In a manor of shrieking

● FROM HORROR FILMS TO HAUNTED houses, a lot of us have a perverse attraction to fear. Few want to be in actual death-defying circumstances — though some do, like BASE jumpers or cave divers — but we like to experience fear in an environment where it can be safely escaped. It gives us a rush — and it allows us to explore the darker aspects of our consciousness. Bringing our fears to the surface, perhaps, can allow us to understand them better. Haunted houses — that old fairground staple — have a dark modern cousin: extreme haunted houses. Here, the scares are bigger, and more vivid, and more interactive. (This critic attended one interactive house a few years ago, and almost elbowed an employee in the face when they…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, December/January 2025

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