How 2 L.A. immersive Halloween horror shows keep changing the way we scare
LA TimesThere are scares — one courtesy of synchronized puppetry — and there are impressive, in-the-flesh special effects, such as a head and neck that materialize out of a closet and keep growing. Caiti Wiggins is “Priss” in “Reaper’s Remorse,” the new immersive theater show from “Delusion.” It can be startling in this late-pandemic age when the performers of “Creep LA” whisper their desires in your ear, or when one of the living ghosts of “Delusion” grabs your arm and leads you into a crawl space. Go this year, for instance, to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, and experience a maze such as “The Bride of Frankenstein Lives,” which is essentially a walk-through theatrical installation. Over at “Creep LA,” a house is set up as both a place of mystery and a prison, playing on the idea that we’ve all spent so much time alone and indoors. Robert Fleet is “Louis” in the latest show from “Delusion.” “It was a clever way of taking everything we’ve experienced without it being too on the nose,” says Turek.
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