The show happens nightly with multiple performances beginning at 6:15 p.m. next to the Batman ride. Watch video
By the light of day, Rashawn Garrett is a friendly public relations coordinator and Human Resource Supervisor at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson.
As the sun sets over the theme park, Garrett transforms into a terrorizing zombie with killer dance moves as a member of the park's popular Dead Man's Party song and dance show.
"This is my favorite time of the year," he said. "I'm a performer at heart."
The show happens nightly with multiple performances beginning at 6:15 p.m. next to the Batman ride. Garrett usually has to boogie right on over right after the procession in the park -- known to fans as "The Awakening" -- which kicks off at 6:05 p.m.
"It's really cool, because one of the songs I dance to is (Oingo Boingo's) Dead Man's Party, " said the 25-year old Trenton resident.
This is Garrett's eighth year in the show, which is introduced by the ominous "Dr. Fright." Each character has a solo song in the 22-minute production, and Garrett makes the most of his stage time donning a Michael Jackson-like Fedora and working in a little moonwalk into his routine.
"It really depends on the personality that I bring to my costume each and every year. I do have the hat which I tilt to the side with my wig, with the plaid pants, the suspenders, the vest, the tie and the suit jacket," he said. "It's a fun time."
The always energetic performer said that he is always having fun with his choreography. He credits choreographer -- So You Think You Can Dance alum Ashle Dawson -- for giving the performers the freedom to "be ourselves and perform our characters."
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"Depending on what night you come, you may see me doing something completely, utterly different," he said. "We do have reign to make our characters come alive."
Garrett grew up at Six Flags. In 2005, the then 15-year-old Trenton Central High School student landed a job in the admissions department, and quickly moved on to Season Pass processing and other opportunities.
His first love, however, is performing. Garrett studied his craft at All That Jazz Dance Academy in Hamilton and Broadway Dance Center in New York City, training in tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, and contemporary dance. All of this comes into play when he hits the stage every weekend at Fright Fest.
"A lot of people have been coming to the show since I have been in it, and they say it gets even better every time," he said. "That show in our park is really iconic, and has a nice following, too."
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Fright Fest will run every weekend until Nov. 1. Children under 12 can gather sweet treats in the Trick-or-Treat Trail and have non-frightening fun at the Spooktacular Street Party. Entertainment includes the shows Hypnosteria with comic hypnotist Denny Moore, the magic act Doc Swan's Sideshow of Oddities, and Bad Bob the Bone Butcher, a Wild West themed show.
At 6 p.m., the festival transitions to Fright by Night when 200 zombies are released into the midways during The Awakening.
According to a release, "an array of crazy clowns, mutants and angry flesh eaters mingle among mortals throughout five themed areas known as "scare zones," three haunted houses and four outdoor terror trails."
New attractions this year include: Big Top Terror-3D, an indoor carnival themed maze, Demon District, with lasers and fog, and Blood Shed, billed as a "gory slaughter farm."
