Cedar Rapids Haunted Houses

One of the things that you absolutely must look for in your Halloween experience this year is a venue that relies on darkness to completely disorient you. Combine this with the option to sign a waiver where you allow yourself to be stripped half-naked, bound and gagged, and completely horrified by unrecognizable creatures, and you have a really good start. Also, instead of going through a haunted venue with hundreds of other visitors, try and look for an experience where they do a really good job of spacing out people. So, for instance, it would be great if you truly felt isolated with you and only a few of your friends going through it at a time. Remember that being truly terrified is about much more than just the physical. If you are truly looking to be taxed in every way, you must look for a mentally unnerving venue. Psychological fear is some of the most powerful that you can experience. Some places provide personalized attention by calling out patrons' names to take it to the next level.

You need to gauge how much emotional torture you can take, but if you feel that you are up to the challenge, there are haunted houses where your experience is designed to last over 4 hours. Remember that most people can't last that long, and they will be screaming out the safe word before long to release them to wallow in their emotional shambles. There can be a true psychology to a good scare. So, when you are subjected to claustrophobia, needles, and electric shocks, you will be broken down in more ways than one.

Some venues use live animals to bring you to tears. For instance, look for an experience where something like a live tarantula is placed on your face and crawls around for a while. If that doesn't bring you to tears, we truly don't know what would. The physical aspect is very important to many patrons, and you need to decide whether it is to you. There are venues where patrons are bombarded with profanity, violent situations, and frequent touching. Taking the physical to a completely new level calls for stripping down to your underwear. When you are forced to strip off all your layers of protection except one, you will feel vulnerable in the worst way. This makes your experience much more intrusive, personal, and intense. Talk about exploitation. Add to this the sensation of feeling trapped, and you have some of the best situations to scare your guts out. Don't forget what your goal is as you seek out a great Halloween experience. If you come out of the venue and have to pay down in the fetal position, you will have chosen well.