"I
Don’t recall when I’ve experienced anything that terrifying” – William
Friedkin, director of The Exorcist
“This
is a no-nonsense haunted house, a taut, assured production that knows exactly
what it wants to do (scare the hell out of you) and performs its task with
ruthless, coldblooded precision.” — New York Times
“Step
carefully into Killers: A Nightmare Haunted House, a legitimately f***ed-up and
fascinating labyrinth through the history of serial killers.” - UrbanDaddy.com
NEW
YORK’S FIRST AND MOST TERRIFYING HAUNTED HOUSE WILL CELEBRATE ITS MILESTONE 10
YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH
THE
HARROWING SEQUEL TO LAST YEAR’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED “KILLERS” INSTALLMENT WILL
CONFRONT EVEN MORE OF THE WORLDS MOST NOTORIOUS SERIAL KILLERS
SEPTEMBER
27 – NOVEMBER 2, 2013
AT
THE CLEMENTE SOTO VELEZ CULTURAL CENTER
(107
Suffolk Street, NYC)
(New
York, NY) – New York’s first and most terrifying haunted house, NIGHTMARE, will
be celebrating its 10th year in New York City this fall. This milestone
Anniversary comes as producers Timothy Haskell (Creator of Nightmare) and Steve
Kopelman, (producer of Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare”) announce plans
for KILLERS2 a horrifying, immersive haunted house experience about our
obsession and fascination with serial killers both real and fictional.
KILLERS2 is the follow-up to last year’s widely talked about, highly
successful and critically acclaimed “Killers” installment and will run
September 27th through November 2, 2012 at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural
Center, 107 Suffolk Street between Rivington and Delancey on Manhattan’s Lower
East Side. www.hauntedhousenyc.com
This
year, visitors navigating the tormenting labyrinth of NIGHTMARE: KILLERS2 will
encounter various psychopaths, including Harrison Graham, Aileen Wournos, and
Charles Manson - among others - who are neither glorified or romanticized – but
rather presented for what they are...scary as hell! Focusing on both the
perpetrators and their victims, both historical and contemporary, KILLERS2 sets
out to prove that the most haunting experiences are those that are real. There
is nothing more frightening than the monsters that walk among us.
"In
ten years we have never repeated a theme. This will be the only time we do,”
says creator Timothy Haskell. “When I designed the house last season it was
epic, but it was too big to fit into the venue, so we split it up into two
years. Additionally, the theme was so terrifying and fascinating that I felt it
had to be explored a little further."
With
regard to the 10th anniversary of Nightmare, Mr. Haskell explained that “When I
started Nightmare, I did so because there were no other haunts and I was a
working theatre director who loved haunted houses. Now ten years later I
couldn't be prouder of what Nightmare has become. We were the only haunt in
town back then and now there are nearly a dozen! We’ve been able to keep our
identity the entire time, and do it the way we always have. Audiences have now
made us a Halloween tradition."
Production
Design for NIGHTMARE: KILLERS2 is lead by Paul Smithyman. Art direction is by
Justin Haskell and David Hinkle, sound design is by David Roy, costume design
is by Sarah Swafford, lighting design is by Garin Marshall. Video design is by
Alana McNair.
For
a full schedule of performances visit www.hauntedhousenyc.com
Tickets
for NIGHTMARE: KILLERS2 are $30 - $60 and available at www.hauntedhousenyc.com,
or at the box office prior to each performance.
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/NightmareNYC
Twitter:
@NIGHTMARENYC
Visit
Timothy Haskell’s blog at www.iscareyou.com
Timothy
Haskell (Creator and Co-Director) recently directed Sex You (I’m Gonna) by
Nathan Phillips at the ACE Hotel and then in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this
past summer. Other credits include Off-Broadway’s Stitching (The Wild
Project and The Elephant in Los Angeles), The Jaded Assassin (Ohio Theatre),
Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy starring Corey Feldman at the Classic Stage
Company,Corporate Rock (Blue Heron Arts Center) and the Paris Hilton spoof I
Love Paris by Doug Fields also at the Blue Heron Arts Center. He also
co-curated and produced the first ever Fight Festival at The Brick Theatre
premiering his new work Last Life that later transferred to the Ohio Theatre.
He is perhaps best known for creating and directing the cult hit Road House:
The Stage Play, which transferred from Off-Off Broadway to Off-Broadway at the
Barrow Street Theatre. Mr. Haskell is also the creator and director of the
annual Nightmare: New York’s Most Horrifying Haunted House, which has run each
fall for the past ten years. The most recent installation was KILLERS: A
NIGHTMARE HAUNTED HOUSE.
Steve
Kopelman (Producer) has been actively involved in the Haunted House industry
for 30 years. He is currently a producer of haunted attractions in 5
American cities. His accomplishments include production of Rob Zombie’s Great
American Nightmare and The Nest Haunted House, selected by Good Morning America
and ABC News as “The Scariest Place in America.” He has been involved with over
60 haunted attractions in 17 different cities all over the United States,
including his work as a producer of Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare
Haunted House. Kopelman and his haunts have been featured on MTV, The Travel
Channel, CNN, and The Food Network among others.
John
Harlacher (Co-Director) is an actor and director. Acting work includes the
indie feature Love Simple; Off-Broadway’s Dog Day Afternoon, the revival of
Israel Horovitz’s Rats, with the Barefoot Theatre Company, of which he is a
member; and NEXT! at the HERE art center. Directing work includes the recent
comedy Franklin Stein, Penetrating The Space and Callous Cad at The HERE art
center, and the feature film Urchin, which he also wrote. Released theatrically
and distributed worldwide, Urchin was banned in Malaysia as a “threat to
culture." He is also the Editor-In-Chief of Weird Tales Magazine.
LISTINGS
EDITORS:
WHO:
NYC Haunt Holdings presents
WHAT:
Nightmare: KILLERS2
WHEN:
September 27 – November 2, 2013
WHERE:
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
(107
Suffolk St., between Rivington and Delancey Sts.)
$30
- $60 tickets at www.hauntedhousenyc.com
PHOTO
CREDIT: Anathema Photography Caption: Ed Gein, one of the killers profiled
at Nightmare: KILLERS2.
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