The Horrors of McKamey Manor (Is the Waiver Legal?)

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As a 10 year veteran in the haunt industry, I can speak for the majority of us when I say Mckamey Manor has no place with haunted attractions.

Rip legal eagle for having to sit through this footage

Fun fact! A navy seal made it almost all the way to the end. He was a couple minutes away from completing it (back when it was a 7 hour thing, that’s clearly changed) and Russ pulled him out saying he didn’t think the seal could handle it anymore, but really he just didn’t want to pay him the 20k.

They lost me at "head shaving" That's not scary, it's what is known in legal circles as "a dick move."

I act at a haunted house, and year after year we get asked if we'll torture our customers like this. We don't, and we never will. I hate this place.

I miss half an hour ago when I didn't know this place existed

I do NOT understand how signing a piece of paper absolves you of crime .

“Don’t get the waivers wet” The waiver is completely stained with fake blood

"He learns people's fears and then designs the experiences to create psychological terror" Well, McKamey, I'm deftly afraid of puppies licking my face, that will definitely scar me for life, especially labrador puppies.

As a horror attractions fan, not in billions of years I would do this place

I'm no lawyer, but I imagine a contract might be tough to defend in court if it's covered in blood and puke.

I am an actress and artist for a really awesome haunt in Tennessee that was voted number 1 several times, and is still 10 nationally. The only reason we are no longer number 1 in TN is because McKamey moved here. As professionals with over a decade in this field, we know how to produce a fun and terrifying experience for all ages, and safety is our primary focus at all times. We will probably never be able to get number 1 again as long as McKamey is operational here, because we cannot compete with actual torture. From someone who is a part of the haunter community, I can say that all of us, from haunts across the US, hate McKamey Manor. They do not represent what haunting is about, and they certainly do not define the standard of a professional haunted house. It is a masochistic terror experience, not a haunted attraction, and the sooner they are classified as such, the better for the rest of us that put our heart and soul into what we do.

Fun fact: Most haunts in the US don't consider McKamey Manor to actually be a haunt. They argue that it is a not a haunt because it's not trying to be an actual haunted house type of attraction. They sparsely decorate rooms because the guests have no time to look at decorations anyway. I tend to agree that McKamey isn't a haunt. It's in its own category.

Signing waivers to be tortured and abused? That is very American.

"7 years ago we had a heart attack. That was GOOD STUFF." That says it all. God bless whoever sat through this footage...

They say you can use your safe phrase at the beginning of the waiver. But then later in the same waiver, it says that russ and the actors will determine whether or not you can actually leave. I feel like that makes the point of it being a legal waiver null and void. Due to it contradicting itself

How could you possibly win the $20,000 if McKamey decides you're done when he deems that you were "completely mentally broken," which he literally defines to be the point at which you beg to leave and forfeit the money? It's logically impossible to win the money then.

Objection: This makes me sad.

I remember reviewing footage from McKamey Manor with my father, who is a lawyer, and he said “I don’t think any waiver covers...this?”