Austin Janovich

Halloween is where imagination crawls out of the grave. I build characters, tell stories, and bring the strange to life one scare at a time.

Placed 42nd

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What’s your most memorable Halloween experience?

My most memorable Halloween experience was going to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in California and riding the Haunted Castle. I remember being genuinely terrified, and I think I’ve been trying to recreate that feeling ever since.

Tell us why you would make it to the end of a horror movie.

I’d continually revise my behavior as I learned more. In a horror movie, I think the person most capable of changing their beliefs and behavior when reality stops behaving the way they expected has a pretty good shot at surviving, like MacReady in The Thing.

What would you do with the unlucky $13,000?

I’d use it to fund structural improvements to my small animal sanctuary and make the spaces I’ve built for the animals even better.


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