My Haunt Life

“From Creep to The Willows and Beyond:JFI Productions” Panel from Midsummer Scream

In this episode, we present to you the panel that we moderated at this year’s Midsummer Scream. We were lucky enough to share the stage with the JFI (Just Fix It) Productions team. You may recognize that name from such shows as Creep LA and The Willows.

The JFI team, Justin Fix (Founder), Daniel Montgomery (Writer/Artictic Director), David Ruzicka (Artistic Director), Stephanie Turek (Creative Supervisor/Choreographer), and J.T. Swierczek (Executive Producer/Partnership Director) and we talk about all things JFI…from Creep LA to The Willows and beyond!

If you weren’t able to make it to Midsummer Scream or if you did and want to listen to the panel again, here you go! Thank you again to everyone who participated, showed up, and asked questions. We wouldn’t have been able to do this without you!

Also, if you listen through the panel, you may or may not hear a discount code for this year’s “Haus of Creep”. You wouldn’t be a CREEPFAN without it!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Just Fix It Productions – Creep LA, JFI Website, JFI Facebook, JFI Instagram, JFI Twitter

Midsummer Scream – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Cross Roads Escape Games, Back in Time Escape Rooms, Fox in a Box, Escape Artistry, Avalon Hill, and Black Button Eyes

In this episode, we get admitted to “The Psych Ward”, Cross Roads Escape Games‘ newest room. Russell tries to remove names from Santa’s Naughty List at Back in Time Escape Rooms. Then, he visits Chicago and checks out Fox in a Box and Escape Artistry‘s escape rooms. Plus, he witnesses a Betrayal at House on the Hill while trying out Avalon Hill’s board game. He also checks out the Deadites in Black Button Eyes‘ production of Evil Dead the Musical

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Cross Roads Escape Games – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Back in Time Escape Rooms – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Miasma: A Terror Experience – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Fox in a Box – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Escape Artistry – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Chicago Tribune Article

Betrayal at the House on the Hill – Website, Facebook, Twitter

Evil Dead the Musical – Website, Facebook

My Haunt Life – iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, Tu...

Interview with “Delusion” creator Jon Braver

Since 2011, “Delusion” has become a staple of the Los Angeles scene. The interactive theatrical experience has captivated, wowed, and inspired fans and creators alike. In this episode, we sit down with “Delusion” creator Jon Braver and chat about everything from the start of Delusion to the just announced Director’s Cut of “The Blue Blade” and even some fun things like the voices Jon can do, stunt work with Harrison Ford, favorite Jackie Chan movies, how to scare camp counselors, how important gaming is, and how Mike is probably a serial killer. Enjoy this fun, informative, and slightly chaotic interview that has a little something for everyone.

Delusion – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tickets

#playyourpart

 

In this episode, we wish a fond farewell to the 2018 haunt season. We catch up on all the things we’ve done in the last episode including Mike’s trip back to Boston to experience “Fall” (that’s a season!). Before that trip, we see the last Dirty Tricks of the year with the New Bad Boys of a Magic. Russell gets stranded on Boney Island and is saved and escorted out by a Los Angeles Haunted Hayride. We return to Theatre Macabre before they close their curtains. While half of My Haunt Life is on the other coast, Russell is able to see Force of Nature Productions “Fallen Saints”, then visits the world’s tiniest haunted house at Starmakers Costumes, and is able to attend some home haunts including Rotten Apple 907, The Farm, and Van Oaks Cemetery. If that wasn’t enough, he then is able to escape from Reality X, visits the mausoleum with Wicked Lit, heads to “Kansas” to see some familiar faces with Chapter 7: The Heart from the Speakeasy Society, then gets his 70’s fix on with Safehouse ’77. If that wasn’t enough, he talks about his second trips through Creep LA and Delusion: The Blue Blade. Meanwhile, back in the crisp Autumn air, Mike is able to visit Demented FX as well as a production of Sleepy Hollow at his favorite field trip spot as a kid, Ol’ Sturbridge Village.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

New Bad Boys of Magic – Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

Boney Island – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Los Angeles Haunted Hayride – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Theatre Macabre – Website,

Zombie Joe’s Urban Death Tour of Terror, Creep Los Angeles, Theatre Macabre, Delusion: The Blue Blade, Saw Escape Room, Majestic Repertory, Freakling Brothers Trilogy of Terror, and In Another Room

Haunt Season is in full swing! In this episode we find our way through the darkness and into Zombie Joe’s Urban Death. We witness people’s nightmares while trying to not fall asleep with Creep LA‘s “Awake”. We witness and take part in an open world…all while trying to uncover the secrets of the Theatre Macabre. We happily get to play our part and travel the world with Delusion: The Blue Blade. Road trip time as we head to Las Vegas to “Play a game” with the one and only Jigsaw in the Saw Escape Room, get transported back to the 70s with Majestic Repertory‘s “Measure for Measure: The Immersive Experience”, and finally go back to our second home….The Freakling Brothers Trilogy of Terror! Once back in LA, we visited a house that’s to be condemned and hear about the stories that happened inside it with E3W Productions “In Another Room”.

