The house of terror in the times of the covid-19 pandemic

See what the house of terror is like in times of pandemic 0:54

(CNN Spanish) -

A zombie with a bloody head and a dropped jaw welcomes visitors to this house of terror.

Everything is very dark.

The psychedelic music and the screaming in the background send chills.

From the entrance it is not possible to establish whether those desperate screams are a recording or the voice of those curious who, defying the covid-19, decided to enter and be scared.

Netherworld House of Terror

We are in Netherworld, a large winery turned Halloween attraction, located in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

The place is decorated among other things with skulls, witches, mummies and beings that look like something out of a science fiction movie.

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Netherworld co-founder Ben Armstrong says that this year, due to the coronavirus health emergency, the use of protective masks is mandatory for employees and visitors.

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(Michael Roa)

'Everyone goes through a checkpoint;

There we take their temperature and check that they have no symptoms.

“People have to keep a physical distance in line.

Additionally we have stations with hand sanitizer ».

To visit this house of terror you have to book online and go to the show at specific times.

There are 50 actors who play diabolical characters that haunt visitors.

Island Chance is one of them;

He says that he is 25 years old and that he has worked at Netherworld for 9 years.

Halloween in pandemic

«This year, the actors are not sharing costumes or masks.

In a normal season, without covid, on average 5 actors represent the same character, "he says.

Chance plays a Machiavellian scarecrow.

His costume has a protective mask made of the same fabric.

«I was worrying about it, especially since the infections were increasing more and more.

"But we wanted to reopen this season and we consulted with the state Department of Health to make sure that the protocols we were implementing were correct," he adds.

Suddenly, a green light illuminates a thin hand with long nails that rests on the head of a young woman who makes the tour of the dark house of terror.

(Michael Roa)

The woman comes out terrified.

The noise of a chainsaw makes anyone forget that it is a Halloween attraction and transports one to a scene from the movie "Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

"We need an escape from this situation that we are living with the virus," says one of the visitors to Netherworld.

Ben Armstrong says that the pandemic considerably reduced the number of visitors and that in a normal year the celebration of Halloween here turns into a festival.

The attraction will be open until the second weekend of November.