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What's your favorite pizza in Chicago? And did your families/wider friend groups (outside of those involved in the movie directly) know about the stunt before the reveal? Or were they kept in the dark?

Hi Barbara! What's your favorite type of shark (animal, not entrepreneur)?

Just to add a different perspective -- I'm currently working as a scare actor at a haunt where we DO touch guests. It's all over our promotional materials, big signs in the lobby, etc and before you go in you have to sign that you understand you'll be touched. It's not "groping," however -- there are strict rules about how we're allowed to touch guests and first-year actors are NOT allowed to touch guests at all (you need to be cleared by management to do so). We have cameras in every room monitored by central security, and our actors do have mics/radios -- if any inappropriate touching happened, that person would be fired so fast.

As far as the types of touching we do, it's mostly jump-scares...hiding under tables and reaching out to brush your leg, following behind you and then touching your shoulder, or your hair. There's also a room (an "elevator") where the floor and walls are on hydraulics and they shake -- for safety reasons, guests need to stand against the walls in that one, and sometimes when guests don't follow directions we need to sort of hold their shoulders and "maneuver" them into place in order to keep foot traffic moving. Most touching is very brief because our goal is to keep you moving so that you don't clog up the flow from room to room.

Your friend would probably not want to visit our haunt if they see any amount of touching as "groping" -- but it adds another layer of unpredictability for those who enjoy a good scare and don't mind being touched. Kinda like involving an extra sense that you need to be "on edge" about as you walk through :)