La Casa de Satanás – 2017
This immersive/HIGHLY interactive occult-and Halloween-inspired performance art haunted house is created and hosted by avant garde working Pilsen artists like: Gabriel Godinez, Amelia de Rudder, Julia Zinn, Ryan Greenlee, Damien Shyne and others. In its FIFTH year running, the themes will be topical, current, and explore with open eyes the deeply horrific reality of our world using a darkly beautiful aesthetic which hovers between the supernatural and the concrete. Keep in mind: the original show's funding was withdrawn by the city's Ethics Committee, so the artists decided to "put on a show worthy of the title 'banned'." Gore, adult content,...
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All New Scares Planned for Oak Lawn’s Midnight Terror Haunted House in 2017
Last year, Midnight Terror Haunted House thrilled visitors by moving to a bigger, better location in Oak Lawn. This year, they’ve reinvented that extra space into a “fear-for-all” playground of fright for a more uniquely nightmarish experience. Determined to give paying customers fresh thrills in 2017, Midnight Terror creator/co-owner Justin Cerniuk and his crew spent the offseason redesigning more than 85 percent of the haunt. But they did more than expand the size of many of the sets, improve the props and wardrobe, and fine-tune the animatronic, CGI, lighting and sound effects. They also “unleashed the monsters.” Translation: the creepy...
Days of the Living Dead #DOTLD Season 2017, Episode 2: Anatomy of the Scare – Making a Big Room Scary
John and Zombie Army's HellsGate Crew give you a step-by-step solution to a uniquely haunted house problem: How do you make a big empty room scary? The answer is more complex than you might think! Watch as the team walks you through all the considerations at play - physical, psychological and emotional. The Zombie Army REALLY wants to SCARE you!
2017 Season Primer
Happy September, Haunt Fans! Here we are, another fall season upon us! It’s hard to believe that we are halfway through the month already where the weather should be turning cooler…or so we thought, but Mother Nature has a different plan on that! As we all know, the month of September brings many things: school is back into full swing, football is back on the TV, and hockey season is just around the corner. Even the Cubs are getting ready for another round in the post-season! As we dust away the cobwebs and open the creaky doors, the creatures of...
Days of the Living Dead #DOTLD Season 2017, Episode 1: HellsGate Rising
In 2015, Zombie Army Productions built a brand new haunted house in Chicago... and then didn't get to open it. In 2016, after another year of building and more setbacks than anybody could've guessed (affectionately referred to as The Death March), HellsGate opened to unprecedented crowds, receiving wildly enthusiastic responses from critics and customers alike. In 2017, now with HellsGate firmly established, the Army has turned its attention to finessing and augmenting HellsGate Haunted House. Watch as John and the crew give you a sneak peak at some of the new thrills, chills and terrors awaiting you in the woods...