OK all you die-hard horror geeks out there, this is the coolest idea for an event that I’ve heard in a very long time! I’ve been a camper my whole life and I’ve also been a horror fan my entire life as well, normally the two are only experienced in films such as Friday the 13th, The Evil Dead, or The Cabin in the Woods, but now they can be experienced together…for real.
The Great Horror Campout is a live event in the Los Angeles area brought to you from the people behind the popular LA Haunted Hayride. New in 2013, the Great Horror Campout will bring a unique kind of camping experience to Los Angeles. The event takes place June 7 and 8, lasts 12 hours and is only for fans 18 and over. Dinner, tents, and breakfast (for those who survive) are included.
From Ten Thirty One Productions (creators of the incredibly popular Los Angeles Haunted Hayride), the Great Horror Campout will be an overnight, twelve-hour experience that puts campers into an immersive horror camping adventure jam packed with content.
Campers can choose the intensity of their adventure. However, whether they decide to stay in their tents with friends or venture into the darkness they are fair game. And unlike the LA Haunted Hayride, the performers at Great Horror Campout may touch you.
With a slogan that promises, “Only The Dawning Sun Will Save You,” tents, horror movies, bonfires and marshmallow roasting are only the beginning. Campers wanting an even more extreme horror experience can participate in the Hell Hunt, an interactive experience that will bring campers face to face with their worst nightmares in order to retrieve the items for which they are hunting. The Hell Hunt will send campers bathing in the blood of a “Pope Lick,” partaking in a sacrificial voodoo ritual, digging through road kill amongst “Beasts of Bray” and tons more. Campers will have to use creative thinking and problem solving to find the most coveted items and compete for the title of “Hell Master.” Campers who complete the Hell Hunt will receive a “Golden Ticket” to the LA Haunted Hayride good for unlimited rides during the 2013 season.
THE STORY
These grounds are the site of the old Southern Railroad station of 1875. It acted as a supply route for highly sensitive government freight. According to legend, one night a train hauling a cargo load of crates filled with “biological weapons” jumped the tracks crashing into the tree line that still stands today. Fourteen railroad workers lost their lives upon impact crushing them under two tons of screaming hot metal.
The contents of the crates… well that became complicated.
The smashed crates let loose a catalog of species that had never been seen or defined. Creatures thought to of existed only in legend were erroneously unleashed upon the mainstream population. THEY, the crate dwellers, devoured other crewmembers that would have survived otherwise almost as if they were ravenously feasting. The government acted quickly to cover up any evidence of the crash, however too many were freed that night to contain the evidence.
Since that date, unexplained sightings have run rampant in these areas. THEY now dwell in the surrounding woods and shadows awaiting their next hot meal. Tonight…their hunger grows.
Welcome To Camp!
I don’t know about you guys, but this sounds like the coolest thing ever! Too bad it’s only in Los Angeles or I would be there for sure. If you’re lucky enough to be able to attend, tickets are $149.
For more detailed information, or to order tickets, visit the official Great Horror Campout website and “Like” the Great Horror Campout on Facebook.
