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The Dent Schoolhouse
5963 Harrison Ave., Cincinnati OH 45248
Info: https://dentschoolhouse.com
The Dent Schoolhouse takes place in a schoolhouse that was built back in 1896 and contains a gruesome legend… The Janitor of the school, Charlie McFree is said to have killed a large number of the student body over a period of 10-20 years. Hiding their bodies within the basement, the smell became to much and alerted the town of Dent… discovery of the hellish scene has made a permanent residence in the basement. The building is said to be haunted by both the lost children… and The Janitor! The Dent Haunted Schoolhouse is consistently selected as one of the best haunts in America.
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THE DAM HAUNTED WOODS presents HILLBILLY HELL
3460 TN 75, Kingsport, TN, United States, Tennessee
Info: https://www.facebook.com/the.damhauntedwoods/
This year, you are invited to MEET THE DAM FAMILY in what we locals are calling … HILLBILLY HELL
Experience over a quarter-mile long trail of TOUCHABLE TERROR with our contact attraction where WE CAN TOUCH YOU!
Your senses allow you to experience full body horror as you make your way through the condemned property with tales of hillside killers and cannibal mountain men filling your mind.
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Bennett’s Curse
7875 Eastpoint Mall, Baltimore, MD 21224
Info: https://bennettscurse.com
If you have a heart condition, Bennett’s Curse’s jump scares will “cure” you – permanently!
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Psycho Path: The Dark Ride
1517 E 106th St N Sperry, OK 74073
Info: https://psychopathhaunt.com
The Dark Ride is a combination of elements of a theme park ride where you ride from scene to scene with the high-intensity scares of the more traditional haunted houses brought together to created a totally new outdoor haunted experience. Being outside gives us the advantage of real fog, real sounds, real smells, real moonlight, and real creatures lurking just out of range of the lights. We regularly hear coyotes and owls howling just over the fence. Knowing those sounds are real only enhances the experience and besides, who isn’t afraid of being in the woods at night? Those brave enough to venture into the Dark Ride will climb into their own Scareage, a custom vehicle, Owner, Victor Marquez designed specifically for Psycho Path. While most outdoor haunts rely on noisy tractors to pull a wagon, the Psycho Path Scareages are so quiet riders will hear leaves rustling or twigs snapping in the darkness. Some of the sounds are man-made, and some are not, but they all combine to enhance the 20 minute journey through the heavily-wooded land. Along the way, you will pass through scenes filled with custom props, buildings, and oh yeah, creatures that spring out when you least suspect it. We offer this final warning: “Once you climb aboard, there’s no turning back”. Riders are not permitted to leave the vehicle after the ride starts, so you’ve got to be up to the challenge of the Psycho Path. We like to say “it may be your only way home.”
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The Haunted Road + Human Slaughterhouse
15239 Lake Pickett Road Orlando, FL 32820
Info: https://www.facebook.com/TheHauntedRd/
The Haunted Road – Human Slaughterhouse Edition immersive drive-thru experience is more frightening than ever with the addition of a walk-thru haunted slaughterhouse house at the end of the road. Start with the haunted drive along Lake Pickett Road in Orlando where flesh-craving ghosts are seeking revenge upon foolish mortals. Those who make it to the end of the line can park their car and test their nerves against the walk-thru Human Slaughterhouse.
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Crawford School of Terror
125 N 7th Street, Connellsville, PA 15425
Info: https://www.facebook.com/Crawfordschoolofterror/?ref=page_internal
School is in session! For some, that is scary enough. On the surface, Crawford School of Terror reaches back into our subconscious and brings out our adolescent fears from our childhood. Teachers, homework, classmates, failure, rejection, and maturity are all common fears of school and our youth. Aside from those fears that Crawford will dissect, there is deeper lore to this school. Drawing parallels from the movie The Crush, Margarete was a lovesick sixth grader with a dark past that was head over heels for her teacher. She would stop at nothing to have him, including murder. After a series of horrific events, she has been permanently trapped in these halls for eternity, each year bringing more unfortunate souls with her.
