News Roundup: The Mall of America Debuts New Haunt

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Coming up your weekly roundup of news
from around the haunt industry. Welcome to

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the show. I'm Philip on the
h A N Show. We bring you

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the haunt news, information, and
education you need to prepare for Halloween.

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On Tuesdays, we bring you a
roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read

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more about these stories and so much
more in our free weekly newsletter. Subscribe

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at the link in the show notes. And as always for the news roundup,

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I'm passing it off to Daryl.
The Mall of America in Bloomington,

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Minnesota and American Monsters are set to
open a new haunt this Halloween season onion

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Heads Revenge. The forty five thousand
square foot immersive haunt will bring together dozens

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of live scare actors and legendary creatures
in terrifying evocative sets, combined with media

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based scare moments, theatrical lighting,
special effects, and an original soundtrack that

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will transport guests to a never before
experienced realm of horror. The attraction will

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also feature specialty bars and themed cocktails
and food. More than a great haunt,

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this is truly an exciting night out. After a shot of liquid courage,

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guests will step inside the world of
creepy Louisiana bayous and graveyards to come

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face to face with supernatural terror and
a creature out for revenge, said Charlotte

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Huggins, CEO of American Monsters.
Thrill Seekers can expect tickets to go on

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sale early August. With this new
haunt running September fifteenth through October thirty first

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of twenty twenty three, join Zombie
Joe's Underground Theater Group in North Hollywood,

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California for the return of their cult
hit Camp What's Hit for four nights only

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June thirtieth, July first, seventh, and eighth. This all new,

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scary and psychedelically whimsical, haunted coming
of age immersive experience invites you to survive

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a night in the woods. Camp
counselors will vigorously guide courageous campers and tenderfoot

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scouts through a journey of initiation and
worldly merit, all in the pursuit to

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ascension to first class Scout status.
Camp What's It is a thirty minute,

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full contact theatrical immersive journey that explores
the horrific wonders of nature and adolescent humanity.

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Directed by Brandon Sleezak and produced by
Zombie Joe. This performance is for

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audiences eighteen plus. Tickets are available
now in their twenty dollars in advance or

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twenty five at the door. Follow
the links in our show notes to buy

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them. Midsummer Scream announced another exciting
panel this week. On Sunday, July

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twenty eight, the Walt Disney Studios
will present Happy Haunts Materialized behind the scenes

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of Disney's Haunted Mansion. This special
apparition from Regions Beyond will include Jonathan Erich

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producer, Jeffrey Kurland costume designer,
and Philip Bartel editor. Hosted by Lauren

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and Trevor Shand and Leon D'Antonio from
the Boo Creu podcast, the group of

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frightful filmmakers will discuss bringing Haunted Mansion
to the big screen while sharing behind the

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scenes anecdotes and insight about the process
of reimagining one of the world's most famous

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attractions to a brand new motion picture
experience. Midsummer Screen will accour July twenty

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eighth through thirtieth at the Long Beach
Convention Center. Tickets are on sale now,

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with single day at all the mission
passes starting at thirty five dollars to

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one hundred and forty dollars for a
three day VIP gold bat pass. June

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thirtieth is the last day of early
bird pricing for this year's weekend of Fright's

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twenty twenty three Houston Terror Tours.
This year's tours will visit Purgatory Screen Park,

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Thirteenth Floor Haunted House, Houston Terror
Aisle Adventures, Creepy Hollow, and

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Phobia Haunted House over the course of
three days October sixth through eight. Early

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bird tickets are two hundred and five
dollars. On July first, the price

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will increase to two hundred and fifteen. Arizona Haunters will host a laser cut

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tombstone and finishing class on Saturday,
July fifteenth in Mesa, Arizona. Tombstones

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will be precutton engraved prior to the
class. The class will include a demonstration

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on the laser cutting and engraving process
with an overview of how the machine works

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and how to become lab certified to
use the laser cutter. Then participate will

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be able to finish their own engraved
tombstones with lessons on basic painting, cracking,

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distressing, and other aging effects.
The cost is twenty five fifty per

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tombstone. Interested individuals can sign up
via their online form. Terror Vault in

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San Francisco, California is hosting their
first Scare Actors Workshop on Saturday, August

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sixth, from one to six pm. This free workshop is open to anyone

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interested in learning the art of crafting
a truly terrifying Hunt performance. The event

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will also double as a casting call
for the twenty twenty three show The Initiation

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for those who are interested in joining
their team for the Halloween season. To

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register for the workshop, please email
info at into the darksf dot com.

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Party City debuted their new Fall twenty
twenty three animatronics, the Sneak Peak,

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including two larger than life twelve foot
tall animatronics, a Weendigo and a towering

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Pumpkin Creep, both for five hundred
dollars. Other new editions include a six

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foot tall Texas chainsaw, massacre leatherface, nine foot tall drop down scarecrow,

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and a nine and a half foot
mego will. In total, the company

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will offer eleven new animatronics for this
Halloween season. They're not yet on sale,

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but will be made available for purchase
online with in store pickup in the

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fall. Panic Attack Haunted Attraction in
Aikina, North Carolina is now hiring for

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their twenty twenty three build season.
Positions are available for set designers, laborers,

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construction workers, and carpenters. The
Dent Schoolhouse in Cincinnati, Ohio is

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now accepting applications for scare actors,
makeup artists, concessions, team parking,

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attendance, security, and more.
Interested applicants should fill out the Haunts Online

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employment form. There's still a few
upcoming events this July. The Texas Haunter

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Convention July fifteenth and sixteenth in Mesquite, Texas. Or are Ween Con Idaho.

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July twenty first through twenty third in
Boise, Idaho. Midsummer Scream July

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twenty eighth through thirtieth in Long Beach, California. Ghosts of Summer July twenty

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ninth and thirtieth in Portland, Oregon. Does your Haunt have a casting call

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coming up? Check out these ones. Arks Mortis in Killing, Alabama,

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Creatures of the Night at Zoo Tampa
and Tampa, Florida. Crooked Descent in

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Herkimer, New York. Dark Nights
at Hershey Park in Hershey, Pennsylvania,

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The Darkness in Saint Louis, Missouri. The Darkside Haunted Estates in Middlesex,

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North Carolina. The Dent Schoolhouse in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Demon Acres in Hannibal,

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New York. Eloise Asylum in Westland, Michigan. Arabis Haunted Attraction in

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Pontiac, Michigan. Extreme Feer Scare
Grounds in Kinston, North Carolina. The

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Field of Screams Kentucky in Brandenburg,
Kentucky. Fright Nights West Virginia in Daniels,

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West Virginia, Interland Haunted Attraction in
Ashley, Michigan. Lake Hickory Haunts

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in Hickory, North Carolina. Nightmare
Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio, Scream Hollow

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in Smithville, Texas, Southern Screams
in North Charleston, South Carolina. Terror

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Vault in San Francisco, California.
Undead in the Water Tampa, Florida.

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Woods of Terror in Greensboro, North
Carolina. Follow the links in our show

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notes or in the weekly newsletter to
find out dates and information about auditioning for

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these attractions. And while you're thinking
about additioning, remember there's still a few

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haunts open this July. Ams Haunted
Attractions in Maryville, Tennessee, Blood Prison

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in Mansfield, Ohio, Cinema of
Horrors, Haunted House in Kelso, Washington,

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and ever Haunt and Angle in New
York. And that's all for the

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news this week. Today's episode was
produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting

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by Daryl Plunky post production by David
Swolk. This Haunt News Update is a

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production of the Hauntedtraction Network and you
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