Nightmare Cruisers hearse club president Steve Frey, left, shows off his “Open Casket Bar and Grill” during the inaugural Scream Cruise, Hosted by the Nightmare Cruisers Hearse Club.

Nightmare Cruisers hearse club president Steve Frey, left, shows off his “Open Casket Bar and Grill” during the inaugural Scream Cruise, Hosted by the Nightmare Cruisers Hearse Club. (Photo: Brandy Baker /The Detroit News)

An end-of-summer creepy car show offered a new treat for car aficionados in the Detroit area.

“Scream Cruise” took place in Pontiac, MI in August, a day after the 21st annual Woodward Dream Cruise celebration of classic car culture.

Glen Konopaskie, executive director of the Pontiac Downtown Business Association, tells The Sun Sentinel that the car show and a motorcycle block party were designed to bring attention to Pontiac’s growing business district as well as custom motorcycles and car clubs.

Konopaskie says the “Thunder in Pontiac Dream Cruise Festival” sought to attract groups that can’t or don’t participate in the traditional Dream Cruise.

Hearse enthusiast Jake Ohse tells MLive.com that the vehicles are “pieces of machinery that were made to work” and were “not just a macabre thing to look at.”

Sources: Sun Sentinel, www.sun-sentinel.com/, MLive.com