2010 Lister F/X Presents Monster Mayhem Haunted Laser Tag (CLOSED) Event Reviews
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Please note: this review is for the 2010 season rather than the current season.
by
witch4ever
after attending on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at about 3 p.m.
Submitted: Monday, October 25, 2010
Review
Monster Mayhem is a good themed haunt. They give you a mission at the start and follow through with it to the end. The actors are there to help the story along and to play with you some. Loved the foot gag, and if you have been there you know what I mean. Really well done effects and misdirection scares. Location was so easy to find and had dinner after since the pizza place was right there.
Summary
Having been to over 10 houses this year, I really liked this one and would do it again next year if they are open.
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by
gregory_carlson
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Review Crew Member)
after attending on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m.
Submitted: Sunday, October 24, 2010
Review
Monster Mayhem, as presented by Lister F/X, is a little bit different than your average haunt. The same theme runs throughout and everything fits within the environment they have created. My nephew and I thought that this allowed us to get more 'into' the haunt and it felt more believable (as far as haunts go) and I'll say that's a plus.
I personally liked the way they used actors to support the story, as they helped you through the designated mission, killing off the baddies as they came on. I cannot say I've been to a haunt that had people 'helping' you get through quite like that.
I'll be honest here, when we saw the alien get released I thought it was just a prop. When it got free and started chasing us it had this long-time haunter moving in quickstep.
This haunt has character and a sci-fi feel that I haven't seen elsewhere this season and it's really nice to have a change of pace instead of the 'same old, same old'.
Signage / Visibility / Location
Directa your feetza to Paulo's Pizza. Right on the corner of W. Howard and 51st.
Wait Area / Line Entertainment
You can wait and have a slice of pizza (might be the only haunt with that option). Once in the queue/stairs we were entertained by the disembodied voice of the security camera operator, who was pretty funny.
Actors' Performance
Unique in that there were actors helping throughout to go along with the monsters/aliens. The service men helping we pretty well done and you could tell they were comfortable with their parts. This did a great job of immersing us into the overall haunt.
Sets Scenes / Props / FX
There was a continuity to this haunt unlike any other. They maintained the military base them throughout and all of the scenes, props and special effects supported the theme very well.
Length
We were through the haunt in about 15 minutes.
Crowd Control
Employee's were present throughout and the crowds were kept small enough to be manageable.
Most Memorable Moment
There was a few times where the baddies were either shot or took a victim and the audience got a bit of the overflow, so to speak. Didn't see it coming either time, great surprise! Oh, and the alien about halfway through.
Summary
Monter Mayhem will take you in a different direction than your typical haunt and I for one like the change. Something you can enjoy while you get a sci-fi scare.
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by
HocusPocus
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after attending on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at about 3:30 p.m.
Submitted: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Review
In you enjoy scary adventures that allow you to participate in your adventure rather than being limited to just being a spectator then you’ll love Monster Mayhem! Sure, you can limit your involvement in the Monster Mayhem experience to being just a mere spectator…but if you’re looking for an opportunity to maximize your thrills by totally emerging yourself into a horrific adventure you’ll definitely want to check out Monster Mayhem.
It’s not often you encounter a haunt that actually gives you a mission to complete. The unique aspects of this haunt don’t stop there. Custom made special effects and a very unique consistent themed story line for the entire venue give you the opportunity to play a role in this adventure. Probably the best way to explain the theme of this haunt is to liken it to a mix between Aliens and Resident Evil. What I particularly enjoyed about Monster Mayhem is that you don't just see and hear scary things....you actually get to FEEL them on a few occasions!
The superb acting, special effects and the detailed story line at Monster Mayhem made this a very enjoyable experience for me. While every scene didn’t motivate me to run for the hills there were a few rooms that made me jump or quicken my steps. As a result, I gave this attraction a 5 out of 5 on the fun scale and a 3.5 out of 5 on the scare factor. This is definitely a haunt for all ages and not just adults.
(note: one thing I’d like to point out…I attended this haunt on opening night and then again two weeks later. The experiences were totally different. One of the key elements of a participatory event is the interaction between the actors and the participant. As the actors were just getting acclimated to their roles on opening night I found the thrills to be a lot more intense on my recent journey through Monster Mayhem than on the original.)
Signage / Visibility / Location
Located in the basement of Paulo's Pizza / Pub. There are signs for the haunt but they're not nearly as obvious as the signs for Paulo's. Located right on the corner of 51st and Howard you can't miss Paulo's....but you may miss the signs for Monster Mayhem.
Wait Area / Line Entertainment
Doesn't get much better than this! While you wait....order a pizza, have dinner, play a few games in the arcade or listen to music in the pub.
Actors' Performance
These guys REALLY get into it…especially when you’re in the spirit of the adventure.
