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Delusion: The Red Castle Makes Its Mark This Halloween Season
The avant-garde of interactive horror theater, Delusion, returns this Halloween for its 13th season. Jon Braver created Delusion in 2011, and it has since become a staple in the horror community while bringing immersive experiences to new heights.
Running select nights from now through November 3rd, this unique experience places you in the middle of a horror movie, and it’s up to you to play your part. Whether it’s jumping into a grave or playing dead while laying on a stretcher, you interact with the actors to move the story along.
After three years at the Phillips Mansion in Pomona, CA, many were left wondering, What’s next for Delusion? After much anticipation, it has been announced that the saga continues this year at the Stimson House, also known as The Red Castle, in Los Angeles proper. This Los Angeles landmark was built in 1891 as home to a lumber mogul, and carries a rich history including surviving a dynamite attack by a blackmailer. The Romanesque castle sets the scene for the dark and mysterious titan that is Delusion.
This year’s storyline, The Red Castle, pays homage to the early Delusion stories, and continues the story of Dr. Frederick Lowell. With the death of his wife, the banished psychologist spirals down the dark path of resurrection, swallowing his former patients into his tragic pursuit. The Red Castle allows attendees to experience a breadth of emotion, all while feeling the true fear that comes with being placed within a horror story yourself. Everything from the actors, to the production value, to the level of interactivity shows why Delusion is the crown jewel of immersive horror in Southern California.
Delusion consistently sets the bar for interactive theater and this year’s new location and storyline takes it to the next level. Tickets are available now at www.enterdelusion.com. Dates sell out quickly so we recommend getting yours as early as possible! Be sure to follow along on Instagram and Facebook. Delusion is located at 2421 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90007.
A luxury team-building trip descends into a bloody fight for survival against a vengeful retreat leader in Corporate Retreat, out today in theaters. It’s the latest entry in a cathartic subgenre of workplace horror that examines every harrowing aspect of job employment.
No job is safe from horror, either, from babysitting to even the most white-collar gigs. But if you work an overnight shift? All bets are off. Vengeful co-workers and bosses aside, the night shift is likely to come armed with witches, creatures, demons, and all manner of things that go bump in the night. Even deadly outbreaks.
Corporate Retreat, along with these five horror movies centered around some of the worst night shifts, will make you glad the weekend has finally arrived.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Passenger director André Øvredal goes full throttle for the scares in this quiet little chiller that sees a father and son coroner team stumped over the bizarre mysteries contained within the body of an unidentified young woman during an unexpected night shift. Well-executed scares, clever twists, and earnest performances by Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch give this supernatural haunter serious heft. While the narrative bides its time unveiling the truth behind Jane Doe’s battered body, it’s heavily steeped in witchcraft. In other words, The Autopsy of Jane Doe presents a new take on the subgenre. More importantly, it’s seriously scary.
Cold Storage
COLD STORAGE, StudioCanal 2023
A lethal, mutated fungus breaks free from confinement deep within the bowels of a storage facility. At the frontlines of the madness are Teacake (Stranger Things’ Joe Keery) and Naomi (Barbarian‘s Georgina Campbell), two employees thrust into the middle of the chaos when they investigate an alarm beeping somewhere deep within the building. Director Jonny Campbell (Netflix’s Dracula), working from a script by David Koepp based on his novel, helms the goopy madness with workman efficiency. This lighthearted, goopy horror comedy romp makes the deadly night shift a bit more bearable.
Graveyard Shift
Graveyard Shift follows new hire Hall (David Andrews) tasked by his mean boss Warwick (Stephen Macht) to assist with the insane rat infestation beneath their mill. They find something much most monstrous as the cause. Though the film was panned, it’s a fun creature feature with an always welcome appearance by Brad Dourif as the intensely eccentric exterminator. The film also opts for a happier ending, whereas (spoiler), the story sees both Hall and Warwick getting devoured by the mutated rats, the crew in the upstairs mill none the wiser.
Last Shift
‘Last Shift’
Rookie Officer Jessica Loren (Juliana Harkavy) has been assigned to watch over a closing precinct on its final night of operation…alone. With nearly everything already moved over to the new station, including rerouted 911 calls, it should be a pretty quiet night as she waits for a Hazmat team to arrive to remove biohazardous waste. Instead, it becomes a waking nightmare as she’s forced to deal with unsettling visitors. Last Shift, co-written by Scott Poiley and director Anthony DiBlasi, brings the scares.
Intruder
The overnight stock crew of a local grocery store finds themselves falling victim to an unseen killer in this highly infectious late ‘80s slasher. The deaths are delightfully gruesome and inventive; look for this killer to make excellent use of grocery store items as weapons. Frequent Raimi collaborator Scott Spiegel directed this bloody slasher, which means a lot of overlap with the Evil Dead II. That means putting Sam Raimi in front of the camera for a change, along with Ted Raimi and Evil Dead II’s Dan Hicks. Look for a cameo by Bruce Campbell as well!
Corporate Retreat releases in theaters today; get tickets now.
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