Kaylee ,'Objects In Space'
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I love how the interviewer's eyes widen when he starts talking about being bound and all alone. "Is that legal?!"
Heh, yeah. And after reading the write-up (and the one of the previous year's scare attraction), there is NO WAY what they do can be legal.
Didn't they require major liability waivers? I don't remember from the write-up.
Not that I would ever sign one. So fucked up. I love horror, but I like it at a remove -- I can't even get through most normal haunted houses if people jump out at me. And there should never EVER be any touching. ::shudders::
Re: Katniss' dress... I totally thought it was the OTHER dress that does the thing before they do the thing, but of course that's not in the first book/movie. I so need to reread!!
Oh, wait, I thought it was that dress too! I can't remember what this dress does.
Didn't they require major liability waivers? I don't remember from the write-up.
Waivers don't really cover much when you can't legally consent to assault (that bit of legality varies from country to country and state to state; and different jurisdictions choose to enforce it or let it slide as they see fit.)
(I don't run a haunted house, but my extracurricular interests mean I need to know about the legalities of this shit.)
Waivers don't really cover much when you can't legally consent to assault
I didn't know that!
I can't remember what this dress does.
Look closely at the picture. I think the caption helps too.
I just read the books, so it's all fresh in my mind. During the second book, I was, like, "What? Delayed scones again?"
Waivers don't really cover much when you can't legally consent to assault
That's what I figured. Sure, they give people a safeword to yell if they want out of the scare attraction, but I don't think that would mean a lot in court if the victim said, "and then after a hood was put over my head, I was waterboarded".
I love horror, but I like it at a remove -- I can't even get through most normal haunted houses if people jump out at me.
Thanks to ND and Pix, I've gone to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios twice, and the way I was able to get through the haunted mazes without completely freaking out was to deliberately put myself in the headspace of "Awww, spooky creepy family members! Cousins in our extended Addams Family!", so when scare actors jumped out at me, I smiled and waved at them. Plus, I was really interested in paying attention to the mechanics of the mazes. That helped distract me from the SURPRISE! CLOWNS LUNGING AT YOU WITH CHAINSAWS! aspect.
Waivers don't really cover much when you can't legally consent to assault
Isn't a dojo consenting assault? I mean, paying for the privilege of getting your nuts kicked in, pretty much?
(Although the bargain is getting to do it...)
I need to go read this writeup now.
A strong contender for the greatest movie trailer of all time (NSFW)
Chock-full of WTF-ery.
Dear Hollywood, please stop making movie trailers. Why? The art of the preview was perfected 29 years ago in The Philippines by the 1983 horror movie The Killing of Satan. Does The Killing of Satan also win the best title of all time contest? I wouldn't bet against it.
In TKOS, a mustachioed Catholic wizard named Lando tracks down Satan (who frequently appears in red tights) to, natch, kill him. The trailer is uncut magic, as it provides select snippets of Lando's adventure with absolutely no context. The audience is left so confused and titillated they have no choice but to see the film.