Haunted Houses | Pad Patter 10.13

Only once. In England where we lived, they had what was called a Spooky House and my two boys wanted to go. The elder was 6ish but the younger one was just under 3. He was the daring one of our two so we decided to take him in. They both seemed to enjoy it as we walked though and various community members jumped out or made scary noises. Iain, the younger, was fine until he walked out. Then he burst into tears.

I don't have much interest in haunted houses etc and I will NEVER go in a maze. I got lost in the one at Hampton Court in London as an adult. Never again.

 

I very much dislike being scared.

 

I don't do anything scary and won't even watch scary movies.

 

When I was a teen there was an elaborate haunted house called Scream In The Dark set up in the mall parking lot a few years in a row. I went once or twice with my older sister. I thought it was very cleverly designed and it was the type with people jumping toward you screaming, "Aahhh!" I'm sort of neutral about being scared. I don't hate it but I don't seek it out either. And I rarely choose to watch scary movies. Since Scream In The Dark I can't really remember any haunted anything I've visited, but probably I'm forgetting some. I have been in the Disney Haunted house ride when I was there several years ago.

 

The local Sugar Shack/Berry Picking/Pumpkin Picking Farm has a haunted house/corn maze thing called "Skreamers". My 14 year-old (who didn't last through the first episode of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) called me at work on Friday and said, "So I want to go to Skreamers with my friends, but I am also really scared so maybe could you come with me? But like, you're not there with my friends, so like, maybe bring one of your friends and pretend you guys really wanted to go. But, like still be no more than an arms length away."
I told her that if she still needs her mom to go through a haunted house, maybe she's not ready for a haunted house yet.

 

Haunted houses? Well, that depends. I'll be upfront and say first that I don't participate in the 31st observance. (I understand that it is my experience, and I am not wanting to do anything but contribute to this thread.) When we were at our second pastorate, we experienced a truly haunted house. Doors opened on their own, footsteps on the stairway were heard, a coffin was left in the barn/garage: a sulfuric smell we could not place, white flashes of light swishing through rooms,and feelings of being watched were frequent in the parsonage. After a while, the people finally opened up about the previous pastor's family. Turns out the eldest son was into the occult. He had a small coffin he would keep in his station wagon. He heard voices and one told him to offer his infant daughter. He ended up causing her death. According to the church members, they had seen parties said to be orgies in the upstairs of the parsonage. We learned that we could pray through the house, taking authority over any unwelcome influence. We did. We discovered an ouija board in the upstairs closet, hidden between the wall and the chimney. We destroyed it. The smell disappeared, the flashes of light and noises disappeared. It is our experience that there is a reality to the things that are part of halloween.
So, haunted houses, yeah, I lived in one. Been there, got the heebies and won't ever return, LOL!
Movies- I stay away from "dark" stuff.I do like suspense though- as long as it doesn't get into the dark stuff.

I have never understood those things. I know they are still popular, especially here in the South. But IMHO, God isn't about fear. In fact, He says "fear not". so fear cannot be a genuine motivation to change, but love is very strong in that. Glad you have found a place that gives peace.

 

Nope, the only haunted anything I will do is Disney's Haunted Mansion. I don't like horror movies or TV shows either.

 

I don't do scary. Like at all.
We were watching an episode of Psych, and it was horror themed -- I mean it is a cop show, we knew there was a logical explanation for it -- but I was SO SCARED!! I watched most of it through a tiny corner of my hoodie that I kept up the whole time. I don't like ghost shows, I get terrified of bumps in the night when everyone is asleep.
I don't need to do any thing else scary!!

 

Nope. Don't do them. I'd much rather watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!"

I've been to them when in middle school and I was so scared I promised myself never again. I didn't care who made fun of me!

 

Oh my gosh, this is bringing back some old and classic scary movie memories. One of them was "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" with Betty Davis and Joan Crawford. My sister and I went to a downtown theater to see this and we were so freaked out that we were "The Man With The Atom Brain" - I was a kid and don't even remember who was in this one. The neighborhood kids decided that we were going to go into town and see this. I had nightmares for weeks over that one. I hate scary movies and now refuse to watch them.

I remember when "The Exorcist" came out and a group of us went out to dinner, then somebody got the brainstorm to go see it. One of the guys in the group and me refused to go, so the rest of the group went and we didn't. I still have never seen this movie.

 

I wanted to see that movie, but was afraid of being too scary...so maybe I'll give it a try, and watch it in the weekend!

 

well, we don't really celebrate Halloween here in Brazil, so many of the traditions we don't have. Sometimes some amusement parks do a "Scary night" thing, but I never went, not a big fan...I don't like horror and/or paranormal movies, it scares me a lot...