People have been saying it...we've been saying it, seasonal event venues need to be operating on all four seasons throughout the year. So, reinvention is a popular item on their to-do-list.
Take for instance Spirit Outlets. They're there to fill-in the gaps of brick & mortars while maintaining yearly occupied tenant leases. Speaking of spirits, how do those folks operating Halloween venues stay afloat the rest of the year? Ah, reinventing themselves...that's how.
Which brings us to Tales of the Macabre an hour-long anthology of dark legends and haunting folklore inspired by the mysteries of New Orleans and the surrounding bayou. Explaining further, it's part cocktail event, part theatrical production and part haunted mansion. This exclusive event weaves together storytelling and mixology to bring four chilling tales to life. Talk about re-inventing an event venue...especially now, during the summertime events.
The folks at The Mortuary have gone down the line re-inventing path many times. From Escape Rooms to Blood Weddings (which are very popular) to Santa's Holiday Fright Night. Just when you think they've tapped just about every unique idea, new ways to get not just eyeballs and eardrums interested, but a way to motivate actual bodies to get up and go somewhere and have a good time, was to say the least ~ inspired.
The
Macabre in Tales of the Macabre, was to be pronounced as it's Anglicized version (
Mah-Kaab as per Google), without the Brah at the end. Get a load of the Dark & Mysterious
Cocktails served in elegant crystal glassware.
This is one of those stand alone experiences that blends visual theatrics and delicious themed mixology with state-of-the-art lighting and special effects for a cocktail social event unlike any other...and that's just for starters.
Before you say, "now wait a New York minute", are you tellin' me that you're gonna serve alcoholic drinks during a live performance? The management is completely sensitive to being responsible with a watchful eye on keeping overindulgence at bay. They have a lot of rules to be followed there. Right down to offering Mocktails for under twenty-oners. To say it another way, if you might want a break from the ordinary, head on over to NOLA. The whole city is pretty much operating on all fours these days, so there's tons to do. Place Plug Here. Viva La Louisiana!
On the technical voice-over front, they wanted a voice that wasn't particularly scary, gooey and all that. But, a voice and character that conveyed story-telling and a bit of creep-i-ness.
The voice direction was; Think the seedy streets of England. Be good if he had a Cockney-ish voice to go with his conjured looking figure as he emerges from the shadows to let unsuspecting travelers in on a little known eccentric experience they might be findin' curious...just around the corner. Here, step this way guv'nor, I've got your back!
with Stefan Nadelman
Stefan had laid on me some extra special era breaking extrapolation Ai technology that like a QR code, made a photo instead of a squiggly square, come ALIVE!
Check out his re-animating Ai feature - It's Alive! And it's funny. Stefan put this on his IG a week ago and I'm seeing a lot of similar photo still animation developed throughout the internet spectrum. Those moving pictures you see off the link, have been static stills for close to 50 years now.
With the right Ai pumped in, they not only come alive but predict so-to-speak...like a car passing by or a bloke who for so long only made the shot glass to his lips, now takes a sip and says "Ahhh" afterward. This is leaps and bounds past our initial collaboration voicing Stefan's Terminal Bar characters. Damn, looks like I better start cataloguing these characters to feed into the Head Ai generator and then we'll all be immortalized till the second or third coming.
Come to think of it, although slightly morbid, if you have a digital or analogue to digital rendering of a person, such as a voice or video recording (a lot would be preferable) you'd be able to have a fresh conversation of a friend or loved one with the right algorithm Ai program. Think of it, being able to sit as we did when alive and have a conversation with the living at breakfast, let's say. Here's that word actually, but if you have enough voice or image data, and with further advancements in Ai, there's a good chance that the Ai conversation at breakfast would be more extrapolated and probably less repetitive, 'cause human's tend to be creatures of habit and repeat themselves. I guess, particularly as we get older. So, there, you can count on being more interesting than you ever were on earth...after you depart as it were, was...And to whomever would want to take the time to listen...that is!
Check out what else Stefan has been up to on his IMDb Page, including the 2025 "Don't Die" Netflix documentary about health advocate Bryan Johnson, where Stefan is director of visual effects and main title animation.
WHAT IF (Who you talking to ma? Oh, it's grt grt grandpa again. Just wanted to
hear his voice. You know, he always said boy, I'd love to be able to
talk to my great great grandchildren someday. You want to say hello honey? Sure
ma. Hi, grt grt gran pa, how's it goin'? Is that little Jamie, how's
soccer comin' along? Oh. it's just OK, you know. Sounds like somebody's got some competition on the field, do you have a handicap yet...)
