Gore-ing 20’s scare zone brings ‘dead decadence’ to Knott’s Scary Farm

Prohibition-era ghosts possessed by the devil’s elixir from a speakeasy of sick repute volition roam a caller Knott’s Scary Farm scare portion with a gory Roaring 1920’s vibe, unrecorded jazz set and sexy flapper dancers this Halloween season.

“It’s ‘Great Gatsby’ meets horror,” Knott’s amusement shaper Eric Nix said during an online video interview. “I support utilizing the word ‘dead decadence.’”

The caller Gore-ing 20’s scare portion volition articulation a lineup of 8 haunted mazes, 4 returning scare zones and six unrecorded shows during Knott’s Scary Farm 2021 astatine the Buena Park taxable park.

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The 48th play of Halloween Haunt, the granddaddy of taxable parkland haunted attractions, volition tally connected 27 prime nights from Sept. 16 done Oct. 31 astatine Knott’s Berry Farm.

Knott’s Scary Farm 2020 was canceled owed to the extended coronavirus closure of the park. Knott’s offered the Taste of Fall-O-Ween nutrient festival arsenic a Halloween play replacement portion taxable parkland attractions remained closed amid state-mandated COVID-19 wellness and information restrictions.

The Knott’s originative squad has been processing a Roaring 20’s scare portion for respective years that yet got the greenish airy with the debut of the caller Bear-y Tales acheronian ride successful a conception of the parkland erstwhile themed to the 1920s Prohibition era.

“We felt similar it was a large accidental and tribute to bring backmost a scare portion and immoderate vigor to this information of the park,” Nix said. “Gore-ing 20s was a sanction that stuck successful our heads.”

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The Gore-ing 20’s backstory draws inspiration from the park’s often-overlooked Blind Tiger speakeasy — a locked doorway beneath the recently-renamed Walter Knott Theater.

“The Blind Tiger has virtually been serving the devil’s elixir to folks,” Nix said of the scare portion theme. “Once you person it, decease volition find you successful the astir horrific ways possible.”

The Knott’s nutrient and beverage squad is moving connected concocting a mentation of the devil’s elixir to service during Halloween Haunt, according to Nix.

Diehard Knott’s fans cognize that ringing the Blind Tiger doorbell triggers an audio way recreating barroom enactment from wrong the speakeasy.

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The Gore-ing 20’s scare portion volition beryllium filled with ghostly bartenders, flapper girls and a bouncer who person each passed into the afterlife.

“You get to spot what has happened to immoderate of these characters aft they’ve drank the devil’s elixir,” Nix said. “They’re reliving their decease implicit and over.”

Protesters extracurricular the Blind Tiger volition question placards informing “Don’t portion the devil’s juice.” Little bash those protesters cognize that the deadly elixir led to their ain ghostly fates.

A five-piece jazz set volition execute 4 oregon 5 times per nighttime precocious supra the Gore-ing 20’s scare zone. The unrecorded inheritance euphony volition premix with recorded hostility tracks and dependable effects.

“It’s a large juxtaposition betwixt the agleam and upbeat jazz euphony joined with these acheronian and sinister characters,” Nix said.

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A troupe of 1920s dancers volition execute alongside the jazz set up connected the theatre terrace. The sexy dancers should supply conscionable capable distraction for the “scareactors” moving the scare portion below.

Gore-ing 20’s scareactors whitethorn adjacent susurration to passersby a concealed password needed to get past the bouncer into the Blind Tiger. But don’t expect to locomotion into the speakeasy — the Blind Tiger doorway doesn’t pb anyplace interesting.

“Everybody is expecting an existent speakeasy and we anticipation to thin into that successful different year,” Nix said.

The archetypal twelvemonth of the Gore-ing 20’s scare portion is intended to adhd immoderate vigor to the backmost of the parkland and thrust visitors to the bawdy and off–the-cuff “Puppet Up! Uncensored” improvisational drama and puppet amusement successful the Walter Knott Theater, according to Nix.

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Knott’s Scary Farm 2021 runs connected Sept. 16-18, Sept. 24-26, Sept. 30, Oct. 1-3, Oct. 7-10, Oct. 14-17, Oct. 21-24 and Oct. 28-31. The haunted lawsuit is unfastened from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. connected Thursdays and Sundays and 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. connected Fridays and Saturdays.

Halloween Haunt tickets are $50 online and $89 astatine the gross with discounts disposable for Knott’s play passholders.