The Shadows will be open Thursdays through Saturdays, starting Oct. 9, for the three weeks preceding Halloween.
Thursday, October 09, 2014
Come to The Shadows in Tarentum for thrills and laughs outdoors
The Shadows will be open Thursdays through Saturdays, starting Oct. 9, for the three weeks preceding Halloween.
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I would love to work on a project like this one because the importance lies in the props, the objects that startle. Tempo stresses that the shock factors make this haunted trail (that and the outdoors setting) the image that he had in his head. I also like the “do it yourself” aspect of the “haunted” trail, coming up with creative solutions to scare people sounds like a fun fall season. I would love to see the black light area, seeing as it is Tempo’s favorite part. Adding elements that would look disorienting in the woods under black light seems like an exciting design challenge, because just white things will be easily seen under black light and would negate any shock factor the objects may hold. I also would love to know the more about the set up of The Shadows, because the outdoors presents its own set of issues. Especially when winter is coming!
So I've gone to Scarehouse the past two years and have overall been bored by it. This is in part because of my theatrical training in that I see things and know how it works, I see something meant to draw my attention over there and I look in the opposite direction and see the person creeping up to scare you. Being a technical theatre person really takes a lot of the fun out of these events. I like the idea of The Shadows in that it doesn't take itself too seriously. Yeah it has it's moments of scaring you but it's made so that you laugh afterwards. This might make it more appealing to parents with kids who want to experience a haunted house environment but know that Scarehouse is much too extreme to take them to. I've recently seen lots of top 10 lists of the best haunted houses in the country and all of them see so over the top that I don't know if I'd enjoy them. It's also one of the problems of haunted houses in that every year they have to find ways to expand and make things new, which often means more and more gore, violence. I think The Shadows in their business idea doesn't need to expand and elaborate every year.
I remembered my first experience going to haunted house here in the United States was last year at Scarehouse. Then the one at Disneyland (if that counts)And.... Ok, this might sound weird but from what I noticed, and this might not be the case to every haunted house hear, or maybe yes? I don't know, but I noticed that haunted houses here are so focus on technical stuffs, which, to me, is quite fascinating, but not scary. It's like walking into light sound and multimedia shows rather and not actually getting any scary experiences. I also think those "Ghosts" or "killers" running around trying to scare us were funny. Our haunted houses are so different. We focused more on the story, darkness, sound, and pauses. We don't have all these crazy Shadows, lights, LED, or automation but even foreigners who visited out haunted house went out and kept frightened by the experiences for another couple hours. So I think instead of focusing on new techniques, they can try to come back to something very basic, not too much trying, if they want people to get some new scary experiences, might be better. I don't know, just saying.
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