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elsewhere, from the early 2000s, with theme parks playing a major role in globalizing the holiday as they often have an international presence. The clearest examples are
Universal Studios, which has exported its Halloween Horror Nights to its parks in Singapore (2011) and Japan (2012), and Six Flags, which has begun celebrating its Fright Fest at its locations in Mexico and Canada. Disney now mounts Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween events at its parks in Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo, as well as the United States. Overseas operators of themed attractions have also followed the American trend. Examples include: Fright Nights at
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struggled to compete against the new for-profit competition under the tougher rules. Many were forced out of business either from the added competition or the inability to fund safety requirements. "The
Jaycees got pushed out because their haunted houses were fairly basic." Currently, in the United States alone, there are over 4,000 October seasonal haunted houses and 300 theme parks that operate horror-themed events. Over 3,000 haunts are charity-run fundraisers.
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performed, actors can still appear throughout the hub area, where their scare factor may or may not be as high compared to the mazes themselves. The mazes themselves are typically accessed by large queue entrances, and the mazes for the most part contain the bulk of a haunted theme park's scare factor, encouraging the more elaborate special effects, scare tactics and traversal compared to the calmer hub area.
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Halloween stores. Some homeowners create their own props. Displays can include synchronized music and lighting effects using computer programs such as Light-O-Rama or Animated Lighting. They may utilize an FM transmitter so people can park their car, locate a low-frequency radio station, and watch and listen to the show without the sounds disturbing the neighbors. An example of this type attraction is
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of snakes. People have even been known to leave with scratches and bruises. Another example is
Blackout, which has versions in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and New York, and has been rated on several lists as the most extreme haunted house in the world. Additional extreme haunts include Heretic and Hvrting in Los Angeles, Miasma in Chicago, Shock Theater in New York, and Faceless Ventures in the UK.
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United States in 2011 at $ 6.8 billion, which itself was up from $ 3.3 billion in 2005. This growth shows few signs of slowing. "In the past two decades, haunted houses have become a booming national industry that generates hundreds of millions of dollars and includes family-friendly theme parks, huge high-tech productions and evangelical
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country, including Oregon, California, Connecticut, Illinois, and several other states. On
October 17, 1964, the San Manteo Haunted House opened as a walk-through haunted house. The Children's Museum Haunted House in Indianapolis, open every year since 1964, was Indiana's first haunted house and is currently the longest running in the nation.
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take place in a yard, usually dressed to resemble a cemetery, adjacent to a home. They may feature prop tombstones, skulls, large inflatable characters, plastic light-up figures (a.k.a. blowmolds), strobe lights, fog machines, cobwebs, spooky music, animatronics, and other décor that can be purchased
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requires both an application process and a waiver. Unlike most of its rivals, there was no safeword until 2017. The tour, which is free, can take up to four hours to complete. In that time, guests have been tied and gagged, forced into coffins and freezers, and had their heads pushed into cages full
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season or different parts of the year. Eventually these shows would incorporate bloody special effects and sometimes be referred to as
Midnight Horror Shows. These shows were daring for their time, but would phase out by the end of the 1960s. A modern interpretation of the classic spook show was the
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Pitch black areas such as dark mazes are quite common as sections for horror attractions, and are quite common in extreme haunted houses, they usually contain ropes for traversal and if a guest is going the wrong way or lost, an actor within the room may hold the guests arm to guide them to the rope
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is a type of attraction that takes place outside in the woods, at a park, at a theme park or other outside venue. Most haunted trails are close to a mile long and may include small buildings or huts that include various scenes visitors are forced to enter or walk past. The majority of haunted trails
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Spooner Ghost House might be seen in 18th- and 19th-century London and Paris, when literature, performances by magicians, spiritualists and psychics, as well as theatrical shows and attractions introduced the public to gruesome entertainment. In 1802,
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is a haunted event that takes place in a person's car. When a customer purchases a ticket for a ghost run, they are given various clues as to where different haunted attractions are. This haunted scavenger hunt usually includes a few local haunted attractions and other free items. At the end of the
