Konke mayelana nokuba nobumnandi obubi, omunye wabantu abadumile be-Halloween, u-Cassandra Peterson owaziwa ngelika-Elvira Mistress we-The Dark usethelwe ukusingatha ScareLA ePasadena Convention Centre. Itimu ethi, "Isizini Yomthakathi," ibaluleke kakhulu kule vixen ehehayo. I-ScareLA iyisitolo sawo wonke umuntu esitobhini esisodwa sayo yonke into nge-Halloween futhi izosebenza ngoMgqibelo Agasti 6 futhi iphethe ngeSonto Agasti 7.

iHorror.com usanda kuthola inhlolokhono ne-Mistress of The Dark futhi wakhuluma naye ngempilo yakhe nangezinye izinto eziyizimanga anazo emisebenzini!

iHorror: Siyabonga ngokuthatha ucingo lwethu, ngiyaluthokozela.

UCassandra Peterson: Wamukelekile, ngiyajabula ukuthi uyakwenza.

iH: Sekuyiminyaka engama-35, waqala kanjani u-Elvira Mistress we-The Dark? Ngiyazi ukuthi abazali bakho babenesitolo semvunulo akunjalo?

I-Zip: Yebo, uyazi ukuthi ngikhule nge-Halloween kuyiHolide elikhulu kunawo wonke onyakeni wethu emndenini wami, kodwa yayingahlangene nhlobo nendlela u-Elvira aqala ngayo. Kwakukhona izimpawu lapho ukuthi yilokhu okufanele ngikwenze ngempilo yami. Ngaleso sikhathi ngangisedolobheni ngifuna umsebenzi wokulingisa ngizama ukuba ngumlingisi. Ngibe neGroundlings iminyaka emine nesigamu. Bengenza kangcono kakhulu ngo-Pee-Wee Herman kanye no-Phil Hartman ongasekho. Ngesikhathi ngise-Groundlings umngane wami wathi uzwile ngesiteshi sikamabonakude sasendaweni i-KHJ Channel 9 esifuna umethuli wezinhlelo osabekayo. Umqondisi wohlelo wehla wangibona ngiseGroundlings, wakuthanda kakhulu engangikwenza wangenza inhlolokhono, ngagcina ngiyitholile ngemva kwesikhathi eside. Ngempela wathanda lo mlingiswa engangiwenza; kwakufana nomlingiswa wentombazane yasesigodini engangiwenza eGroundlings. Wathi, "oh cha gcina lowo mlingiswa bese kufanele uqhamuke nokubukeka okuthusayo okwaziyo?" Bengicabanga, “Yebo, lokhu akuhambisani nhlobo.”

iH: Yebo lokho ngokuphelele, into yakho yamantombazane esigodini ayihambisani.

I-Zip: Yebo uyazi, bengiyobe ngenza okuningi kohlobo lwento ye-[Perfect Dracula Voice] ethi "Come In Darling Phuza Ingilazi Yegazi" ukube bebezongitshela ukuthi ngingene ngibe usokhaya owesabekayo. Wawazisa amahlaya futhi kanye nomunye wabangane bami abakhulu ngaleso sikhathi owayengumculi weza nokubukeka, futhi ngangena kumabonakude wendawo futhi ngaqala ukusingatha lokhu ebusuku kakhulu ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, futhi ngamangala lapho ngisho isikhathi esingaphezu kwesonto, futhi ngiya, "lokhu kuyaxaka kakhulu"

iH: Oh ngempela, bekungaphandle kodonga okwamanje, akunjalo?

CP: Yebo, bekuyinqaba ngempela, njengoba ngishilo ukuthi lezo zici ezimbili azihambisani ngempela nokubukeka nokuhlekisa, base bengiphakamisela inqwaba yamamuvi wangempela, njengamamuvi amadala amnyama namhlophe obekungekho muntu owawafuna. bona. Mina, nokho, ngiyazithanda lezo zinhlobo zamamuvi, ngiyawathanda. Ngahlala phansi nozakwethu wokubhala uJohn Paragon, naye ovela eGroundlings kanye naye, futhi ngangiza namahlaya masonto onke. Okokuqala, besizama ukuzimisela sabe sesicabanga ukuthi ngeke sizimisele, kufanele senze ihlaya ngalokhu noma akekho ozokholwa igama esilishoyo.

iH: Yebo, kufanele ukwenze kube mnandi!

I-Zip: Yebo, ukwenza ngempela akuyona indlela esiqale ngayo futhi hhayi ukuthi umqondo engangicabanga ukuthi uzoba yini, kodwa yilokho okwagcina kuyikho.

iH: Yebo, lokho kuhle kakhulu, iminyaka engama-35 wenze okuthile kahle.

