Halloween is months away, but Cedar Point is already scaring up some thrills for its HalloWeekends.
The park and Midnight Syndicate — the Northeast Ohio musicians who pen frightful soundtracks for haunted houses nationwide — have announced that they are once again teaming up for the Sandusky amusement park’s scary fall weekends.
The haunted musicians will take up residence on Friday nights and on Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 15 to Oct. 29 in the park’s Jack Aldrich Theater.
The last time Midnight Syndicate performed at the park was in 2014.
The new show, Midnight Syndicate Live!, will be a horror-themed multimedia concert that will blend live music, theatre and film.
“We’ve developed a new, even better show that we can’t wait to unleash on audiences,” said Midnight Syndicate’s Edward Douglas in a statement. “Our new venue, the Jack Aldrich Theater, is a perfect fit for what we want to do. It will allow us to create an intimate and thrilling experience that guests won’t soon forget.”
The group last performed in the park’s former IMAX movie theater that was torn down to make way for the Valravn roller coaster.
“Working with Cedar Point in 2014 was a great experience across the board, so to be able to team up with them again, especially as a part of Midnight Syndicate’s 20th anniversary celebration, is perfect,” added fellow Syndicate member Gavin Goszka.
Charles Bradshaw, who is in charge of live entertainment at Cedar Point, said it is great to have scary act back in the line up.
“We’re excited that Midnight Syndicate is bringing their live and immersive stage show back to Cedar Point this fall,” Bradshaw said. “Fans of their mesmerizing music loved their previous run at HalloWeekends – and they’re going to love this latest production.”
The group says it is working with special effects legend Robert Kurtzman, of From Dusk Till Dawn fame, and his Creature Corps, David “House” Greathouse and Beki Ingram, both of Faceoff, and director Gary Jones , whose work includes Army of Darkness, and 529 Films and EFX-TEK artist Mark Rakocy for in creating the new show.
Craig Webb can be reached at cwebb@thebeaconjournal or 330-996-3547.