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EREBUS HAUNTED ATTRACTION, PONTIAC MI

Since 1997, Erebus has been growing and growing to be one of the most unique and largest haunted attractions in Michigan. In 2007 I visited for the first time and was blown away. Less than a week ago, I went through it to the same wonderment

RECOMMENDED ONE-WAY DRIVING RANGE

Customer Service and Navigation

Easy to see from a distance on account of Searchlights on the roof

 

  • Owner Ed

  • Operations Manager Dan
  • Mythos Founder Steve
  • Mythos Artist Rick

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A fantastic group of guys.

Always looking for Feedback.

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Atmosphere and Lobby/Midway

Key Lobby and Midway Amenities

  1. Concessions

  2. Merch

         + Huge stall in the Exit Lobby

         + Two other sellers including the glow accessories in

             the queue

  1. Video

         + Queue line preshow

  1. Music

         + Assorted Hot Jams

  1. Seating

  2. Bathrooms

  3. Games

  4. Stage

  5. Photo Ops

         + A good number of large props in the Exit Lobby

  1. Queue Line Actors

Bonus:

  1. Metaphysical

  2. Pyrotechnics

  3. At least one HUGE set piece

Facade Quality

Erebus Haunted House

EITHER:

     - The front of the building is the lifeless facade

     or

     + The Second Queue is a ridiculously huge

         walkthrough facade with its futuristic theming

Use of Existing/Surrounding Environment

     + The outer bricks are used decisively as a theme

         appropriate wall in some scenes and hallways

Actors and Acting

Energy

  • 90 actors that night

 

Erebus Haunted House

    -  Actors aren't really the highlight except the

         puppet operators

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    +  Ambitious jump scaring

Costuming and Makeup

Erebus Haunted House

    + Excellent Prosthetics and masks

    + Layered costumes

Lines and Vocalizations

Erebus Haunted House

    +/-  Not many lines

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      +  The lines that were said are golden

Theming and Design

Lighting

Erebus Haunted House

  • Full color pallette

  • Cold colors in the futuristic spaces

  • Hot colors in the industrial spaces

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    +  Great use of flourescence in the carnival area

    +  Lots of video including flames in the burning

         room

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Sound

Erebus Haunted House

  • No real overarching soundscape

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    +  Unique sound effects for each room

    +  Crickets in the swamp

    +  Creepy crawlies in the Spider Cave

Set Dressing

Erebus Haunted House

  • Puppets, puppets everywhere

  • Vacuumform panels of many varieties

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    +  Hydraulic arm in the factory bit

    +  Louisiana Bayou House in the swamp

    +  Bodies being processed into skeletons

Special Rooms

Erebus Haunted House

  • Nearly every room is a Special Room

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    -  The preshow rooms including the

        decontamination cells all the way to the "Alien

        Scare" are weak (maybe because it all broke with

        my expectations)

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   +  So many shifting floors

   +  Two infinity floors

   +  Interactive "meat hook" hallway

   +  The interlude hallway between queues two and

        three

   +  Drowning in balls room

Entertainment Value

Fun

Erebus Haunted House

    -  Some puppets hit you hard

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   +/-  A lot of bending over

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    +  27 minutes of rooms you might not see anywhere

        else

    +  Ingenious execution of many common rooms

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While you're there, head over to Mythos Oddities and Curiosities Museum. Home to many exciting fossils, art pieces and artifacts that will expand your mind! It's just an additional $20 to see this one-of-a-kind collection.

Scares

Erebus Haunted House

    +  Fears that not many other haunts engage with

         are affected here

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