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Panel1: A repeat of Page 3 Panel 2 from mycomic reviewing Tolmachoff farms. A morerecent rendition of myself stands in front of the panel, warily eyeing the textthat reads ‘But if you’re an adult looking for a good scare, you might need tovisit the more terrifying Fear Farm. (Which I have yet to decide whether I am or am not brave enough toattempt.)’
Panel2: A similar panel, but the camera hasclosed in on ‘Fear Farm.’ I look at theaudience with concern.
Panel3: I look uneasily off camera.
ME: I guess…
ME: I gotta now…
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Panel1: I talk with my mother.
CAPTION: I have never done a true Haunted Houseattraction before.
ME: I’m doing Fear Farm.
MOM: Will you be wearing Depends?
Panel2: I sit in the back of a car.
CAPTION: Fear Farm sports FOUR themed houses and afreaky little corn maze.
ME: Maybe I SHOULD be wearing Depends.
Panel3: I stand beside my helpful friends,Deb and Paul.
CAPTION: I maintain that if I’m going to have thepants scared off me, I should at least offer my friends the opportunity towitness it firsthand. So I was joined bymy buddies, Deb and Paul.
DEB AND PAUL: SPOOPY!
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Panel1: I look at the row ofPort-o-Potties. There is a derangedprisoner standing outside the doors.
ME: It’s nice that they put frighteners right outside the porta potties.
Panel2: I stand in the clearing. Someone with a chainsaw stands behindme. I am shaking.
ME: As I said, there’s FOUR haunted houseattractions, that are a mix of interior and exterior spaces. The houses are Nuketown, Sinister Circus,Dead in the Water, and Dead End Slaughterhouse and are all themed accordingly.
ME: There is also the final attraction is ahaunted corn maze named The Reaping. This one will cost you about ten dollars extra on top of generaladmissions.
ME: All of it is connected by The Midway space,where you can buy food. And be chased bypeople wielding chainsaws.
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Panel1: I sit at my computer. It is an earlier scene.
CAPTION: I had to reassure myself an hour beforeattending.
ME: Okay, but can they touch me?
CAPTION: They cannot.
Panel2: I address the audience.
ME: And of course, if it gets to be too much, allyou need to do is tell an actor you need out. They’ll escort you to the nearest exit.
Panel3: I am shaking in line. Smiling. But shaking.
CAPTION: I wasn’t entirely convinced I could manage toget all the way through ONE attraction. Much less FIVE.
ME: Gonna die, gonna die, gonna die, gonna die.
Panel4: A line up of me and my friends. Deb and Paul are fine. I am not.
CAPTION: This is what I’ve learned about ourrespective fear responses.
ARROW TO PAUL: Completely indifferent.
ARROW TO DEB: Enthusiasm.
ARROW TO ME: Freeze.
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Panel1: I am in front of the group inNukeTown.
CAPTION: So, of course.
ME: Why am I in front?Panel2: I am in front of the group inSinister Circus.
ME: Why am I STILL in front?
Panel3: I am in front of the group at Dead inthe Water.
ME: WHY am I STILL in front?
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Panel1: We stand in a dusty living roomset. You cannot see what we see. I am trying to drag Deb and Paul away.
CAPTION: Deb and Paul agreed that ONE scene made themuneasy.
ME: Let’s go let’s go let’s go.
DEB AND PAUL: NOPE.
Panel2: We stand in a cornfield. You still cannot see what we see, but we arereacting strongly to it.
CAPTION: We ALL agreed which part was the scariest.
PAUL: Oh, hell no.
Panel3: The maze. Paul is leading, and Deb is holding myhand. I am looking EVERYWHERE.
CAPTION: The corn maze is actually kind of a palettecleanser after the shock driven houses. Instead of relying on jump scares, they lean into the casual dread ofwondering if something waiting for you in the darkened path.
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Panel1: I leave the park shaking.
ME: Don’t come if you’ve got health issues. Don’t come if you’re pregnant. And be careful if strobing lights give youseizures (a few houses use it).
ME: They make you sign a waiver just to protectthemselves from any liability.
Panel2: I look at three kids leaving in frontof me. They are unaffected byeverything.
KIDS: Wish we could have done DEAD IN THE WATERtwice.
KIDS: They definitely had the best props.
Panel3: I grimace. The implication clear that I have just barelysurvived what little kids were easily enjoying.
Panel4: Blank
CAPTION: FEARFARM
6801 N 99th Ave, Glendale, AZ85305
Cost: $28-33 (Before Add-Ons)
Mon-Thurs 7pm-10 pm
Fri 7pm-12am
Saturday 6:30pm-12 am
Sunday7pm-12am
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