Also, listen close for your chance to win a pair of tickets to Doctor Zomba’s Ghost Show of Terror!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Zombie Joes – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Creep Los Angeles – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Theatre Macabre – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tickets

Delusion – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Saw Escape Room – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Majestic Repertory – Website, Facebook,

Interview with Miasma Creator Justin Brink

Miasma: Into Great Silence broke open the 2018 haunt season early in the Midwest. Based in Chicago, this immersive terror experience has spent the last few years building a solid reputation for intense dramatic sequences, surreal mood shifts and incorporating extreme haunt elements. Creator Justin Brink and his team created an adrenaline-laced robbery-gone-wrong narrative that forced the patrons to face some squirm inducing decisions.

Russell first attended Miasma in 2016 and returned this year. However, he didn’t return as a patron. Instead he stepped behind the scenes and into the darkness to become part of the crew and to assist in the terror.

Afterwards, he sat down with Justin to ask a few questions. This quick interview covers the journey to this year’s show and explores the dynamics of forming a trusted team of players that can unite to present intensely dark, challenging shows.

For more information on Miasma: Into Great Silence, please check out their website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

It’s Official! Haunt Season Has Begun!

It’s that time of year again! In this episode, we head to the Magic Castle to see the New Bad Boys of Magic perform there for the first time. We also check out “Dirty Tricks” without the Bad Boys, but still with the “dirty”. Russell experiences “Echoes in the Dark” from the Shine On Collective then travels to Chicago to help out with Miasma: Into Great Silence. Then we head to see Chapter 6 of The Speakeasy Society‘s Kansas Collection, called “The Witch” and gives us an unexpected emotional impact. We go to the first haunt of the season at Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor! Haunts on a haunted ship…what could be better? There’s also a couple of remounts we’re excited about: #bedrumplai and Doctor Zomba’s Ghost Show of Terror!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

New Bad Boys of Magic – Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

Dirty Tricks – Tickets

Shine On Collective/Echoes in the Dark – Echo 1 – Inside my Soul – Website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Miasma: Into Great Silence – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

The Speakeasy Society/Kansas Collection – Chapter 6 – The Witch – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

#bedrumplai – Facebook,

As we’re about to jump in head first to haunt season, we catch you up on the things we’ve done since the last podcast. Russell traveled to Mississippi again, but were able to do some things before, during, and after that! We took part in an “Experiment” by Get The F Out Rooms. Russell goes “Dark” with Force of Nature‘s “Fallen Saints”. We attend THE wedding of the year with Speakeasy Society‘s “The Vow”. We attended a Secret Thing, opened some mail with Box of Dread, and got to experience Live In Theater. We felt loved with #bedrumplai and Mike finally makes it to Zak Bagan’s Haunted Museum, Majestic Repertory show, and then attends this year’s ScareLA.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

The Experiment/ Get The F Out – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Force of Nature Productions/Fallen Saints – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

The Speakeasy Society/The Vow – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Secret Thing – Instagram

Box of Dread – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Live in Theater/This Is When We Rest – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

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Episode 81 – Immersive Horror: New Trends Outside the Box Panel from Midsummer Scream 2018

This is the panel that we were asked to moderate at this year’s Midsummer Scream. If you happened to miss it or if you want to listen to it again, here you go! Thank you again to everyone who participated, showed up, asked a question, made cookies, made pins, and just had a fun time.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Midsummer Scream – Website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Black Market Escape Rooms – Website, Facebook, and Instagram

Pseudonym Productions – Website and Facebook

The Counts Den – Website , Facebook, and Instagram

Horror Escapes LA – Web, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

Creep Los Angeles – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Midsummer Scream 2018

Midsummer Scream 2018 has come to a close. We spent two days trying to do everything we possibly could, which is an impossible mission. Even though we didn’t get to everything, we still managed to do a ton of fun and even secret things. Can’t wait until next year!!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Midsummer Scream – Website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Barry Under Your Bed – Instagram, Sign up for his mailing list

Shine On Collective – Website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Urban Death/Zombie Joes – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Screenshot Productions – Website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Hollywood Goes Immersive: Creating Next Level Experiences For Entertainment Marketing – YouTube via Cara Mandel/No Proscenium

Cross Roads Escape Games – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Miasma: A Terror Experience – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Mudd the Magnificent – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Shock Waves Dead Right Horror Trivia – Facebook

Shock Waves Podcast – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and iTunes

The Cromwell Estate – Website, Facebook<...