Haunted Houses?

[ThisAdamGuy]

Up until a few years ago, I used to spend every October working at one of the local haunted houses. Then adulthood got in the way, and I just didn't have the energy to spend my days working a full time job and my nights scaring people in a hot rubber mask. It was volunteer work, with the money all going to various children's charities (we gave people heart attacks so kids won't have them!) but I loved it so much I didn't mind doing it for free. Man, I miss that. Growing up sucks, doesn't it?

Anyone else have any happy haunted house memories? Anyone planning on going to one this year?

 

[Eldoria]

Honestly, I'm not afraid of ghosts or anything like that. A burglar brandishing a gun is scarier than a ghost suddenly appearing in a dark house. My last experience in a haunted house was pretty ordinary... all the scare tricks just made me say "oh." Nothing special.

Well, I don't know why I've become so rational. When I was little, I was afraid of going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. But now I don't feel anything. It's not that I don't believe in ghosts or anything like that. In the religious scriptures, supernatural beings (like angels, demons, and the like) do exist, but they rarely bother humans by appearing. And you know, most apparitions on the internet are just exaggerated fabrications. I'll just say, "Oh."

 

[ThisAdamGuy]

A burglar brandishing a gun is scarier than a ghost suddenly appearing in a dark house. all the scare tricks just made me say "oh." Nothing special. I don't feel anything. And you know, most apparitions on the internet are just exaggerated fabrications. I'll just say, "Oh."

 

[CharlesEBrown]

The last time I had anything to do with a haunted house, it was in the then-abandoned (re-opened the next year) dorm on my college campus and run by the Business Department. Had a friend in the business program, and he dragged me through it, then asked if I'd be willing to help work it. Having nothing else to do, I agreed and guided three or four groups through, then spent half an hour as a monster before they called it a night.
Best was the drunken group that was more terrified by the mundane stuff than the stuff that was supposed to be scary. Just hilarious to listen to their reactions.

 

[ThisAdamGuy]

Best was the drunken group that was more terrified by the mundane stuff than the stuff that was supposed to be scary.

Drunk people are almost impossible to scare. The rule at my place was to not even try. Instead, make them laugh. Crack them up once, and they'll laugh their way through the whole haunt.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Drunk people are almost impossible to scare. The rule at my place was to not even try. Instead, make them laugh. Crack them up once, and they'll laugh their way through the whole haunt.

Maybe they were high and not drunk. Definitely not sober at least. When they got lost in the sheet maze, we had to put two sheets back up before the next group because one of them got entangled and took two down getting out - but then they hit the center with a badly made spider and freaked out over the "big hairy thing" one of them bumped into (a mop head on a string) - I think one of them even screamed at that...

 

[ThisAdamGuy]

I always tried to do both. Scare them, then make them laugh. I always played the insane redneck, and I had a whole routine.

"Howdy! My name's Fred! I like puppies, and ponies, and LSD, and HDTV! Will you be my friend? I said WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND?!"
"Welcome to the slaughterhouse, folks! You know how we tell the difference between the piggies and the people here? The piggies..." *lunge at them* "SQUEEEAAAAAL!"
Sometimes I'd have my room set up so there was an obvious hiding place where they'd always assume I was going to pop out of. I'd let them walk past my real hiding spot, quietly join the group, then yell "WHAT'RE WE HIDING FROM?!"
"HEY, WHAT'RE WE RUNNING FROM? WAIT FOR MEEEEEEEE!"
Sometimes I wouldn't say anything and would just see how long I could walk with them before they noticed me.
I've had groups come in single file, jumped out at the guy in front, and made human dominoes.
Sometimes I'd have another guy in the room with me. He'd scare them from the front, I'd scare them from behind, and we would play "Scare Tennis" for a little bit.

Man I miss that...

 

[antoniokjl]

When a haunted quest-room first opened in our city, it was something totally new. Crowds were lining up to check it out with friends, and sometimes even alone. No one told us what would happen inside — just pay and get in if you were on the list.

So when our group finally got in and started doing the quests, it was honestly terrifying. Everyone was running around, screaming… and one of my friends even hit his head on a wall because a guy in a pig mask with a chainsaw ran straight at him ?

Later we visited similar rooms in other cities, and they didn’t feel that scary at all. The one in our town was way more intense — like, on a different level compared to the others.

Kinda funny how the first experience always sticks with you the most.

 

[ThisAdamGuy]

Когда в нашем городе впервые открылась квест-комната с привидениями, это было нечто совершенно новое. Толпы людей выстраивались в очередь, чтобы заглянуть туда с друзьями, а иногда и в одиночку. Никто не говорил нам, что будет внутри — просто плати и проходи, если был в списке.

Так что, когда наша группа наконец добралась и начала выполнять задания, это было, честно говоря, жутко. Все бегали, кричали… а один мой друг даже стукнулся головой о стену, потому что прямо на него бежал парень в маске свиньи с бензопилой

Позже мы посетили подобные комнаты в других городах, и они показались нам совсем не такими уж страшными. Та, что была в нашем городе, была гораздо более интенсивной — как будто на другом уровне, чем остальные.

Забавно, что первый опыт всегда остается в памяти дольше всего.

申し訳ありませんが、私はフランス語を話せません。