Scream House Retribution

This is the fourth installment of the Scream House franchise, only emphasizing on the supernatural aspects. 

Facade: The Shadyoaks Funeral Home that was once home to Dr Albert Caine, aka The Caretaker. It has now fallen into a state of neglect and ruin, with windows all boarded up and trees with claw like branches.

Foyer: Inside the funeral home the furnishing is all covered in drapes all collecting dust, disembodied voices can be heard within the room. Warning guests not to proceed through the mansion. A badly wounded young man emerges from a curtained arch way and yells at the guests to leave, until he is dragged back by an unseen force. An antique covered arm chair comes to life and lunges at the guests. 

Viewing Room: Guest enter the viewing room where corpses in turn of the century style mourning attire are sitting on both sides of pews. Some of them will be scare actors that will lunge at the guests, other will be mannequins. At the end of the viewing room sits a large coffin, the occupant comes to life only the lid slums shut by itself. 

Gallery: The guests will pass through a hallway lined with photographs of people in a vintage style that will morph into images of decaying corpses. 

Seance Room: Guests find themselves in a small circular parlor that was used to summon spirits. People in period clothing are sitting around a table to communicate with the other side. The head medium becomes possessed lashes out at the guests. A ghostly manifestation will materialize in front of guests from a secret panel. 

Casket Hall: Guests then proceed through a hallway lined with coffins on both sides, which will give a claustrophobic feel. Muffle screams and cries for help can be heard behind closes lids, while undead corpses come to life and lunge at the guests. 

Morgue: They find themselves in the morgue where the sent of denying flesh and chemicals engulf the air. At the center of the room stands an operating table where sadistic nurses and surgeons dissect on a still live victim. The nurses will turn and brandish their operating tools at the guests. 

Crematorium: Guests enter the crematorium filled with the sent of burning flesh and wood, as smoke engulfs the entire room. A burnt corpse emerges from a hatchway of the cremation. 

Conservatory: The conservatory is filled with denying plants and flowers. A statue comes to life as it changes different positions, which will give a distraction scare. A ghostly gardener and camouflaged scare actor will emerge from dark corners to frighten the guests. 

Cellar: Inside the cellar is filled with crates, antiques, and curios. Relish light and unnatural sounds could be witnessed from the floorboards above. Ghostly children will emerge from behind crates.

Cemetery: Guests emerge out of the house and into the nearby cemetery. It seems all tranquil, until it interrupted by ghouls and ghostly apperations attack guests from different directions. 

Crypt: Inside the crypt, the ghostly figure of The Caretaker can been seen at the far end of the corridor. He vanishes and then reapers in front of the guests. He gestures guests to proceed through a dark tunnel. 

The Other Side: Guests emerge from the dark void an into a brightly lit area of a spirit realm, only it isn't what most people would except. Wraith like entities and banshees will attack guests from random spots that will chase guests out of the maze.

Scare-actors: Ghosts, corpses, ghouls, nurses, surgeons, statues, The Caretaker, wraiths and banshees.

Forest of Demons

This is one of my original house for Halloween Horror Nights based on Japanese ghost stories, folklore and urban legends. 

Facade: Guest will enter through a torii or shrine gate, all neglected with overgrown vegetation, sutra scrolls, and statues. 

Jubokko: Once guests enter the maze, they navigate their way through a forested area. Spectral lights flickr in the darkness, suddenly they will ambushed by claw like branches from the Jubokko, the vampire tree. 

Kappa: After escaping from the bloody thirsty Jubokko, they cross a bridge where the river is littered with drowned bodies. Kappas emerge from underneath the bridge and will squirt water at them. 

Jorogumo: Entering an abandoned house filled with enormous cobwebs, a geisha can be seen playing on a kabuki. But she is not human, she is a Jorogumo a spider woman, her victims emerge from behind webs as they warn guests what will happen to them. Another jurogumo will emerge in her spider form with multiple eyes, fangs, and spindly fingers.

Namahage: Guests walk through a wooded pathway with only paper lanterns to guide them through the forest. They are then ambushed by Namahage emerging from the underbrush as they brandish sharp blades.  

Statues: Guests will navigate through a pathway lined with statues of deities, saints, and demons. Some of them will be scare-actors that will come to life. 

Yuki Onna: Guests find themselves in snow covered forest with frozen corpses of victims of the Yuki Onna, The Snow Spirit. The temperature has dropped to 40 degrees as snow falls from the ceiling, suddenly the spirit of Yuki Onna materializes from out of nowhere as she delivers a shrill scream at the guests.

Gashadokuro: Guests are confronted by an enormous Skelton called Gashadokuro, as it gigantic bony hands try to grab at the guests. 

Hanoko-san: Guests enter a bathroom all neglected and stained with blood. They hear the voice a young girl saying "I'm here." The ghost of a young girl in red skirts manifests and shrieks at the guests, as water sprays guests from the toilets. 

Kichusake Ona: Guests navigate their way through a neglected graveyard, where a woman holding a fan over her face. She asks passing guests "Am I pretty?" She then removes her fan and exposes her disfigured mouth a hideous grin, and says "How about now?!" and brandishes scissors at the guests. 

Jigoku/Finale: Guests find themselves in the Japanese Underworld, Jigoku, which makes Dante's Inferno look like a children's book. Here Enma Daio, the judge and ruler of Hell, threats guests of their punishments as demonic Oni attack guests from different directions.

Horrors of Broadway

This is a random though for a haunted house that just came up in my mind passed on horror musicals.

