I made a post about attendance now I have a post that may not sound nice to the industry. There is another trend heading our way and it WILL kill this industry or turn it into something most of us will want nothing to do with. Ready? Here we go.
These are things parents and patrons are saying they are starting to see in haunts:
Stripper Poles with girls in bra and panties (put some make up on and it's a haunted stripper pole. Right.)
Young girls with little clothing in near rape situations or extreme violence
Fettish rooms
Exposed breasts.
Okay haunters is this where the industry has to go? Do we need to go this route to get more customers? Forget about saying 18 and older disclaimers, they never are enforced. I saw a quote from a haunter of a photo with a zombie and 3 strippers in his haunt "blood sluts and gore" really folks? Haunted houses are a family affair. If we go this route the industry is done for. Parents will not allow the kids to go, news stations will have negitive press and soon we will go back to the dark ages of the 70's...an obscure shady attraction that only creepers go to.
Let's take a hard look at ourselves, use our imaginations and keep the clothing on our young women in the haunted houses. Taking the easy way out to attact crowds by adding strippers is wrong, for a time people will come to see it but it will bite not only you but everyone else in the end. Think creatively, think of the kids coming through, would you want your child to see a girl being defiled in a haunt or being tortured while half naked?
Yes we all have violent scenes in our haunts, blood and guts. That's fine when done right.
Pushing the envelope in good taste and sex is a recipe for an industry wide DISASTER.
What are your thoughts? Experiences?
Stu,
The Haunting
These are things parents and patrons are saying they are starting to see in haunts:
Stripper Poles with girls in bra and panties (put some make up on and it's a haunted stripper pole. Right.)
Young girls with little clothing in near rape situations or extreme violence
Fettish rooms
Exposed breasts.
Okay haunters is this where the industry has to go? Do we need to go this route to get more customers? Forget about saying 18 and older disclaimers, they never are enforced. I saw a quote from a haunter of a photo with a zombie and 3 strippers in his haunt "blood sluts and gore" really folks? Haunted houses are a family affair. If we go this route the industry is done for. Parents will not allow the kids to go, news stations will have negitive press and soon we will go back to the dark ages of the 70's...an obscure shady attraction that only creepers go to.
Let's take a hard look at ourselves, use our imaginations and keep the clothing on our young women in the haunted houses. Taking the easy way out to attact crowds by adding strippers is wrong, for a time people will come to see it but it will bite not only you but everyone else in the end. Think creatively, think of the kids coming through, would you want your child to see a girl being defiled in a haunt or being tortured while half naked?
Yes we all have violent scenes in our haunts, blood and guts. That's fine when done right.
Pushing the envelope in good taste and sex is a recipe for an industry wide DISASTER.
What are your thoughts? Experiences?
Stu,
The Haunting
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