I-Zip: Uhlobo lwerekhodi lomhlaba lebhizinisi lombukiso, ngakho laqala kanjalo.

iH: Ngakho Elvira, livelaphi lelo gama, Elvira?

I-Zip: Babehlose ukusebenzisa iVampira. Ngaleso sikhathi ngangingazi nokuthi kukhona umuntu wangempela ogama lakhe linguVampira kodwa ngasheshe ngathola ngesikhathi esabisa ngokumangalela isiteshi uma besebenzisa igama lakhe, kwase kuwusuku lokuqala lokudutshulwa. Ngakho-ke lapho sase silungele ukuqhubeka ngangiyiVampira futhi kungazelelwe othile ugijima ku-"stop stop stop! Kufanele sikhethe elinye igama!” Ngakho ngaleso sikhathi wonke umuntu estudio kuhlanganise nendoda yekhamera ekhanyayo nanoma ubani owayelapho wabhala phansi igama ababecabanga ukuthi kufanele kube nguye. Futhi salifaka ethini lekhofi, futhi ngalikhetha, futhi kwakungu-Elvira. Ngifana nokuthi "yini isihogo Elvira, yiluphi uhlobo lwenkanyezi yezwe lasentshonalanga?" Ngicabanga ukuthi kwakuhlobene nalelo culo elithi Elvira labafana base-Oakridge elaphuma ngalo leli sonto ngenza lolu hlelo, kwaqondana nokuthi sagcina siphelile.

iH: Ngakho-ke, ubuyisele emuva eminyakeni engama-35 akunjalo? Kuyo yonke le minyaka, yini ngempela evelele? Ngaleso sikhathi kwakufana nokuthi “kwakubi kakhulu lokho!” Noma umcimbi owodwa? Ngiyazi ukuthi mhlawumbe kukhona ithani.

iH: Kukhona ngenze izinto ezixakile impela. Ukulahla ezimbalwa, angazi, kukhala insimbi yokuvala e-New York Stock Market.

iH: Hawu! Yebo, kuhle kakhulu lokho. Ingabe ukwenze ngemvunulo?

I-Zip: Uh huh yebo. Ukunikeza umklomelo kuVincent Price oyisithixo sami. Ngicabanga ukuthi indondo bekungeyeSaturn Awards of Horror. Ukuba ne-float yami ku-Rose Parade, okuwumbukiso omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni, nginomshini wephinikhodi! Ukuhlangana noMichael Jackson ngenkathi enza i-Thriller, ngangifana nokuthi "Oh My God!" Ukuhlangana naye nokuthola ukuthi wayengumlandeli ngaleso sikhathi kwakumnandi kakhulu. Kube sengathi i-gazillion kubo; Angikwazi ukuvele ngikhethe eyodwa.

iH: Yebo, kufana nokukhetha ingane oyintandokazi, awukwazi ukukwenza.

I-Zip: [Ehleka] Yebo, kube nezikhathi eziningi ezimangalisayo.

iH: Lapho unikeza lowo mklomelo kuVincent Price, ingabe nafika ezingxoxweni ezincane naye? Ingabe wayekwazi ukuthi ungubani ngaleso sikhathi?

I-Zip: Yebo, weza ohlelweni lwami, futhi wayazi ukuthi ngingubani, futhi wavela ohlelweni lwakithi lwethelevishini olwamangaza ngendlela emangalisayo njengoba singakhokhi muntu ukuthi akwenze. Ufike noJohn Astin owadlala uGomez ohlelweni lukamabonakude lomndeni ka-Adam. Weza naye, futhi bangikhohlisa noma baphatha endlini yami kwakuyikhethelo lami le-Halloween. Bengisohlelweni lwakusihlwa noVincent Price. Futhi uhlelo luka-Tom Snider olwaluwuhlelo lwezingxoxo emuva nosuku noVincent Price futhi phakathi neminyaka edlule sibe nobungane ngempela. Ngamazi kakhulu, futhi wayeyindoda ethandekayo ethandekayo. Kwaba buhlungu kakhulu ngesikhathi edlula emhlabeni. Ngangivame ukuthi kuye “ungene ebhizinisini elingafanele; bekufanele ube ngusomahlaya.” Wayehlekisa njengesihogo! Wayengomunye wabantu abahlekisa kakhulu; Ngikutshela ukuthi uzongihlukumeza ngaso sonke isikhathi. Wayengumpheki; wayengumculi. Wangifundisa ukwenza izinhlanzi emshinini wokuwasha izitsha.

iH: [Ehleka Ngovalo] Yini?