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or hay bales and are driven into the darkness as the tractor driver navigates through brush, cornfields, narrow paths, fields and barns. Throughout the trip, customers may come in contact with out-of-control farm equipment, fast-moving vehicles (hearses, hot rods), actors dressed up as monsters and
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The March of Dimes copyrighted a "Mini haunted house for the March of Dimes" in 1976 and began fundraising through their local chapters by conducting haunted houses soon after. Although they apparently quit supporting this type of event nationally sometime in the 1980s, some MoD haunted houses have
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and scary skits. This was at a time when people were unaware of how these seemingly incredible tricks were done and it was a relatively new form of entertainment before the spread of the haunted attraction. Many of these spook shows doubled with horror movies and played at smaller movie theaters
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The exhibits at a hell house often have a controversial tone focusing on issues of concern to Christians in the United States. Hell houses frequently feature exhibits depicting sin and its consequences. Common examples include abortion, suicide, use of alcoholic beverages and recreational drugs,
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While many cultures have Halloween and Halloween-like traditions, many of which have been absorbed by Americans, physical locations where simulated haunted attractions are created seem to have been a uniquely American invention. The American Haunted attraction has recently begun to be exported
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improve their events. Higher quality scenery and props and ever more elaborate concepts and writing have become the norm. Furthermore, the experiences have expanded in terms of sheer size, either by making the mazes longer, or by providing more than one attraction on the same site.
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Haunted trails may use tour guides, or they may allow visitors to walk alone. Unlike haunted houses, weather determines if the attraction will be open or not during the month of October. Tour times may vary greatly depending on the customer's pace and the length of the trail.
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Blackout houses are pitch-black mazes which the guests must feel their way through. This may involve crawling, and, sometimes, contact by the actors. This is usually not allowed in less extreme houses, and may require the guest to sign a waiver prior to entering.
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is a relatively new type of haunted attraction that combines the concept of a haunted house with something like a scavenger hunt. These begin in one place and end in another, usually the haunted house itself. An example of a haunted experience is Nyctophobia on
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A number of the largest seasonal attractions feature multiple haunted houses on the same site. For example, in 2015, Pure Terror Screampark in Monroe, New York, was awarded the Guinness World Record for World's Longest Walk Through Horror Attraction.
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in the late 1970s. Similar events began in several regions during that period. Hell houses have faced criticism for advertising themselves as traditional haunted houses. Most involve biblical lessons and some ask customers to pray to
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in Buena Park, California, on October 31, 1973. Haunted theme parks are among the most popular haunted attractions since they offer multiple attractions for a single admission price, and are often of a high level of production value.
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both participate, while Disney now mounts Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween events at its parks in Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo, as well as in the United States. The theme park haunts are by far the largest, both in scale and attendance.
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of permanent haunted attractions that are open year-round, and a few that are open for special occasions, such as haunt conventions or Spring Break (also called Scream Break). Some attractions are run by charities as fundraisers.
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2654:"Extreme haunted houses: Inside Halloween's most terrifying new trend"
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2293:"Haunted House – Race City – Panama City Beach, FL"
2099:"8 Killed by Smoky Fire In Park's 'Haunted Castle'"
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1707:"All Time Winners by Category:Best Halloween Event"
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2680:"Business is Boo-ing! The World of Extreme Haunts"
1940:. The Desert Sun Publishing Co. October 22, 1976.
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3017:"Haunted Houses Profit by Going to Extremes"
2853:"Haunted Houses Profit by Going to Extremes"
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2905:"Haunted House Data about the Industry"
2723:Taylor, Victoria (September 28, 2013).
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1971:. Deseret Digital Media. Archived from
1836:Huntington City-Towuship Public Library
1802:"CLASSIC HAUNTS FROM CINCINNATI'S PAST"
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968:In a hell house in the U.S., actors do
2213:"A Brief History of the Haunted House"
2077:"Fires in History: The Haunted Castle"
1965:"March of Dimes Haunted House to Open"
1675:Celestino, Mike (September 28, 2016).
