Dracula and WHO COULD FORGET JESSICA ALBA WEARING THE ANGEL-OUTFIT? Mind you, I am not like those typical “dogs” out there.
Anyway, my point is, there are not many Halloween-themed thingies in Australia, and at the same time, the virtual world. You know why? Because anyone who has done it have not been giving the message out. The way that this is done is through story-telling.
The following two images are from Flickr. Both show the same party but an interesting blend between a typical dance party and Halloween. It may be possible that this was a Halloween party, but imagine a dance club with this theme. Swati once mentioned about attending the “biggest dance party” where everyone has to wear white. Now imagine, the dance party where everyone dresses up. We’ve had the masquarade and we’ve had those dance party. Let’s bring in a new level to dancing.
The story begins with a setting. The setting establishes the beginning to our fantasies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPWQm0cUsu0
This video is from a movie titled, “Forced Nightmare” and perhaps, my only found record of a ‘possible’ horror-theme dance club. The story immediately shows that this is indeed a dance club, though I ignored the music (for internal issues), and that this is where people socialize. The camera immediately turns to all the dancers in there costumes. I may not be able to convince you, but the technical date is not Halloween there, except this is a horror movie and that the Hong Kong director thought this idea was cool or hip.