I-Zip: Yebo, yebo wanginika le recipe yokupheka izinhlanzi emshinini wokuwasha izitsha. Kufanele uyisonge nge-aluminium ukulandela ngoba awufuni ukuthola i-schmutz kuyo, uyazi? [Ehleka] Yebo wangitshela ukuthi ufake wonke lamakhambi wonke lalamuni nakho konke ukusonga ngephepha likathayela bese unamathisela emshinini wokuwasha izitsha zakho, futhi uba nezinhlanzi uma usuqedile.

iH: Kwenzenjani? [Ehleka Ngokudabukisayo] Yebo, unezitsha ezihlanzekile lapho nawe usuqedile, kuhle lokho!

I-Zip: Yebo, ngiyazi ukuthi kuyamangalisa, bese kufanele usebenzise eyodwa ukuze udle, bese ubuyela lapho uqale khona.

iH: Ngakho-ke, ukhulume nge-Halloween endlini yakho. Injani i-Halloween kuwe? Ingabe uhlala ekhaya? Ingabe uthola izicelo eziningi zokuya ezindaweni? Izingxoxo? Noma ingabe kuwukuzipholela ebusuku, ucime izibani, akukho maqhinga noma ama-treaters?

I-Zip: [Ehleka] Ngiyafisa. Cha, Eminyakeni engu-35 angikaze ngibe sekhaya nge-Halloween. Sekuyisikhathi eside ngayeka ukuhlobisa; Ngazama ukukwenza lapho indodakazi yami isencane, futhi isamzonde u-Elvira

iH: Singafaka imali!

I-Zip: Ngoba umama wakhe akakaze athathe iqhinga lakhe noma lokumphatha. Ngiyasebenza, ngisebenza inyanga yonke. Uyazi ukuthi i-Halloween iwuhlobo lwenyanga ende manje.

iH: Kukhulu!

I-Zip: Yebo, kwakuvamise ukuba ubusuku obubodwa, bese kuba sengathi ubusuku obubodwa, kwase kuba yimpelasonto, kwase kuba isonto.

iH: Impela kukugcina umatasa.

I-Zip: Yebo muningi umsebenzi oqala umm cishe phakathi no-Septhemba futhi ngisebenza ngokuqondile cishe njalo ngobusuku obubodwa benyanga.

iH: Lokho kufanele kukhathale.

I-Zip: Yebo kumnandi kakhulu ngoba iholide lami engilithandayo.

iH: Awukutholi ukukuthokozela.

I-Zip: Ngiyazi, angikutholi ukugqoka imvunulo ehlukile. [Ngokubhuqa] Kufanele ngigqoke into efanayo minyaka yonke, futhi angikwazi ukukhohlisa noma ukuphathana nanoma ubani, futhi angikwazi ukuba nephathi ye-Halloween. Kodwa ngisaqala ukuba yisizinda sokunakwa, futhi lokho kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu kimina. [Ehleka]

iH: Ngakho-ke, ScareLA, uzibandakanye ne-ScareLA

I-Zip: Mina, Ammm

iH: Ngakho konke lokho kwenzeka kanjani? Lowo umcimbi omuhle kakhulu.

I-Zip: Uke waba khona?

iH: Yebo, kumnandi kakhulu!

I-Zip: Yebo, kuhle kakhulu! Bengingazi. Ngangizwile nge-ScareLA, futhi ngangingazi ngempela ukuthi iyini, futhi ngihlala ngihileleke kulo omunye umhlangano ngaleso sikhathi. Ngaya ngonyaka odlule; Ngangisebenzela i-Halloween Haunt e-Knott's Berry Farm, engangiyenzile iminyaka engu-21, ngakho ngangenza umbukiso lapho ngonyaka odlule, futhi ngahamba ngayoyicindezela e-ScareLA, futhi ngashaywa umoya! Oh Nkosi yami lokhu kuyamangaza kakhulu. Ukube ngangazi ukuthi kulapha, ngabe ngikhona njalo.

iH: Yebo luhlobo lwento enkulu. Kufana nomcimbi omkhulu wephrofayili ephansi; kuyinqaba ngaleyo ndlela.

