The Nightlight Circus arrives in the quaint town of Pondermere. Only open after dark – when it’s “magic time” – this mysterious circus boasts astounding acrobats and dancers, a terrifying mirror maze, and other oddities such as the dragon carousel and the stern but talented fortune teller, Madame Magiya. The circus forbids unaccompanied children, however […]
The gruesome murder of Goro Smith has the small town of Pondermere hiding all sorts of secrets. On the grounds of the beautiful Kimura Mansion, an art deco home now operating as a museum, Mr. Smith, a relative newcomer to town, was found stabbed to death with his body sliced into thin ribbons – over […]
BLACKOUT pioneered the full-contact immersive horror genre in 2009 and further refined it over the next decade. Heretic remixed the theatrical haunted house idea in 2012 and added aggressive brutality that would become synonymous with the extreme haunt name. These two horror experiences served as forefathers for the genre and inspired a very small, but […]
Would you ever attend a show if you knew nothing except for the title and the company producing it? Unwrapped. That is the exact question that sparked through the minds at Faceless Ventures (FV) when they unleashed Unwrapped on the world – a show they called “Our gift to you”. And indeed, apart from a mysterious […]
Below is a critical review of the HVRTING Extreme Card game, and more specifically, the Faceless Venture’s collaborative experience in which the game was played. While some members of Haunting helped develop the card game, those members had no input or contribution to this review. Five pairs of eyes shift around the room […]
In immersive horror, fear is key. But placing your guests in a state of simulated chaos without ever placing them in actual danger requires a safety-oriented team. In doing so, they must ensure that the environments, scenes, and content are safe and that both actors and creators have prepared for as many circumstances as possible. […]
The Ciccone Tapes was a private show created by Faceless Ventures that occurred on June 9th 2018 in the North of England. It was part of the mythology of Cracked – Survival Experience, an endurance haunt where the willpower of guests is tested by the enigmatic Blake Ciccone. In The Ciccone Tapes, participants arrived as detectives […]
Below is a Recollection–this is not a review, but rather a full spoiler walkthrough of the author’s experience in Cracked vs. Heretic’s RELAX, an extreme haunt by Cracked and Heretic. As RELAX will not be remounted, it is safe to read this and not be concerned with spoilers. For recollection of both nights with fewer spoilers, […]
Below is a Recollection–this is not a review, but rather a walkthrough of the author’s experience in Cracked vs. Heretic’s RELAX, an extreme haunt by Cracked and Heretic, a battle between Adrian and Blake. This recollection is vague and does not contain spoilers beyond general themes and memories. This experience in this form will never be […]
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