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There's a theatre group out of NYC that's been putting on super-intense haunted house attractions since 2009.
http://blackoutnyc.com/
The rules:
1. YOU MUST WALK THROUGH ALONE.
2. You must be over 18.
3. Stay on the marked path at all times.
4. You will be prompted to do certain actions. Please do exactly as you’re told. This is for your safety.
5. There is absolutely no speaking allowed inside. You can, however, scream as loud as you’d like.
6. Do not ever touch the actors.
7. Do not ever touch the walls.
8. You must wear a protective mask and carry a flashlight at all times. (We will provide both of these items for you. Please do not bring your own.)
If you have an emergency while walking through the house and need to be escorted out, please yell the word “SAFETY” as loud as you can. Stay where you are, remain calm, and someone will come to get you and bring you out. Once you call “SAFETY”, there are no refunds and there are no options but to leave.
Please be aware, you will encounter:
FOG – STROBE LIGHTS – COMPLETE DARKNESS
CRAWLING – STAIRS – LOUD NOISES – WATER
PHYSICAL CONTACT – SEXUAL and VIOLENT SITUATIONS
Damn. I mean, I know, without a doubt, I would not be able to go through that haunt. No way in heaven or hell are my nerves good enough. But it sounds flat-out amazing. I hope someone goes through and posts a detailed review online.
http://blackoutnyc.com/
The rules:
1. YOU MUST WALK THROUGH ALONE.
2. You must be over 18.
3. Stay on the marked path at all times.
4. You will be prompted to do certain actions. Please do exactly as you’re told. This is for your safety.
5. There is absolutely no speaking allowed inside. You can, however, scream as loud as you’d like.
6. Do not ever touch the actors.
7. Do not ever touch the walls.
8. You must wear a protective mask and carry a flashlight at all times. (We will provide both of these items for you. Please do not bring your own.)
If you have an emergency while walking through the house and need to be escorted out, please yell the word “SAFETY” as loud as you can. Stay where you are, remain calm, and someone will come to get you and bring you out. Once you call “SAFETY”, there are no refunds and there are no options but to leave.
Please be aware, you will encounter:
FOG – STROBE LIGHTS – COMPLETE DARKNESS
CRAWLING – STAIRS – LOUD NOISES – WATER
PHYSICAL CONTACT – SEXUAL and VIOLENT SITUATIONS
Damn. I mean, I know, without a doubt, I would not be able to go through that haunt. No way in heaven or hell are my nerves good enough. But it sounds flat-out amazing. I hope someone goes through and posts a detailed review online.
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Mind you, both times I have been to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios with Drew & Kristin, I have had to deliberately put myself in the mindset of "Awwww, creepy monsters jumping out at me! Hello, distant cousins!", but I still had a lot of fun.
(This last time, when we went through the Alice Cooper maze and one of the monster guys lunged out at me, I squeaked, then made the heart-hands gesture at him. He did it back and waved at me.)
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(That said, now I really want to go to a haunted house this year!)
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I like the idea of this, but some aspects of the execution are a bit much for me.
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I actually don't enjoy haunted houses. I used to be part of one for a few years, and that may have something to do with it, but I think it is mostly because I lived in *real* haunted houses the entire time I was growing up, and then once more as an adult (my mom likes a place to feel "lived in").
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This sounds too torture-porn influenced to be any fun. Everything short of the physical contact part sounds like it could be worked into something entertaining, but yeah.
The "alone" thing implies that they might get quite a long line at some points.
Ugh. Nobody but Noah get my consent to place me in sexual situations, thanks. Well, unless you count random ass-grabbings. And even then you have to be my friend first. Or the girl at the gas station that time. But she was friendly, at least. Also not a ghost.
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I'd also assume the sort of physical contact that's most scary is not the kind you can fight back against. That's so concrete and mundane. You just need the bad side of town for that sort of fright.
I'd love to try this, although the strobe lights would probably be bad for me.
BUT I WOULDN"T TELL ANYONE WHAT HAPPENED. Because I'm mean like that.
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YOU WOULDN'T TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED? You are mean.
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Admittedly, I would rather it didn't have the torture porn slant, but that it was much more of a super-amped-up ghost story. However, the idea of a super-intense scare maze fascinates me.
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Nekkid people being dismembered? ALL OVER THE PLACE.
And no, I wouldn't tell you. I'm mean like that. You should totally walk it yourself. Expend your own adrenalin.
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(This last time, when we went through the Alice Cooper maze and one of the monster guys lunged out at me, I squeaked, then made the heart-hands gesture at him. He did it back and waved at me.)
But wow, I am so curious about the BlackoutNYC thing.
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ps - i love your icon. love love love. i want him tattooed on me somewhere.
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