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| Just hanging around... |
The 2014 garage portion of the walkthrough included a compression scare in the form of a resistant foam doorway that victims had to push through. The idea came from larger compression halls I have visited at pro haunts that use large airbags that guests need to push through... unaware of what waits for them on the other side. It also adds the element of touch and forces a delay on the victims.
For mine, I used a thick sheet of bendable black foam, divided in half, and firmly braced by 2x4 walls. This allowed a crack of light to be seen in the center, with the next room being dimly lit by a 4ft black light. A 7ft tall ghoul prop waited for the victim around the next corner.
Several of the quitters that left the haunt screaming did so when they were faced with going through this door. It seems that darkness + physical resistance = NOPE for a few people.
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| What the victim saw (but with fake candles backlighting the area instead of the overhead as pictured.) |
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| This is how crude the setup actually was... with landscaping fabric stapled over the rough wood for protection from scrapes and to add to the gritty look of the room. |
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| This is a close-up showing the thickness of the door that victims needed to either open by hand or push through. |
There were no hinges, so the strength of the foam provided noticeable resistance as one tries to slid through. But it was wide enough so that no one had real trouble getting in.
Although the garage walkthrough will not be used in the 2015 haunt, this doorway has been left intact and will be used again in the full 2016 haunt.
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