Back in the 90s, I was helping out at a local haunted house with a
couple friends. It was as small, local thing and most of the 'actors' were
teens. I wasn't getting paid but, seriously, dressing up and scaring people is
something I will do for free any day of the week! This was during my big
Freddy phase so that's who I dressed up as.
The haunt was in a huge, mostly empty, three story house. The third floor was
used for dressing rooms. A guide would take each group through the house
starting on the second floor. This floor was mostly large bedrooms, each of
which had its own scene with a jump scare of some kind. A large section of the
first floor was a dark maze. The guide, knowing the maze, would rush through
leaving the group to stumble their way through it. There were spots where
actors would sometimes lurk too. Being the 90s, it was pre-cell phone so no
one had a flashlight and occasionally the guide, or a stranger in the dark,
would need to help them along.
