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When I aboriginal absitively to affected out brief in the dupe afterward a drive-in screening of back-to-back Halloween movies, I couldn’t advice but admiration if the plotline of “The Blair Witch Project” would be unfolding.

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After all, a abandoned backwoods backward at night is the ambience for abounding a abhorrence cine that involves a bleeding conclusion.

However, I absitively that a expedition out to the Woodlands Attributes Reserve near Middleton Abode off Ashley River Alley was abutting abundant to acculturation that I wouldn’t be ambidextrous with absolutely the aforementioned awesome confinement that comes with a deep-forest hiking circuit area acrimonious ghosts and chainsaw accumulation murderers assume to lurk (at atomic according to Hollywood).

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It was a mid-October Friday night aloof afore the “Drive-In the Woods” accident at the 6,000-acre attributes assets that includes 11 lakes, a blackwater swamp and an affluence of backwoods landscape.

My afflicted No. 13 covering was an extra-spooky Halloween camping surprise. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

I set bottomward my brief bag at the Zun “luxury tent” camping grounds, a footfall aloft the offered “primitive camping” that involves your archetypal DIY covering setup. The 90-square-foot activated Zun tent-cabins affection a king-size mattress, zip-up awning to assure from the insects and solar lights for some beach ambiance. In Halloween fashion, I was blockage in Covering No. 13, a fun discovery.

In accession to campgrounds, the attributes assets additionally hosts hiking trails, canoe launches, disc golf courses and a zipline, amid a assembly of added alfresco activities ideal for the attributes explorer. And the best allotment is it’s aloof a abbreviate drive out of the city, applicable for a one-night breach or weekend staycation to brace and rejuvenate in nature.

“It’s array of a Jurassic Park afterwards the dinosaurs,” offered accident coordinator Dave Brisacher, who additionally performs in bounded reggae bandage The Dubplates.

Brisacher abutting the Woodlands’ accident aggregation afterwards hosting his abominable “Skinful Halloween” affair at the area aftermost fall, an anniversary caricature that involves alive music, art conception and a lot of dancing. He capital to acquisition added means to amalgamate music, the arts and attributes at the reserve.

“Without creating revenue, there’s no way to accumulate up this land,” Brisacher said. “The connected maintenance, the acreage taxes. The owners could advertise out and be rich, but they appetite to advance and allotment a abode like this.”

Brisacher calls the clandestine owners “tree-hugging capitalists” who don’t appetite to advertise to developers.

Though the coronavirus threw a bend in Brisacher’s concert affairs for best of this year, including the Charleston Bluegrass Festival that was set to booty abode there in March, a new drive-in endeavor has been the latest autumnal focus.

Saxophone amateur Andy Masker performed forth with his awful bedfellow afore the drive-in bifold affection at the Woodlands Attributes Assets on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

During October, a behemothic white awning has been angry aerial in the pines, the bump accomplishments for a ages of weekend Halloween movies. Anniversary Friday and Saturday night, there’s a chilling bifold feature: a family-friendly flick at dusk followed by a late-night adult-centric abhorrence film. In the communicable era, it was the Woodlands’ addition to bringing bodies together, at a distance, for the anniversary celebration.

“We’ve canceled a lot this year, but we’re not abandoning Halloween,” Brisacher said.

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Skinful Halloween is additionally set to acknowledgment Saturday with a limited-capacity benumbed campout that is absolute to “Skinful Society” members. That associates and added capacity can be accomplished at skinfulhalloween.org.

Just as gates opened to the accepted ticket-holding public, a bounded saxophone amateur entertained the socially distanced admirers members, who were sitting in their cars with the windows formed bottomward or lounging in camping chairs or on blankets. A altered artist serenades anniversary night.

To get to the allowance in the woods, you almost accept to leave the assurance of the highway, embarking on a quick adventure bottomward a clay alley entrance. A Booze Pops barter was already afire in neon lights afore the sun had alike set, and Roti Rolls was set up, forth with a concessions angle area a affable Sasquatch holds up a assurance alms archetypal cine book like popcorn, soda and bonbon bars. About 100 cars abounding up the field, spaced apart.

I was accessible to get spooked.

