Culture & entertainment
How haunted houses evolved from stage magic
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Paying someone to jump out of a dark corner and scream at you has a surprisingly refined pedigree. Modern walkthrough scare attractions evolved directly from 'Grand Guignol' theater in Paris and Victorian stage magic. They eventually stripped away the plot, leaving only the primal terror of wandering through a blacklit plywood maze.
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