Fear comes from the unknown. It’s a surprise in the dark; the dread of what might come next. Events like Blackout and Alone capitalized on this by sending guests in one by one. But this isn’t a sustainable business model – and haunted houses across the ages have adopted a higher throughput, sending groups in, […]
I open the glass door to Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre on a cool Monday evening, cooler than most during springtime in North Hollywood. For once, it’s deathly quiet inside the tiny black box. There are no deafening screams to be heard, nor the moody bassline of an improvised soundtrack. There is just one man, high […]
This review of Zombie Joe’s Urban Death: Tour of Terror contains very minimal thematic and format spoilers. A deep ominous drone envelopes us as we sit inches apart in the pitch black. A nervous energy fills the air, and I hold my breath in anticipation of what might appear out of the darkness next. […]
This Halloween season the darkened doors of Zombie Joe’s Underground Theater Group will slowly slip open and summon guests inside to experience Urban Death: Tour of Terror. The show will run on Friday and Saturday nights, October 6th – October 28th, plus Monday October 30th and Halloween night, Tuesday October 31st. A special press and haunters performance will be held Thursday, October […]
In the darkness, we hear a tapestry of sounds: the indistinct chatter of children, the slamming of locker doors, the scuffing of sneakers on linoleum tile. It’s a cacophony immediately recognizable to anyone who has ever spent time in the halls of an American public school. As the lights come up we see a lone […]
As I enter the theater for 2017’s Urban Death: Tour of Terror, I see a slight woman standing in the center of the stage. She looks (surprisingly) rather beautiful: dressed in a gown that is elegant but not gaudy, and lacking the apparent ghoulishness that we expect from characters in most Zombie Joe’s Underground (ZJU) […]
This is part of Haunting’s Recollection series – it is a complete account of Death Project: Ritual. It contains full spoilers and is intended for readers who have attended or could not attend the show, or are curious about this creator’s work. It is past midnight. Though it is June, the air is cold […]
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