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The Wicker Manor presents Haunted Mine
9222 E 53rd Avenue, Denver, CO 80238
Info: http://www.wickermanor.com
Now that summer has passed and fall is upon us – what better way to celebrate than with a local home haunt inside a Central Park family’s garage? They have been building extremely detailed haunted houses in their garage for years now in order to raise money for various charities. The haunted house is called Wicker Manor and it’s located in Wicker Park. This season the Wicker Manor has built an entirely new haunted house for kids and adults to experience – it’s a haunted gold mine! Once you enter the mineshaft you will take an elevator down into the mine. From there – we have no idea what happens. But I’m sure your family will be brave enough to find out!
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Bane Haunted House
618 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
Info: https://banehauntedhouse.com
After years of frightening the residents of New Jersey, Bulletproof Production’s Bane opens its doors in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. Bane is a thirty-minute walk-through haunted house that innovates beyond tradition by separating guests at multiple points during the experience. Further, guests will be asked to crawl, slide, spin, and explore to find their way through the attraction. While actors can touch audience members, it’s not an extreme haunt in the traditional sense. But regardless of form, it’s an incredibly frightening experience for fans of all intensity levels.
Bane does not utilize a single theme within its walls, but rather uses a shotgun approach in which all phobias are touched on at some point. Whether it’s clowns, nuns, zombies, or hillbillies, you’ll face them all. Further, everything from coffins or morgue lockers to wells are used to separate groups. These are used to perfection, too – as guests are not immediately reunited with the party right after. Instead, guests will continue down different paths of different lengths, ensuring that parties are permanently separated for the remainder of their tenure at Bane. This is the most fear-inducing part, raising the number of safeties beyond any normal haunted house.
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USS Nightmare
101 Riverboat row, Newport, KY 41071
Info: https://ussnightmare.com
After being unable to set sail last season, the USS Nightmare’s vessel is back with a vengeance! Not only will you be on an actually-floating haunted house, but you’ll also navigate the cargo holds, engine rooms, machine shops, crew’s quarters, the pilothouse, and the experimental medical chambers as you watch these ornery operators try to build the ultimate super-crew member! You can expect adult situations and language, more extreme special effects, cast & crew can touch you, separation from your group, more darkness and intense horror, and the potential to get wet and dirty (so please dress accordingly).
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Terror in the Corn at Anderson Farms
6728 County Road 3 1/4, Erie, CO 80516
Info: https://terrorinthecorn.com
COLORADO’S ULTIMATE HAUNTED HOUSE EXPERIENCE. Terror in the Corn is open each Halloween season between September through October 31st. Stay updated by liking our social media via Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for information, special discounts, dates, pricing, auditions, etc.… TERROR IN THE CORN is 10 acres of fear offering an immersive experience into a world of the unknown. You and your friends will wind your way through a massive corn field filled with your darkest fears… leading to the town of Raven’s Gulch where you will make your way through its abandoned buildings and darkened streets to face the nightmares that greet you at every turn.
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A Haunting in Hollis
211-17 Hollis Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11429
Info: https://ahauntinginhollis.com
A Haunting in Hollis is a 5-STORY, REAL in-home-haunt. The walk through consists of our two-car bloody garage, the “dungeon,” 13 rooms filled with horror, over 20 live actors, PLUS Two 40ft pitch black outdoor mazes with dead ends (you will get lost)! The only way to exit the house is through Satan’s Slope, a steep slide with a 20 ft drop! (Alternative Handicap (or scaredy-cat) Accessibility Available).
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Atrox Factory
8404 Parkway Dr, Leeds, AL 35094
Info: https://www.atroxfactory.com
Atrox Factory is a 50,000 square foot Alabama entertainment complex located near Birmingham. The theme is based on altering your mind’s experience from what you expect. Fear and fright are abnormal so the facility only admits children above the age of 12. Dr. Slain, your host, leads you through dark passages into rooms with bloody autopsies. You will feel the blood splatter and moisture. Expect to encounter monsters and chainsaw carrying creatures along your minds dark journey. Here you might be grabbed, touched, or pushed by the actors. The 30 minute experience leads you to run for your life. After 10 years of terror, Atrox Factory provides an indoor waiting area complete with a movie, concession stand, restrooms, free parking, wheelchair accessibility and great FX imaging. They use mirrors, sound, motion, fog, lights to create cool scenes throughout the building. The only drawback is the long waiting lines because of the popularity of Atrox Factory. Wait times can be hours.
