Surprisingly, lots of people would! “Blackout Haunted House” has been deemed the most terrorizing haunted house experience in the country, and it sells out every year. But it’s no run-of-the-mill, jumpy haunted house — Blackout forces it’s patrons into uncomfortable and downright-sickening scenes. The worst part? You have to go entirely alone.
Perhaps the experience is best summed up by it’s reviews like this one (from Flavorpill blog):
Here’s the thing: you may think you have absolutely no taboos, but Blackout will find them. After being immersed in rules and regulations, and signing away your very life, you’ll be thrown, literally, into absolute darkness, at which point the terror begins. Sexual violation? Abuse? Torture? Nothing is off limits for the insane carnival of Blackout, the only haunted house we know of where the only way to make it through is to allow physical contact with the actors themselves. It vacillates between off-putting and terrifying…
No one under 18 years old is allowed, and everyone who wishes to enter must sign a waiver that gives Blackout’s actors rights to do just about anything to them. Pushing, shoving, licking, gagging and even waterboarding are all common occurrences. And — stop reading if you get squeamish! I warned you!! — one reviewer even reported having being forced to put a used tampon in his mouth.
Speaking inside is prohibited, except for a safety word that allows you to leave if things get to be too much for you (but you get no refund).
And you thought your local gym’s haunted house was bad.
I don’t want to give too much away (you know, in case this glowing review has encouraged you to give it a shot), but Blackout is less of a “haunted house” and more of a sadistic, violently-sexual torture chamber.
And yet… I kinda wanna try it.
What do you Lovelies think??
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wow i would never want to do that. lol
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I’m surprised it’s legal for them to do something like this, even with the waiver
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100% entirely doubt that it was a REAL used tampon, it had to be fake blood. Also, I doubt they can sexually harass you. Lick you, maybe on the arm or something, but I highly, HIGHLY doubt they can go any further than that.
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Oh HELL YES I would do this.
Wow, perhaps a trip to NY is in order…
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I think it’s fine. You sign a waiver and you have a safe word to get out if you want to. I mean, I wouldn’t go, but I don’t see a problem with it as everyone involved is a consenting adult.
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@AncoraImparo@xanga - I’m skeered, though. WIll you hold my hand?
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Hmm… I think I would actually want to do this. As long as there’s a safe word just in case, sure.
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Umm…no, lol.
sunflower / 300 posts
Not into it. Some people LOVE being terrified; I just like it up to the point where if I feel like it, I can run away screaming safely and find an ice cream stand nearby haha.
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A BDSM website would be more convenient.
daisy / 597 posts
http://jadedviewer.blogspot.com/2011/11/blackout-haunted-house.html
I’mma be totally honest with you… the whole thing just sounds like someone who wants to get their sexual jollies off…
I’d equate this whole experience to a “S&M/underground” experience rather than something actually “scary”…
Naked people? Handcuffs? Waterboarding?
You’d think if the point was to SCARE people that they would have been more creative instead of nudity, bondage and gross stuff… Sounds like some perv’s wet dream to me… not something actually SCARY…
I honestly think as far as the “scariness” factor goes, I could be a whole HELLUVA lot more creative than the people who put this crap together.
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@blonde_apocalypse@xanga - anything for you, B
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@LKJSlain@xanga - I agree with you 100%!
This is sick and I wouldn’t do it.
hydrangea / 59 posts
@SUPletstake___surveys@xanga - Oh yeah, it’s definitely fake. Still disgusting though!
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I would definitley not do that. Although making someone go into a haunted house alone would be pretty creepy, but not when anything can be done…. Ew..
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It’s not really torture if the one being tortured is willing and the person doing the torturing is doing it for shits and giggles and not to break you.
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Hell no. My PTSD would kick in, and I’d be an emotional wreck.
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Went to Six Flags Fright Fest with Rose last few years. While the March Of Dimes special presentation was quite eerie and creepy, the rest were not nearly as scary.
Likely this ‘voluntary’ grab-me-gotcha haunted event will definitely get much-desired screams out of the girls, if they don’t mind getting felt up by all the boys in costume in that pitch black area.
Take that as you like it. Φ ≡
Highly recommend LKJSlain‘s post.
sunflower / 300 posts
@misslei11@xanga - This is actually the main reason I don’t think I could do it. Guh. Sounds way too triggering.
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Eh I’d MAYBE do it if I didn’t have to be completely alone. Otherwise, fuck no lol.
orchid / 191 posts
I’d love to do this but I probably couldnt! I’d probably die on the spot!
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@Lindsay - Oh okay, I was like, “I hope she doesn’t actually think its a real tampon…” Hahaha, I’m pretty sure that’d be like, really illegal!
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If there is a safety word, then it totally makes sense that the whole thing is legal. I still wouldn’t do it though.
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Sounds beyond intense! Although I’m very intrigued, the sexual violation part is sketchy for me… thank god for safe words, but I’d rather not be in that situation in the first place.
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@samescobar - exactly
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i researched a little bit about this before commenting….the “sexual situations” you encounter are seeing two people “have sex” in a room. and as for the sexual violation it’s grabbing a boob or a penis. just a quick grab nothing that lasts more than a second.
for me personally it sounds like it could be fun, but it just sounds like torture porn to me. i’ll pass and actually go to something that’s scary, not gross and for people with fetishes.