# Niagara Falls haunted house: what's scary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342 "2012-10-20T18:16:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342/1 "2012-10-20T18:16:50Z")
The people in the video seem quite terrified of something on the floor…? Has anyone been here? What’s the deal? > **[Nightmares Fear Factory](https://www.nightmaresfearfactory.com/)** > > We're famous for being the scariest thing to do in Niagara! Nightmares Fear Factory is a haunted house Niagara Falls attraction on the Canadian. Located in the Clifton Hill district close to all major attractions in the City. Save when you buy your... ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342/2 "2012-10-20T22:35:32Z")
Here’s a YouTube link: [Nightmares Fear Factory](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI_6-Ui9XpA) ---
**Author:** ![1GothMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/90ced4/32.png) [@1GothMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1GothMama)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342/3 "2012-10-20T23:16:57Z")
According to research my husband did (he loves those reaction pictures) it’s the end of the house. You’re walking down a pitch black hallway when suddenly a car horn blares, there’s engine and crashing noises and two lights make it look like a car is about the run you over. There’s a flash when they take the picture. I like to think my reaction would be to jump or run out of the way, not stand there and scream, but in the pitch dark, who knows? ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342/4 "2012-10-21T18:28:52Z")
Those photos are AWESOME. There’s one toward the end of the 'top photos for September" that has a girl trying to climb her mom. I nearly peed myself laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342/5 "2012-10-21T19:03:04Z")
Some of those are pretty funny–I’m particularly tickled by some of the panic-hugs. Am I the only one who’d like to browse through some of the pictures that didn’t make the cut? I imagine there are a lot with non-family-friendly reactions, as well as a lot of people who just shrug it off. (Disclosure: I make for the worst thrill-ride type pictures ever. I always look bored. The last time I rode a roller coaster, one of my companions saw the pic on screen and asked if I was actually _asleep_ on the ride.) > [@bobkitty](#): > > Those photos are AWESOME. There’s one toward the end of the 'top photos for September" that has a girl trying to climb her mom. I nearly peed myself laughing. One of the girls in the next to last shot for September clearly knew what was coming, and seems to be getting a laugh at the others’ expense. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342/6 "2012-10-21T20:05:50Z")
Years ago when I was in high school and for a few years afterwards, we had a Hallowen haunted house in a friend’s basement. It actually became pretty popular around town and we would have hundreds of people coming through. There were several rooms in his basement and we’d have a different skit or scenario in each room. We’d lead groups of trick or treaters through it just like at a professional haunted house. One year he rigged a camera to take a picture of each group at just the right moment of one of the skits. He got a bunch of pictures that were exactly like the ones in that video. People were screaming and grabbing each other and covering their faces. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342/7 "2012-10-21T20:17:28Z")
Those pictures are hilarious - I was having fun browsing through the other day. Evidently a lot of the people are already holding onto each other because it’s mostly pitch black in there, just with glowing arrows on the floor to lead you onward. (I did notice a couple pics where a dude seemed to be taking the opportunity to grab his partner’s boobs.) So I watched the linked video (thanks a freaking lot, btw), and [this was one of the linked videos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXfu3E-35m4&feature=related)from that page. It shows two guys filmed with an infrared camera in a similar haunted house. So watching that, what I want to know is this: How often do the performers in these haunted houses get punched, kicked, elbowed in the face, or at least shoved violently? Because if I was keyed up, in the dark, and I felt someone come up behind me like that, or come at me from the side, there’s a definite chance I’d lash out automatically, and I bet there are a lot of people more likely to than I am. (Oh, and I have a dream: one day, I will visit the Fear Factory with my husband, and we shall pretend to be contemplatively playing chess at the moment the camera catches us.) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342/8 "2012-10-21T21:28:13Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Those photos are AWESOME. There’s one toward the end of the 'top photos for September" that has a girl trying to climb her mom. I nearly peed myself laughing. That is one of the best screaming faces of all time. That’s great. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-haunted-house-whats-scary/638342/9 "2012-10-21T21:57:05Z")
We walked by it this summer & my 15 year old out-and-out chickened out. Thank you for this thread so I can see what I missed. 😉