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Ultimate Behind the Scenes Haunt and Escape Room TOUR
Thursday February 27th, 2025

This is the ULTIMATE behind the scenes tour for Transworld 2025. The tour starts with a behind the scenes tour of Lemp Haunted House, then St. Louis Escape which includes Retro Golf and our new Alien Escape. Finally dinner featuring a Q and A with Larry Kirchner and guests then through the all-new Darkness haunted house which includes an all-new haunted house, horror retail store and more.

Limited to the first 300 paid guests. No additional tickets will be added. No transportation provided. Each attraction tour is optional.

Included: Behind the Scenes Tour Lanyard - BBQ Dinner – Seminar – Tour through three attractions including St. Louis Escape - Lemp Haunted House - The Darkness plus our new actor's room and larger retail store. Guests are allowed to take photos and videos. NO FOG USED.

New Features: Tour Lemp behind the scenes for the first time ever. Go behind the scenes inside our multiple escape rooms plus Retro Golf and pinball arcade - Another first time ever offered. The Darkness will feature an entire new haunted house replacing the old Terror Visions, plus new actor's room and larger retail store. The Darkness will feature new, never before seen animations and props from Unit 70, Ghost Ride, Studio Tek FX and Hallucination Creations.

Each part of the tour is OPTIONAL. Each attraction is ONLY available during the times listed.

Lemp Behind the Scenes Entry: 4:30pm to 5:15pm (3500 Lemp Avenue - 2 miles from The Darkness)
St. Louis Escape Room Entry: 5:30pm to 6:30pm (1517 South Eighth Street) (Eight Escape Rooms, Retro MiniGolf, Pinball Arcade)
The Darkness Q&A Seminar with BBQ Dinner: 6:30pm to 7:30pm (1525 South Eighth Street)(includes dinner and drinks)
The Darkness Behind the Scenes Tour: 7:30pm to 8:30pm (1525 South Eighth Street)(We start letting people in at exactly 7:30pm)

Price: $225 per person
Note: Price rises February 4th, 2025
This event sells out every year! Act fast!

The Darkness Haunted House w/Live Actors
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2025

1525 South Eighth Street

New for 2025 Transworld Tour: Our Blacklight 3D Terror Visions made its debut at Transworld's very first haunted house show back in 2010. Now 15 years later we've gutted Terror Visions 3D to make way for an all-new scarier and gory haunted house. We're attempting to replace an ENTIRE haunted house in less than eight weeks. The new section will feature never before seen props and animations from Unit 70, Studio Tek FX, Ghost Ride Productions and Hallucination Creations.

The Darkness has expanded the Horror retail store and built an all-new actors makeup room. See an entire NEW section of The Darkness featuring OUR BEST and SCARIEST actors mixed from The Darkness, Creepyworld and Lemp. Our 2025 Tour we plan on going HARD CORE with the scares and actors. Be prepared!
The Darkness features nearly 200 animated FX, hundreds of props, Hollywood scenic rooms - and for this one night only event - over 60 live actors, outdoor scare zone, photo ops and more.

Entry: 6:45pm to 9:30pm

Cost: $55.00
This is a timed ticket event. Limited to the first 650 tickets sold. This event sold out last year!
Price goes up on February 4th, 2025.

Lemp Haunted House with Live Actors
SATURDAY MARCH 1, 2025

3500 Lemp Avenue

New For 2025 Tour: The Lemp features new scenes, screams, props and special effects. For LIVE ACTORS we plan on using our BEST actors mixed from The Darkness, Creepyworld and Lemp to offer the most intense screams for Transworld 2025. GO UNDERGROUND where NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM! The single most unique location in America for a haunted house - over 100 feet underground in a gothic cave system.

Entry: 6:45pm to 9:00pm

Cost: $50.00

This is a timed ticket event. Limited to the first 500 tickets sold. This event sold out last year.
Price goes up on February 4th, 2025.

BOOK ST. LOUIS ESCAPE ROOMS

With EXTENDED HOURS the entire week of Transworld: Next door at St. Louis Escape we'll feature our newest escape room: Alien. Book escape rooms NOW as locals book the rooms every weekend! The escape rooms will feature expanded hours. Get details at www.StLouisEscape.com

BOOK ST. LOUIS ESCAPE ROOMS

...with EXTENDED HOURS the entire week of Transworld. Our rooms SELL OUT early. St. Louis escape features two all-new escape rooms for Transworld 2025 including Haunted Hotel and Alien Escape. St Louis Escape features EIGHT multi room escapes, Retro Blacklight Mini Golf and Pinball Arcade. We expect the ALIEN escape room will be totally sold out the week of Transworld so act quickly!

Book now at:

www.StLouisEscape.com

The Darkness is recognized as one of the World’s Best Haunted Attractions

The Darkness features over 300 animations, CGI FX, and hundreds more monsters, zombies, and props. The Darkness is one of the most detailed haunted houses in the entire world - spanning over 30,000 "scream" feet. The Darkness features THREE main attractions including two floors of The Darkness, Terror Visions 3D and a Horror Arcade with gift shop. Directly next door to The Darkness is one of America’s top 10 best escape room facilities featuring multiple unique escape rooms, retro blacklight mini-golf and a pinball arcade.

Book escape rooms and mini-golf at:

www.StLouisEscape.com

Learn more about The Darkness at:

www.TheDarkness.com

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