This is a continuation off another topic, but I think its a good one. Im curious to see what others look for in a haunted house.
I will start this off with my own personal preference. I like to get scared. A haunted house that is scarier will leave more of an impact on me when I leave than one that is lets say a "museum". Tons to look at, but nothing scary. Now, being a 30 yr old male, its hard to really get that hair on the back of my neck to raise, buts its been done.
I personally do not see anything scary or "haunted" about a room filled with neon dots and day-glo paint. Maybe in a fun house, but not a haunted house. I also do not get scared by anything "non-existent", such as aliens, werewolves, frankensteins, huge killer clowns, etc...Maybe when I was a kid, but not anymore.
What does scare me is dark, old hallways. People who actually look like killers (because you never if its some crazed guy in a mask or not). Realistic fear is what gets me. Maybe its because all of my favorite scary movies are those such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, House of 1000 corpses, Devils Rejects, The Shining, old Friday the 13ths, and etc...
All of the scary characters portray a real person. Not an imaginative figure that you know will never exist. I prefer haunts with a more realistic theme. An old farmhouse setting with a killer family sounds better to me than a Toxic landfill of geneticallty mutated poeple. Then somewhere in the mix you throw in a scary clown and the infamous dot room. It just doesnt make sense and thats about where I lose it.
The main point is, everybody has their own things that scare them more than others. My friend is totally petrified by clowns. It cracks me up, but it shows some people have different views on what scares them most. So I was curious to see what scares you guys?
I will start this off with my own personal preference. I like to get scared. A haunted house that is scarier will leave more of an impact on me when I leave than one that is lets say a "museum". Tons to look at, but nothing scary. Now, being a 30 yr old male, its hard to really get that hair on the back of my neck to raise, buts its been done.
I personally do not see anything scary or "haunted" about a room filled with neon dots and day-glo paint. Maybe in a fun house, but not a haunted house. I also do not get scared by anything "non-existent", such as aliens, werewolves, frankensteins, huge killer clowns, etc...Maybe when I was a kid, but not anymore.
What does scare me is dark, old hallways. People who actually look like killers (because you never if its some crazed guy in a mask or not). Realistic fear is what gets me. Maybe its because all of my favorite scary movies are those such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, House of 1000 corpses, Devils Rejects, The Shining, old Friday the 13ths, and etc...
All of the scary characters portray a real person. Not an imaginative figure that you know will never exist. I prefer haunts with a more realistic theme. An old farmhouse setting with a killer family sounds better to me than a Toxic landfill of geneticallty mutated poeple. Then somewhere in the mix you throw in a scary clown and the infamous dot room. It just doesnt make sense and thats about where I lose it.
The main point is, everybody has their own things that scare them more than others. My friend is totally petrified by clowns. It cracks me up, but it shows some people have different views on what scares them most. So I was curious to see what scares you guys?
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