1624:Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween
1477:"A Brief History of the Haunted House"
999:unrepentant sinners in the afterlife.
930:Some dark mazes can transition into a
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2600:Olmsted, Larry (September 28, 2016).
2548:Gryniewicz, Josh (October 30, 2014).
2465:MacDonald, Brady (October 19, 2015).
1994:Kojima, Craig T. (October 30, 1997).
1748:from the original on October 31, 2014
1736:Lum, Kathryn Gin (October 30, 2014).
392:in London. In France, from 1897, the
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3053:Kirchner, Larry (October 28, 2012).
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3081:"The Real Scare Is Not Being Scary"
3079:Barnes, Brooks (October 25, 2011).
3015:Zinoman, Jason (October 21, 2010).
2998:"The Real Scare Is Not Being Scary"
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2827:"The Real Scare Is Not Being Scary"
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2268:"The Real Scare Is Not Being Scary"
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2185:. Fire Engineering. Archived from
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1767:Hoffman, John (October 31, 2012).
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1475:Heller, Chris (October 28, 2015).
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2934:White, Martha (October 7, 2013).
2881:. AOL.com/Finance. Archived from
2678:Pajer, Nicole (10 October 2018).
2178:Comer, William J. (August 1984).
1565:"Who Invented the Haunted House?"
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2245:"The History of Haunted Houses"
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878:Haunted theme park (screampark)
855:and haunted trails or forests.
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1532:McKendry, Bekah (March 2014).
1390:Surrey, England, Scarefest at
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1866:Catalog of Copyright Entries
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1278:Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania
717:Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion
697:Miracle Strip Amusement Park
695:locations around the world.
572:Types of haunted attractions
526:Jackson Township, New Jersey
463:United States Junior Chamber
4682:Family entertainment center
4346:Frank Hrubetz & Company
2319:"Haunted Houses: A History"
1446:"Haunted House Information"
1427:List of haunted attractions
1394:Staffordshire, England and
1358:Haunted Attraction Magazine
1092:Universal Studios Singapore
1088:Universal Studios Hollywood
870:; and Ghost Ship Harbor in
812:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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1084:Universal Studios Florida
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677:Knoebels Amusement Resort
522:Six Flags Great Adventure
479:Foxborough, Massachusetts
407:, about the same time as
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4531:Ride Entertainment Group
4318:Dentzel Carousel Company
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1228:Hauntings Ghost Show in
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864:Queen Mary's Dark Harbor
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683:, has a "Haunted House"
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141:Blackpool Pleasure Beach
4336:Eyerly Aircraft Company
4263:Allan Herschell Company
1832:"History and Genealogy"
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1321:Halloween Horror Nights
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549:Halloween Horror Nights
483:Raleigh, North Carolina
4561:Sanoyas Hishino Meisho
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3559:Veneration of the Dead
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4566:Sansei Technologies
4516:ProSlide Technology
4303:Charles I. D. Looff
3691:Category: Halloween
3476:Treehouse of Horror
3262:Prayer for the dead
2885:on November 7, 2017
2729:New York Daily News
2103:The Washington Post
1842:on October 29, 2013
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1650:(August 11, 2009).
1354:Hauntworld Magazine
1206:Midnight ghost show
1063:American Waterfront
1016:Lynchburg, Virginia
689:The Haunted Mansion
647:The Haunted Mansion
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4327:Eli Bridge Company
4323:Dynamic Structures
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3021:The New York Times
3002:The New York Times
2857:The New York Times
2831:The New York Times
2684:The New York Times
2580:The New York Times
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440:Knott's Scary Farm
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4341:Fabbri Group
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4106:Tilt-A-Whirl
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1433:References
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432:Disneyland
430:opened in
330:subculture
252:corn mazes
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169:fearsome
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3367:Pumpkin
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3162:History
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