About Haunted Houses...

I went to a local haunted house and I wasn't really scared as much as joining in the insanity.

One thing I find kind of annoying about the haunted houses that I go to is that they're not really scary. The reason why they aren't scary is that you basically see everything. There's no mystery, you are just supposed to react to your surroundings, whether it be a demented circus, a mad house, an abandoned doll shop, etc. It seems that us Americans don't really know any other form of fear other than "look at how gross/bloody/weird this is".

Here's an idea I had for a haunted house. There's this long, dilapidated hallway. Lights are flickering, blood splattered on the wall, furniture knocked over. Something happened here but you don't know what. As you slowly walk down the hallway, you hear subtle noises, you don't know where they are coming from. The farther you walk down, the louder and more graphic the noises become. Sounds of torture and bloodshed fill your eardrums. Louder and louder, until finally, BOOM!!! The lights suddenly go out. You wander through the dark, hearing smaller, unknown noises. Finally a door opens and you are allowed to leave.

That's just my idea.

I heard that in the Philippians, the haunted houses have multiple stories, and they send you in alone to find your way through. THAT would interesting to see.