What Attracts You The Most To Haunted Houses?

[HailSkatan]

Personally for me its the atmosphere and approach of it all. Throughout the year, I'm busy with work or school, etc, but in October there's a genuine trip..haunted houses! Growing up being obsessed with horror movies and having a fascination towards the "darker side" of things, haunted houses are perfectly ideal for me. I remember the first one I went through when I was about 12 years old. It felt as if I left earth and entered this whole new dark world. Besides being terrified, I loved every second of it. Ever since then, I've had a pure obsession with them. Last year working in one, was one of the best things I've ever experienced and I plan to continue doing it for many years to come.

Now let's hear your stories..

[Luv2BScared]

Fear of the unknown....being in the dark, not knowing what could be lurking in there with me. I too grew up on horror flicks, and am constantly on the prowl for the thing that will truly make my blood run ice cold.

[Hellraiser15]

That adrenaline rush you get when the scare hits you. Your blood runs cold and your muscles clench. its the greatest feeling in the world to me

[HailSkatan]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hellraiser15 @ Aug 19 2008, 08:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4223)</div>
That adrenaline rush you get when the scare hits you. Your blood runs cold and your muscles clench. its the greatest feeling in the world to me[/b]

I really agree with you there. One of the best feelings ever. Can&#39;t really get that from anything else either.

[Skelterbet]

For me, it is watching my friends (and strangers) scream and run away from the monsters.

Call me mean or whatever. I don&#39;t scare easily, so for me it is definately having fun with (and at the expense of) my friends.

[Luv2BScared]

I really want to be scared half to death but I get so into all the eye candy in a haunt that it&#39;s very hard to scare me. And if I&#39;m with someone who is screaming and running I&#39;m way too busy laughing at them to get scared.

[Hellraiser15]

yeah im usually the one getting scared and runnibg away.

[HailSkatan]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Skelterbet @ Aug 23 2008, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4297)</div>
For me, it is watching my friends (and strangers) scream and run away from the monsters.

Call me mean or whatever. I don&#39;t scare easily, so for me it is definately having fun with (and at the expense of) my friends.[/b]

Haha, I have to agree with you there. That&#39;s one of the best parts of going with a big group.

[Luv2BScared]

I realy love watching people get scared, but it kills any potential scare for me. Maybe I need to go by myself through the haunts. hahah

[Hellraiser15]

i went through asylum 2 years ago with just myself and my friend. No one else went through but us two. it was a lot freakeir

[Luv2BScared]

It is MUCH better if you can go in a smaller group and can go when you won&#39;t catch up to other groups.

[Skelterbet]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Luv2BScared @ Aug 30 2008, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4360)</div>
I realy love watching people get scared, but it kills any potential scare for me. Maybe I need to go by myself through the haunts. hahah[/b]

Isolation is an ideal way to really scare people. Imagine a Haunt that forced everyone to go through alone...

Of course, then I wouldn&#39;t get to have as much fun laughing at my friends (and strangers), but the experience would be new and cool. Maybe even scary! I think someone should do it.

[Luv2BScared]

I think it would really cut down on the number of visitors to haunts if everyone had to go through alone. They would chicken out, or simply not go. There&#39;s plenty of people that chicken out even with their friends. Personally, I would love it!!

[redskittle007]

alone? no way I can barely do it with a friend.
and you all are big fat meanies! what is it with people lauging at other people gettting scared?!?!

[Skelterbet]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redskittle007 @ Sep 1 2008, 04:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4379)</div>
alone? no way I can barely do it with a friend.
and you all are big fat meanies![/b]

Big fat meanies? Hurm.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redskittle007 @ Sep 1 2008, 04:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4379)</div>
what is it with people lauging at other people gettting scared?!?![/b]

Well....because it is funny, after all...

[Luv2BScared]

I would be completely down to go alone!! I may just get scared for once....hmmmm
And yes, not only is it funny, it&#39;s downright hysterical! Not trying to being a meanie, but for those of us who don&#39;t scare, watching those who do is a real treat!

[WelchWitch]

Red...you laughed at others at Scream Park when they were getting scared. It&#39;s just not as funny when it happens to you.

[redskittle007]

well duh!!!! LOL
But I scare too easily so its usually ME who gets laughed at!!!!

[WelchWitch]

Very true, you are someone that tends to attract the actors who love to scare. You are someone that they love!

[Luv2BScared]

It&#39;s all in your body language. People who are scared tend to wrap their arms around themselves protectively or hang on to their friends with all they have. Actors see that and naturally go after them. When they see a person who walks through looking confident with their arms at their sides they just know that person will not scare easily. We learn to read these and many other signals unconsciously and them act on those signals.

