Totally depends on the haunt! It's easy to get into the "jump out and yell" thing just because you are working with a rotating cast of people who are working for free or cheap and aren't always dependable. It's easy to get people to do that. But sometimes you get a good crew, experienced haunters, good managers, and a real theme and that makes for a good haunt. It takes more to get people into a good costume and into their character.
Like the one I'm volunteering at, we have a mix of teenagers and forever Halloween types so there's a decent mix of startle scares and creepy lurk in the shadows and follow you down the hall types.
(I'm like Ickis, I'm a "loomer". Think it in the Gromble voice please, all you Aah Real Monsters fans.)
There's two kinds of haunted house visitors: the ones who want to be scared, and the ones who come to appreciate. Not all haunts get this.
And sometimes, the videos just don't capture the haunt at its best.
Like the one I'm volunteering at, we have a mix of teenagers and forever Halloween types so there's a decent mix of startle scares and creepy lurk in the shadows and follow you down the hall types.
(I'm like Ickis, I'm a "loomer". Think it in the Gromble voice please, all you Aah Real Monsters fans.)
There's two kinds of haunted house visitors: the ones who want to be scared, and the ones who come to appreciate. Not all haunts get this.
And sometimes, the videos just don't capture the haunt at its best.