Remember going to concerts? Movies? Plays? Museums? Other people’s homes? Those were the days. As the days of summer dwindle and Mr. Autumn Man draws ever nearer, it seems likely that we’ll have a new crop of social outings to wistfully remember. Our days of bobbing for apples, for example, are behind us. Crowded Halloween parties won’t be in much demand this year (though you could always wear a mask under a mask). And the haunted houses of yore will probably be no more—at least for this year. But a Japanese company has come up with a novel way to still get spooked by someone in detailed zombie makeup without letting a cackling stranger within six feet of your airspace, and honestly, it’s pretty ingenious.
Boing Boing reports that Kowagarasetai, a Tokyo-based haunted experience production company, has put together a COVID-conscious “drive-through haunt experience” during which a whole bunch of zombies “attack” your car. The process is simple: you drive into a warehouse, honk three times to wake the dead, and then the terror begins. Actors swarm the car (a hearty dousing of blood is available for an additional fee, and the nice ghouls will even wash it off for you afterward) as sound effects and the exposition for the story play through your car’s stereo.