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Fear in Darkness - This Friday, the 13th Erebus Total Blackout

The lights are out and you descend into a labyrinth of dread, fear and despair! The glow-stick in your hand the only hope you will cling to.

We've all experienced that feeling of dread and fear as we ascend the stairs from a dark basement, psychological terror running amok, seeming to snap at your heels. At the Erebus total blackout event this Friday, April 13 from 8:00 p.m. – midnight, the terror is real and lurking around every corner! This isn't a run back up 10 stairs to escape the terror. This is over a half of a mile immersed in total darkness with only a glow stick to help you escape! Will you make it all the way through three floors of pitch-black fright?

All of the fear...none of the lights...back by popular demand it’s a total blackout at Erebus Haunted Attraction! The lights are turned out and you descend into a labyrinth of dread, fear and despair! The glow-stick in your hand is the only hope you will cling to... Move quickly, when that light dies... It’s a total blackout!

One night only, this Friday, April 13 from 8:00 p.m. until midnight at Erebus Haunted Attraction, the world- renowned fortress of terror, located in downtown Pontiac at 18 South Perry Street. Visit www.hauntedpontiac.com for tickets and more information. Tickets start at $28, VIP $50.

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Erebus 4-Story Haunted Attraction consistently ranks as one of the world’s scariest haunts. As Michigan’s largest haunted attraction and former holder of the Guinness World Record for largest walk-through haunted house from 2005 through 2009, owners Edward and James Terebus have spent three and a half decades plotting terror that assaults all five of your mortal senses.

Opened in 2000, Ed and Jim Terebus have built Erebus into an empire of fear in downtown Pontiac. Named after the Greek god of primordial darkness, Erebus is a four-story playground for your mind. With a staff working year-round, Erebus Haunted Attraction’s engineers create and design terrifying thrills to agitate all five of your mortal senses.

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