JORO (2022)

MY PROJECT FOR THE 2022 SEASON IS “JORŌ”. A TRIP INTO THE EDO PERIOD OF JAPAN, VISITING THE EVIL SPIRIT OF “JURŌGUMO”.

I’VE CREATED THIS HAUNT AS AN EXPRESSION OF MY JAPANESE HERITAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY MY INTERPRETATION OF THE URBAN LEGEND, “JORŌGUMO”. I’M RELATING MY LIFE EXPERIENCES TOWARDS ASPECTS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS URBAN LEGEND.

JORŌ WAS ABOUT A GIRL WHO WAS FORCED INTO WEARING A MASK DUE TO HER CHARACTERISTICS. SHE FINALLY SET HERSELF FREE AND IS NOW HUNTED BY SAMURAI. SHE TRANSCENDS UNDER HER TRUE IDENTITY AND TAKES OVER THE NIGHT.

JORŌ INCLUDES AN ALL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, SENSORY AND VISUAL EFFECTS AND A VARIETY OF SCARES. IT WAS A QUICKER PACED AND SHORTER EXPERIENCE THAN MY PREVIOUS HAUNT “VERUM: TRANSCEND AT YOUR OWN RISK” (2021).

I EXPERIMENTED WITH A FASTER, MORE STRAIGHT-FORWARD FLOW IN THIS HAUNT TO HELP ACCOMMODATE LARGER CROWDS AND DIDN’T FEEL AS CONFIDENT IN THE NEW SPACE TO DELIVER SOMETHING AS GRANDIOSE OR AMBITIOUS AS “VERUM” (2021).

DOING THIS HAUNT AND EXPERIENCING ITS UNEXPECTED POPULARITY ON HALLOWEEN REALLY HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT AND WILL STRONGLY INFLUENCE MY FUTURE DECISIONS FOR HAUNTED HOUSES.