Hyperrealistic gore and phobia-inducing scenes. A cacophony of strobe lights and fog. Scarers at every vulnerable moment. Haunted houses are no strangers to pushing the limit.
Well-known haunted house attractions in Southern California include “Knotts Scary Farm” and “Hollywood Horror Nights” at Universal Studios; both of which steer away from the light-hearted spooky fun you may have experienced as a kid. Instead, they offer a high – yet ultimately manageable – amount of horror that will encourage a scare out of their willing participants.
But when does this effort to ‘get a good scare’ go too far? When do the lines blur between Halloween horror and harm?…