Ua kau wau i kahi mokulele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ʻOkakopa ʻumikūmākolu e waiho ana i koʻu home wao nahele ma Yuma, AZ, no Westfield, MA. ʻO kēia huakaʻi e kipa aku ai i ka ʻohana a e hele pū me "Rock and Shock", kekahi o nā ʻaha hoʻoweliweli maikaʻi loa i hoʻokumu ʻia.

ʻO ka pō ma mua o ka ʻaha kūkā, ua pīhoihoi koʻu mau kaikuahine a hoʻomaha ʻole wau. ʻO ka lā ʻapōpō e lilo i lā weliweli weliweli, a i kēlā pō ua moeʻuhane wau i ka mea aʻu e haʻi aku ai iā Adam Green, a ke lana nei ka manaʻo ʻaʻole e ʻānai ʻia i mua o Kristina Klebe.

I ka lā aʻe ua huki wau me koʻu ʻohana i ka DCU Center me ka nui o ka manawa e hoʻokoe ai. I ke komo ʻana i loko o ka ʻaha kūkā, eia naʻe, kaumaha loa wau i ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻohe Alley Artist. ʻO ka manawa hope loa ma Rock and Shock 2015, aia nō.

Me kaʻu ʻūlū i kau ʻia ma luna o koʻu mau poʻohiwi, ua komo wau i loko o nā puka hao a komo i loko o kaʻu hale kūʻai momona.

Ua hauʻoli wau i ka laina line-up i kēia makahiki, akā ua hauʻoli like wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kūlike o nā kaikaina me koʻu kaikuaʻana. Ua holo ka ʻaha kūkā no ʻekolu mau lā, a ua koho mākou i ka lua o ka lā, kahi Pōʻaono, e hele.

ʻO ka lehulehu o nā mea hoʻoweliweli weliweli, e like me aʻu iho, ua pīlali akā ʻo ia wale nō ka manawa lōʻihi e hoʻolilo ai me kā mākou poʻe punahele punahele, a ma hope o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā wahi o nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kākoʻo, ua hele mākou i kahi o ka poʻe kaulana. Ke kuʻi wikiwiki nei kuʻu puʻuwai, a hoʻāʻo wau e hōʻoluʻolu i koʻu ʻalalā, akā ʻo ka mea mua ma kā mākou papa inoa ʻo Jonathan Breck o Nā Jeepers Creepers.

ʻO kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kekahi o nā mea i hāpai i ke aloha o ka weliweli iaʻu i koʻu wā kamaliʻi i Jr. High. ʻO kēlā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mua i hānai i kahi makemake nui i kaʻu aloha i ka Creeper.

He mau makahiki ma hope e ʻike wau e pili ana i ka luna a me kāna mau hana lepo. ʻAʻole hiki i kahi alakaʻi ke hana i ka holoʻokoʻa o kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, akā; hana nā mea hana keaka.

Manaʻo wau e hiki iā mākou a pau ke ʻae e kīkē ʻo Breck iā ia mai ka pāka me kāna kiʻi o ua mea lā, a ua loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu kope o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma DVD i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kaʻu ʻeke. Ua kali hoʻomanawanui wau i ka laina me koʻu makuakāne, e paʻa ana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i kuʻu mau lima luhi a ma mua o koʻu ʻike ʻana, ua hana ka mea leʻaleʻa loa.

Hoʻomaka ka walaʻau ʻana ʻo Mr. Breck i koʻu makuakāne.

"ʻE, ʻaʻole anei wau i ʻike iā ʻoe mai kahi ʻē?" ua noi ʻo ia i koʻu makuakāne.

“ʻAʻole, manaʻo ʻole pēlā? ʻAʻole ʻoe i loko o kēlā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hoʻokahi? ” pāhenehene koʻu makuakāne.

"Ha," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "no ka mea, ua hui paha mākou?"

Lulu wale koʻu poʻo i kona poʻo a hāʻawi iā ia i kona inoa a ʻōlelo, "Maikaʻi e hālāwai me ʻoe." ʻO koʻu manawa kēia a kau wau i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma kāna pākaukau. Aloha mākou a lulu wau i kona lima.

"ʻO wai wau e hoʻopuka nei i kēia?" I nīnau aku ai ʻo Mr. Breck.

"Austin," pane wau. "ʻO wau wale nō kai ʻike i ke kolu."

“Maoli?” palahalaha kona mau maka. "Pehea kou manaʻo?"

"ʻAno like ka moʻolelo ma nā wahi āpau. Holo wikiwiki loa. Akā manaʻo wau he maikaʻi loa nā kūpuna. Makemake pū wau pehea ʻoe i hoʻohana hou ai i ke kalaka. ”

“Hoihoi. ʻIke ʻoe he kālā lousy kā mākou no kēia. ʻO ka nui maoli, ʻo ka ʻāpana e kū nei wau ma luna o ke kalaka, e paʻa ana i ke ala nui, paʻa wale wau i kahi kaula. Ua makaʻu maoli wau a nīnau i kaʻu poʻe holomua kahi o kaʻu pale kaua a me ka manuʻio, ua like lākou, 'ʻē ʻo ia nō. Pau kā mākou. '”

Auwe! ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hilinaʻi i ka ʻike i loaʻa iaʻu iho. Ua paʻi wau i koʻu kiʻi me ia ma hope o ka autograph a mahalo iā ia no nā mea āpau e hele wāwae ana me ka minoʻaka nui.

