Sinister Pointe

Best__________Haunted__________Attraction____________EVER!

Beth, Danny, Angel and I headed out to Brea, CA on Halloween night hoping for a couple of screams and a lot of laughs. Beth and I walked away with sore throats and promises of nightmares. Ok, I'm being a little dramatic, but in all seriousness, this place rocked it!

As we walked up to the old converted theater, we could hear the terrified screams of girls and feel the fright in the air. To begin with, before we even got our tickets, we had to walk through a dark, foggy outdoor hallway of sorts, very creepy. There was even dark, tense music playing. There were about 5-6 monsters just waiting for victims to scare. The coolest thing was that on top of the structure they had built, a monster was scaring and spraying people with water. awesome! Others outside included the slider with the chainsaw(!!), the Sheriff who kept shooting the zombies, and the creepy girl with crutches. This group worked both lines relentlessly and kept scaring the whole time we were there.

There were 2 mazes this year: Silent Hill and Fear. We checked out Silent hill first, and were scared beyond belief. The best part about these smaller haunted attractions is that they spread out the guests, so that you're not crowded or rushed through the scare areas. Every single room got a scream out of someone in our group. Totally creepy. I never played the video game or saw the movie, but if this maze has anything to say about it, I'm guessing it's pretty scary!?

The Fear maze was really unique. We had to work as a group to get through different stages of the maze, working together or we wouldn't advance. For example, the very first test was two exposed wires that we were supposed to grab. Kinda trippy, cuz we expected to get shocked... instead we got a scare. Loud screeching noise and a blast of air, and we were on to the next room. This continued with different tests and psychological scares, including a hall of hanging pigs, a claustrophobic balloon hallway, and a room where we each had to reach into a tube in the wall and press a button at the end. Freaking awesome!! The creepy music in this maze is courtesy of Jon Autopsy, trippy, freaky, perfect =)

I will most definitely return next year to see what they come up with. Great job to the entire crew, every single monster and talent was on top of their game. Check them out: www.sinisterpointe.com

They took this just before the Silent Hill maze, shocking us with another blast of air and loud screeching. I love that Beth and I are screaming, Angel has a giddy smile, and Danny looks like he didn't even notice anything. Haha =)

The Empty Grave

Henry and I rolled out to the Gardenwalk in Anaheim, Ca on Friday night to check out one of the coolest ideas I've seen in a while. The Empty Grave is not your typical Haunted House. In fact, it's more like a creepy, dark, gutted warehouse full of monsters. They had this HUGE open space to work with, and in turn, it makes the guests feel small and exposed.

The very first thing they did was put us in 'the incinerator', which was a pitch black, fully enclosed, claustrophobic box. On top of that, there was a monster inside WITH us! Shaking the room violently, screaming and grunting the entire time! Totally freaky. Once they let us out, we walked in a seemingly random path, hoping we were going the right way. It was dark and foggy, but we could tell it was a big open space. We wandered through the warehouse, getting scared by monsters in hiding, and in plain view.

The lighting in this place was simply amazing. There were strobes pointed in our eyes at certain points, so we had no clue what we were walking into. There were a few maze type structures built, giving us direction and a sense of security, only to push us right back out into the creepy open space.

The monsters in this haunt were great too! These guys and girls went all out, every time. There were even zombies outside scaring in the line and in the mall area, bringing in customers. The Empty Grave is a unique concept, and I can't wait til next year to see what they come up with!

Rash, my favorite monster =)

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Rash & the gang

I love photoshop.

Best Pumpkin in the Country

I carved this last night :) Hopefully we'll win the contest at work!!

HHN

Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios is the BOMB!! Pigs with Chainsaws, Clowns with chainsaws, Strangers, Freddy, Jason, Leatherface... Liza and I were screaming and running the entire night, and Henry loved every moment!

Shipwreck at the Queen Mary

It's a hotel??!?!

They don't allow cameras inside, d'oh!! so i didn't get any pictures of the monsters, boooooooooo.

Henry's Birthday Trick or Treat Night at Didneyland!

Jeffrey, Saba, Leo, Nat, Frances, Wade, Me, Liza, Leilani, Abi, Henry & Christina

Haha! Henry taking a disney survey

Me & Liza are awesome pirates!

Wade, Henry, Me, Liza

Clap clap clap! I like pirates.

comparing candy stashes

Me and my best bud!

This little kid scared the crap out of Liza

Henry's mom took us all to Disneyland for his birthday - dressed as PIRATES!! oh yea, 12 crazy pirates in search of candy :), and we enjoyed every second of it. Thanks mom!

Haunt Monsters

Angel and Andros. chainsaws are scary.

turn OFF the flash

damn, monsters walk fast

They were right. Capes are freaking rad!

not sure why they chose this fruity pose, but hey, i'm just the photographer.

This is Henry, me, Frank and Liza.

apparently you can yell obscenities at people from the graveyard and it's ok

damn Savages!

Angel and I went to Haunt at Knott's on Sunday night and had THE best time :). Right as we walked in, the haunt photographers were trying to get us to pose with a monster, but Henry runs up screaming "that's my best friend, that's my best friend!" and i started jumping up and down like a 4 year old. awesome.

Henry and Liza are monsters there in Ghost Town where they roam around scaring the crap out of people (or making fun of their shoes in Henry's case). I followed them around with my camera for a while and caught them in action. This year is definitely the best yet, the mazes rock (especially the 3D clown one for some reason) and the street monsters are really on top of their game.