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What’s your most memorable Halloween experience?

Scaring trick-or-treaters with my family. My mother would be on the porch with candy, my sisters and I would hide behind the bushes dressed scary and would jump out to scare them. When they ran away my father would come out from behind a tree across the street in coveralls with a chainsaw and terrorize them. Good family fun :)

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

I've survived actual combat, so I can handle a guy in a hockey mask chasing me through the woods. I had a thing for Jason growing up, so I might slow down on purpose... Otherwise I know the rules. Never say "I'll be right back," never go check out the noise in the basement, and never split up. And when he goes down, I'm not sticking around to see if he's really dead. I'm getting the hell out of there.

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

I want to say I'd go to Transylvania or the Paris Catacombs, but I'd probably do a road trip to the American classics. Eastern State Penitentiary and Fort Mifflin in Philly, Sleepy Hollow, the Conjuring house, the Lizzie Borden house, and Salem. And yes, I'd stop at Camp Crystal Lake. The rest goes to making my house killer-proof with better locks, brighter lights, and a panic room that can double as a playroom.

Who is your real-life hero who you would want to survive a horror movie with?

The Green Beret who allowed me to work with the teams in Iraq. He legit changed my life with that opportunity and I know he'd be an excellent resource in chaos.