I thought this experience was really well done. I’ve been through a handful of horror-base experiences (haunted houses and such) and this one really takes the cake in many respects. For people who like live action interactive experiences this might be up their alley. Note that this is a scary experience so you’ll need to be comfortable with that kind of live action entertainment.
The sets, stories, and the acting were beyond anything I’ve ever seen. I almost passed on this experience because it listed it as an “escape room” in one ad, and then a horror experience in another ad. In truth is was neither of those two classifications. It’s really its own thing: A VERY high-end live action experience with elements of horror.
Unfortunately they didn’t allow any pictures of ANY type during the experience. So here’s the WayBack Machine link to it so that you can see roughly what we experienced on that day. It seems like they change the skits often:
Here’s a list of the skits. This is more for me to remember than for anyone else. All of the skits were set around the 1700s and 1800s. You’re with a group of 15ish people:
| The Clown Warrior Intro – Got us into the elevator then materialized in the elevator with us. |
| The Revolutionary Peasants (Man & Women) – By lamplight in a dark alley. I had to take a package into a very dark alley corridor by myself. Others followed later on. That was concerning for sure 🙂 |
| Powder Keg Conspiracy – Our plot was relieved by a tower guard. Confronted by a ghost at the end. |
| The Court Bailiff During the Plague – I really liked this one. It was set in a tight corner of a small village in the middle of night. The bailiff was responsible for locking still alive plague victims into their abodes. A mark was placed over their doors so people knew not to let them out. Their were legal implications to violating this court order. The bailiff would come back days later to see if the person lived or died (assuming she herself was still alive). She warned us about the nurses who would rob you (and worse) if you allowed them into your living space. Having learned the history of the plague in Venice this scene really brought home the feeling of watching a third of a community die in the matter of months. Such a deadly serious situation with no good options |
| Plague Nurse – This one was mostly a grim skit about the life situation of a mostly untrained nurse during the plague. She was thrust into a position of responsibility with no understanding of even basic medicine, and her doctor mentor had just died so she was a bit lost. The plague had driven her basically insane. With that said it was still pretty funny. |
| Witch In A Cage – Cool effects (including in the bench seats). More of a scare thing though. |
| Pie Baker – The classic “human pie” horror thing. The acting and set were really good though. |
| Tod Sweeny Barber – The set was great, but I didn’t get much from it other then as a scare. Good acting. |
| The Female Tavern Owner – Jack The Ripper is on the loose! And the police have done nothing about it. A female tavern owner discusses the long term fear of the knowledge that the murders could happen again at any time while people have ignored the memories of the women that were brutally killed. She discusses how the town folk rose up to confront the local government about the inaction. |
| The Fearful Prostitute – Through her story you could feel the choice-less environment that she inhabited, and the quite dangerous line of work (especially when prostitutes are being killed). As an older person now I started to see just how young and inexperienced women in this line of work tend to be. It’s sad really, so young and yet so close to people (some of which being bad) who have far more money, power, and life experience. |
| The Inebriated Judge – He was the judge, jury, and executioner yet quite drunk. This one instilled the dread of an obnoxiously unfair judicial system that treated your peasant life as not really that important. The judge was on a high bench that went up to the ceiling exaggerating the experience. |
