Nightmare On The Bayou
Houston, Texas
www.nightmareonthebayou.com
Finding Nightmare on the Bayou is a bit challenging because I could not find a sign for the haunt on the street. Look for the costume company and NOTB is behind it. Parking is free and conveniently located. This haunt is made up of 5 separate sections that feed into each other.
The first section is a chain link fence labyrinth. Lighting is well done and allows the actors to find some dark spot to leap out from. There was a novel approach to the ground cover here. They used medium sized (1") rounded river rock over landscape cloth as the base. For the fog effect they used misters. The mist settled on the rock making it wet. The net effect was to lubricate the stones giving a 'draggy' effect without the mess of sand or mud.
You cross the driveway to enter the second section. This is the main haunted and is enclosed in metal warehouse building. The haunt starts strong with a twisting hall of skulls lined with skulls and lit by strobe lights. Detail level is moderate throughout the haunt. Lighting is good. This is the first haunt I've visited to use video based bug effects. Here's how the gag works. There is a hallway with white walls and plastic cockroaches glued to the walls. From behind a video of moving cockroaches is projected down the hallway. The overall effect is quite good. The guys at Nightmare managed to space the fixed cockroaches in such a way to leave room for the video roaches to move convincingly. Overall this is one of the best effects in the haunt.
The remaining mini haunts are fairly small. One section is a shipping container with a prop at the front end, a 12 foot airbag, and a prop at the end. It is best to consider this one haunted attraction broken into sections rather than 5 attractions.
$34.50 for general admission. The entire haunt takes about 30 minutes to complete.
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