There was little negative debate on another forum and the fans of the more drastic show came running to aplaud that style but I really think they were in part saying the end$ justify$ the mean$ and a crowd with money waving makes everything OK. But it doesn't.
I see people "drug" into my house in October that really do not want to be here, yet some fans of such an extreme show will argue that people who are trully timid or overly emotional would not even buy a ticket.
I really think the people doing extremely upsetting fearful things just don't have a clue or a friend or a relative who has been abused and ever tried to console them and are not around to see and hear the place those people end up in as compared to the normal people who laugh or shrug it all off.
Life can change us and not always for the better.
Losing a friend or a relative can also change the way we feel about fear, life, death.
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ok so we all know that a majority of the people who took the time to read the article and then post here realized that this was one stupid set of decisions made by some college age people. I mean putting aside the real trauma and flash backs that can be brought back by the “back room” scene lets not overlook the actors safety her joy in haunting could be horribly cut short by one psycho who simply reversed the roles on her in fact i've seen people seriously hurt for simply touching someone and when you cross that line you have to expect your visitors might cross that line as well. there are very real houses of horror in this world if it's torture and simulated assault your looking for there are places to go and a "traditional" haunted house open to the public isn't one of them. But sex and gore does sell and if you think house of shock is gonna be like disney's haunted mansion the world is allot bigger than you previously imagined. I've heard allot of discussion about this lately one person who has been very successful in the industry for over 30 years said that he drew the line at any props involving children but would gladly dismember adults in any way and he pays bonuses for employees who can get adults to vomit cry and pee themselves(theres no touching and no kids go thru his haunts). I have to say that I think all people have there own line I'm offended every time i pass by the dead fetus posters outside the hospital down the street from me but they are protected by free speech and i would rather have my freedom than get rid of them. as a general rule i would say the line to me is as twisted as the people who decide it. let your patrons know what to expect in your haunt and expect the same from them if you have actors being dismembered then don't be suprised when some guy visits night after night creeps you out and then asks if he can pretend to dismember someone. if your actors touch people they should realize that they may be touched in the same manner. If you encorage your actors to curse at people then they best be able to be harshly insulted. If you scare people for fun or profit you shouldn't get angry when they scare you. face it no matter what you do if it's even a single drop of blood or any hint of realism someone will dislike it after all according to some only satanists would post on a forum like this.
p.s. if someone needs to be dragged into your haunt they probably shouldn't be there and maby you should take pity on them and make sure it's toned down for there walkthru.
But sex and gore does sell and if you think house of shock is gonna be like disney's haunted mansion the world is allot bigger than you previously imagined.
Sex may sell, but in my opinion simulation of violent sexual acts has no place in an environment where unsuspecting patrons are subjected to them. I don't consider myself to be narrow minded, prudish, naive or an individual who has lived in an isolated world. But hey, this is America, we are all entitled to our own point of view.
an environment where unsuspecting patrons are subjected to them.
i agree Madame T it should be required that an attraction let patrons know what to expect. people should have the decency to let me and everyone else know ahead of time how my sensibilities will be assaulted (i am just as pissed at hell houses as the aforementioned idiots). I would not assume from what little i know of you that you where narrow minded, prudish, naive or an individual who has lived in an isolated world. i guess i do assume that you and most people would choose something with the word disney to take the kids to and not the word shock.
Yes, sex sells. Sex.....implying a consensual act which rape is not. The day rape starts selling regularly.........the world would be worse off than I imagined and I'm not naive to think that very thing doesn't happen. Sometimes I'm too aware of what goes on in the world.
And there's a difference between shock and surprise and just plain stupidity. I think haunted houses of this sort are just plain stupid and asking for a ton of trouble. I would love to read an article about one them getting a good butt whooping. You can't do things like that to people and expect anything less. They better lawyer up and have disclaimers aplenty at the ready. Not everything need be family friendly and Disneyfied, there's days I want adult entertainment and I don't mean smut, but there are things that sometimes go way too far and this is one of them.
Do you think it makes it okay to do this stuff in haunts, as long as patrons are warned in advance?[/quote]
I do not believe it is ok to portray or simulate an act of sexual violence on a woman in any venue, at any time, EVER!!!! With or without advanced warning!!!
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i guess i do assume that you and most people would choose something with the word disney to take the kids to and not the word shock.
Oh please... my thinking is not extremest but that of a reasonable and prudent person. My kids are adults and make there own choices. As for me, I love a good shock as much as anyone, but the only thing shocking in the situation we are discussing is that anyone would question whether or or not it crosses over the line.
I do not believe it is ok to portray or simulate an act of sexual violence on a woman in any venue, at any time, EVER!!!! With or without advanced warning!!![/quote]
I do not believe it is ok to portray or simulate an act of sexual violence on a woman in any venue, at any time, EVER!!!! With or without advanced warning!!![/quote]
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