I-Zip: Yebo kunjalo. Ngazibuza, “Kungenzeka kanjani lokhu kimi? Angazi.” Ngake ngezwa ngayo lapha nalaphaya. Kodwa kuhle kakhulu; kufana nayo yonke into ye-Halloween, yonke into esabekayo. Ungakwazi ukuhlobisa indlu yakho kanye nabo bonke laba bathengisi. Yebo futhi ungafunda ukwakheka kwemiphumela ekhethekile, ufunde imiphumela ekhethekile, yonke into ongayisebenzisela ukwesabeka noma i-Halloween, noma i-haunt oyaziyo ngaphansi kophahla olulodwa nabo bonke laba bantu abakhona abawusizo ekusizeni ukuthi ufunde lezi zinto futhi bakubonise lezi zinto. Abathengisi, imisebenzi yezandla, imvunulo inkulu.

iH: Kubonakala sengathi umcimbi omusha kakhulu, ngikholwa ukuthi ubuneminyaka emine kuphela edlule.

I-Zip: Yebo kusha futhi uyazi ukuthi ngezwa ngakho eminyakeni embalwa yokuqala. "Ngangithi, hmmm ngempela, mmmm kulungile."

iH: Yebo, omunye umcimbi nje, akunjalo?

I-Zip: Yebo ngiqonde ukuthi baningi. Kodwa ngokweqiniso ngaya khona ngonyaka odlule ngaya “kanjani ngiphilisana nalaba bantu; kuhle lokhu engifuna ukuba khona."

iH: Ezingqungqutheleni nasezintweni zenzeke kanjani i-Comic Con e-San Diego?

I-Zip: Hewu Nkosi yami!

iH: Kwakuhle lokho noma yini?

I-Zip: Bekukuhle, bekuhlanya impela kulo nyaka. Bengilokhu ngiya lapho njengoba ngihlale ngitshela abantu ukuthi bengiya khona njengoba bekungaphansi kwehhotela elithile Njengokuthi angikhumbuli nokuthi bekuyiminyaka eyinkulungwane edlule. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngaqala ukuya lapho ngo-81 noma 82 lapho ngikhipha incwadi yamahlaya, i-DC yamahlaya futhi ngaya lapho, futhi ngifunga kuNkulunkulu ngangifana nowesifazane oyedwa.

iH: Uqinisile?

I-Zip: Yebo, ngaleso sikhathi uyazi ukuthi abesifazane abazange bangene kuyo yonke into esabekayo noma into yencwadi yamahlaya. Kwakungenxa yokuthi babengabenzeli abantu besifazane leyo nto babeyenzela abafana kuphela, uyazi. Eminyakeni engu-35 kamuva, Nkulunkulu wami, ivuleke kakhulu. I-Comic Con ingabesifazane abaningi njengamadoda manje.

iH: Ikakhulukazi nabo bonke abalingisi besifazane abahlanyayo abaphumayo. Nge-Suicide squad kanye nezinto ezinjalo, akupheli.

I-Zip: Yebo, abalingiswa besifazane be-Ghostbusters.

iH: Kukhulu lokho!

I-Zip: "Uma ulakha, bazoza." Angicabangi ukuthi abantu bake bakuthola lokho ngaphambilini. Bonke babethi “owesifazane akanandaba nokwethuka; abesifazane abanandaba nezincwadi zamahlaya.” Khona-ke lapho beqala ukuwenza benababukeli, abantu bangena kuwo. Ngijabule kakhulu ukubona abantu besifazane abaningi kangaka behileleka ethukile hhayi nje izisulu, niyazi? Bangamaqhawe.

iH: Yebo, impela lokho kuhle. Ngakho-ke ingabe sizobona amamuvi amasha, izinhlelo ezivela kuwe? Kwenzakalani?

I-Zip: Ngizobala izinto ezimbalwa. Ngisebenza kude nohlelo lukamabonakude lopopayi ebengisebenzisana nababhali nabaculi abambalwa ukuze lokhu kuqhubeke. Okwamanje, ngeke ngisho ukuthi ubani, kodwa nginestudiyo esikhulu sopopayi esenzela umshayeli wendiza manje njengoba kade sikhahlela. Futhi ngithanda ukubalula ngalo Mfumfu ozayo; Ngiyibiza ngencwadi ye-Coffin Table, kodwa iyincwadi enkulukazi enamakhasi angu-350 ye-Coffee Table okuyiyona nto engangiyenza ku-Comic Con kulo nyaka ngiqhakambisa lokho.

iH: Ukuthengisa kwangaphambili kuqale ngoJuni 15 akunjalo?

I-Zip: Yebo, impela ukuthengiswa kwangaphambili sekuphumile, futhi incwadi uqobo lwayo cishe 5 Okthoba. Bekuyiphrojekthi enkulu kimina, ethatha ingxenye engcono yonyaka ukuhlanganisa zonke lezi zithombe zeminyaka engama-35.

iH: Ngibheja ukuthi ingobo yomlando inkulu!

