If the Royal Sovereign Republic of Satanas had a national anthem, it would be a ceaseless span of shrieks and percussive blasts. I would know. I’ve relinquished my American citizenship to join the RSRS. As I defected or emigrated, I fell into the stern embrace of one of Chicago’s leading underground extreme haunt purveyors, […]
In a city starved for haunts and frightening immersive events, residents of San Francisco are clamoring for admittance into the 21-and-over-only Terror Vault. Billing itself as “a brand new, fully immersive, and completely terrifying haunted attraction,” and charging a steep $60, the 40-minute inaugural show from Into the Dark production company is unfortunately a dud. […]
Only in retrospect did I realize when I died. It was during a VR experience. My demise, perhaps my murder, was neither painful nor personal. It was abstracted and colossal, on a planetary, or perhaps a cosmic scale. Yet this death was not an end, but rather a beginning. I died during Second […]
Haunting had an opportunity to chat with Scott Shigeoka, Melinda Lauw, and Treigh Love, members of LavaSaga, a new Bay Area theater collective. Their show “Second Chance” used a safe experiential evocation of death to guide guests to a greater appreciation of their own lives. Lauw is co-producer of Second Chance along with Shigeoka, who […]
Whipped, humiliated, crucified, at the cusp of death, Jesus Christ speaks to me from the cross: “This is how much I love you! I suffered so that you wouldn’t be a slave to sin! I died so that you could live with me in heaven! I love you so much!” Having said this, he […]
The Experience We don’t talk about the safe word, and we don’t talk about what happens when the doors close and we put our masks on. I’ll talk about both. The night of Heretic: Devil begins gently, even tenderly. Outside a martial arts studio in downtown San Francisco, Adrian Marcato offers me the […]
While California is still the world center for haunts, Pennsylvania is perhaps the country’s most underappreciated haunt state. With major locations in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia metro areas and various other sites scattered throughout the state, Pennsylvania is rapidly becoming worthy of a standalone October trip for haunt fans. Typically avoiding the intensity of […]
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