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Haunted houses
becoming science
in scares, safety
By Sarah Baker
Senior staff writer
From the outside, it looks like just
another dilapidated brick building grac
ing the streets of downtown Lincoln.
But from the inside, it’s a carefully
calculated fright machine just waiting for
the next unsuspecting teenager to walk
through its doors.
Once upon a time, haunted houses
-.were most often amateurish, sheet
draped, black-lit productions; now they
have become businesses that include
carefully orchestrated and choreo
graphed scenes, all of which guarantee to
scare the pants off of anyone willing to
pay seven bucks.
Tomb of Darkness, located at 16th
and O streets, is, one of the newest hous
es in Lincoln. And in keeping with the
new standards in haunted houses,
Owner Jason Egan said he doesn’t allow
just anyone to scare the visitors in his
house.
“The first thing I focus on is acting
experience,” Egan said. “I make (the
applicants) do a skit and try to scare me.
I make them show me, because the mon
sters are what make the house.”
Although for most haunted houses
there are general requirements, such as
age specifications, houses also have
detailed requirements that have the
potential to make the visitor’s experience
even more horrific.
“If they are into makeup or have
taken classes about special effects, it can
really lead to a lot of neat stuff,” Egan
said.
Although actual acting experience is
helpful, a simple love for all things scary
also can be beneficial.
Tom Harvey, one of the monsters in
Tomb of Darkness, doesn’t have any act
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sesses a passion for costum
ing and makeup effects.
“I grew up with comic
books and horror flicks,
plus I am a big Kiss fan, so
this is an extension of all
that,” Harvey said. “The
realism is important to me,
not just the fantasy.”
Harvey, who portrays a
horned-skeletal monster in
the dungeon room and
maze in Tomb of Darkness
said although his headdress
consists of a mask, he still
wears makeup underneath.
“I want to look the same
even when I take the mask
off,” he said. “It would be
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STRANGE CHARACTERS aren’t just inside the the makeup, but I want tol
haunted house. Tomb of Darkness co-owner play the part to its fullest.
Jason Egan said this man hangs around outside 1 like to play off of oth
the house occasionally, playing haunted house ers em0tl0ns’ he added I
. , _ .. am very fascinated with act
SOngs on a harmonica for customers. Egan said • andtheater art -
this was the first time the man displayed his den- " Eean said most of his
tures for the crowd. employees provide their own
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