Horrorbuzz got the oppportunity to experience Hulu’s “Castle Rock” during San Diego Comic Con. This activation was expansive, thrilling and everything you would expect from the quintessential author of horror, Stephen King.

The activation took guests through several vignettes, most of which were based on King’s popular novels/stories.

Beginning with checking in at the Castle Rock Bed and Breakfast, guests were then ushered into private rooms and when the doors closed behind them, the nightmare started. We ended up in room 30265.

Befuddled guests were then filtered into an open space with a great underwater effect as a chilling figure steps out of the shadows. A red balloon eerily floats near a crashed car.

It gets creepier as we wind our way through the activation. With plenty of references to King’s stories like Cujo, Shawshank, the Shining and others that weren’t familiar to me.

It was like getting to experience a theme park Halloween maze and we loved it!

You’ll get a chance to find out why the small town of Castle Rock looks perfect on the outside but on the inside, it’s something sinister and evil.

Castle Rock debuts on Hulu July 25th with a giant cast including Bill Skarsgard, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Jane Levy and so many more.

 

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Erin Jefferson-Foley (Mommy Fearest) is terrified of scary movies, gore and zombies. But she loves all things Halloween and Haunt related! Slowly but surely she has been dipping her toes into the realm of horror movies with great results. Pretty soon she will work her way up to watching a scary movie when it is dark outside. Erin has had a love affair with theme park Halloween events for the past 20 years. Her first time at an event was at Knott's Scary Farm in the late 80s when a family friend, a Knott's employee, escorted her into the park to watch Elvira and give her a behind the scenes tour. She was intrigued as she walked through the break room and realized that they were just people in masks and makeup. It seemed like only a short time later, Erin was performing for Halloween Haunt which led to her meeting the love of her life, her husband. Each year she cheers on her husband and his friends as they set up and run a home haunt. You can catch her helping with line control and repeating the same instructions over and over and over to the guests each night. She has been a professional dancer and actress for over 20 years. When she is not in the studio teaching dance or in her office writing, you can catch Mommy Fearest with her husband and two kids at various conventions throughout California. She enjoys Cosplay, Star Wars, Renaissance Faires, Halloween, haunted attractions, paranormal happenings, special effects makeup and horrible reality television shows.