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Terror in the Trees
444 Jacobs Cemetery Rd, Lucasville, OH 45648
Info: https://www.facebook.com/TerrorInTheTrees/?ref=page_internal
You will experience intense audio, lighting, extreme low visibility, strobe lights, fog, damp or wet conditions, special effects, sudden actions, and an overall physically demanding environment. You should NEVER ENTER a haunted house if you suffer from asthma, heart conditions, prone to seizures, physical ailments, respiratory or any type of medical problem, or are pregnant or suffer any form of mental disease including claustrophobia. DO NOT ENTER the attraction if you are intoxicated, wearing any form of cast, medical brace, using crutches, or have any type of physical limitations. Do not enter the attraction if you are taking medication or using drugs of any type. DO NOT ENTER IF YOU SUFFER FROM ASTHMA, HEART CONDITIONS, SEIZURES, OR ANY TYPE OF MENTAL, PHYSICAL, RESPIRATORY, AND OR MEDICAL PROBLEMS. DO NOT SMOKE, RUN, EAT, or DRINK inside the attraction.
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Scare House
2012 Butler Logan Rd, Tarentum, PA 15084
Info: https://www.scarehouse.com
Scarehouse is a extreme haunted attraction for the most daring of patrons. From high voltage effects to security screenings before you enter, this place is definitely not for the faint of heart. “You will be touched, restrained, and hooded. You will be tormented, challenged, and scared out of your mind.”
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Haunted Plantation
94-695 Waipahu St, Waipahu, HI
Info: https://www.facebook.com/HauntedPlantation
The Haunted Plantation has been recognized not only as Hawaii’s scariest Halloween attraction but one of the best haunts in America. Why, do you ask? Because the plantation village is haunted… not just at night, or during the month of October. Legitimately haunted. Of the village’s 25 plantation houses, approximately half of them are legitimately haunted. The village is so haunted, it has been featured on Syfy, The Travel Channel, and Buzzfeed. According to the Hawaii Plantation Village staff, more than a dozen actors at the haunted attraction have quit throughout the twelve years the attraction has been open — and now, actors are not allowed to work in the houses by themselves due to supernatural activity.
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Haunted Overload
20 Orchard Way, Lee, NH 03861
Info: https://hauntedoverload.com
Haunted Overload is simply one of the most creative and unique haunted attractions in New England. Now located on the DeMeritt Hill Farm on Route 155 in Lee NH. The show has twice been voted one of the top 13 haunted attractions in the country. In 2014 Haunted Overload won ABC’s Great Halloween Fright Fight.
Focusing on quality, we are committed to giving the customer the ultimate Halloween experience at an affordable price. Nowhere else can you see huge monsters looming over the crowd, some as tall as 34 feet. The authentic farm location provides the perfect backdrop for the hundreds of lighted pumpkins and movie quality sets. Most of the one of a kind props are designed and created by founder Eric Lowther.
The haunt is changed and expanded each year to give the patron something new and exciting to experience. The night time haunt, while artistically done is extremely scary and parental discretion is advised for younger or sensitive children.
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The Haunted Hilltop
8235 Hwy 58, Harrison, TN 37341
Info: http://www.thehauntedhilltop.com
Your night begins two miles outside of the Chattanooga city limits. You pull up at the bottom of a dark steep hill. You then begin your slow ascent to the top. All you can see up on top of the hill is a house and flashing lights. When you arrive you see a house, barn, a big bonfire, cemetery and a cornfield. You follow along a fence and a trail of tape, passing a large screen TV playing a horror movie. When you arrive at the door, you knock. The door swings open and the house looks empty. Your palms begin to sweat and your knees begin to shake. You can tell this isn’t a normal house. Are you up for the horror within?
