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| - It's taken a few days of processing and consideration, but I'm finally feeling able to sit down and complete my review for the Scarehouse. A review for a haunted house is a delicate thing much like the bones of a skeletal bird. You want to be accurate and thorough, at the same time though you don't want to give away any of the things that make it a great experience. The very last thing I would want to do is ruin this for anyone else.
It's no surprise I'm sure, that I'm extremely into Halloween. I really celebrate it year round and haunted houses are the pièce de résistance for me. It's something you don't get any other time of year and it helps me look forward to it every year.
Pittsburgh has it's fair share of haunted houses too. With our Romero/zombie legacy it's easy to see why we would get so excited (keep in mind though, kids, zombies aren't just for Halloween). Scarehouse is one of the best in the COUNTRY not just in this city. It's very clear that they spend a great deal of time in planning the interior decor, the costumes, and the acting. I honestly almost peed a little more than once. (No worries, Yelpers, I managed to get through without weeing.)
This year you get treated to 3 attractions total: Pittsburgh Zombies, Delirium 3-D, and The Forsaken. (Although not in that order.)
The Forsaken is a Carnival of Horrors but it's more than that. It's scenes from people's lives. Rooms inside of a home in the most macabre horrible way. A slaughter house with the only real thing missing is that putrid rotting smell. All of the things you don't want to think about in that dark dilapidated boarded up house or farm on the far end of your neighborhood street.
Delirium 3-D is a black light 3-D dance party. It's twisted, bizarre, and a real blast during a typical scream-fest. There are parts so surreal with the loud thumping dance music , day-glo costumes, and airbrushed scenes on the walls that you start to really feel as if you don't know which way is up anymore.
Lastly, Pittsburgh Zombies which is new for 2011. While the other parts scared me here and there, this one really had me going. Blame my love of zombies, my youth growing up on Romero's horror, my twisted weird personality... but it is what it is. I love the undead and Scarehouse did it right.
My tips for a successful Scarehouse trip now or in the future:
- Buy tickets online so you can get the express line.
- Go on a Thursday night.
- Go on a drizzly sort of cold night.
- Enjoy the rooms but KEEP WALKING.
Why these tips? The lines can wrap around the block on a Saturday night, especially if the weather is mild. Also, which Scarehouse specifically says "Single file in line and keep moving" no one does.
People, when you stop walking you run the risk of ruining the scares and the flow of the haunted house. Enjoy the scenery, look at it, take it all in, but keep moving. It makes for a better experience for you, your party, the people behind you, and the actors.
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