Haunted House

Welcome to Real Haunted Houses! Are you looking for a haunted house? We are working hard to create the most complete library of haunted houses, spooky stories, ghostly tales and all things paranormal. We have mountains of stories about ghosts, ghouls, and specters. Do you believe in the supernatural? Read the stories, and you will start to see why you should!

Publisher : Atari

Developer : Atari

Genre : Adventure

Platform(s) : PC / X360 / PS3

PC Release Date : October-1-2010

Plot :

The Darkness haunted house opened a few months ago for the haunted house tradeshow. A film crew was on hand to film the haunted house industry visiting and touring The Darkness a haunt some call the best haunted house in America. The Darkness is located in St. Louis, Missouri and is one of the most highlighted haunted houses in America. The Darkness has been featured on National Geographic Channel, Travel Channel, Modern Marvels, Today Show, and featured in the USA Today. The proudest moment for The Darkness was opening for people in the haunted house industry and showcasing their haunted attraction to everyone during the show. The Darkness was totally renovated for the tradeshow, with owners claiming they spent over $300,000.00 on the renovation to a haunt that had already had millions upon millions to create the attraction.

The Darkness featured several awesome sets, scenes, monsters, special effects and animations. One such animation was a falling barrel wall which had a wall of rolling barrels crash down upon your head and left you feeling terrorfied! Another cool animation was a falling ceiling effect where the entire ceiling above you came crashing down upon your head leaving most people crawling out of the room. The Darkness also featured set design really second to none, the vast amount of time spent creating all this detail must have been in the thousands of hours.

The Darkness was a two story haunted houses and after you completed The Darkness you ended up in what had to be simply the best 3D haunted attraction ever created. There was NOTHING inside this attraction that wasn't themed with incredible 3D effects. Lastly as you near the end of the attraction you found yourself in a horror museum with a Darkness gift store which sold some really cool t-shirts featuring Darkness logos.

Features :

* Access to ALL 5 Haunts

* Access to Your Choice of Seminars, Panel Discussions & Haunt Tracks

* Friday Night Pre-Party at the Stowe – sponsored by Bloody Mary & Westland Insurance, includes Bloody Mary drinks, cocktails and food

* Friday Night Party at the Beast, includes food & drinks, raffle & much more!

* Saturday Night Pre-Party at the Stowe – sponsored by Froggy’s Fog, includes food & drinks

* Saturday Night Party at Macabre Cinema, includes food & drinks, raffle, celebrities & much more!

* Enter to Win Prizes at Both Parties

* Bus transportation provided at host hotel to and from all events, parties & haunts

* Access to Haunted House Auction on Sunday

* Low Price Hotel Packages at Kansas City’s The Westin Crown Center (host hotel) & The Hyatt Regency Crown Center

* The Crown Center is adjacent to the host hotel and offers many quick-serve food options and restaurants including Panera Bread, Taste of Philly, The American Restaurant, A Street Car Named Desire, Terrace Restaurant and much, much more!

Instructions :

1. Find a safe place large enough to accommodate all the things you plan to do. You can use your house, basement or yard--or if you really want to be extravagant, you can rent a large, vacant building.

2. Draw up a plan. Using a diagram of the space available, figure out what you want to have in your haunted house and where it might go. Plan an entrance and an exit.

3. Do the hard stuff first. Order or construct props, including such items as fake headstones, guillotines and coffins.

4. Put the haunted house together. Make it dark using black plastic trash bags or blankets over windows, then add eerie lighting. Include lots of unexpected scary sounds and sensory experiences to startle visitors. Keep in mind the need for adequate ventilation.

5. Use peeled grapes as eyeballs, placing them where people will touch them in the dark. Use Styrofoam heads from a beauty supply house and turn them into monsters.

6. Spritz visitors, faces with cold water in the dark, or have visitors walk through spider webs made of stretched cotton or wet string.

7. Create a bubbling-cauldron effect with the aid of dry ice. Fill a rubber glove with water colored with food coloring and freeze it, then remove the glove and float the 'frozen hand' in the cauldrons.

8. Invite several adults to participate with you. They can dress in costume and be part of the haunted house, but can also keep an eye on things and help supervise participants.

9. Advertise. Whether the haunted house is simply for trick-or-treaters in your neighborhood or a community affair, put up a sign telling kids where to find some haunted fun on Halloween.

Tips & Warnings :

Start planning early in the year and gather or make the necessary items in time for Halloween.

Check out your local costume or specialty shop, or browse online to find Halloween props for your haunted house.

If your library has an audio section, you may find some scary music there.

Mix citrus soda and blue punch for a bright green beverage.

Small children may be terrified of the goings-on in a haunted house. Set an age limit, or post a sign warning children of the level of scariness within.

Do not allow dry ice to touch anyone's skin.

Keep anything wet safely clear of electrical effects or outlets. Do not use any candles or other live flames.

Always remember: Safety first.

System Requirements:

Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7

Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.4 GHz

Video Card : 256 MB VRAM – NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 3600

Memory : 1 GB RAM

Hard Disk : -

Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Direct X : 9.0c

Controls : Keyboard & Mouse

Installation : DVD-ROM Drive

**Notes : Preliminary requirements – Subject to change