Haunt-tober 2024 is here and it’s time to dive into the macabre, the strange and the frightful during this beloved time! Join me as I spend the month discussing new and classic films.
This time it’s a special haunting experience!
As someone who had never done escape rooms before, I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into. And this is not your normal escape room.
Escape Hotel Hollywood has a lot to offer: escape rooms, a bar and restaurant (with themed nights) and during the month of October, they do the special: Hide & Seek.
This is a full contact escape room. Which means that while you try to solve the 16 missions, they will touch you, bind you with zip ties, duct tape or handcuffs, as well as taze you. Yes. And it stings.
It is a horror survival game that spans the entire hotel! It’s such an overload of sensation that you may find yourself just in awe of your surroundings. Of course, until, ZAP!
It incentivizes your mission for sure, but this sort of live action video game experience is also incredibly creative and visually artistic to a degree that one really must marvel at.
You’re given a passport with all the missions and map inside a sealed envelope. From there, you talk to the spirits, solve mysteries and try to avoid monsters that try to attack you.
When I went (which I learned after) it was a meager number of a group – 30. Usually there is around 80, so against the 40 characters, we were all at a disadvantage. I only solved 7 of the quests, and most of that time wasted pI contributed to my trying to be super stealthy (which turned out to not be that successful) instead of hustling to the clues and different rooms. If you’re caught, you can’t move (even if the binding is light) until someone gets particular characters to free you.
Outside of the really incredible detail that’s put into the displays, the makeup and the writing of the clues/games, the performers are amazing. They start from when you’re outside (with two smart ass wise guys egging you on) to when you go inside and get the full rundown. The actors are committed, hilarious, and unique. Afterward, you can hang around and chat with the people behind the haunts, and they are a delightfully weird bunch.
This is not an experience for everyone and it may seem more intimidating than it really is. It encompasses you as an immersive and truly spellbinding event. Know your limits before entering but if you want a truly wicked time, check it out!
More Haunt-Tober to come!
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