{"id":775883,"date":"2025-11-30T13:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/alone-in-the-dark-real-life?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:58:55","slug":"we-were-traumatised-by-alone-in-the-darks-haunted-house-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/we-were-traumatised-by-alone-in-the-darks-haunted-house-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"We were TRAUMATISED by Alone in the Dark&#8217;s haunted house experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/we-were-traumatised-by-alone-in-the-darks-haunted-house-experience.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the video above, in which dolls are smashed with hammers, and one of us is Injured For Real!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\nA while back, THQ Nordic made the questionable decision of inviting myself, Jim, and Connor to a real life haunted house experience inspired by the upcoming <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/alone-in-the-dark-extended-gameplay-footage\">Alone in the Dark<\/a><\/strong> reboot. This haunted house &#8211; a particularly fancy, albeit rundown mansion on the Thames &#8211; was definitely an experience that we won&#8217;t be forgetting anytime soon, mainly because we ended up accidentally breaking a few things we shouldn&#8217;t have ever been allowed near.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhile taking on the role of urban explorers, we were sent into this derelict mansion to acquire a family heirloom of great value, but we ended up finding a lot more than we bargained for. From half-eaten tins of sweetcorn and the &#8216;shame room&#8217; to monsters that resemble stink-bugs and talking dolls. 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