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Knott’s Scary Farm 2019 Brings Fun Fears
It’s that magical time of year. People prepping for hordes of candy hungry kids to be walking up and down their streets. Halloween parties and gatherings galore. And of course, haunted parks and mazes to transport you into the worlds of horror! A personal favorite of mine being Knott’s Berry Farm’s annual transformation into Knott’s Scary Farm, and more than delivering on the scares. With nine mazes new and old, here’s a recap on what to expect!
DARK RIDE
A recurrent maze form the past couple of years, Dark Ride is a carnival attraction gone horribly wrong. You enter what appears at first to be a cheesy carnival ride, only to enter deeper and deeper into the greasy bowels of gears and fears. Encountering a carnivorous clan of psycho clowns and costumed monsters come to life, this is still a personal frightening favorite.
SHADOWLANDS
Based on Japanese folklore, Shadowlands transports you through cursed bamboo forests and straight to the underworld. Encountering all sorts of yokai and spirits all along the way. A unique theme and some fun effects like closing walls and demon samurai on bungee chords make this a memorable walk through. Especially considering this will be the final year to experience Shadowlands.
PUMPKIN EATER
A fractured fairytale and some twisted farmland makes for a fun and frightening experience. Especially walking through the disgusting giant gourd and running into giant spiders, killer scarecrows, and all sorts of malicious nursery rhyme characters in the rotting flesh.
ORIGINS: THE CURSE OF CALICO
Another genre hybrid creating a unique haunted maze: a horror western! Tied to an earlier scare zone, the maze concerns Sarah Marshall, a woman who was falsely accused of being a witch and executed rises from the grave and curses the town of Calico into a hellish prairie nightmare. One of two new mazes, it has a fun hook, an interesting theme, and some cool fx as you go through the literal ghost town and into the dark underbelly of rot and wood underneath.
SPECIAL OPS: INFECTED
A zombie apocalypse maze that puts you right into the action, complete with laser rifles. You start off being armed and trained to encounter the infected mobs and go through an urban hellhole under quarantine. A fun and adrenalized setting that allows you to fight back and rack up some points. Another maze in its final year and worth checking out.
WAX WORKS
One of the new mazes and a new twist on an old classic. Journey inside a formerly glamorous Hollywood Wax Work now seriously decayed. Creep inside and encounter the half melted masterpieces of an artisan gone mad. Loved this addition, especially the wax presidents, the freaky boiler room, and a wax monstrosity that has to be seen to be believed.
THE DEPTHS
Perhaps my favorite maze of last year and still a favorite this year. The Depths takes you into the mines of a coastal town… and into an ancient realm beneath. Lovecraftian themed with all sorts of human-fish hybrids and giant sea beasts to encounter. Also features a new elevator sequence that really adds to the aesthetic and sets up some good scares.
DARK ENTITIES
A returning maze of sci-fi horror space madness. Take a dimensional trip to a space ship where a science experiment has gone terribly wrong. Still pretty enjoyable, though not the most scary maze. It does feature some neat aliens and encounters along the way to the airlock.
PARANORMAL INC.
Another returning favorite and definitely filled with scares to make you jump. Follow a team of paranormal investigators as they bite off way more than they can chew at an abandoned insane asylum… and also a portal to hell. An effective FX heavy haunt with all sorts of demons and ghosts bursting from the walls. All leading to an eventful encounter through ‘the bad place’ and encountering some unholy terror.
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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed
The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.
Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.
The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.
Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”
Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.
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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween
Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.
The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.
“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.
Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.
The prize also includes:
An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings
A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear
A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room
A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course
The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II
Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two
“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”
Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.
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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power
Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.
Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.
Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.
There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.
The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.
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