Skating with Spooky event Sunday is fundraiser for haunted house

Stelios Stylianou wants to open a haunted house in Monroe.

To raise money, he’s offering three Skating with Spooky events. This first one will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Dixie Skateland, 5179 N. Dixie Highway.

Tickets are $7 for adults and free for children age 8 and under.

“The event will have a 'Stranger Things' theme,” Stylianou, 31, said. “We will have ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s' cosplay along with indie wrestler Kenny Urban and Goose coming by to take pictures with the kids. We will be doing raffles all night for giveaways and prizes. Prizes include Spooky Films merchandise, ‘Stranger Things’ movie posters and collectible action figures from ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s.'”

Food and drinks also will be sold. The event is for all ages.

“It is a family friendly event. We will have Halloween decorations put up, but nothing that will frighten the kids," Stylianou said.

Stylianou co-owns and co-operates We Handle Candles, a home-based candle business and is a vendor at Flashback Antiques and Crafts at the Mall of Monroe. For the last 10 years he’s also owned the Michigan-based Spooky Spooky Films and worked as a videographer, director and set designer.

“I do much work in Monroe, filming with Brainjerk & the Development Group,” Stylianou said. “The skating event itself is based on Spooky Films. I do my best to incorporate my brand as much as possible.”

Proceeds from Skating with Spooky will help Stylianou create a haunted house this fall at the Robert A. Hutchinson Fraternal Order of Police Lodge, 1051 Strasburg Rd., Monroe.

“With any money raised, I plan to reinvest into a haunted house I will be hosting in Monroe in October. This is my first time hosting, but I will make it a yearly event from here on out,” Stylianou said.

This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Sunday skating event is fundraiser for haunted house