I step out of the makeshift elevator and silently curse how little of the room my glow stick illuminates. Blue light, it turns out, is the worst color for this sort of work, and I struggle to make out much of anything more than a few feet away. I am utterly unprepared for the nurse […]
“Will mommy be mad at me forever?” young Angela asks as her mom storms out of the room, belt in hand and desperate for her next heroin fix. STAG PRVT 2 “No, she’s just in a bad place right now. Things will get better. Nothing lasts forever.” I assure her. Angela snuggles up next to […]
The idea of gathering somewhere to get the pants scared off of you is hardly a new concept. People have enjoyed being collectively scared almost from the beginning. Yet in the 19th Century, something fascinating happened. An overall interest in the supernatural intersected with a sudden advancement in technology. For the first time, people could […]
This is part of Haunting’s Recollection series – it is a complete account of HVRTING’s show, The Byford Pledge. 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. While there are staff members at Haunting that both direct and […]
Tristan Wells emerged onto the immersive scene in 2018, as co-creator of I Pledge Allegiance, an immersive horror experience that blended escape room elements with an ancient tale of necromancy. From there, he joined the team at HVRTING, helping bring their satirical horror nightmares come to life. But in 2019, Wells stepped out on his […]
I sit in confessional. Instead of hard wood beneath me, there’s the comfort of a down cushion; instead of the patterned holes of a separator, there’s the soft glow of a laptop screen. Yet, the silhouetted visage on the other side is the same: an ear to listen, without judgement, without worry. “Why are you […]
We had long left the city of Barcelona behind. Winding roads carving through mountain terrain, snowy peaks in the distance, a distinct chill in the air. One more hairpin corner, and suddenly we are confronted with an imposing cooling tower, once part of a functioning hillside nuclear plant. Now part of Horrorland 2019, this tower […]
Thanks to the blindfold covering my eyes, I cannot see the doctor who has forced me to lie on the floor below her. That’s probably a good thing; it’s more than worrisome when she whispers to her fellow doctor that she doesn’t remember how to perform surgery on me. As my shirt is pulled up […]
A misting rain slowly slicks me down as I stand on a barren residential street in Chicago. I’m here to find the first location of True Terror II, the latest immersive horror incarnation of La Casa de Satanas – the 12th event from the company in their 7 year history, but the first sequel to […]
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