https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 01:50:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172489 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:55:32 +0000 swurlygurl 1172489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: Haha - oh no, and I was just making fun of 'those' people! ;) Was that mortifying, or did it just add to the excitement of the night? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172485 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:54:15 +0000 Ra 1172485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I :heart: haunted houses! Like @lovehoneybee said, the good ones are more psychological. The apprehension is what gets you more than anything. I think they are fun though and always want to be in the front.</p> <p>I did pee my pants once. One time. I was 13. Does that make it any better? :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172480 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:52:15 +0000 swurlygurl 1172480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: I guess I shouldn't be judging until I've actually been in one! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172469 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:47:52 +0000 cmomma17 1172469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: I have been in one and I screamed my head off. I totally know it is fake but I guess it's just the unknown of when is someone going to jump out at me? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172463 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:45:23 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1172463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't step foot in one! I don't like being scared, and I hate the scary movies - they stick with me for such a long time. </p> <p>@lovehoneybee: just reading that made me terrified. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172443 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:40:20 +0000 lovehoneybee 1172443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: I don't think so. I don't enjoy being scared the way I used to...I almost never even watch scary movies anymore! Plus I now live in PA and that particular one is now across the country from me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172427 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:37:43 +0000 swurlygurl 1172427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: Okay, well that one does sound quite frightening! I think the suspense is worse than the constant people jumping out at you. So, would you go back? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172410 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:32:53 +0000 wahine08 1172410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: They've made it where they'll have theme mazes around the scary movies, like SAW or The Grudge (where the girl from the grudge pops up out of no where and chases you!) Maybe I'm just a big baby haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172402 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:30:16 +0000 lovehoneybee 1172402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So when I was in high school my stepbrother and I went to The House of Shock in New Orleans. It's not just some small-fry haunted house, it's a huge, elaborate thing. </p> <p>You start off waiting in a very long line, because this place is popular. As you get closer to the entrance you're entertained by a stage show. I don't remember who was playing, but what I do remember was the guy who was hanging from hooks all up and down his back. Not scary, but 100% real and a bit unsettling for me.</p> <p>I went 11-12 years ago, so the details are still a bit fuzzy, but a few particular moments stand out. The first was a "dead" child slumped over a chair. That was it. Nothing jumped out at us, she just sat there, not moving at all. After that we moved into a pitch dark hallway, maybe 2.5 feet wide. No light at all. Nothing for our eyes to adjust to. And then we stayed there. For like 10 minutes. Nothing happened, except the longer we stayed the quieter everyone got. And the quieter people got, the better you could hear other things. Things from inside the walls. And ceiling. And floor. Scratches. Taps. Maybe a low moan. But it's so dark that you have no idea where it's coming from, or if it's even real. Maybe it's just something you've made up. But suddenly the dark feels overwhelming, and your heart starts to pound. Maybe you aren't normally scared of the dark, and maybe you aren't normally claustrophobic, but quite suddenly you find yourself trying not to panic, trying not to feel suffocated by the dark and closeness and the "am I really hearing something" (And then your jerk of a stepbrother runs his finger down the back of your neck and makes you scream, but by then you're not the only one starting to panic and your scream isn't the only one.)</p> <p>After an eternity you're moved on, and you find yourself on a metal grated walkway through a room. But it's not a normal room, it's a spinning room. And there are strobe lights. You struggle to keep your balance, even though you're still just walking in a straight line. Immediately after, you're in a much larger room, dark but for strobe lights. Quiet except for the very random roar of chainsaws. There are columns around, so you can't see very well, and you're still very disoriented from the spinning room. And then you run out screaming. </p> <p>And none of that takes into account the rest of the "house". Every popular fear you might have (clowns? deranged doctors? escaped asylum patients?) is represented. Over and over. </p> <p>And yes, there are people who jump out at you. But that's just the easy scare. Good haunted houses are trying for more. They don't just aim for the cheap scare, they are trying to find and amplify every fear you have. It's very psychological, and when done right, completely terrifying. I had nightmares and slept with a light on for WEEKS after The House of Shock. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172399 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:29:21 +0000 swurlygurl 1172399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wahine08: Interesting... I never went to Knotts Scary Farm - I thought it was a theme park aimed at little kids, that's crazy that they make it so scary. I remember going there (just plain ole Knotts Berry Farm) on field trips for elementary school and getting jam... haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172396 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:27:24 +0000 wahine08 1172396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have NO idea but they terrify me!! lol</p> <p>Knott's Berry Farm (in So Cal) turns into Knott's Scary Farm and it's seriously so terrifying. I used to be able to handle it when I was a teen but no more!! They have mazes and they jump at you it's disturbing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172382 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:21:36 +0000 pui 1172382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swurlygurl: Lol okay well peeing your pants is a bit much!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172367 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:16:27 +0000 swurlygurl 1172367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I can understand being startled, but crying and peeing your pants? Haha. I watched a video from Ellen where she sent two of her people to a haunted house and they filmed them. They were a little more normal, but still seemed too freaked out </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172354 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:14:30 +0000 pui 1172354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They're scary in a more jump scare type way lol. Even though you know it's going to happen, you don't know exactly when so it's still a surprise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/haunted-houses#post-1172347 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:12:10 +0000 swurlygurl 1172347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't understand haunted houses... how are they scary? You know it's fake! You know that at every turn and in every room/walkway someone is going to jump out at you.</p> <p>I've never been in one, so maybe I just don't get it... Is it just more scary in person?? </p>