Humans have a natural, evolutionary need to feel safe, and haunted house architects can exploit this. Like, if you look in the wastebasket in the room, there's probably a newspaper in there with a story about the haunted house." While the haunted house industry has grown over the last three decades, Golojuch believes his art is becoming increasingly rare. "Building the facades and making the classic Victorian haunted house -- that's dying," he said in a phone interview. CGI effects and other theatrics help turn up the fear factor in haunted house attractions.

Source: CNN October 31, 2018 11:37 UTC