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Review: Sinister Pointe "Fear The Mark" 

10/27/2016

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Today we're contiuning our look at Independent Haunts with Sinister Pointe in Fullerton, CA. 

This is another event with a long standing history of being one of the best Haunts in Southern California and my first visit through the portal couldn't have been more amazing. 

Written by Joshua Condon
With past event names like Diner Dead, Bloody Mary, Condemned and Horror Hall, you kind of can get an idea what you can expect in "Fear The Mark". 

Unlike other events you get to possibly experience four different "realms" of terror. 

Each maze starts off the same, with an amazing host getting you ready for what lies inside. 
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Soon you will be sorted into your realm and receive your mark. From there you will venture into one of the four realms: Tormentum, Rebus, Infernal and Arcane. 

Each one offers something truly unique and different while at the same time sharing the same space at different area's. The way it's laid out simply "works" and works well. 

The talent in the maze is incredible from start to finish, it's no wonder so many people come back to "scare" at this event every year. It's a well oiled machine in every way. 
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Arcane: 
This was our first realm, one where the monsters play tricks on you. Apparently our group wasn't very good at finding our way out more than once and we sure paid dearly for it. 

Rebus: 
This was the "fun" maze and if you only have time to go through 1 realm and you are a coaster enthusiast, we highly recommend this one. Yes you can have your realm "chosen" for you, but you can also request one. You'll know where to do that. We also each got separated in this realm and a friend of mine sent me through a very narrow pathway. I had to suck in my gut but it was awesome. 

Infernal: 
This one also had some "alone" moments involved and some more physical elements that some may want to avoid if you are unable to do crawling, but it was amazing. 

Tormentum (thanks Stephanie for your thoughts on this realm): 
This one was a bit more gory than some of the other realms (as the name might tell you) and some area's where you have to crawl under some barbed wire. 
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Overall we had a simply awesome time at Sinister Pointe and we can't wait to see what your twisted minds come up with for next year. 

Thank you so much for inviting us out to your event, we couldn't have been more impressed with the overall professionalism of your staff and the passion of the talent inside the maze. 
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For more information on Sinister Pointe be sure to check out their website, and just like some other events, they have extended their run through November 12th. So don't worry if you can't get out there this weekend, you still have time to get your mark. ​

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Christopher Neff
11/24/2020 02:35:40 am

I have some questions.

1. Do I HAVE to allow the tarot card reader to select my path? Can I select my own?

2. How are we branded by the branderer? Is it a true branding, or anything painful at all?

3. In the Tormentum Path, is there any actual torment/ torture that happens to us the customers? Is there any physical pain involved in any way, shape, or form? I have below zero pain tolerance, am allergic to it pretty much, and just get very easily upset, and traumatized by any amount of pain.

Now I have some questions about all of your haunts, and attractions in general.

1. Is this considered an Extreme Haunts like Josh Randall's Black Out, The 17th Door, or McKamey Manor, etc?

2. When you used to have the touch pass option available, just out of curiosity, what type of touching was it? Was it the rough kind that you see in the Extreme Haunts such as being tortured, water boarded, slapped, thrown against walls etc?

3. Are we actually made to face our fears as in will we be personally exposed to our actual phobias, so someone afraid of suffocation would be suffocated etc?

4. Is there any physical pain at all involved in any way, shape, or form, like electrical shocks, floors, and walls, and metal that shocks you when touching it? Or, even being hit, or slammed like in the Extreme Haunts? Pain of any intensity, and any kind is a huge hard limit for me that I won't ever break, or even touch.

5. Is there any suffocation involved like in the Extreme Haunts such as water boarding, plastic bag over head, latex sheet over face, or hand over nose, and mouth, etc, or anything at all, that will make me feel like I can't breathe, or will be short of breath etc? Anything that restricts my breathing, or even merely makes me feel like it is is also a huge hard limit for me that I will never ever break, or even touch, and is in fact an even harder limit thab
n pain, my hardest limit, and is my most feared way of dying ever.

6. Is there anything that would make me feel Claustrophobic at all?


Sorry if these questions come off as weird, or stupid, but I want to make sure it's not anything that would go against my boundaries, and limits, and be anything too intense that I can't handle, that would be traumatizing for me, that I would never ever consent to in a million years.

I found out about these extreme versions of haunts that come off more like torture houses, and inspired off of S&M shit, or at least if not true torture, still really intense, and too much for me. Ever since I found out those abominations exist, I now contact any haunted attraction to make sure it's not one of those disgusting freak versions before I go.

So, based in what I said, and asked above, do you think I can handle this one?

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