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The Tension Experience
In Episode 10 of the My Haunt Life Podcast, we give you some exciting news about what has happened with The Tension Experience. Melissa got a gift and Mike is getting Anointed! Mike talks about the disappointment of The Lost Tears of Kali. Mike went to Captured LA to finally […]

Episode 10 – The Tension Builds!

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My Haunt Life at Spookshow
In Episode 9 of the My Haunt Life Podcast, we give you an update on our experiences with The Tension Experience. There’s a new mystery in town that you should check out called Ves Corp. We were infected by The Virus and were Trapped in a Room with a Zombie […]

Episode 9 – We’re All Over the Place

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Summer Camp is a rollicking horror film that swiftly and cleverly destroys every cliché it seems to embrace. Suffering from a ill-fitting title, Summer Camp leads you down a familiar path then sucker punches you with a thrill ride of twists, turns and sneak attacks that move quickly to a […]

Summer Camp Destroys Horror Clichés in The Name of Fun ...

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In Episode 8, we talk about the latest and newest escape rooms we’ve done. We talk about Cross Roads Escape Games “The Hex” room, Escape Room LA’s newest room, “The Alchemist”, and Captured LA’s room, “The Starlet Killer”. Russell goes through the birthing process in “What We Learned Here’s” newest […]

Episode 8 – Escapes, Magicians, Immersives, and Questions

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(Please Note:  There are MILD spoilers contained within the slightly rambling thought process that follows.) Horror is personal.  That is key to what frightens each of us.  Often I have conversations with friends where they mention how scary a movie is for them and when I see it, the film […]

The Revenant as Horror Movie – Splashing Red Across Multiple Genres 

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Blackout … Blackout Haunted House … The Blackout Experience So much can be said about this haunt/immersive theater piece. Blackout was, and still is, a game changer for the haunt world. Russell and Mike talk about the first time they went through and the impact it’s had on their life. […]

Episode 7 – The Blackout Tribute and Interview with Josh ...

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A Sundance Film Festival Review “Carnage Park” tells the tale of a woman, Vivian, taken hostage in a bank robbery that goes awry. Once out of town, the lead robber, Scorpion Joe, does his best to work his charm on his lovely hostage while attempting to form a plan that […]

“Carnage Park” Takes The Kidnap Genre into Familiar Slasher Territory

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A Sundance Film Festival Review Rob Zombie’s newest horror film, “31,” confirms the director has a flare for carnage and a good eye for interesting set pieces, a slightly improving sense of emotion and an unwillingness to transcend the thing that inspires him – 70’s horror cinema. “31” is a […]

Rob Zombie’s “31” – A New Film That Brings Back ...

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In part 2 of our Haunt Season review, we talk about our out of town trips to see Freakling Brothers in Las Vegas and Blackout and a few others in San Francisco. We talk about the home haunts we were able to check out such as The Klownhouse, The Haunted […]

Episode 5 – The Haunt Season Review Part 2!

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Haunt Season has come and gone and Russell and I talk about what we went to, what we loved, what we hated and all that fun stuff. In Part 1, we talk about the Los Angeles/Orange County haunts we went to. You can hear about Fear is What We Learned […]

Episode 4 – The Haunt Season Review Part 1!

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