gavin said:
Lofty said:
It'd be a 'scare attraction', 'haunted attraction' or 'haunted house' much like the rest of them worldwide. Blame Merlin for coining the term 'scare maze', which is **** stupid
Are they actually "haunted" then, since we're being so pedantic over the use of the word "maze"? Are they actually houses?
I know it annoys some people, but "maze" is the best way to label them for a casual visitor.
The term 'haunted house' or 'houses' was really coined by HHN who have actually moulded the way we see the industry to date. The use of the term was used prior, but in smaller areas of america with tiny little ventures that were community driven projects, mainly in areas such as Ohio and Kentucky.
Joey said:
Lofty said:
It'd be a 'scare attraction', 'haunted attraction' or 'haunted house' much like the rest of them worldwide. Blame Merlin for coining the term 'scare maze', which is **** stupid
wot
They've been called "mazes" in the states for forever? Or simply "haunts" or "houses".
This is like when people argue over the definition of "theme park".
No, it isn't though. A Theme Park is a Theme Park. By term, a 'Maze' is a 'Maze', a set of corridors with dead ends and ways to get lost. Most of attractions of this nature out there are NOT mazes, they are a walkthrough experience with a defined path, so by definition are actually 'labyrinths' - although that term wouldn't be used due to complexity and obscurity.
When it comes to the term 'scare maze', I think you'll find that it's not been used 'forever' in the States actually, but I'm more than happy to have a whole debate over the matter, but I'm not bothering over this website and clogging it up with useless **** (yes I know this post is contradictory to what I've just said, but hey, shoot me :lol: ). The term 'scare maze' was not widely used up until about 6/7 years ago, actually - the term 'scare attraction' was used mostly in the UK, this is pretty evident if you go back in the history of the industry in the UK and look at the names of the attractions, and be my guest to do so, I've got a document with them all in at work - you'll see that the term 'scare maze' only starts to pop-up at the hay day of Fright Nights (around 2008 or so onwards). Lynton V Harris brought scare attractions in their current format from the States (although independent ones existed before that) and he used the term 'Haunted Attraction' mostly, especially when it came to The Freezer at Thorpe Park and Ghosts Alive at Warwick Castle.