San Diego, California). Russ McKamey, a former soldier, converted a former asylum into a “house of horrors” in the mid-2000s: the classic entertainment venue for adults and children, particularly popular in the month of October as it is associated with the traditional Halloween. celebration. As the years pass, McKamey works to make his attraction more and more terrifying, to the point of reaching the point of no return. Access is prohibited to minors, between 18 and 21 years old.
Those who want to stay at “McKamey Manor” must be accompanied by their parents but, what is especially extravagant, the tour has been designed as a psychological and physical tour de force. So much so that he decides to participate and finds himself in the same role as an unfortunate horror movie protagonist, having to try to endure a long series of physical and verbal insults, sometimes even being filmed to be broadcast live on YouTube.
Director: Andrew Renzi
Stars: Melissa Everly, Gabi Hardiman, Russ McKamey
McKamey does not do it for money, he guarantees access to the house of horrors in exchange for dog food and, above all, by signing a waiver: anyone who decides to enter McKamey Manor declines any responsibility for the painful consequences that it may have. face, such as tooth extraction (obviously without anesthesia), broken bones, heart attacks, head injuries. In fact, more than a house of horror, over time the place has become something similar to a torture room with clients forced to suffer, in sessions of seven or eight hours, all kinds of beatings, burials, waterboarding (simulation drowning), contact with insects and tarantulas, ingestion of unknown foods and administration of drugs. As a prize, for those who manage to avoid saying the word “safety” (thus interrupting the agony), there would be 20,000 dollars that, to date, no one has been able to collect.
It didn't take long for the media reactions to be felt, even strong, to the point that McKamey, in 2017, was forced to leave San Diego to move to Tennessee. This extreme and very dangerous experience, however strange it may be, attracts the public, to the point that access to the “McKamey Manor” has become almost a privilege (27,000 people are on a waiting list), while the sites Websites (including Facebook) dedicated to the event are followed by an untold number of enthusiasts.
This is essentially what Monster Inside: America's Most Extreme Haunted House is about, a documentary directed by Andrew Renzi and intended for the Hulu platform. Noteworthy is the absence of McKamey himself (he refused to participate), while chilling images of real torture suffered by consenting victims appear on screen. Three participants describe his experience: Melissa, Gabriela (three times admitted to the tour), and Brandon, the latter an Iraq War veteran. The human mind is truly indecipherable, at least according to its claims.
"Before I was nobody," says Melissa and continues: "After appearing in a video on YouTube I became famous, with thousands of followers and fans contacting me to talk about the experience." A rather unusual way of becoming “someone”, being psychologically and physically abused for hours and hours in front of a camera that broadcasts the images live in the merciless, sometimes icy and also quite stupid virtual universe of the Web.
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