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Tetralogy of Terror at The Fear Experience
It was a dreary Friday night when John and I set a course for the Cleveland area; a two and a half hour trip that seemed to pass relatively quickly. Our first stop brought us to The Fear Experience located on Brookpark Road in Parma, Ohio which we would shortly discover was a veritable feast for the senses. The parking…
Zero Hour for Haunt Trinity
This entry was originally posted on Thursday, September 24, 2009 and served as a prelude to our first outing of the season. If I were asked to pick the most disappointing night of haunting I’ve ever experienced, off the top of my head, I would have to pick this one. The song lyrics that accompany this entry are from a…
Fō-bē-ə Fractured Friday
The Wyandotte Jaycees has presented a curious array of haunted house experiences over the years — at times the group has nailed haunt fundamentals and shown just what can be achieved with passion and creativity, but on other occasions lackluster acting and technical deficiencies have left a lot to be desired. The annual haunted effort seems to alternate between peaks…
2008 Numbers & Awards
2008 marked the first season that I compiled numbers such as those listed below; it was also the first year that I assigned awards on such a scale. On occasion I will look back over past awards and wonder if perhaps I didn’t shortchange a haunted attraction in a particular category; I bring this up now because in 2008 I…
Horrorlust Radio Episode #008
In episode #008 of Horrorlust Radio, I’m joined by long-time friend and fellow haunted house enthusiast, Phil Patroniti. In this installment of Horrorlust Radio, Phil and I reflect on the highs and lows of the 2014 season. We also discuss our earliest memories of haunted attractions and explore the reasons why haunting remains near and dear to our hearts. This…
2009 Haunt Season Preview
This entry served as the official kickoff to the 2009 haunt season and was originally posted on Friday, September 11, 2009. The song at the top of this entry is called “Bag- O’-Bones” and was included on a Halloween CD called Moans from the Mausoleum. This entry briefly summarized the 2008 haunt season, but focused mainly on the attractions we…
Psycho Path Sleeper Cell
Friday, October 10 began as a hopeful evening but an illness and an out-of-town status had sidelined my usual cohorts; leaving me without a partner in crime. My initial plan was to tour all that Wiard’s Night Terrors had to offer but as the mimutes and hours slipped by it became clear that there just wouldn’t be enough time in…
Erebus, The Realm of Darkness & Deadly Intentions Electrify Halloween Night
This historic post was originally published on Monday, November 3, 2008 and chronicled a momentous, Halloween visit to three prominent Michigan haunted attractions — Erebus and The Realm of Darkness in Pontiac and Deadly Intention in Warren. This was the only night in all of our years of haunting that I decided to bring a hand-held tape recorder along to…
Haunts Ablaze Despite Frosty Day of the Dead
There was an undeniable chill in the air this past Saturday when John and I set out to do something never before accomplished in Horrorlust history — tour four separate locations in a single night. It was so cold in fact that the previous night, Halloween, had been witness to an accumulation of snow fall throughout the Flint area; John…
Haunt Bonanza to Bury 2014 Season
In the annals of our haunted history there are good nights and there are bad nights and then there are those nights that live on in legend — instantly enshrined as a classic; memories etched in time. As the clock winds down on the 2014 haunt season perhaps the haunt fates will smile upon our audacious plan and in the…
Casual Haunter’s Guide
Haunted attractions come in all shapes, sizes and styles and it can be difficult to decide which establishment is worthy of your hard-earned dollars and if you’ve procrastinated until the very night of Samhain itself then you are indeed in need of help. My band of merry haunters and I have traveled to many lands over the last decade in…
Danced with the Devil & Lived to Tell the Tale
Holy bat syllables! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; it’s nights like these that keep us on the road chasing that next great haunt fix. John and I witnessed such an avalanche of wonderful props, gags and actors that my mind is all abuzz with haunted goodies. First, we zipped our way to Wixom where Dark Legacy…
Hush, Dark Legacy Highlight Devil’s Night Delight
Devil’s Night has a knack for delivering memorable haunt outings — from the windswept, breakneck adventure in 2009 that saw us hit Hellblock 13 in Wyandotte, The Realm of Darkness in Pontiac and The Haunted Farm of Terror in Lenox Township to the 2013 roller coaster which began with Bloodbath on Biddle, soared to new heights at Hush and finally…
Horrorlust Radio Episode #007
In episode #007 of Horrorlust Radio I’m joined by my frequent partner in crime, Mud Puppet Ryan. Ryan and I will discuss comedy in horror and also relive some of our most cherished, and not so cherished, Halloween memories. Also in this episode of Horrorlust Radio we have new entries for the segments Cauldron Questions and Nightmare Fuel. In the former…
Terror Town, Barn of Blood Highlight Weekend of Haunting
This review was originally posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008; it details one memorable weekend from late October 2008. It was that fall that we first visited Terror Town in Maumee, Ohio and experienced House of the Dead. I have often considered compiling a list of my top five or ten most memorable haunted attractions and without hesitation I can…
Fatal CikNis
The CikNis proved to be a dizzying adrenaline rush of shrieks and laughs. Many of our guests expressed positive thoughts regarding their experience and as a member of the cast I can say that we had just as much fun as our hapless victims. While I would’ve liked to have had the time to make several tweaks or added a…
The Strange Case of Gerkins & The CikNis
Gerkins, horrible Gerkins. There is a certain nervous excitement that ensnares me whenever I am set to perform and slowly but surely, like an inevitable battle I am all too aware that it is coming. The board is set, the pieces are moving and tonight The CikNis will infect all who enter its cursed walls. There are liars and mad…
Artistry Most Wicked
Another Friday in the great month of October and just one day more until The CikNis will infest the mind, body and soul of all who enter. A number of sources contributed to The CikNis in various ways and today we turn the spotlight to an artist who created a wicked sextet of characters to be featured throughout the poisoned…
Horrorlust Radio Episode #006
In this episode #006 of Horrorlust Radio, I’m joined by the Cik-Boy, Jason Cikalo. Cikalo and I discuss horror in literature and then detail our thoughts and experiences with The CikNis — our garage haunt. Also in this episode of Horrorlust Radio is another installment of original segments, Serious Celluloid and Hosts & Hotties. In this edition of Serious Celluloid,…
Eerie Vibrations Cast the Frozen Features
This entry was originally posted Monday, October 27, 2008; the title was, as you may notice, the inspiration for the Horrorlust Eerie Vibrations Award. The last Halloween themed WOTW for 2008 has arrived and this one is a quality that many elements of the haunt season possess. It is a feeling, it is atmosphere, it is a being unto itself.…