The Haunted Hilltop returns, voted as Chattanooga’s Best and Largest Haunted attraction for the third year in a row. This attraction includes a huge haunted house, a dark maze, long terrifying haunted hayride through the woods and cornfield, and over 50 professional live actors nightly. You will also get to experience the longest vortex tunnel in the south.
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Haunted Hoochie
13861 Broad St SW, Pataskala, OH 43062
Info: http://www.deadacres.com
Haunted Hoochie has a reputation. It’s the bad boy in the neighborhood moms don’t want their sons hanging around and dads pray their daughters don’t date. Every year the Hoochie crawls out of its primordial swamp to terrorize, scandalize, and shock.
Often labeled ‘extreme,’ its all-out assault on good taste, common sense, and basic decency is not for everyone. If you don’t like it, be assured the Hoochie doesn’t care and will be content to mock you and flick its boogers at you. By its own admission, the Hoochie is ‘not recommended for anyone!’
Consider: the first scene features a shotgun suicide, and from there it’s a nonstop, breathtaking attack that throws a little bit of everything at you and the wall you’re flattened against. Flaming pentagrams, a lady that goes full Lorena Bobbitt on a captive dude, another unfortunate soul getting sawed in half, and a belligerent cast that takes visitors way out of their comfort zone.
We think the Haunted Hoochie is a helluva lot of fun and an amazing experience. Our visit was a refreshing blast of foul air that acted as a caustic corrective to some of this miserable year’s more unfortunate complications.
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RISE
10342 Hwy 442, Tickfaw LA
Info: https://risehauntedhouse.com
In an experiment that went terribly wrong, or amazingly right, depending on your point of view, the dead have been awakened. Mindless zombies thirsty for blood…Awakened souls seeking revenge for their interrupted slumber…Evil infested bodies eager for human flesh…No one is safe from the hordes of hungry undead when they catch the scent of human flesh. Bring a Friend…Expect to leave ALONE…
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Hellwig Hollow
7480 Harris Rd, Canyon, MN
Info: https://www.facebook.com/hellwighollow
Hellwig Hollow is a terrifying half-mile walk through the woods on a haunted trail about 20 miles northwest of Duluth, in the unincorporated community of Canyon. The trail is open from 7 to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights in October and 7 p.m. to midnight on Halloween night. Admission is $15. Participants should wear closed-toed shoes and dress for the weather. Ages 13 and older are permitted; parents must accompany those age 13-16. No smoking, drugs or alcohol on site.
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Haunted Hunt Club Farm
2388 London Bridge Road, Virgina Beach, VA 23456
Info: https://hauntedhuntclubfarm.com
There were 4 of us ages 40 to 74. My dad kept saying it was going to be so corny and he was only going because it was something to do on our vacation. It ended up being the most terrifying experience of all of our lives! They put so much work into it, so much thought and detail! Highly recommend. You can even have a quick bite while you are there.
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HorseAbility Haunted Hay Barn
Apple Rd N, Glen Head, NY 11545
Info: https://www.lihauntedhouses.com/halloween/horseability-haunted-hay-barn-ny.html
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The Shallow Grave
701 42nd St NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881
Info: http://shallowgravefl.com
Thaddeus Van Buren didn’t feel like he had a choice. His family was starving and the undertaker didn’t make enough money to feed them. What was he to do? Let them die? No. That’s how The Shallow Grave, a haunted house attraction in Winter Haven, begins.
Joe Phillips, who works as a truck broker, always wanted to be a writer and comic book artist but when those plans fell through, he decided to go all-in on his haunted house idea. “I made some money, had some savings and I decided to stop asking ‘What if’ and decided to take a shot and see if I can make a pro attraction and see if I can compete with these so-called big boys,” Phillips said.
It takes more than 80 crew members to put on the production and a budget of $125,000. Phillips said crews have gone far past that number but is not surprised because he went 125 percent over budget last year.