Sets Scenes / Props / FX
If you have an keen eye special effects, the props/FX at Monster Mayhem are worth checking out!
Length
I must admit, the length of this haunt did feel short but the visual entertainment was definitely worth the price of admission.
Crowd Control
Both times I attended this haunt there wasn't much of a crowd to control. Given that the venue is at a Pizza Parlor / Pub the logistics of how the Haunt patrons mix with those from the Pizza Parlor Pub may be interesting....but as this is their third year of business I would suspect that they've worked out any potential bottlenecks with the flow of traffic through the establishment.
Most Memorable Moment
I really enjoyed the elevator rides…both realistic and disorientating.
Summary
Fun for the whole family. If you enjoy scary adventures that allow you to participate in your adventure rather than being limited to just being a spectator then you’ll love Monster Mayhem! Sure, you can limit your involvement in the Monster Mayhem experience to being just a mere spectator…but if you’re looking for an opportunity to maximize your thrills by totally emerging yourself into a horrific adventure you’ll definitely want to check out Monster Mayhem.
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by
louiscyphre
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after attending on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at about 2 p.m.
Submitted: Monday, October 11, 2010
Review
An enjoyable storyline-driven haunt in Milwaukee located underneath a fifties-themed working pizza parlor. This is one of those haunts where you're a legitimate part of the story, in that you interact with characters throughout and outcomes are dependent on your participation. It also has a couple of godd**ned scary points where companions and I thought we were going to have heart attacks, which would make for really good publicity for Monster Mayhem, I suppose. Oh, and read the website stuff before you go -- it has some background information on the storyline that will help you put things in context.
Signage / Visibility / Location
Very easy to find, right off the interstate, Google maps very clearly lays it out, and there are big signs for Paulo's Pizzeria. Lots of parking, big parking lot shared by many businesses, all of whom are unlikely to have visitors at haunt time, I would think. I think there's a bowling alley across the street if you want something else to do post-haunting. There also looks like there's plenty of street parking.
Wait Area / Line Entertainment
This is a sweet deal. There's a huge pizza parlor, retro-themed for the fifties, with things like vintage jukeboxes, vintage soda machines, booth-side mini-jukeboxes with fifties and sixties tunes on them, etc. We had dinner there before they opened (their pizza has that really good bubbly-but-crackery-crust pizza that this writer grew up on in Midwestern Illinois) and there are tons of tables and booths. They also appear to have an extensive appetizer menu and there's a whole other barroom and a separate vintage videogame/arcade room for the kiddies or the kids at heart (I have the heart of a small boy myself...in a jar on my desk! Bada Bing! I'll be here all week!), really all that one could ask for as one is waiting to fulfill one's mission to investigate the strange occurrences and disappearances in the basement formerly housing Blazzin' (sic) Lasers (actually, I think that Blazzin' (sic) Lasers is the off-season purpose of the haunt space).
You buy your tickets at the back of the restaurant and there is some kind of projector which may in the future (we were told by the ticket lady) show footage of people in the haunt, which seems like a very very clever idea. Due to the time pressures of having to work the next day, we got there when they opened and were the first guests for the night (I would not recommend this, you want to go later in the evening so the ghouls are all warmed up and hungry for blood, but if you don't want to wait, Sunday night at 7 is a good time), so there wasn't really any wait for us.
They give you wristbands once you've paid, and I think they said they call out numbers for people to get ready and then get in line. The waiting area to get in is a concrete block stairwell, lit with green lights and haunted by a zombie lady and an extra-special surprise we heard about but didn't get to see, as we were lame and went on a Sunday night instead of the more usual times of Friday and Saturday and apparently the extra-special surprise doesn't work on Sunday nights. Ghouls these days! Back in my day, ghouls would walk a mile uphill, with just bloodied stumps for legs and dragging themselves forward with skeletal flaking hands, just to work on a Sunday night. I tells ya, no respect.
Actors' Performance
This was great, even though we were there on a Sunday night (okay, now I will stop saying that), these guys were convincing and obviously really into their storyline, dead serious actors who are intent on drawing you into the unfolding plot. You play an important part at certain points, and they treat you like you have a role to play in the action yourself. Ghouls were good, and there's this cage filled with slavering ghouls in various stages of undress crawling all over each other that seemed just awfully...unsettling.
Sets Scenes / Props / FX
Fewer scenes than one might get in other haunts, but there's definitely more plot going on than the stereotyped haunted houses of Oh No It's Freddy Krueger, and around that corner, it's Jason! And there's Michael Myers! And a Clown with Big Fangs eating a Baby!
I think they're really trying to give you an adventure here, not just scare you with various disconnected things jumping out of the dark, so, what they lack in cliche, they make up for in interactional opportunities. I love that stuff! We were given a mission by the guy at the front and had to play it out over the course of the haunt, almost like those LARP thingies all the kids are playing these days.
