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| The Exorcist: The Devil's Manor | |
| Attraction type | Haunted Maze |
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| Park | Universal Studios Japan |
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| Year |
2016 2017 |
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| Based on | The Exorcist (1973) |
The Exorcist: The Devil's Manor was one of the four haunted mazes that were featured during Halloween Horror Nights 2016 (Japan). The maze would return the following year for Halloween Horror Nights 2017 (Japan).
Description (2016)[]
Don’t look away from the shocking reality of a girl possessed by the Devil. A mansion permeated by a menacing atmosphere. There, you’ll find a girl utterly transformed by demonic possession. On setting foot in the manor, you witness the sight of a spectacular rite of exorcism. You’ll be chilled to the core in both body and soul by a series of shocking scenes you can’t help but look away from, and the terrible phenomena that wrack the girl’s body! It’s up to you to carry out the terrifying mission of rescuing the girl from the Devil’s evil grip.
Descriptions (2017)[]
Don’t look away from the shocking reality of a girl possessed by the Devil. A mansion permeated by a menacing atmosphere. There, you’ll find a girl utterly transformed by demonic possession. On setting foot in the manor, you witness the sight of a spectacular rite of exorcism. You’ll be chilled to the core in both body and soul by a series of shocking scenes you can’t help but look away from, and the terrible phenomena that wrack the girl’s body! It’s up to you to carry out the terrifying mission of rescuing the girl from the Devil’s evil grip.
Scareactors[]
Experience[]
Finally, in Japan we have the Exorcist at Universal Studios Japan. This has got to be one of the most elaborate haunted houses ever. In Japan, you not only go through the film, The Exorcist…you are the Exorcist. First, the biggest difference is that you are not going through in a line, you are spilt into groups about 6-7 people per group and given a rope that you must hold onto for the entire experience. Keep this in mind. The grouper opens the door to the house and you wander into what looks like a quaint hallway. Covered in family pictures and a couple shots of Reagan, the young girl in the movie (the one that gets possessed). At the end of the Hallway a picture drops down to reveal the demon, Pazuzu. The next room you are in the room where, to a credit to the designers of the haunt, recreated all the weird art that Regan works on in the movie. They even have that bright strange flying dinosaur thing that’s in the movie. The attention to detail in this room is great! They also have the Ouija board that contacts the main antagonist in the movie. In this room a giant window cracks to see a projected image of the demon. It’s breaking into our world. You head down another hallway the pictures are cute still of family portraits. And you wander into, if this doesn’t sound creepy stop me, Regan’s bedroom. There is an actor in the bed with a Reagan in pain mask on. She struggles as the bed moves and a desk juts out at you as the demon is slowly taking over her. At this point you might notice that the house is almost just creating mood, IT’S SLOW BURNING YOU. “Slow burning” meaning, it’s giving you little by little so you can hit you hard at the end. The house uses some of the same old tricks that the other two versions do, but this one goes a step further by having you walk through the same area of the film again and again.The repetition of these hallways really make you feel trapped in this house and in your own personal hell. The next room has the another animatronic doing the classic 360 head turn and then once again, again, again, the hallways beckon you back in. A Reagan pops out from behind you as you are literally pushed by her down the hallway. At the end of the hallway there is I guess you could say, Japanese equivalent of Max Von Sydow, the lead Exorcist in the movie. He looks at the group hands you holy water in a plastic bottle and says you have to go in. She is in there, don’t listen to what she says no matter what. You open the door, and you walk into the most ICONIC scene in the movie. Reagan is tied to the bed, you have the holy water. When you went into the house you thought that this was called the Exorcist, but this name is also a title given to someone who does the job. At this moment it clicks, YOU ARE THE EXORCIST. Even though it’s Japan and the translation doesn’t make any sense. I shouted out “The power of Christ compels you.” As the person in the group doused the scareactor in the bed with the holy water. Instantly, disgusting sound is heard coming from Reagan as she pukes directly on whomever cast the holy water on her. It’s gross, but it’s freaking amazing.
After drying yourself off and making it into the next room you are back in the hallway again, but everything is coated in puke. As you turn corners of the hallway you might notice Reagan bashing the walls behind you forcing you forward. At the end of the hallway there’s a dark room, where a Reagan on a bungie cord flys out at you. A great last scare. You head to the exit there’s a sign saying this is the end please put the rope and holy water in the box. As you do that, laughing and talking to your fellow members of your party saying how intense that house was, the sign drops and Reagan busts out of it for one last scare.
Pictures[]
List of Resources[]
- https://behindthethrills.com/2016/10/the-exorcist-at-halloween-horror-nights-three-different-takes-on-a-horror-classic/
- https://www.artstation.com/acivicdilemma
| Halloween Horror Nights Japan 2016 |
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| Haunted Mazes: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 • Chucky’s Horror Factory 3 • Tatari • The Exorcist: The Devil's Manor |
| Upcharge Haunted Maze: Trauma 2 |
| Scarezones: Street Zombies • J-Horror |
| Shows: Sadako • Haunted School |
| Halloween Horror Nights Japan 2017 |
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| Haunted Mazes: Deadman's Forest: Escape from the Forest of Death • Cult of Chucky: Chucky's Hospital Ward of Madness • A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Maze 3 • The Exorcist: The Devil's Manor |
| Upcharge Haunted Maze: Trauma 3 |
| Roaming Scarezone: Street Zombies |
| Shows: Sadako • Haunted School |