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Castle of Chaos
7980 S, State St, Midvale, UT 84047
Info: https://castleofchaos.com
Castle of Chaos is the “home of hands on horror”. This is an extreme haunt. Some of our actors have been trained to give you a “special” level of Hands On treatment. Not only can the actors touch you, but they can move you as well. This can include picking you up, dragging you off, getting you wet, placing things or our pets on you, restraining you, mock torture, putting you in things, and anything else that is legal and safe.
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p.s. Hey. ** David Ehrenstein, Yep, agreed on all fronts. Hey, it’s been a long time since you’ve done a new FaBlog post. I miss it. ** Misanthrope, Hi. Ah, but competence is the most overrated virtue in my book. The lionising of competence is what has made the majority of prominent books and music and films so dire. That said, I haven’t seen Mr. Styles act yet, so I don’t know nothing. Yeah, I’m waiting for some trusted opinions on the Chalamet cannibal flick before I hit the cinema. I like the premise, though, duh. There’s plenty of drive and challenging and daring, etc. stuff going on out there right now. Dare I say this blog’s ongoing content is proof? I’ve never gotten the fart as funny thing for some reason. Although I do get the whoopee cushion chuckles thing. May our respective weekends win a boogaloo dance contest. ** Dominik, Hi!!! I haven’t seen the movie, but I will bet the novel is hugely better. LA will be fun and busy, for sure, and hopefully the latter part will get us somewhere very advanced on the film. I’ll tell you all about it. Comedy of errors: Zac and I misjudged the set time for Destroyer’s gig and arrived there just as he was starting his last song! Luckily he did a four song encore, but still. And he was really great even bitesized. And, no other sighting of him. Thanks to your love for sparing my fingers. And yours too! Love magically transporting all of those haunted houses up there to Budapest’s central square, assuming you have one, tonight and giving you a golden ticket, G. ** Jack Skelley, Jelley! Nice binge, of course. Dude, that Mexican place was fucking good. I shit you not. I hope Lawndale are planning to dress up like GWAR for the occasion. If not, you still have some hours. Wait, tonight? After our Zoom Club, I guess? See you once your portion of the sun rises. ** _Black_Acrylic, Another SJ binger. What were the odds? Oh, that’s sad about the class cancellation, but, yeah understandable, and so you and your shorties will go ballistic on the Flash crowd, no doubt. Best weekend possible! ** l@rst, Hey! Busy, me too, thankfully, given the alternative. Great about the Poets Studio! It does sound ultra-cool! Envy making even. Fuck the imaginary reader with a theoretical truncheon! Ooh, flip book! I love flip books, and outta your head especially! I’ll be so there once I’m outta here. Everyone, The mighty, mighty l@rst is making a new zine, which is big news in and of itself, but, on top of that, he has a devised a related flip book that you can flip through, and obviously I really think you should and will be chuffed that you did. Don’t wait, click this. ** Jamie, Fist bump, Jamie. Thanks about the post, pal. As I told Dominick, Zac and I sadly fucked up and only arrived as he was starting his last song. But he did a generous encore at least. But he was great, really great. Sorry about your Celtic. Or Celtics. I used to care about the Dodgers baseball team and know that pain of disappointment well. Doesn’t last long, though. This weekend? Today I’m having a coffee with the very ‘T’ from this here blog. Tonight I have my biweekly ‘Zoom Book Club’ with some American writer pals where we read a text and watch a film and talk about them plus just shoot the shit. For tonight we’re doing Godard’s ‘Vivre sa vie’ and a play by Caryl Churchill called ‘Here We Go’. Otherwise Zooming with our film’s casting person and maybe see a movie and who knows what else exactly. What did you get up to exactly? Electrical banana love, Dennis ** Jeff J, Hey, Jeff! Good to see you, bud! I’m really happy to hear your retreat was so productive and that you’re still on literary fire. Best feeling ever, no? Nearly complete draft, whoa! Hm, no, I can’t think another novel that used that devise. I think ‘Rules of Attraction’ begins mid-sentence and ends mid-sentence? Excited to hear the new Julien Calendar. I saw big props re: it on Facebook this morning. Everyone, Masterful novelist Jeff Jackson’s