H'ween parent filter Halloween is for little kids, but it's also for scares. I found this to be helpful in determining when it's appropriate for the twixt to meet.
posted by Straw Cab
on Sep 23, 2011 -
34 comments
From 1988-1994 game designer
Richard Garriott ran one of the most elaborate, interactive '
haunted houses in the world from his own
house, a sprawling mansion custom built in part to house the event. After 1994 there was a break for Garriott's new house to be built (with more customization just for haunt use). Many had lost hope, but now 15 years later
it's back.
posted by djduckie
on Oct 8, 2009 -
17 comments
With all the terror in the news lately, it's easy to forget that the Halloween season is upon us. Everyone's entitled to one good scare (besides that loan you need), and there's probably a haunted attraction popping up in your neck of the woods right now to provide it. Born of a storied history including
phantasmagoria, the
Theatre du Grand Guignol, and Midnight
Spook Shows, haunted houses are now a
500 million dollar a year industry and the stuff of
urban legend. Whether you prefer something more
authentic,
theatrical,
cinematic, or
truly horrifying, there's a spook house for everyone. If, of course, you have the nerve.
(Grand Guignol previously)
posted by Roman Graves
on Sep 26, 2008 -
26 comments
I didn't get to go this year to haunted houses so please let me live vicariously through your exploits. It was bound to happen: this here's the compulsory
first semi-annual HAUNTED HOUSE CRITIQUE MeFi thread! Feel free to share your stories of your favorite haunted house adventures this year. Where'd you go? How annoying were the lines? What was there? Didja pee in yer pants or didja punch out the guy with that obnoxious bleeding Screams mask? There's one in every crowd this year. Did they do the classics or go for modern scares? Who'd ya bring with you? Didja take point or hide in the back? You know the last one in the group is always the guy they attack in haunted houses. Anybody touch ya? You gonna sue? Give us the whole skinny.
posted by ZachsMind
on Oct 31, 2001 -
5 comments
Haunted House = No STDs! "As visitors make their way through a dimly lit, S-shaped maze, they view startling, full-color photos of canker sores and genital warts on male and female genitalia infected with syphilis, chlamydia or gonorrhea. An empty casket at the end sends a message that death awaits anyone who does not practice safe sex."
posted by adrober
on Oct 30, 2001 -
8 comments
