No one under 18 admitted.
And you have no choice but to walk through alone.

- 2010 Information Coming Soon -
WARNING: NYC HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE is an intense interactive experience that lasts approximately 20 minutes/person.
You don't just walk through it - you live it. And yes, you will be touched.
All patrons will be required to read our rules and sign a waiver before entering.

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- info for 2010 coming soon...

** 2009/2010 New York Innovative Theatre Award Nomination for **
"Outstanding Performance Art Piece"

FANGORIA
"The Vortex Theater, located at 164 Eleventh Avenue and known for its stage performances which have included AGAMEMNON, H.M.S. PINAFORE, and KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN to name a few, has most recently put together its latest  event, titled with basic elegance, Haunted House, just in time for Halloween…but thankfully this arguably bland title gives no indication of the intricate and at times startling work that went into what I can only term a true horror experience."

HAUNTED ATTRACTION
"This Haunt is completely different from anything I have ever seen. I appreciated the uniqueness of the event and it certainly made me think about the psychology of scaring people. It gave me a different perspective on what a Haunted House is. Haunted House in New York City is without a doubt, the most different haunted house I have ever visited."

NY TIMES
"...this group demonstrates that it knows the power of just making you sit in a chair in the pitch dark. This time, though, there’s an added touch, a cross between the treatments you might get from a dominatrix and an executioner. It’s an unnerving solitary confinement."

TIME OUT NY
"Not having a group around to nervously laugh off the fauz horror is a pretty effective scare tactic. Better bring a change of pants."

DAPPER SCOUT
"we can assure you that between the fog, strobe lights, and absolute depth of darkness in certain areas, you’ll be disoriented in a way you’ve never experienced before. You will have to crawl. You will be touched. And you will see things you’d rather wish you hadn’t. All of these components add up to the most tantalizingly terrifying 15 minutes we’ve ever had to experience."

NYTHEATRE.COM
"And so begins the whole fear-confidence ping-pong game your brain plays, which will continue as you proceed into the dark maze with nothing but a very dim flashlight and a white line to guide you. As you go through the haunted house, you will be escorted, you will be seated, you will be touched, you will be blindfolded, you will stammer, you will crawl, and, ultimately, when the Haunted House finally gets the best of you, if you are like me, you will run. And I did run. The last stretch, my heart pounded, and my palms were sweating, and I was laughing at myself for actually being so scared. Of a play. Of a 15-minute, interactive play on 11th Avenue."

EXAMINER.COM
"Prepare to scream: 'Haunted House' delivers a blood chilling nightmare. With a mask, a flashlight and maybe a brief prayer, thrill seekers at Vortex Theater's Haunted House are guaranteed to experience "graphic sexual and extremely violent situations," by foot or on their knees. But everyone walks through alone."

KASHMIR HILL
"The creepiest Haunted House ever.  It was a hybrid of Guantanamo and The Ring, a place and a movie that f***ing terrify me. I must admit that I enjoyed it, as creepy as the experience was. I love thrills and chills. But the detainee-esque experience and having strangers put their hands all over my body was seriously disturbing, and not something I will forget for many Halloweens to come."

Presented by the Vortex Theater Company
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