I-Zip: Kukhulu, angikukholwa futhi ngizama ukubahlunga futhi ngithole abalandeli engicabanga ukuthi abalandeli bami bangaba nentshisekelo kubo bekuyindoda enkulu yephrojekthi.

iH: Ngabe kuzoba nezinto eziningi ezingemuva kuleyo ncwadi?

I-Zip: Yebo, kunenqwaba yezigcawu zefilimu yami ethi Mistress of the Dark, evela e-Elvira's Haunted Hills, ngisho nasekuthwebuleni izikhangiso zami ze-Coors nokunye. Izithombe abalandeli ababengakaze bazibone futhi engangingakaze ngizikhiphe nhlobo. Futhi kunezithombe eziwuphawu okungenzeka wonke umuntu azibone kumaphosta nezinye izinto abantu abazaziyo. Incwadi yefomethi enkulu enezithombe ezinemibala emihle ngempela, ukukhiqizwa kabusha, kuhle. Futhi ngabhala ukuphawula kwezithombe eziningi, okwakwenzeka ngaleso sikhathi, ukuthi kwakungubani umthwebuli wezithombe. Kuphinde kulandele umsebenzi wami kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube namuhla ukuze ukwazi ukubona umlingiswa eguquka.

iH: Lokho kuNtuthuko, yebo impela.

I-Zip: Yebo, empeleni uyabona izinwele ziba zicaba impela, zibe zinde, zibe zinde, zibe zinde kakhulu bese zibuyela phansi. Ngakho-ke izinto eziningi ezivela eqoqweni lami lomuntu siqu futhi ngicabanga ukuthi abalandeli bazoya ngethemba ukuthi bazozijabulela.

iH: O, bazohamba ngamantongomane ngiqinisekile.

I-Zip: Ngithemba kanjalo.

iH: Cishe ungenza incwadi engaphezu kweyodwa ngazo zonke lezo zithombe. Iminyaka engu-35!

I-Zip: Yebo bengingakwenza okwengeziwe, ngikholwe. Kube nzima ukukhetha ebesifuna ukuwagcina singawasebenzisi wonke ebesingathanda ukuwakhombisa. Bese ngiba neminyaka yami engu-35 elandelayo yezithombe ezizayo! [Ehleka]

 

iH: Ngakho-ke ukuthatha umhlalaphansi, ngiqonde iminyaka engu-35 abantu abaningi emisebenzini, uyazi iminyaka engu-35 futhi bazoyiqeda. Uyakubona lokho okuza kuwe?

I-Zip: Bengicabanga ukuthi ngizothatha umhlalaphansi ngineminyaka engu-40, bese ngineminyaka engu-50, ngineminyaka engu-60.

iH: Abakuvumeli!

I-Zip: Yebo, ngiyazi kuyaxaka. Ngisho ukuthi kuhle ngijabule, ngijabule kakhulu ngokuthi isaqhubeka nokuhamba. Ngimane ngizitshela usuku nosuku ukuthi koze kube nini ngiqhubeka nalokhu angazi. Ukuba nekhefu elincane kungaba kuhle. Ukuba nephathi ye-Halloween yoshintsho kungaba kuhle.

iH: Lokho kungaba kuhle, njengephathi yakho yokuqala ye-Halloween ngemva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi. Ungacabanga?

I-Zip: Yebo, akunjalo? Ngingakuthanda lokho. Hewu Nkosi yami. Kuzofanele ngikwenze lokho kube kukhulu kakhulu. Ngakho-ke kwazi bani, kunengxenye eyodwa yami engathanda ngempela ukuthatha umhlalaphansi bese ingxenye yami ithi Oh Nkulunkulu Wami kungani ungake uthathe umhlalaphansi?

iH: Kufanele uqhubeke, akunjalo?

I-Zip: Yebo, yebo futhi kuningi engingakwenza njengo-Elvira okungabandakanyi ngisho nokungena engutsheni efana nephrojekthi yopopayi kanye ne-auto-biography yami esengiyibhale iminyaka eyikhulu, futhi ngeke ngiqede. Konke ukulayisensa nokuthengisa engikwenzayo ngingaphila ngaphandle kokuthi ngigqokise nokuba semaphethelweni uyazi?

iH: Yebo lokho kuzoba okungapheli noma ngabe wenzani.

I-Zip: ngithemba kanjalo

iH: Yebo-ke Cassandra ngibonga kakhulu ngakho konke futhi, ngokuthatha isikhathi ohlelweni lwakho ukuze ukhulume nathi.

I-Zip: Ngiyabonga, Ryan, ngiyakwazisa futhi.

iH: Futhi sizokubona e-ScareLA ngiqinisekile!

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