[Skelterbet]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Luv2BScared @ Sep 1 2008, 10:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4385)</div>
I would be completely down to go alone!! I may just get scared for once....hmmmm
And yes, not only is it funny, it&#39;s downright hysterical! Not trying to being a meanie, but for those of us who don&#39;t scare, watching those who do is a real treat![/b]

I couldn&#39;t have said it better.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WelchWitch @ Sep 2 2008, 10:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4390)</div>
Red...you laughed at others at Scream Park when they were getting scared. It&#39;s just not as funny when it happens to you.[/b]

::BIG TOOTHY GRIN::

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redskittle007 @ Sep 2 2008, 01:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4391)</div>
well duh!!!! LOL
But I scare too easily so its usually ME who gets laughed at!!!![/b]

Look on the bright side: You make Haunts so much more fun to go through for us...um...big fat meanies. Which leads to the question, when are you going to which Haunts? We promise not to laugh at you, just near you....

[Skelterbet]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Luv2BScared @ Sep 2 2008, 08:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4399)</div>
It&#39;s all in your body language. People who are scared tend to wrap their arms around themselves protectively or hang on to their friends with all they have. Actors see that and naturally go after them. When they see a person who walks through looking confident with their arms at their sides they just know that person will not scare easily. We learn to read these and many other signals unconsciously and them act on those signals.[/b]


The most fun I had at a Haunt was at Scream Park on Haunted Denver night two years ago. While waiting in line I saw this lady who brought her 13 year-old (or so) son and his group of friends. Before going in they were all talking tough, but you could see they were a little nervous. The mom saw that too and just waited in line with a knowing smile. They went in and you could hear the boys screaming (and the mom laughing) when the zombies attacked.

Once I was inside I came upon them, the boys were holding onto each other and saying "That&#39;s it - We&#39;re done - where is the exit?" I pointed to the exit (which was easily accessible after going through the rest of the Haunt). They wouldn&#39;t budge until the mom assured them that they would be alright and I agreed that I would go through the rest of the Haunt with them. Two chainsaw guys (complete with screaming tough-guy thirteen year-olds, a laughing mom, and a laughing Skelterbet) and an Evil Clown (complete with screaming tough-guy thirteen year-olds, a screaming-while-laughing mom, and a laughing Skelterbet) later we made it to the exit.

The mom said that was the most fun she&#39;d had in years, and I agreed with her. Several of the boys commented how that was the scariest thing they&#39;d ever experienced...and then one of them said "Yeah - that was cool. Can we do it again?"

Haunts. Chicken Soup for the Twisted Soul.

[WelchWitch]

I tell you its almost better then a swamp cooler attached to my back door window of my Delta 88 on a hot day back home in Alabama!

I was going to say better then sex.... but I was being good!!

[Hellraiser15]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Skelterbet @ Sep 3 2008, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4405)</div>
The most fun I had at a Haunt was at Scream Park on Haunted Denver night two years ago. While waiting in line I saw this lady who brought her 13 year-old (or so) son and his group of friends. Before going in they were all talking tough, but you could see they were a little nervous. The mom saw that too and just waited in line with a knowing smile. They went in and you could hear the boys screaming (and the mom laughing) when the zombies attacked.

Once I was inside I came upon them, the boys were holding onto each other and saying "That&#39;s it - We&#39;re done - where is the exit?" I pointed to the exit (which was easily accessible after going through the rest of the Haunt). They wouldn&#39;t budge until the mom assured them that they would be alright and I agreed that I would go through the rest of the Haunt with them. Two chainsaw guys (complete with screaming tough-guy thirteen year-olds, a laughing mom, and a laughing Skelterbet) and an Evil Clown (complete with screaming tough-guy thirteen year-olds, a screaming-while-laughing mom, and a laughing Skelterbet) later we made it to the exit.

The mom said that was the most fun she&#39;d had in years, and I agreed with her. Several of the boys commented how that was the scariest thing they&#39;d ever experienced...and then one of them said "Yeah - that was cool. Can we do it again?"

Haunts. Chicken Soup for the Twisted Soul.[/b]

Haunted house: 15 $

Gas money to get there: 70$

Seeing 13 year olds wet themselves:...Priceless

[Mort]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hellraiser15 @ Sep 3 2008, 03:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4414)</div>
Haunted house: 15 $

Gas money to get there: 70$

Seeing 13 year olds wet themselves:...Priceless[/b]
Being one of the chainsaw guys:....Even more priceless!

[Luv2BScared]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WelchWitch @ Sep 3 2008, 12:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4410)</div>
I tell you its almost better then a swamp cooler attached to my back door window of my Delta 88 on a hot day back home in Alabama!

I was going to say better then sex.... but I was being good!![/b]

You? Being good? That&#39;s like me saying I&#39;m an angel!! hahahaha http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif

[redskittle007]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Skelterbet @ Sep 3 2008, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4404)</div>
I couldn&#39;t have said it better.
::BIG TOOTHY GRIN::
Look on the bright side: You make Haunts so much more fun to go through for us...um...big fat meanies. Which leads to the question, when are you going to which Haunts? We promise not to laugh at you, just near you....[/b]

Yeah... like I will tell you now! You really are a meanie! *hmph* Walks away in a huffy mess.

*screams at own shadow*

Dammit!

[Luv2BScared]

We&#39;d only laugh a little bit Red...c&#39;mon, tell us!!! http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[Hellraiser15]

Personnaly ive got to stick to my tradition of going to Brutal Planet on the first saturday of october.