Hot Tip -- they asked for some kind of number code at one point (I think it was four digits), that we hadn't gotten, and so they weren't able to deactivate the bomb and the guy at the end told us we failed our mission (Sorry guys!). So, keep your eyes peeled for a number code or listen more closely to information the characters give you and you might, just might, get to stop the bomb from going off, though I'm not sure why that means you complete your mission. If I had a hoard of zombies and ghouls running amok, I would probably make it my mission to explode a bomb down in there.
Length
Oh, about 15 minutes to get through the haunt, a little short, but that might be because we were there, yes, on a Sunday night. Again, we had no wait, but when we left, a line was already snaking up the stairs and into Paulo's Pizzeria.
Crowd Control
They sent us all in twos, and this was important in the plot, not sure if they do this on the busier nights. It was really fun, much more interaction that way, but also less fun, in that you don't get to go through the whole thing with your friends if you have more than one.
Most Memorable Moment
The cryogenic chamber and its Occupant...
Summary
Enjoyable haunt where you play a more active role in things and all the characters connect up into a grand plot that relies on you to do more than just be scared. In some ways, it kind of made it scarier, in that it seemed, I dunno, more real, and you had to take things a bit more seriously.
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by
katie_kiesow13
(Newbie
Review Crew Member)
after attending on Friday, October 8, 2010 at about 5:30 p.m.
Submitted: Saturday, October 9, 2010
Review
Monster Mayhem is really a unique haunt in Milwaukee and I enjoyed it! I was a little disappointed that there is very little "scary" atmosphere when you arrive since it is located in the basement of a busy restaurant and you actually have to walk through part of the restaurant to get to it. We had a short wait and once inside, you completely forgot that you're in a restaurant basement.
The hallway (stairwell) we waited in was fun and scary since there were actors in there with us (and by the way, kudos to the actor in the stairwell - so creepy!!). Also, the guys on the intercom, though not at all scary, were incredibly entertaining and we liked them a lot! What I liked the most about this haunt was the unique theme employed throughout - I won't say much about it, but everything was connected and there was a story to follow, and I really liked that! Also, they used quite a few actors in makeup and costumes as opposed to animatronic scares, which was really nice. Lastly, although the trip through the haunt was pretty quick, my friends and I really enjoyed that there were scenes throughout that caused you to stop and listen to the actors rather than just running straight through without any interaction. Overall - well done!
Signage / Visibility / Location
I used my GPS and it was really easy to find. It's located in the basement of a restaurant, so there is plenty of parking. Once inside the building, just follow the signs to get to the entrance.
Wait Area / Line Entertainment
You can sit in the restaurant while you're waiting, but we didn't have to wait very long, so we went right in to the hallway/stairwell entrance. While waiting to enter here, there was a little entertainment in the form of creepy actors and entertaining individuals on an intercom who kept talking to us.
Actors' Performance
I thought the actors did a great job - they really interacted with all of us which I always appreciate! It's an interesting concept to involve the audience in the whole storyline, but I really think it worked well for this haunt!
Sets Scenes / Props / FX
It was all pretty standard. Lots of darkness and some interesting and unique scenes that I enjoyed. I really enjoyed the elevators!
Length
It took us maybe about 10 minutes to get into the house and maybe another 10 minutes to make it through the whole thing.
Crowd Control
None was needed while we were there.
Most Memorable Moment
The doctor(?) we saw after decontamination... and the room with the "two buttons."
Summary
Nicely done. Although I wasn't scared very much, it was extrememly entertaining, which is just as good!!
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by
kjlamb
after attending on Sunday, October 3, 2010 at about 5 p.m.
Submitted: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Review
The haunt was great-it was not as "scary" as one may consider haunted houses, but more interactive. The people inside tell you to do things and you have to do them in order to move on. There are a few good scares in there. You can tell that A LOT of work and planning goes into each persons haunt, so they have the best experience possible. It is definately a place that I will come back to net year.
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by
Mercedesb
after attending on Saturday, October 2, 2010 at about 4:30 p.m.
Submitted: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Review
Very different approach to the haunted house. You couldnt predict what was going to happen next and the fact that everything was hand build/made brought a "real" feel to it. I am not easily scared and this is the first place out of many that really scared me. There is a plot and you are considered as involved as the people leading you through it. its not a ahh oo look at that, walk through then your done, Multiple conversations with the actors about the plot and interactive. I ran a few times and i know i missed parts of the best spots in the area so i can only imagine how much better it would have been if i wasnt so scared at the moment. all in all best haunted house in the state that i have bee to so far! keep it up!
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by
Jailhouse Jonny
after attending on Friday, October 1, 2010 at about 2 p.m.
Submitted: Saturday, October 2, 2010
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