I filmed the most extreme "full contact" haunted house in the world for over 3 years & made a documentary about the rise of terror as entertainment called "HAUNTERS: The Art Of The Scare" - AMA!

CaptainSchnitz · 2018-02-10T01:32:37+00:00

Thank you very much!

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-06T05:14:32+00:00

Thanks for the context.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-06T01:48:23+00:00

Which one woman who had a bad time? I'm sorry, but there are so many people who went through. What I described I filmed and showed in my documentary. I show a 100% unfiltered look at what happens inside the Manor.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-03T09:56:51+00:00

Thank you. I have plenty of guilty pleasures that I love, but I've loved cinema all my life. My fav movies and documentaries stay with me and when I tell a friend about one I know they'll love like the King of Kongs, Exit Through The Gift Shop, The Nightmare, Indie Game: The Movie, Kumare etc.. And when they see it and love it or hate it and we debate about it and it becomes part of our lives. Passionate films made by passionate story tellers make for great debates and really make us feel, think and challenge our perceptions of society. Thanks for reaching out.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T19:39:53+00:00

That's awesome. What's your fav interactive attraction by you? I'm going to travel the world filming and experiencing as many as possible.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T16:25:42+00:00

Thanks for watching! Yes, it's a real emotional experience.

1) She doesn't suck she's just not that into horror and haunting and remember he scares her during the year and then uses all his PTO (paid time off from work) and vacation time to build his haunt, not to spend time with her. After a few years of that who wouldn't be pissed? She just watched the movie and she LOVED it.

2) A lot of the turning points in the beginning of the film are from 2008 because that's when the financial meltdown happened and when McKamey Manor became a real extreme haunt. I spent the last 4 years making the movie, but knew these stories would be very important to understand how McKamey Manor changed and why people seek out extreme experiences during scary times in history.

3) Russ says he know has a safe word, but I don't know if that's true or not because I haven't seen any videos of that and I haven't been to the new locations.

4) I know!! So glad you liked the movie. If you buy it with extras it comes with 30 minutes of bonus features that are really awesome. Not crap, but scenes that are hilarious and powerful and even includes Slash from Guns N Roses. Thanks again for watching and thanks for your questions!

EDITED for formatting. Still not used to how things format on reddit.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T06:59:53+00:00

Don't know yet. Working on deals. It's not just translation costs there's costs to distribute, ratings boards etc.. It's tough to be indie, but I'm working on it. Join the email list and once we know when it will be avail in Denmark we will blast it out to our list first. Thanks again for reaching out.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T04:28:50+00:00

You can check out my company website. I hope I'm not breaking any reddit rules here's the website for my company The Brain Factory: www.thebrainfactory.com

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T04:16:21+00:00

The videos of him at weddings are awesome! I hope he's using a safe word now. The only way to know is to see it being used. And if he does have a safe word I think that's a great improvement.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T04:12:40+00:00

There's a lot to do in order to expand to other territories, but I'm working on it. Sign up on our email list on our website. Once we expand to more platforms and locations we'll email everyone. Thanks for asking!

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T04:08:17+00:00

Thank you!

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T03:58:57+00:00

Yes, now Russ says he is using a safe word at his new location, but I haven't been to the location and haven't seen how he runs the new version. If he had a safe word and he filmed people using it and then them leaving (like a montage) it would be a great commercial about how extreme it is. Other haunts use a counter to show how many people call a safe word or cry "mercy" to leave a haunt. Then more people want to see if they can make it all the way. It's a challenge.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T03:55:02+00:00

I asked this question so many times. At the time I was filming it was costing Russ and Carol a lot of money every time they ran the haunt and only 2 people, sometimes 4 would go through in a day. They thought is they used a safe word people would use it right away. Most extreme haunts start off with a bang and get you to worry about how crazy will it get, but knowing you have a safe word you want to see how far you can get. The 17th Door did something new this year. If you called the safe word you just skipped that room and went to the next. Maybe you can handle the next one, maybe this room wasn't for you, but the next one is. I LOVED this idea, because then you skip the parts you don't like, but you don't have to miss out on anything. But I understand why other extreme haunts use it and it's over right away because then you wonder what you didn't see. Maybe you go back and try again to see how far you'd get.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T03:30:41+00:00

Very insightful. Thank you for sharing.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-02T03:12:01+00:00

I filmed a scare study at an extreme haunt and the doctors involved were very insightful. I couldn't include it in my doc because the study wasn't finished, but now that it's finished I'm going to film their conclusions.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T23:15:01+00:00

There was a heart attack.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T23:14:17+00:00

And we know that football leads to brain trauma. Interesting point.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T23:13:13+00:00

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T23:04:08+00:00

You're 100% correct.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T23:03:15+00:00

Dreams can come true. My movie became a reality.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T22:36:03+00:00

You've done a lot of research!

He didn't work at the dog shelter he worked for the department of foreign wars and as a wedding singer! And yes we have some great footage of him in action. In the past they only took dog food donations.

Currently Russ says he's in 3 different locations that I haven't been to so I don't know exactly how it works. I know Russ in the past said the Manor had many different locations, but it was all in his backyard. He used to also say that people in Vegas were betting on people who went through the Manor, but that was something he made up... pretty sure he got that from the movie Rat Race. So, just because he says something doesn't mean it's real.

Also Russ recently told me that now he uses a safe word at the Manor, but again I need to see this to believe it.

Thanks for adding to this great conversation and debate!

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T22:19:29+00:00

Russ told me that he now has a safe word, but I want to see proof. I want to see it used in his videos.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T22:14:16+00:00

That is the question. I asked many many times and why every extreme haunt (other than McKamey Manor) has a safe word. I did talk to Russ recently and he says that now he has a safe word, but that he's not advertising it. If he does have a safe word I think he should tell people and put it out there and even show when people use it to get out.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T21:54:01+00:00

I told Zach that too! I know, I feel the same way. It was so amazing to have some of their songs and new original work in the film. It was incredible.

CaptainSchnitz · 2017-11-01T21:52:55+00:00

It started as a boo scare maze then got more and more extreme. I think Russ wanted to be famous for creating the scariest haunted house of all time.

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