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 […]
Happy Halloween, Haunters! extra tv We’ve got some really wonderful video for you today. Our Editor-In-Chief, Taylor Winters, was featured in this year’s extreme haunt piece for Extra TV. We at Haunting and sister scare company HVRTING are honored to be showcased in this piece along with such creators as Josh Randall and Kristjan […]
102. The number is written in black ink and pasted across my chest. 101 and 103 stand to my sides, our feet behind a taped threshold. A man in black pants, black shirt, and black hat shines a flashlight directly at me – and then at a small X made of tape on the north […]
It’s rapidly approaching, folks! Today, Blackout announced their Kickstarter, designed to fund and keep ticket prices down for their eagerly anticipated Halloween show in New York City this October. Blackout Kickstarter. Donation tiers range from $25 (a thank you from Blackout) all the way up to $1000 (2 guaranteed tickets, 2 one hour backstage […]
At Midsummer Scream, Josh Randall, co-creator of Blackout, sat down to teach his first ever class on the use of touch in extreme haunts. Below are key points from that class, lessons from Blackout’s past, and a description of the basic tenets of safety they use. While this is not applicable to all experiences and […]
From the Editor: Usually when a article is turned in to be published, it comes complete. However, this one was not; I received only half of the Recollection in my email. I asked Jon Kobryn what happened, and all he said was “Check your mailbox.” I complied, and inside was a manila envelope containing a set […]
Off the side of the I-15 freeway in Ontario, impossibly thick fog rises from the heart of the Scandia Family Fun Center. The Nordic-themed amusement park is typically home to miniature golf and go-kart racing, but each Halloween season, it becomes home to Haunt, a simply named series of traditional walkthrough mazes which marks its […]
Tonight our founder and editor in chief Dr. Taylor Winters sat down with Extra, introducing their viewers to the concept of immersive theatre and highlighting some of this and past Halloween seasons’ most buzzed about companies and shows. Take a look at the link below! Immersive Horror: The Final Frontier of Fright […]
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