character for haunted house guide – bad idea?
Question by Yoshi: character for haunted house guide – bad idea?
last year, i volunteered for a haunted house. i was asked to be a guide to lead each group through because i improvised, acted and presented well. i got such acclaim for how i did, people asked for me specifically, etc. – so much so that i was asked again this year.
so i thought i’d challange myself with a hard character to pull off. our theme is ‘the museum of classic horror [come to life]’. so i want to play a man that was so obsessed with horror movies that he went mad and became an unpredicable, unstable, dangerous sociopath. [think of The Cable Guy with Jim Carrey except with horror movies]
i want to make the groups as uncomfortable as possible – i want to them to feel trapped in a cell with a madman. but here’s the thing:
the biggest challange is going to far. making them feel so uncomfortable that they feel threatened or just become so annoyed that they want to deck me one. PLEEEEASE HELP!!! i really want to bring this character to life.
Best answer:
Answer by actor22
The point of a haunted house is to have fun, and be scared in a non-threatening way. If the experience is too intense, that purpose goes out the window. If you’re afraid of going too far, then don’t. It’s that simple. It doesn’t matter who the character is, or what his derangement, you can take it too far. Even something as benign as Kermit the Frog can become too intense (and thus disturbing and/or annoying) if you take it too far. So don’t don’t take it to what you feel is extreme. Bringing a character to life is one thing, taking him over the edge is another. Do one, but not the other, and you’ll be fine.
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