THIS ARTICLE ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM. ONE MORE REASON I WON’T BE GOOD, PRETTY
SPOOKY SEASON IS IN FULL SWING,
AND ONE OF THE WAYS PEOPLE LIKE
TO CELEBRATE IS BY ENJOYING
SOMETHING SCARY, LIKE GOING
THROUGH A HAUNTED HOUSE, AND
THERE ARE MANY GREAT HAUNTED
EXPERIENCES IN OUR AREA. BUT A
NEW ONE JUST OPENED UP THIS YEAR
AND IT WILL ONLY BE HERE FOR THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER. THAT’S RIGHT.
MICHELLE OLIVER WENT TO CHECK
OUT THE GHOSTS ON THE BALCONY
HAUNTED BY THE GHOSTS ON THE HOT
COALS ON THE BALCONY HAUNTED
EXPERIENCE AT BIRMINGHAM THEATER
POWERED BY IMAGINE JIN. LET’S
SEE IF SHE GOT SPOOKED. I’M
SPOOKED. BE IT A CRAZED CARNIVAL
PERFORMER. FOR A TERRIFYING
WEREWOLF GOES BUMP IN THE NIGHT.
IT’S NOT HARD TO GET A FRIGHT
OUT OF ME. I HATE WALKING
THROUGH A DARK HALLWAY WHERE I
DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO COME
. AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF SCARY
SITES AT GHOSTS ON THE BALCONY.
THE HAUNTED EXPERIENCE AT THE
BIRMINGHAM EIGHT THEATER, WE HAD
A DRY SPOT IN THE FILM SCHEDULE.
AND YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE
INSISTED THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN
HAUNTED FOR YEARS, SO THIS PLACE
IS ACTUALLY HAUNTED. BEST ONE
THAT I’VE HEARD RECENTLY AS
WE’VE RECENTLY HAD AN
ELECTRICIAN IN THE BUILDING WHO
WAS WORKING IN THE BASEMENT AND
HEARD BOWLING BALLS ROLLING AND
HE REFUSES TO COME BACK. AND IT
TURNS OUT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
IN FACT, THERE WAS A BOWLING
ALLEY IN THE BASEMENT HERE, THIS
SPOOKY ATTRACTION THEY PARTNERED
WITH BLUE WATER. THE GROUP
BEHIND GLENN LORD TRAILS LIKE
OTHER HAUNTED HOUSES. THIS IS A
LINEAR JOURNEY THROUGH. HOWEVER
UNLIKE A TRADITIONAL HUNT, THIS
HAS WE REALLY LEANED HEAVILY.
INTO THEATER. THERE IS A LOT
MORE PRODUCTION VALUE THEIR
STORYTELLING MOMENTS THERE’S A
STORY ARC THROUGH THE WHOLE
EXPERIENCE REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY MEAN YOU HAVE TO
EXPERIENCE IT FOUND THAT OUT.
HAVE YOU MET THE JOB TO? YOU
KNOW WE’RE GOING THIS WAY. SO DR
BALDWIN IS OUR FICTITIOUS
THEATER PROPRIETOR, AND HE IN
THE STORY, HE WENT MAD AND
YOU’LL HAVE TO COME TO THE
THEATER TO UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT
IN GOING MAD, HE STARTED
PERFORMING EXPERIMENTS ON GUESTS
IN THE NAME OF ART AND FILMING
THEM AND DOCUMENTING THEM AND
COMMITTING TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE
ATROCITIES. THE GREATEST
DIRECTOR ON THE PLANET. THEY
ALSO LEANED INTO THE BUILDING’S
HISTORY. THIS BUILDING IS ALMOST
100 YEARS OLD, AND ORIGINALLY IT
WAS BUILT IN THE TWENTIES AS A
SINGLE SCREEN LIVE PLAYHOUSE.
THERE’S A LOT OF HISTORY, A LOT
OF STORIES ABOUT ACTORS AND
ACTRESSES AND OWNERS THROUGH THE
GREAT DEPRESSION HAD SOME BAD
TIMES HERE, SO I THINK THAT ALL
PLAYS INTO THE HISTORY OF THIS
BUILDING AND WHY IT’S HAUNTED.
IT WAS CREEPY AND THE JUMP
SCARES ALWAYS SEEM TO GET ME YOU
DONE THIS BEFORE. IS THAT WHY
YOU’RE NOT JUMPING AS MUCH AS
ME? IT’S A GOOD HUNT, SO IT IS
PART THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE, AND
IT IS PART HUNT SO THE UPPER
FLOOR IS MUCH MORE THEATRICAL
AND THE LOWER FLOOR IS PRETTY
TERRIFYING. I WENT THROUGH THE
ADULT VERSION, BUT THERE IS A
FAMILY FRIENDLY HAUNT AS WELL.
TICKETS START AT $20 THROUGH. NO
MORE MORE. I’M NOT DONE YET HAVE
A LOUNGE. AT THE END, GUESTS ARE
WELCOME TO STAY AND HANG OUT AND
EXPERIENCE THE ENTERTAINMENT THE
SEASONAL CONCESSIONS, AND WE’LL
HAVE A STREAM GOING IN THE
LOUNGE OF SOME OF THE ROOMS IN
THE HOTTEST, SO IF YOU’RE IN THE
MOOD FOR A FRIGHT, TEST YOUR
METTLE AT GHOSTS ON THE BALCONY.
OKAY BUT THE DOCTOR, YOU THINK
I’M DONE NOW? YOU’RE DONE. I
WANT TO BE LIKE RUN, MICHELLE.
FAMILY FRIENDLY HAUNTS ARE FROM
2 TO 5 P.M. THEY’RE RECOMMENDED
FOR KIDS 12 AND UNDER AND ARE
MORE OF A FESTIVE HALLOWEEN
EXPERIENCE. THE ADULT HAUNTS ME
WITH THE KIDS, SO I DON’T KNOW
START TIMES THAT RUN FROM SEVEN
PM TO ONE AM CHILDREN UNDER 13
CAN ATTEND WITH A LEGAL GUARDIAN
. I’M GOOD. I’LL BE OUT THERE