His old boss from Wisconsin now worked for Spooky World, and offered Denamur a job as an actor the following year if he wanted to move out to New England — and Denamur accepted. Today, Denamur no longer dresses up as a scare actor. Apparently, there are different levels of actors. These Midway actors have usually been scare acting for years, can do their own makeup, provide their own costume, and have developed their own unique persona.
In a house, you see an actor for five seconds, they scare you, you walk away. Then for the entire night, that was me, I walked around with that ticked off look and feeling. Denamur would even pump himself up before going out: taking pre-workout drinks for energy, busting out some push-ups and pull-ups, and blasting angry music.
Method acting at its scariest. As the paint thickens on my face, I notice how close this team is. They have their own inside jokes, their own memories, their own culture. Being the largest haunted house event in New England, Spooky World presents Nightmare New England has a crew of about people — and about a third of them return every year. They stay connected during the offseason, and often have gatherings as opening day approaches.
With shared experience comes unforgettable memories, and as my makeover is close to completion, the group reminisces over some of their favorite moments working at Nightmare New England. Gagnon shares one of her most memorable scare tactics: using her height to her advantage. After her friend would get the initial scare from customers, Gagnon would step out from under the dress and nail the crowd again on shock value.
Burnor remembers her first year working the haunt, when she managed to terrify a poor woman so badly she lost control of her bladder:. It was awesome! Pictures of the final product are taken, and I struggle to maintain a scary face between laughing and grimacing. As I look in the mirror I am audibly astounded. Look at the splatter! I am an exposed-muscle zombie, and I am terrifying.
I feel like part of the family now, in body and spirit — for a bunch of people who get off on making people wet themselves in terror, the Spooky World employees are genuinely friendly. There was no need to completely empty the line. Yet, all the other attractions managed the crowds very well. There were plenty of queue line actors that answered any direction questions for us and a good presence of event staff on hand making sure everyone is safe.
Looks like they are now handing over the driving range to Spooky World, as there are structures from the haunts that stay up all year. So at first, it does not strike fear into the hearts of all who drive by but once you enter the massive field that Spooky World calls home, there is no mistaking where you are.
They have a nice bon fire in the middle of their midway surrounded by food vendors, carnival games and even a beer tent. Standing at the fire you can see the giant fireball burst from Carnage, hear the laughter from Festival of Fears, listen to the music blaring from Brigham Manor and smell the chainsaw exhaust from The Colony.
We counted somewhere around 18 floating actors roaming the midway and entertaining the lines of people. Along the wait line of The Colony, there is a standing guard tower with a spotlight all around it. Our favorite aspect of the atmosphere at Spooky World is absolutely the music. The speakers outside of Brigham manor play a lot of unspoken tracks from the metal music of the beginning of the century like Drowning Pool and Static-X. They even played a track from the Japanese Kawaii band Babymetal that I always thought belonged in a haunted attraction.
We could barely even hear an actor slapping the walls as we walked by them. We do appreciate the speaker system on the hayride for changing the music and ambiance to match the scenes.
A good twenty seconds before we came up to the plane crash site, the noise of an airplane falling through the sky played over us and carnival music played during the ride through the carnie games area. I will say that, without those speakers, the hayride would have been a bit of a snoozer. Carnage claims the first special effect treat you will see at Spooky World with their giant fire blast. There is a dumpster about fifteen feet high holding a Carnage logo banner in front of it and a nice gas explosion effect on top of it.
The best effect goes to the plane crash scene on the hayride. New England haunts are not abundant in fire effects and, as far as I know, there is nowhere in this area that even attempts to play with fire as much as Spooky World.
We agreed that the spider tunnel on the hayride was also something special to witness. Giant spiders, along with a giant, half-man, half-spider creature, were all thrashing around trying to get at us.
Other than that, I can only remember seeing maybe two animatronics and both were not working. In fact, I do remember seeing a few animatronics that clearly were too broken to fix, but they still stuck them in empty spots to get some scare, so at least they are not wasting them. The misty laser swamp is not a new idea, but not many have used it in New England just yet. When that hand lurks up from beneath the light, it is always too creepy to handle.
Although, a few years ago when they introduced Brigham Manor, they did say it was the house of the terrifying Bishop Family who kidnapped people from the town and murdered all of them inside the house. They even made a little faux news story about police reporting to the area, digging up some old box and finding a bunch of bones and body parts in it or something like that. They even had their own little satanic symbol for the family. The website even says the Bishops are no longer an issue… except for some that have run off into the hills.
The house is still a haunted, victorian-style manor. As far as theme goes, The Brigham Manor is still a properly-designed haunted manor with all the general rooms you would expect a haunted house to have. The Colony is a walk-through, psycho, redneck paradise with wood shingle cabins and stockade fencing everywhere.
Festival and Carnage keep to their respected themes with no question as to what type of world you are standing in. The hayride is a cluster of scenes, as most hayrides are. Throughout most of the attractions, it seems the actors rely heavily on the other elements to produce a good scare. The big air horn in the middle of Brigham Manor is nothing more than annoying. Opening night can be the most hectic time for a haunt owner during the whole season. In many cases I sympathise with a haunted attraction, as it is their first real go at their business with new employees and new equipment that may very well be there for only the next few weeks and never again.
However, this is a haunt name that has existed since and changed ownership more than twice. More importantly, this is their 9th season on the same property. The resources are there to make sure some lights are going to work on night one. Taking advantage of that, and also the likelihood that the crowds will be much smaller than they will be in the middle of October, is highly recommended. But, be warned this does not get you immediately to the front of the line.
Because of the buy one get one deal on opening weekend, we found that there were more people purchasing VIP passes and their lines ended up being longer. The VIP Pass allows unlimited access to all attractions except for the hayride. Even unlimited go-karts, mini golf, and batting cages. Here is how long each attraction took:. With that VIP Pass, you have access to all of them all night. Not to mention the free movie they project on two screens down at the queue line for the hayride.
Despite the vast room for improvement, we will have to say that Spooky World is actually a good time at a great price for what you get. Guest Reviews Guest Average: 1 out of Different attractions are purposefully intended to be scarier than others. For example, Dreamscape, a 3D neon-painted haunted house with a different theme in every room, is supposed to offer more eye-candy than scares, he said. But The Colony, a walk through dark woods where it is difficult to see and your group can easily be split up, is a different story.
Was it a branch? Was it the wind? Could it be an animal? But even through all the changes, the park has stayed true to its original design. Unlike some horror attractions which focus on high-tech special effects, Accomando said Spooky World is looking to get back to the style of traditional haunted houses which relied on actors and sets for scares.
Accomando said some actors work on their costumes and acting throughout the year to try to improve their performance for next season. Both were there with their respective group of friends, and the groups happened to enter The Colony together. Julie, who was terrified, kept grabbing the person in front of her for reassurance.
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