I found out this little tidbit about myself this last Friday when I went to my cousins house to work in the haunted house that they were putting on. Now I know what some of you are already thinking...how cool and scary can a haunted house be when it's put on in the neighborhood right? Especially when it is put on by people like me. Well, let me tell you...it was plenty cool and plenty creepy for those going through it.
My cousins started putting on this haunted house a few years ago for their family. Back then it wasn't much, but served it's purpose well. In the continuing years they have decided to put it on again. This year has been the biggest yet. It went through the backyard, through the house, through the front yard, through the garage, and up through the attic. And every part of the way was creepy and spooky and full of hidden haunts and then full of all of us ready to scare.
Going into this I was a little hesitant. I mean, scaring teenagers? could it really be all it's cracked up to be? and could we really scare them? Turns out that the answers to both of those questions is yes. and oh, what fun it was. It all started growing on me after I arrived at their house and saw what the had done with the place. It was fun to see how they transformed their home into a haunted house. After getting the grand tour and checking out all of the spook traps and sound effects, i had a feeling that this was going to be fun. and then, we started getting ourselves scary. Lets just say that make-up, hair, and clothes can all be used to make one look haunted, dead, and just plain creepy. Masks are fun as well. Well, after we were all ready and the teenagers had all arrived and been watching the creepy episodes of Supernatural, we decided to take our places to scare and get the show on the road.
I took up my post in the attic and awaited my first visitors. I was a little nervous about what to expect, but after hearing our first victims screams as they were going through the yard and the house I was feeling more confident about our abilities. And by the time they got to me, I knew that we had succeeded and that they were creeped out. There I sat in the dark rocking back and forth in my chair singing ring around the roses just waiting for them to come around the corner. And oh what fun it was to hear their screams again when they did and see them rush to get to the next room. Needless to say, I found it highly enjoyable and couldn't wait to hear the next victims screams. Good thing we had more people waiting their turn and got to do all over again many times.
2 comments:
I love it! Haunted houses are not really my thing. I may creep myself out. There I would be singing and screaming at the same time.
Well Britt, I'm glad we proved you wrong and that our haunted house skills exceeded your expectations. My dad literally put in hours of research and work to set up the scariest haunted house possible. We've mastered the art of scaring haha. I'm so glad you had fun!
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