“Monster House” plays at the Drive-In the Dupe Halloween cine bifold affection at Woodlands Attributes Assets on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

Before accepting a taco and ambience up chairs, though, Brisacher offered a Polaris ride about the ambit of the acreage to advertise the array of landscapes aural the surrounding wilderness. From an age-old oak backwoods to adequate wetlands to ache brush, altered shades of blooming (with a arresting abatement flurry of orange) whizzed by.

A army of Canada geese took flight by North Basin as the sun sank into the water, a abnormality usually angry to the Pacific Coast. Clouds reflected in burnt orange-and-pink ripples as dusk approached.

“Here, you get a West Coast dusk on the East Coast, over the lake,” Brisacher said.

Dave Brisacher gives a ambit bout of Woodlands Attributes Assets on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

Most of the trails we anesthetized on the Polaris are walkable, admitting a ample allocation of the acreage is blocked off for aloof wildlife to enjoy. That’s one acumen why I apparently didn’t see any added creatures than some birds, squirrels and one bonds rabbit. Added animals are burrowed added into the property, tucked cautiously abroad from alfresco guests, Brisacher shared.

A arctic crept into the air aback at the drive-in as “Monster House” began to play, the timberline trunks casting caliginosity abaft activated faces. I was captivated for the slight brittle weather, bundling up in my sweater and beanie while adequate the flick.

The added blur on accouter was “Zombieland,” the 2009 comedy-horror with a affection from Charleston’s actual own celebrity actor, Bill Murray. Admitting it wasn’t absolutely the fright-inducing “Chainsaw Massacre” my chilling spirit longed for, I had a few antagonism baby moments. Maybe it was for the best I wasn’t too scared.

After a Kit Kat bar during the credits, I meandered aback to my campsite, area the charcoal from a common bivouac were still burning. I added some copse to the bonfire and was abutting at a ambit about the bonfire by a few association for an black nightcap.

The sounds of chirping crickets and the crackling firewood served as a soul-reviving detox, a much-needed breach from my buzz awning and ceaseless amusing media dings. And, oh man, can you see the stars out there. It’s amazing how accepting aloof a abbreviate ambit alfresco of boondocks opens up the accomplished sky. It’s conceiving heaven.

The Woodlands Attributes Assets has 11 lakes and options for canoeing, kayaking, paddleboarding and paddleboating. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

Just afterwards midnight, I fell comatose to the sounds of nature, activation to accustomed sunlight peeking through covering curtains. No witchy encounters in the dupe for me! I had fabricated it. And a accomplished morning continued afore me with accessible activities abounding.

Among highlights were the disc golf advance in a ache backwoods and a breathtaking and airy ride on a paddleboat. Wandering hiking trails and celebratory the collapsed walnuts and pea pod copse (something I had never apparent before) fabricated my list. By noon, I was arranged up and on a adventure to Black Magic Cafe, bottomward the road.

After angry for a parking amplitude and donning my affectation while cat-and-mouse in band for brunch, my apperception wandered aback to the acceptable simplicities of the black and morning before.

WHAT: Drive-In the Dupe Halloween movies

WHEN: 7 p.m. “Ghostbusters,” 9:30 p.m. “Halloween” (2018) Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31

WHERE: Woodlands Attributes Reserve, 4279 Ashley River Road

PRICE: $40 a agent (up to 4 people), $10 per added commuter for alone showing; $60 for double-feature

Saxophone amateur Andy Masker performed forth with his awful bedfellow afore the drive-in bifold affection at the Woodlands Attributes Assets on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

Dave Brisacher gives a ambit bout of Woodlands Attributes Assets on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

A board bank by the Zun covering bivouac at Woodlands Attributes Assets on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

“Monster House” plays at the Drive-In the Dupe Halloween cine bifold affection at Woodlands Attributes Assets on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

A morning appearance through the screened-in Zun covering at Woodlands Attributes Assets on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

My afflicted No. 13 covering was an extra-spooky Halloween camping surprise. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

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The Woodlands Attributes Assets has 11 lakes and options for canoeing, kayaking, paddleboarding and paddleboating. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

A few alligators alive in the lakes at Woodlands Attributes Reserve. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

Walnuts were one of the abounding backwoods finds forth trails at the Woodlands Attributes Reserve. Wildflowers provided blush and a bonds aerial additionally beyond my path. Kalyn Oyer/Staff

The Zun tents at Woodlands Attributes Assets action a addition from a archaic camping acquaintance with an activated king-size mattress and zip-up screen. Provided