If the day at Lizzie Borden's house couldn't have been more frightening, my brother Marv had much more in store for me.He loves his petty torments and little did I know that he had the very best scary moment planned.
In Boston, he and MeiMei had met a very charming couple named Tony and Sue. Tony and Sue have a passion for Halloween and haunted houses and have sunk a great deal of money into creating the ultimate seasonal fright venue. Curiously, it just happens to be located in Fall River, MA and they've invited us as guests.
We tentatively show up and immediately are ushered in. The actors (Tony and Sue employ nearly 30 of them) are elaborately garbed and in film-worthy special effect make up. I am already freaked out. This is too realistic and well, I'm scared. We walk into the first stage. There is no one with us and the actors descend on us. It is scary as hell. The actors immediately focus on me. They seem to know my name. That's it. Tony told them my name. I'm clearly fucked.
Throughout the entire journey, I am being pursued by absolutely horrifying characters (Micheal Myers and Freddie Kruger and demented clowns and creepy prisoners and zombies) all yelling my name. They chase me. They breathe down my neck. The follow me room to room calling my name. I can hear them through the walls, banging the walls and calling my name like madmen. I scream for 20 minutes straight. In fact, I lose my voice because I am screaming so much. I start to hyperventilate the last 3 minutes out of utter sheer terror. I am clutching Marv with desperate fear and MeiMei buries her head for the entire time in Marv's back like a turtle. Marv is laughing his ass off.
In the end, I had to hand it to Tony and Sue. The attention to detail of their haunted house was exemplenary. The care showed. And I have never been scared like that in my entire life. It's well worth a visit. Check it out.
2 comments:
I would have had a problem with that! I got freaked out at a very pedestrian haunted house, nothing like what you describe. I took my youngest son and his friend one year and I (shamelessly!!) used my son as a human shield because I was so scared. Luckily, my son thought it was all pretty funny. (No emotional scars. For him, I mean)
Maybe Jennifer (jenfera) has heard of this place. She lives in Mass.
Off topic: C&W, did you see my entry last week for Taylor Tuesday?
http://a-caryling.blogspot.com/2007/10/taylor-tuesday_15.html
Actually, when I lived more towards Central Mass, I think I do remember hearing ads for this place. I would never, ever go!! I hate Halloween, and I have never understood why some people get a kick out of getting scared, or out of scaring others.
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