PAIN MADE TO ORDER

i'm sort of having a mild brain fog moment rn so i can't fully articulate what i'm on about, but i think a lot of able-bodied artists view things like canes and crutches as interchangeable. and they often don't know enough about the wide range of mobility aids to make an informed decision about what their character might actually use based on their disability

its "yea" or "nay"

"NOPE!" IS NOT AN OPTION.

so raise your glass high, for tomorrow we die and return from the ashes you call!

hank: veteran haunt actor, 13+ years of experience, visits other haunts frequently and is notorious for being a difficult scare. often typecasted into the chainsaw role but they've played their haunt's (physically) bigger icon characters before. if you know who the mangler is, theyre like that. theyve been asked to specialize but wont. their favorite is chaser roles. they are also a fucking beast at creeper scares. they won't do puppeteer roles. their first 2.5 years were a fucking trainwreck and they were banned from large weapons/large props until their third year because they weren't getting the hang of the whole "pull weapon back instead of above" thing + a lot of their initial ideas for scares were too convoluted and disrupted the flow of the line. great to partner with a smaller + newer actor if they can bounce off each other, they're good at coaching once in the actual haunt. they forget when hell night is until day of and work it most years either way.

deimos: 5-8 years of experience, means to visits other haunts but commits too hard seeing the season out that he forgets to take however many days off. he's seen a couple. slider/lot actor + stunts. you know the actors that slide towards you on the asphalt with metal pads so the ground sparks? hes doing that. hes the guy terrorizing you in line. tends to play nonverbal characters that vocalize through other sounds because otherwise he gets way too into the role and ends up being waaay too mean. this and he's one of the actors willing to wear latex masks so he gets much more restrictive masks. typecasted as a catch-all chaser OR gargoyle/gargoyle adjacent. he finds in-house acting boring and repetitive unless hes dropping from the ceiling or climbing over shit or on wheels. hence stunts team. works hell night every year. one of the only people who actually wears hearing protection in-house. one of those annoying people that was good at it immediately. can't do mannequin scares for shit though. helps with post-haunt clean up crew as a cool down + helps with props

sanford: 8-10 years of experience, visits like 2 other haunts each season. works double as a costumer + actor. he can actually tell you the plot of the house. atmospheric actor rather than a jumpscare actor, often typecasted as ringleaders, monologue roles, storytellers, guides, really any role that lets him talk at people because he can speak over the speakers. often he's a guide but he's occasionally a lot actor since he's good at interacting with the customers. in his first year he learned he can't wear most masks because they trigger his claustrophobia. bc of this he's usually one of the more human-looking monsters and this means people talk to him if they're tapping out or need first aid when going through the haunt. this happened enough times over his first few years that he decided he likes interacting with customers and he'd like roles that let him do that more.