musical project/band …and here he steps in … ‘Julian Calendar just released a new 3-song EP. It’s a left turn for us and big step forward. Created using samples, keyboards, MIDI recording. Pandemic forced us to throw out all the old tools + start fresh. Here’s the link‘. Yum! Film prep is in a good phase. Zac and I are traveling to LA a week from this coming Monday to spend three and a half weeks hiring crew and finding locations and auditioning actors, and we’re excited to finally get to work. There are still funding issues, but we feel confident we’ll get the money we need one way or another. I’m working on short fiction when I can, mostly a longish thing that, if I can get it to a satisfactory place, will determine whether I’ll potentially have enough work for a collection. Thanks for asking, man. Biggest weekend ever! ** Prince S, G! Wonderfulness to see you! Awesome about the post’s resonance, thanks. I’m good, moving forward on the film finally. I hope my cameo in your dream was of the positivity-adding sort. How are you? What’s happening? ** Brian, Hi, buddy! Sore eyes instantly quelled! Thanks, I’m good. The film is finally proceeding, and that’s mostly what I’ve been waiting for. Ah, great, about the post’s novel being zeitgeist-y in you. Thank you so much about ‘Ugly Man’, especially that you liked ‘The Ash Gray Proclamation’. I think that’s one of the best things I’ve ever written actually. So, yay! Anyway, yeah, thank you in general, that means a ton, man. And the Evenson and the Meijer too! I haven’t talked to Maryse in ages. I need to. She’s great, as a person too. Where are you living in the city? What’s the best or else worst aspects of your current classes. Lucky you about the NYFF. Zac and I go o LA for three+ weeks on the 17th to work on the film, so that’s exciting. Otherwise, things seem to be generally of a positive bent, I would say. Seeing and reading and listening with pleasure. Great to see you! Don’t be any more of a stranger than you absolutely need to. xo. ** Okay. Here’s the national edition of my haunted attraction roundup for 2022, and, with luck, one of those amazing joints up there is even near you so you can check it out and tell me how amazing (or not) it was. See you on Monday.
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Yeah, I do hope that the busy part of your trip will swipe all further obstacles and uncertainties out of your way, and you can start shooting the film as planned when the time comes!
Oh, no! The Destroyer gig! That’s really frustrating! A few months ago, I went to see Red Hot, and one of the performers playing before their show was Thundercat. I’m not too familiar with his music, but my brother loves him, so I was planning to record a few songs for him. But there was an issue at the venue neither its website, nor my ticket mentioned (they only let visitors in at certain gates, and I literally had to take a 30-minute walk to reach the one assigned to my ticket), and I missed his entire set. I was really fucking pissed.
Thank you, love! This is a really heavy selection! Some of them are genuinely creepy. Love offering to turn any of the above attractions into your Hungarian vacation home, Od. (Which one would you pick? I’m undecided between The Dent Schoolhouse and a Haunted Overload attraction.)
I haven;tdone a FaBlog for some time because I’ve been concentrating my energies on completing “Raised By Hand Puppets.” It’s had mny forms over the years vecause it’s about Tim, Love and Loss. Essential matters.
Thanks for sharing, I hope I didn’t disappoint by you thinking the flip book was one of those things where as the pages moved things dance around!
There’s a haunted drive-in up in Washington with a different movie all at once. We were almost gonna go see Scream but I told T it was $60 per car.
She’s like “drive-ins should be like $20.” and I was like yeah but this is haunted so they have dudes running around in costumes from the movie scaring you. She didn’t know that! So now I wish I had just paid the money and watch her reaction when the first creep pops up outside her car window!!!
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That Dark Ride attraction seems tailor-made to suit your interests. Any chance you guys will be paying that one a visit on your imminent tour?
Thank you for sharing; I have a very early memory of sneaking into a haunted house and being absolutely petrified to the point of weeping. I’ve had a weird preoccupation with them beginning with my early adolescence as a result, so this made for fascinating reading.
