Woman Suing Extreme Haunted House For Emotional Trauma

LAist – A woman who went through what is possibly the world’s most extreme haunted house is speaking out, saying the vicious experience was much more than she had expected. The McKamey Manor is legendary for how extreme it is. Helmed by Russ McKamey, 56, in his Rancho Peñasquito home, the McKamey Manor is a full-contact horror experience, where scare actors touch, manhandle and otherwise torment you. While Los Angeles has a few haunts where actors touch you—we did the dreamy ALONE and the more aggressive Heretic House, the latter of which left us bruised and sticky—McKamey is unique. Guests will undergo simulated drowning, and be bound and gagged. Actors induce guests’ vomiting, place roaches on their faces and in their mouths, and sometimes cut their hair. And unlike the other haunts, McKamey has no safe word and the typical experience can go on for as many as eight hours. Filmmaker Jon Schnitzer, who filmed parts of the tour for his documentary Haunters, told us that the Manor smells impossibly bad. What’s even more unbelievable is that there’s a wait list of people just champing at the bit to go through it. Participants are filmed during the experience, and are frequently seen begging to be let go and warning others not to come here—the latter may be a bit of showmanship on McKamey’s part. Participants are also filmed before and after the experience. Amy Milligan is seen on video giving a relatively positive review of her experience in the haunt. However, she told the San Diego Union-Tribune that she only gave the positive review because she wanted McKamey to make a video of her time in the haunt for evidence. McKamey did make a video of Milligan’s tour. The video, however, is missing several pieces. You certainly see some aggressive behavior—Milligan is shoved, dragged by her hair, blindfolded, slapped and soaked with water. She and her fellow “victim” are forced to make animal noises and are spun around until they become dizzy. They’re both covered in fake blood, dirt and other substances that look gross. She’s seen in the bottom of a freezer, covered in dirty water, being repeatedly slapped as her “tormentors” demand she sing songs. In the next scene, Milligan is seen lying down as a woman places live roaches all over her face and hair. Milligan said one of the worst parts of her experience was when they tied her hands and forced her to lie in a pool of water with a cage over the top. She said her head was submerged several times and she thought she was going to drown.

I saw this headline and I was about to make fun of this chick for being a pussy. You sign up for an extreme haunted house, then you’re probably gonna get scared. And then I saw the video. Its 45 mins long so I’ll give you the highlights. It starts out as one of the most aggressive pornos you’ve ever seen. You know the ones I’m talking about. Where they legit just beat up on the girl’s face and do that figure four leg headlock move when they are blowing the guy. Yea, dont lie. You know those. Well thats what it starts out like:

And then shes locked in a refrigerator and kinda waterboarded for a bit:

And then it turns into the goddam Boo Box

And after seeing all that, I’m not gonna make fun of Amy for being a pussy. I’m going to make fun of her for being an ASSHOLE. Anyone who subjects themselves to this is a dickhead. Theres absolutely nothing enjoyable about it. If youre a sick fuck who likes this stuff, then go for it. But if you’re even a slightly normal human and you sign up for this then you deserve all the trauma that comes your way. I like a good jump-out-of-your-seat scary movie and thats about where it ends for me. Other than that I’m pretty much like a black person when it comes to this scary stuff. I’ll get up and leave the room if some shit goes too far. Because make no mistake about it, this McKamey Manor is PEAK Caucasity. This is whiter than drinking pumpkin spice lattes in Hunter boots and Patagonia vests at The Hunt. You would never ever ever catch a black person doing this nonsense.

PS – The highlight of the video is when she starts singing the OSCAR MEYER WEINER SONG

Just gives you a glimpse into the mind of a person who would agree to this. If someone says “sing me a song” and your first thought is the Oscar Meyer Weiner song you are fucked in the head.