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VI] y y I vall- 7W Wifflf, . 31" By Kirk Boxleitner 1’ ' wrapped treat bags to reduce the call— kbox/e/tner@masoncounty. com number of hands making contact , with items in a communal bowl, . are The wasmngton State 96‘ and if possible, place treats on a ough partment of Health has advice table in your driveway or yard, to N are f0? celebré-tmg Halloween Whlle avoid crowds at your front door. lfair, Sun Staymg Safe from QOV‘ To see trick-or-treaters, sit in lma, ID'19’ and Mason county 15 Of' a chair in your driveway, garage, 'fering a few Halloween—flavored yard or porch, and majntain at events intended to let families least 6 feet of disténce from the eXReriePc? the season While treat table, while also placing mmg healthy boundar‘ a few mini-pumpkins or other 195- decorations 6 feet apart to signal : adVlse_S famllllxes bfhw;ar» a line and keep trick-or-treaters swimvenagsw .811 e re ' ' ’r M torrents from other fiififigagmye they’re waltmg' households, whether indoors or outdoors, and avoid close contact with those outside your house- hold, maintaining a minimum distance of 6 feet. . Families should avoid con— fined spaces. Outdoor activities are safer activities, but if you’re have prop- er ventilatiom. even if it means opening doors or windows. Wash or sanitize your hands, and especially the hands of little ones, often, you’re sick or you were recently exposed to someone with COVID-19, stay home. If you have any symp- toms, or you’ve been in close In THE REVIEWS .; alloween is upon us, and if you’re choosing to celebrate the holi— day by staying in and treating yourself to a spooky movie "" "Ewen 1mm 5Dracula,’ ‘Hal Skeletons climb the wall of a building on .South Seventh Street last week. Photo courtesy of Bob Bottman ' contact with someone who has COVID—19, get tested. Safe alternatives to going out for Halloween include staging a scavenger hunt at home, com- plete with. costumes and hidden candy or other treats scattered throughout your house or yard, Stoker novel. While Stoker’s “Dracula” spun together various Euro- pean myths, superstitions and bits of old folklore into what as well as a Halloween movie marathon, and even online cos- tume or pumpkin~carving con- tests. Those who choose to go trick- or-treating should stick with members of their households, maintain that 6-foot social dis- all alone. Likewise, preying on humans and consuming their blood restores the semblance of relative youth to Stoker’s tance from others, wear cloth masks (plastic costume masks are no substitute), wash your hands both before and after tricksor-treating, and bring plen- ty of hand sanitizer. Those giving out treats should limit their candy to individually The Department of Health advises avoiding gatherings, events or' parties with people outside your household that vio— late the gathering limitations outlined in Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Safe Start” plan. If you are hankering to get out of the house for Hallow- een, Mason Health is hosting a “Drive-Thru Trunk-or-Treat” at Mason General Hospital at 901 Mountain View Drive in Shel- ton on Friday, from 2 to 5 p.m., complete with goodie bags and candy. see OUTINGS, page A-26 loween’ still top choices for movie marathons on the Count setting the table for din- ner at Castle Dracula and realizes he’s ' confident. He owned every room sim- ply by entering it,'mixing impeccably worldly manners with a playful sense of good humor, to the point that, even when characters like Renfield and Van Helsing discerned the existentially ter— we now know as the archetypal vampire, Browning’s “Dracula” ~— which was based on the marathon, there are many fine choices, but the first two films I’d recommend for any Hallow- een movie marathon are Tod 1924 stage play adaptation of Browning’s 1931 “Dracula” and By KIRK “Dracula,” rather than being John Carpenter’s 1978 “Hal- BOXLEITNER based directly on the novel it- * loween.” self — crafted the character of F.W, Murnau’s 1922 “Nos- Count Dracula as we’ve known feratu” was actually the firstonscreen him ever since. adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Stoker’s Dracula is powerful and “Dracula.” Although unauthorized by sinister, but he’s also profoundly lone- the Stoker estate, it was arguably more ly, and might even qualify as pitiable authentic to the characterization of the — as when Jonathan Harker walks in ‘. s r ‘ . i .l . l :j E q. . g c ,_ i} 517 Franklin St. 0 Shelton 0 360-426-1 15 =1 . . . Week of 10/30 11/5 THE EMPTY MAN (R) ADMISSION NIGHTLY 6:00 P.M. Week of 10/30 - 11/5 on Screen-2 FIRST RUN ADMISSION THE WITH (pa) NIGHTLY @ 5:30 PM. COMING SOON: The Croods 2: A New Age (PG), Honest ThieflR), Freaky (R) rifying threat he posed, they couldn’t help but respect him. There have been a few worthy suc- cessors to Browning’s 1931 “Dracula.” Christopher Lee played Dracula in sev-. en of the nine “Hammer Horror” films, from 1958 to 1973, and as “The Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson will tell you, Lee was literally overqualified to play James Bond (whose creator, Ian Dracula, who initially appears much older, but his personality remains beastly. All of that changed when Bela Lu- gosi, aka the George Clooney of Hun- gary, donned his dapper tuxedo and regal cape, and slicked back his distin- guished widow’s peak, to play Count Dracula for Browning in 1931. Whereas Stoker’s Dracula always exuded a creepy stalker vibe, Lugosi’s Dracula was handsome, charming and see MOVIES, page A-26 182 S.E. Brewer Road 0 Shelton 360-426-4707 www.5kyLineDrive-ln.com Gates Open 6:00 pm. I .Show at dusk,.aprox. 7:00pm a Week of 10/30- 11/5- FRIDAY SATURDAY MONSTERS, INC..(PG) followed by . GHOSTBUSTERS (PG) SUNDAY 11/1 GHOSTBUSTERS (PG) followed by MONSTERS, INC. (PG) . .- WEDNESDAY CLOSED -’— THURSDAY — 1 1/5-8 UNHINGED (R) " KID DETECTIVE (R)