erebus haunted house in pontiac michigan

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Many other classics are present in EREBUS, done up in a grand scale – the elevator gag, (With multiple elevators to allow good throughput) Pepper’s ghosts, drop panels, and a massive Tesla Coil to name a few. If you hesitate you may be crushed! (in a matter of speaking…the dangerous appearing walls are actually soft – but the apparent danger is intense)- Traveling along a cliff face, a moving wall pushes you close to a bottomless pit in a clever mirror gag.- In one of the final events, a dragon with a 10 foot mouth emerges from the gloom and EATS patrons…dragging them screaming into the darkness!

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– An ornate temple in India conceals a rampaging rhino…you had better get out of the way! – A primeval jungle is home to attacking monkeys – avoid the weird dwarf leg gripping mutant demon ape if you can!- In a strange rune covered catacomb, opening and closing walls must be passed to escape a series of chambers. Guests are sent through time by a mad scientist in the show intro, an event that culminates in a vicious surprise aerial attack from a 12 foot long giant centipede like monster! From the dawn of civilization they pass through many ages of history and different cultures, traveling through time back to the present. Like many major haunts, EREBUS strives to change key effects from year to year, but their core theme remains the same.

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Their take on the popular “vortex” for example is a 20 foot plus enclosed room that rocks from side to side, with light beams raining down on the guests to create a disorienting effect. With space on their side, many of the effects involve large moving props or set pieces that interact with the guests on a huge scale. One way to describe the gags in their show is BIG. To counter this, EREBUS manufactures in house most if not all of their major effects, allowing guests a more unique experience. Since many of these attractions purchase heavily from industry vendors, duplication of popular props and effects is inevitable in the market. The metro area surrounding Detroit has over 75 different haunted events (give or take) each year, an astounding array of all sizes and budgets.

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I was astounded by the size and quality of their effects shop, occupying a huge room bigger than many full sized haunts!īut the power of EREBUS does not rest on what lies backstage, it can be observed in the way they engage their guests in an all out assault on the senses. Believe it or not they need almost all that space to house the vast collection of props and raw materials they have amassed over a quarter century of haunting. And what a location they found! The building is a former 4 story parking garage that had been abandoned for almost 50 years and used as an indoor junkyard! The haunt currently fills about 30,000 square feet of the 100,000 square foot structure, with the rest used for storage and shop space.

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Throughout their history the brothers have been primarily operating portable haunts, notably the Haunted Gallery, (a trailer based haunt), before the move to a permanent location 5 years ago. This is their twenty fifth season of terrifying folks, and over the years they have created an over the top style that really stands out. The brothers Terebus have been in the haunting game a long time.

EREBUS by Webster’s definition is the darkness beneath the Earth that the dead must pass to reach Hades.- In Greek mythology Erebus is the son of Chaos and the brother of Nye (Night)Įvery so often you hear about a haunted house that really gets you interested… something unique, something wild! For years I had heard about a place in Michigan with some really unusual scares bottomless pits, crushing walls and giant monsters that would actually EAT you! Well the place is for real it turns out, and I actually got a behind the scenes tour of this massive attraction by Ed Terebus the Co-Owner (with his brother Jim) of EREBUS Haunted House in Pontiac, Michigan.

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