Facade: A vintage style Broadway theater with a marquee of flickering lights of the shows that guests will expense inside. 

The Phantom of the Opera. Sweeney Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Jekyll and Hyde. Les Miserables. Little Shop of Horrors. Cats. Into the Woods.

 Guests will take a left turn through an alleyway that will lead them through the backstage door. A bum will emerge from behind a corner and warns guests of the dangers what awaits inside.

Backstage: Inside, guests will navigate through a corridor of the backstage area that are lined with doors on both sides. Sounds of knockings, pounds, and cries of people trying to get out can be heard from within each doors. One of the doors will open as ghostly apparitions pop out from inside. 

Prop Room: The prop room is littered with trunks, crates, knickknacks and costumed mannequins.  Scare-actors will camouflage itself as a mannequin and will come to life to scare quests. 

Dressing Room/Phantom of the Opera: Inside one of the dressing rooms is furnished with flowers. The Phantom can be seen within the reflection of a large antique looking glass and vanishes. Suddenly Christine emerges from behind the changing screen and says, "He's here, The Phantom of the Opera!" 

The Phantom's Lair: Guests will through a cavernous passageway and emerge into the lair of The Phantom of the Opera. Erick, the Phantom, can be seen playing on his organ which activates blasts of air on the guests as he turns to revel his deformed face. 

Jekyll and Hyde: After guests emerge from the Phantom's lair, they are transported into the seedy cobblestone street of 19th Century London. A prostitute pleads for help, but she is attacked by Mr Hyde. Hyde will then appear in a dark conner and chases the guests. 

Les Miserables: Guests navigate their way through an alleyway with a barricade comprised out of furniture. The sounds of gunshots can heard from within the barricade as blast of air pass through guests, suggesting that they being hit by bullets. From the conner alleyways, guests are ambushed by rebels and soldiers, and the occasional cameos of Javert and the Thenardiers. 

Sweeney Todd's Barber Shop: Guests will then enter a replica set of Sweeney Todd, where the character of Sweeney can be seen shaving a customer, until he slashes his victim's throat and lunges at the guests. 

The Bake House: After escaping from Sweeney's razor, guests will decent into Mrs Lovett's bake house where she disposes's Sweeney's victims and makes them out of her meat pies. Mrs Lovett appears from behind an enormous meat grinder and shouts at the guests to leave. A demented Tobias pops out from the grates. 

Rocky Horror: Guets enter a laboratory from the Rocky Horror Show, equipped with a slab of Rocky who will lunge at the guests. Dr Frank N Furter will emerge from an cold storage and brandishes a blood stained pix ax. 

Catwalk: Guests ascend to the catwalk of the theater. From below, guests can see what appears to be a performance on the stage. The floor starts to sway a little and vibrates, just give guests the feels that it's about to collapse. 

Cats: Guests find themselves in a scrapyard. From dark corners, glowing feline eyes can be seen within. Humanoid felines will emerge from behind piles of junk

Little Shop of Horrors: Guests enter a Flower Shop that has now been taken over by Audrey II, the man eating plant form Little Shop of Horrors, filled with vines as the song Mean Green Mother from Outer Space can be heard. Hapless victims and miniature killer plants attack guests from both sides, until they are confronted by a giant puppet of Audrey II. 

Into the Woods: The flower shop turns into a darkened forest, with trees topped over and uprooted. Within one of the trees, the apparition of woman materializes with a tree with a grave. Demented fairy tale characters emerge from the underbrush; Little Red Ridding Hood with a wolf skin coat, The Witch from Rapunzel, and the Stepsisters from Cinderella whose eyes have been pecked out from birds.

Auditorium/Finale: Guests then navigate their way through the auditorium with corpses of theater patrons in vintage evening attire. Some of them will be mannequins, while others will be scare actors that lunge at the guests. Just before leaving, guests will go through a series of curtains and will encounter many of the characters they've encountered in pervious scenes. 

Howl o Scream XX Trip Review

Yet another trip review for the Halloween season at Busch Gardens Howl o Scream with my family. But first let me tell you some of the new attractions.

Battle for Eire is a Virtual Reality attraction in which guests place VR headsets in order to experience the ride. The story of the attraction is very simplistic and the graphics were pretty top notch. 

Invadar is a traditional wooden roller coaster with the them of Vikings against the trappers of New France. 

And now for the mazes and scare zones for Howl o Scream

Vault XX is the anniversary house that pays tribute to all the past houses and scare zones of the past events. The sets were very elaborate and detailed and there were some icons that guests can recognize. 

Demented Dimensions is very similar to it's sister park in Tampa Florida, but with a small budget and some new rooms added in.

Frostbite was set in the formal attraction Curse of Darkastle, the sets were elaborate but the scares were lacking. 

Circo Sinstro was the last maze we attained. Being an outdoor maze, it was a lot more affective in the night time with it's gothic style and subtlety.

Vampire Point was placed once agin in the German section of the park, however the scare-actors were not dressed identically, the vampires ranged from elegant to feral.

Axe Alley was in the theme of Vikings after the opening of Invader.

Fools Court was set in France to the theme of jesters and harlequins wreaking havoc in the streets of Paris.

Side Show Square was in Italy with the them of an old world style carnival with clowns and carnies with it's colorful atmosphere. 

The Garden of Souls was themed to Day of the Dead with skeletons, decorated graves and glow in the mark make up.

Ripper Row was still in England, with the them of Jack the Ripper which fits perfect for this area.