Great news on the arrival date for the L.A. trip. I hope it all goes smoothly and quickly once you and Zac get there.
I was interested in BLONDE at first, since I liked Dominik’s THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES… a great deal, but its only fans seem to be the kind of guys whose favorite movies are ANTICHRIST & NATURAL BORN KILLERS.
Too bad about the Destroyer gig, but it makes a good story!
Hi, Dennis! I commented on the previous post too late last night. Well, it was just saying hello & thanks… not really a comment on the posts. Apologies. By the way, sounds like we can’t meet in LA this time. Hopefully, in NYC, soon. … Among these places presented above, I love Haunted Overload. It looks like a secretive art space. I feel cozy, woody, protected by looking at it. Anyhow, I can see why all the rest in the post are your favorite haunted houses… truly scary stuff… very cool. More soon after this long holiday weekend here. Best of luck with your trip planning!
Holy Hell… so many great haunted houses!
Dennis, the wheels are turning on the link/links. I’ll email you as soon as I get it/them… (and post a flesh copy over to you later on).
Hey, Dennis,
Still think I’m too anxious a person to actually brave any of these amazing houses myself, but your enthusiasm and the fine sampler you’ve assembled has me wondering if I should make the attempt. I’m so glad to hear the wheels are turning re: the film—a film related to this post’s subject, if I recall correctly? That’ll be a treat. “The Ash Gray Proclamation” was the major stunner in the collection and I’d agree with your high estimation of it among your own fiction. I find it an absolute puzzle to think about and describe, which is a good thing, of course. I’m living in the same dorm I lived in last fall, a residence in a banal region of the Upper East Side. It’s very comfortable and an easy commute. The best aspects of my classes…well, my schedule is light, and I mostly like my professors. The only major bummer is that my Gothic literature class, which is the one I was most looking forward to, only teaches two novels, Frankenstein and Northanger Abbey, and the latter is a dull parody of the Gothic, and I feel the need to almost argue against it in class. The major upside is another independent research project, this time on “The Damned”, but I haven’t even really started it yet…but I will. A trip to LA sounds wonderful. Not your first since the shut-down, I assume? Hope the weeks are well-spent wandering through haunted houses even scarier and more artful than the extremely impressive ones you’ve documented here.
hey Dennis – Love this round-up of haunted houses. Is there a particular one of these houses that, if money/travel/time was no object, would be top of your list to visit?
Thanks for sharing the Julian Calendar link. Love to know what you think of the EP when you have a chance to check it out. This new batch of tunes feels like a departure.
Glad to hear the short story writing is happening and that film planning is going well. Exciting that the LA trip is imminent, too. Any chance you’ll be visiting Michael S – or heard any updates? Bookworm hasn’t returned yet and hoping he’s okay.
Recently finished rereading ‘Carpenter’s Gothic’ and was bowled over by it. Not sure why some Gaddis fans seem to think it’s lesser than. I know it’s a favorite of yours. If you can recall, were there particular things that made it stand out for you, esp. apart from his other work?
Hi Dennis, great to hear you’re working on a new film. Obviously, I can’t wait to revel in it. When can I watch it?
I wish I knew what was happening… I’m sure you’ve heard the news by now; it’s all very strange, unpredictable, hopeful, and a bit terrifying (my brother happens to be in the country right now…) But who knows, perhaps victorious things will come out of the chaos… On a less terrifying note, my new poetry book will come out next month. I’m sorry I know I haven’t sent you the previous one yet, but now you’ll get it double! The dream was quite unsettling actually… To begin with, I was so thrilled to be seeing you in person – you were absolutely radiant and magnetic – but then we bumped into one of my lesbian acquiantances in Paris, and you two vibed so hard you just forgot I was even there. At first, I was behaving patiently, but then I really wanted to leave that crowded café in Paris, in which I was being ignored and forgotten… This became my conflict, how to leave without coming across as an annoyed, spoilt, intolerant child… at this point, my cat saved me by waking me up. It was 6ish am. Hope you won’t judge me for this dream. I have had more joyous ones about you.