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Summary:
This attraction was
advertised as a "21 and Over" event and this policy
was strictly enforced. Patron's IDs were checked before
they were allowed to enter the haunted house. This was due
to the disturbing nature of some of the scenes, partial nudity
in one scene, as well as the fact that this event was held
inside of a bar, where drinks were being served. This
attraction consisted of various scenes, each separated by black
curtains. The haunted house was only open on weekdays and
the curtains were used so the attraction could be quickly
dismantled, to accommodate the bar's regular clientele on the
weekends. Unfortunately on the night I attended I had to
wait a considerable amount of time, even though I was one of the
first patrons in line (they opened 1.5 hours later than
advertised).
This event was a guided
tour. Throughout the tour, the guide would introduce each
of the scenes, often foreshadowing certain events and hinting at
the scare attempts that would follow. One scene featured
a "mad doctor" and a disemboweled girl on an operating
table. After he was finished working on his victim, he
turned around and came after the patrons with a power saw.
The breakfast scene had three people sitting around a kitchen
table, two of which had their faces blown off, apparently with
the gun that was laying on the table. The third person was
an actor wearing a robe who was holding a baby (really a
doll) wrapped in a blanket. The actor then repeatedly
slammed the "baby" against the refrigerator, in a fit
of rage. There were other scenes in the house that
were equally as disturbing. In one of their torture
scenes, there was a girl on her hands and knees, up on top of a
table. As the actor behind her forced a huge metal hook
through the skin on her back, she screamed in pain and lost
consciousness. One of their creepier scenes had a necrophilia
theme. In this scene, a masked character was pretending to
perform a sexual act on the head of a dead body that was laying in a bathtub
filled with blood.
In other areas of the
house, actors would actually grab you or invade your personal
space. There were a couple of times when actors lying on
the floor would grab your ankles and some reached through the
curtains to grab at you. In one area, the patrons were led
down a narrow hallway that was painted red (one of the few
scenes that had real walls). When everyone got to the end
of the hallway, the regular lights turned off, a strobe light
turned on and three clowns ran up and down the hallway, pushing
their way through our group.
This attraction was
interesting and definitely quite a novelty, considering the
Chicagoland area hasn't really had adult-themed haunted houses
that I am aware of. Because the admission price was so
high, I was hoping that the haunted house had lasted longer, but
I suppose the "21 and Over" nature of the event was
the management's rationale for charging so much. I will admit that they
had some controversial themes inside, so the age limit was
justified. If you are among the squeamish, then this may not be
for you; however, if you are looking for an event that is more
demented and off-the-wall than your typical haunted house, this
would be the place to go.
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