[Skelterbet]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redskittle007 @ Sep 4 2008, 11:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4423)</div>
Yeah... like I will tell you now! You really are a meanie! *hmph* Walks away in a huffy mess.

*screams at own shadow*

Dammit![/b]

::GRIN::

I&#39;m really nice, err, outside the Haunts....promise.

[redskittle007]

lol ok suuuurrreeee.
well...hopefully I will be at the "major" haunts on openening nights. OMG i am so excited...like so so so so so excited. People at work seem to look at me like I am a psycho woman whenever ANYTHING that involves halloween shows up...eeek!

[Luv2BScared]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hellraiser15 @ Sep 4 2008, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4431)</div>
Personnaly ive got to stick to my tradition of going to Brutal Planet on the first saturday of october.[/b]

So now we know where to find you!!!


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redskittle007 @ Sep 5 2008, 05:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4437)</div>
lol ok suuuurrreeee.
well...hopefully I will be at the "major" haunts on openening nights. OMG i am so excited...like so so so so so excited. People at work seem to look at me like I am a psycho woman whenever ANYTHING that involves halloween shows up...eeek![/b]

People at work look at me the same way.
Everything I have on my desk is morbid and dead including my favorite pen! Everyday is Halloween!!

[redskittle007]

haha...im reading what I wrote again. god i sound like im 14...someone spare me! Why am I so excitied!! even my roommates are getting annoyed :-\ lol

OH DEAR OMG OMG OMG happy happy joy joy

[Hellraiser15]

feel free to come find me that saturday. ill be waiting

[Luv2BScared]

Red,
you&#39;re excited cuz this is the BEST time of year....nothing tops it!

Hellraiser,
I&#39;ll be looking for ya!

[redskittle007]

hahaha yeah i guess
and brutal planet...the only one i know of is at eletches....is it the same one?

[Luv2BScared]

Yep, same one.

[redskittle007]

k i will BE there...count on it!

[BPFX]

"Fear of the unknown....being in the dark, not knowing what could be lurking in there with me"
http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif this year some of my actors get IR goggles http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wacko.gif

"Haunts. Chicken Soup for the Twisted Soul"
**sniff** , never has truer words been spoken
"Seeing 13 year olds wet themselves:...Priceless"
casting up some yellow skulls right now to hand out as actor awards http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif
brown skulls on the outher hand, only handed one of thoes http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

[Luv2BScared]

Are you serious? IR goggles? Y E S!!!!!! Something in the dark with me that I can&#39;t see but I can sense, maybe hear or feel?? OMG, it&#39;s like normal people&#39;s Christmas!!!! The start of the season will never get here fast enough!! Which haunt is yours BPFX??? Oh wait, is the haunt in your screen name???

[SChaser783]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Luv2BScared @ Sep 15 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4549)</div>
Which haunt is yours BPFX??? Oh wait, is the haunt in your screen name???[/b]

That was my guess too.

[Hellraiser15]

ahh yes, perhaps it stands for Brutal Planet Effects. Just got that

[Luv2BScared]

I think we&#39;re right...at least I hope so or we all look ridiculous...lol

[Darkkefka]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Skelterbet @ Aug 23 2008, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4297)</div>
For me, it is watching my friends (and strangers) scream and run away from the monsters.

Call me mean or whatever. I don&#39;t scare easily, so for me it is definately having fun with (and at the expense of) my friends.[/b]

That&#39;s definitely one of the best parts of being an actor, all night long just watching people scream/run/panic/cry/pee/attempt to hide

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hellraiser15 @ Aug 24 2008, 10:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4315)</div>
yeah im usually the one getting scared and runnibg away.[/b]

Yeah, last time I saw you, you were on the run http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hellraiser15 @ Sep 3 2008, 03:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4414)</div>
Haunted house: 15 $

Gas money to get there: 70$

Seeing 13 year olds wet themselves:...Priceless[/b]

Seeing 23+ year olds wet themselves:...Super priceless

Being the one who caused it: Geez I&#39;d pay for that kind of fun.

[Hellraiser15]

welcome back DarkKefka

[That one guy]

I used to go to to have fun, get that adrenaline rush. Now nothing really scares me, I mainly go to see what is new and creative in the haunts, I am a BIG fan of sitting at an exit watching the big buff, macho dudes push their girlfriends into the chainsaw guy as they run away from him.

[Skelterbet]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (That one guy @ Sep 22 2008, 04:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=4692)</div>
I am a BIG fan of sitting at an exit watching the big buff, macho dudes push their girlfriends into the chainsaw guy as they run away from him.[/b]

Or hold on to them as they try to run so the chainsaw guy can &#39;get&#39; them.

Not that I would do any such thing...

[WelchWitch]

I love it more watching the big buff macho dude run from the chainsaw guy to get away!

[Darkkefka]

I have to say a big part of the fun of being an actor is watching who gets scared and finding their weakness and exploiting it. Security coming up to you at the end of the night and letting you know that it was you who successfully made some loose control of one or more bodily functions is great too...

The "down side" is not being able to remember the last time you were the one who was afraid. http://www.octoberlounge.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif