FRIGHTMARESet Design: 2/5
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The haunt mostly caters to younger people, and the actors inside are also of the younger variety. Costuming is mostly non-existent, with most actors simply wearing rubber masks and street clothes, although a couple sometimes do have some minimal costumes. Scares are also minimal - the actors mostly just jump out and try to startle visitors, sometimes following them for a short distance. There is no other type of acting here.
While Frightmare has been enjoyable for us in the past, and for a couple of years had a horror movie theme that was really good, with characters like Jason, Michael Myers, Leatherface, Ghost Face, and Freddy Kreuger, for the past few years it has been more generic, and this year's version was the least inspired we've seen. Although we'd never think of Frightmare as scary, it does have the potential to be entertaining, even if only in a nostalgic sort of way, but this year's version really felt like a quick money grab, as it was only five minutes long for a cost of $12 (without the $2 off coupon found on Frightmare's web site). It's simply not worth the time and it's definitely not worth the money. The theme was minimal, with some sections being just blank black walls when they are usually at least decorated in neon paintings, the actors were sparse, with perhaps six in the entire haunt, and only one or two made any kind of extra effort in terms of trying to scare.
While Frightmare has been enjoyable for us in the past, and for a couple of years had a horror movie theme that was really good, with characters like Jason, Michael Myers, Leatherface, Ghost Face, and Freddy Kreuger, for the past few years it has been more generic, and this year's version was the least inspired we've seen. Although we'd never think of Frightmare as scary, it does have the potential to be entertaining, even if only in a nostalgic sort of way, but this year's version really felt like a quick money grab, as it was only five minutes long for a cost of $12 (without the $2 off coupon found on Frightmare's web site). It's simply not worth the time and it's definitely not worth the money. The theme was minimal, with some sections being just blank black walls when they are usually at least decorated in neon paintings, the actors were sparse, with perhaps six in the entire haunt, and only one or two made any kind of extra effort in terms of trying to scare.