ʻO Kristina Klebe ka mea aʻe, a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia wau e pili ana i ka hālāwai ʻana me ia. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe kamaʻāina i kāna hana pono ʻoe e nānā iā Rob Zombie's Halloween, Nā moʻolelo o Halloween, a me nā mea hou aku nei Mai Mai Pepehi Ia.

ʻO ka mea hoihoi nui iaʻu kāna hana e hiki mai ana i ka Hellboy hou hou! Ua hōʻea wau i kāna pākaukau a i kēia manawa ʻo wau wale nō.

Hoʻomaka koke koʻu mau aʻalolo e kani e like me ke kaula uila. ʻLelo wau iā ia hi a makemake wau e kau inoa i kēia kiʻi.

"Ua makemake au i kāu hana i Nā moʻolelo o Halloween. ʻO kēlā moʻolelo pōkole he spooky maoli nō. He mea kākau wau. ”

Nānā ʻo ia iaʻu i kahi manawa. “ʻOiaʻiʻo? He aha kāu e kākau ai?

"ʻAe ... ʻae ʻia ʻoe e ʻae i nā makana?" Ua nīnau wau iā ia.

Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia e haka pono mai iaʻu a ʻōlelo maila, "Manaʻo wau pēlā, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻano ʻē."

Ua huki wau i kahi kope o kaʻu puke hou loa, Diaries make. Ua hāʻawi wau iā ia.

"Wow mahalo! Ua kākau ʻoe i kēia? ”

"ʻAe, makemake wau e loaʻa iā ʻoe."

Ua minoʻaka ʻo ia iaʻu a hoʻomaka wau e ʻōmaʻomaʻo e like me ka pua pua. Hāʻawi ʻo ia iaʻu i kaʻu autograph a lawe me aʻu i ʻelua mau kiʻi a ʻapo mai iaʻu. Ua makemake ʻo ia e loaʻa iaʻu kahi laki i kaʻu huakaʻi kākau a hele wau i ka mea aʻe.

Ua hoʻomaka wau e wikiwiki no ka mea he manawa kuʻikuʻi kaʻu e mālama ai, akā naʻe he mau mea kaulana e hele. ʻO ka lālani no Adam Green ʻo Massachusetts he lōʻihi loa, akā loaʻa iaʻu kaʻu kope o Hatchet II nāna e pūlima.

Ua lilo ʻo Adam i mana i kaʻu kākau ʻana mai ka hālāwai ʻana me ia i ka manawa hope loa, a ua haʻi hope wau iā ia. Ua makemake ʻo ia iaʻu e laki i kaʻu kākau ʻana a nīnau aku i kahi e loaʻa ai kahi kope o kaʻu puke. Dang, inā ua lawe wau i ʻelua kope o kaʻu puke me aʻu ma kahi o hoʻokahi!

Ua nānā au i ka manawa a ua loaʻa kekahi manawa iki ma mua o ka inked no laila, me koʻu makuakāne a me koʻu kaikaina, hele mākou i loko o ka lumi lumi e kali ai iā Mr. Green a me kekahi o nā mea hana ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hou loa o ka Hatekeke ka hua'ōlelo,  ʻO Victor Crowley. ʻO ka hoʻolohe ʻana iā Green e wehewehe nei i kona makemake nui i ka weliweli.

ʻO ka hoʻolohe ʻana i nā pilikia a me nā hoʻāʻo o ka poʻe hoʻokani a me nā luina he mea hōʻoluʻolu loa ia, a ua ʻakaʻaka pū wau i ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi manawa i kāna ʻoihana ʻo Kane Hodder i hoʻokokoke ʻia e pāʻani iā ​​Freddy Kruger. He mea paha kēlā, ʻeā? Aloha wau iā ʻoe e Mr. Crowley lāua ʻo Mr. Green!

Me nā mea a pau i waho o ke ala, aia wau i ka laina no Tom Payne, ʻoi aku ka inoa ʻo "Jesus" mai "The Walking Dead." Ua haahaa loa ʻo Mr. Payne.

Ma hope o kēia ua hoʻi au i ka wahi o ka mea kūʻai aku a loaʻa kahi kū puke, akā ʻaʻole wale he kū maʻamau. Aia ma laila kekahi mau mea kākau ʻelua ʻo Patrick Lacey lāua ʻo Adam Cesare.

Hoʻopili koke mākou ma luna o koʻu pālule Stephen King a me ke kākau ʻana. Maikaʻi loa ke hui ʻana me lākou a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea kākau ʻē aʻe. Ua kūʻai aku au i ʻelua mau puke na lākou a e hele aku ana au e kiʻi i kaʻu peʻa o koʻu kaikaina.

ʻO ke kāne e kāto iā mākou ʻo Jamie Cross o Nightmare Tattoo. Me kēia, kekahi o kaʻu mau kiʻi hoʻoweliweli punahele ʻo Freddy Kruger lāua ʻo Pinhead. Ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻohui i nā mea ʻelua a ʻae kuʻu kaikuahine. He inika kaʻu e hōʻike aku ai iā ʻoe!

I ka panina, inā ʻoe ma ke kapakai hikina a puni ka waena o ʻOkakopa a he mea weliweli ia mea ʻo ia ka ʻaha kūkā na ʻoe. Kupaianaha nā luina ma Pōhaku a me Shock.

ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i kahi welor-con maikaʻi aʻe. ʻAʻole wale ia he lā piha i ka lā, akā paʻa ka pō i nā mea kani o "The Rocking Dead." Minamina hala wau i kēia makahiki. Kūpono nā kumukūʻai a he manawa maoli kēlā me kēia mea kaulana e hoʻolohe ai i kā lākou poʻe pā.

Mālama ʻo Rock a me Shock i kēia hele, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ʻoukou.