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Haunters: The Art of the Scare with Q&A with Cast

August 16, 2017 By Taylor Winters In AV Content, Conventions & Festivals, Interviews, ScareLA No Comments

At ScareLA, Haunters: The Art of the Scare previewed the first fifteen minutes of their documentary, a film that explores the hidden backstories and passions that drive some of the visionaries that create some of the best, most frightening, and most controversial haunted houses out there. While we were unable to film the movie, we were [...]

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Interview with Josh Randall Teases New Blackout and Immersive Project

August 7, 2017 By Taylor Winters In AV Content, Blackout, Interviews No Comments

Below is an exclusive interview with Josh Randall, co-creator of Blackout from ScareLA teasing Blackout's plans for 2017 and a new immersive project from Randall himself. Video by Cara Mandel Nine years ago, Josh Randall and Kristjan Thor dared to ask the questions: why haunted houses are marketed to young adult and teen audiences, why participants go [...]

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Thirteen Important Lessons for Immersive Theater Creators

July 26, 2017 By David Ruzicka In Creator Assistance, Essential Articles, Interviews, News, To The Community No Comments

For Immersive Theater Creators & Those That Want to Be One So, you’re an immersive theater creator, you’ve already been one, or you want to be one. You have a good idea – maybe even a great idea. Now what? Designing an “immersive” experience can seem lofty and perilous, only possible for those with the […]

Blackout Interview – The Antithesis of a Haunted House

May 31, 2017 By Taylor Winters In Blackout, Interviews, Overlook Film Festival, Review No Comments

Blackout has always been the antithesis of the current dogma of the haunted house. Blackout Interview. Nine years ago, they asked: why do you need to go through a haunted house in a group? Why are haunted houses marketed to kids? And why can’t a haunted house touch the guests? They decided to turn the […]

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The Overlook Film Festival – Making Immersive Work Panel

May 5, 2017 By Taylor Winters In ABC Project, Blackout, Bottleneck Immersive, News, Overlook Film Festival No Comments

From the intimate to the extreme, immersive experiences can range in style, tone, and inspiration. With a festival-long immersive horror game starting before you even arrive at the Timberline Lodge (Bottleneck Immersive) and intimate individual shows by both ABC Project and Blackout, The Overlook Film Festival was not shy at proclaiming its love for immersive […]

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The Overlook Film Festival – Curating The Best of Horror Storytelling

May 3, 2017 By Taylor Winters In Overlook Film Festival, Review No Comments

The Overlook Film Festival is more than a film festival. It is a festival honoring the best storytellers from around the world. Whether it’s through film, virtual reality, an immersive experience, a radio drama, or the spoken word, The Overlook Film Festival’s strength is in its ability to tell a damn good horror story. Welcome […]

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The Overlook Film Festival – Brilliant Films, Immersives, and Blackout

April 11, 2017 By Taylor Winters In News, Overlook Film Festival No Comments

The Overlook Film Festival is a four-day celebration of horror at one of the most iconic hotels in the world: The Timberline Lodge. For those unfamiliar with it, this hotel was used as the exterior of the infamous Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece The Shining. The festival will run at this location for the […]

The Appeal of Extreme Haunts, What They Are, and How to Start

January 18, 2017 By Taylor Winters In Audience Articles, Essential Articles, HVRTING, News, Quietus Horror, STAG: An Immersive Horror Experiment No Comments

What is an ‘Extreme Haunt?’ Extreme haunts give you the opportunity to live out your own horror movie. You will be placed in the role of the victim—and you will be handled as such. These haunts are not your stereotypical haunted houses with jump scares and latex masks; instead extreme haunts focus more on the psychology [...]

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Blackout 21 Chapter 1 Review

December 20, 2016 By Taylor Winters In Blackout, Review 3 Comments

Where do you feel the safest? Think about that for a second. Is it your home? The comfort of your bed? Is it at work when you’re feeling awake and productive? Or maybe it’s out with your friends, surrounded by those you love? Now what happens when that safety is removed? When someone […]