Rise: Dark Souls Unleashed
ww.risehauntedhouse.com
Hammond Louisiana
Rise is a walk-through haunt and zombie paintball attraction located about half way between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. I was surprised to find that there were practically no lines when I arrived around 7:30pm. While chatting with the ticket lady I found out why. She said I was about 30 minutes ahead to the coming wave of customers... Friday night High School football was just finishing up and then things would get crazy.
This is the little haunt that could. Only operating 15 days this year, this haunt includes a number of aspects rarely seen outside of long established urban haunted houses. The haunted house is located in a standard metal building. What sets it apart is that this haunt has a great facade disguising this fact. A nice touch.
The queue line is partially indoors. The indoor portion of the queue is a nicely detailed interior scene. Again, something rarely seen outside of heavy weight haunts.
The walk-through haunt had strong continuity with each room flowing smoothly into the next. You started in a library that flowed into the parlor and so on. The sets were detailed and the design felt consistent rather than "we went to the thrift store and threw all the stuff around the room". The interior reminded me of Dent School House in Cincinnati.
The staff was uniformly enthusiastic and it was clear they enjoyed what they were doing. Actors generally had good timing and a couple actually startled me.
It is well worth the $15 admission price.
Zombie paintball makes me happy. For those of you not familiar with this particular sport; here's a brief intro. Members of the zombie eradication squad (you) are loaded into a open sided trailer with benches and paintball guns attached to rails. You get towed down a path past a series of small scenes of zombie infestation. Brave actors in heavily padded suits stumble around and get shot by 20 or so patrons at the same time. Not since the Romans threw the Christians to the lions has there been so much fun for so many people at once. Brilliantly; management stops the trailer for five dollar paintball refills. Crack cocaine is not this tempting.
The crew clearly enjoys the entire process and encourages mayhem at every turn.
Paintball is $15 with one nearly mandatory $5 refill. There is a combo ticket for $26
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