DELUSION: tHE RED CASTLE 2024
- LOS ANGELES, CA





Delusion: The Red Castle takes place at a new location for 2024 inside a large 13,000 square foot mansion and on a 1+ acre land, The Stimson House is the last remaining mansion on the famed “millionaire's row” and it resembles: you’ve guessed it, a red castle. With a three-story house with a long driveway from the main street; it is easy to let your imagination run wild and get on board with the theming.


You are a patient of Dr. Lowell’s, a prolific psychologist who can help you unlock your supernatural powers to its full potential. However, unwanted for his unorthodox methods and practices; he has sought refuge for his family and his special patients inside a mysterious red castle. Yet, the struggle continued. Dr. Lowell’s wife fell to her death shortly after calling the castle their home. He believes that with your supernatural ability paired with his brainpower; he may be able to bring back his dead wife. Therefore, you can help him while he helps you. Your story begins when you are found sleepwalking and wandering the grounds of the castle. Whilst you wake up eventually with fuzzy memory, it begs the question: is this happening or are you dreaming? Play your part and decide.


With a larger footprint of the main house (The Red Castle), it is easy to immerse yourself into the storyline and pick up a continuous haunting vibe as you move around in the house. With 30 rooms; you just don’t know where you’ll end up and you won’t know where you’ll be taken to next. The difference from last season is that the front house is bigger than the back house this time; making it feel more like a mansion. Whereas at Phillips Mansion; the backhouse looked and seemed bigger. Both grounds were huge and had more than enough space; but it was a combination of both the interior and exterior that really made this experience memorable.


With a larger bar, larger VIP lounge and larger exterior patio seating by the food stand; Delusion: The Red Castle can be your upscale Halloween destination experience. Reserve an earlier showtime so you can have ample time to do the VIP experience if you’re paying for it and also have ample time to hang out at the normal bar, VIP lounge if applicable and have your dinner there. Also, parking is free; that’s something you don’t hear everyday in Los Angeles.


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For more info, visit: www.enterdelusion.com



DELUSION: VALLEY OF HOLLOWS 2022 - POMONA, CA





We descended into the darkness and entered Delusion: Valley of Hollows. As first timers at this interactive experience; we did not know what to expect though we had ideas of what it would be like. We were completely wrong and were left in awe after the experience; we barely survived. Read on further to see if you have what it takes to survive Delusion.


Valley Of Hollows is an interactive journey where you partake in the experience as a Deprogrammer; someone who is here to rescue and free people of the cult’s influence. At Valley Of Hollows, we had to infiltrate the Phillips Estate at the request of a little girl that we saved years ago. Her brother is missing and knows that the cult has something to do with it indefinitely.


A great mystery clouds the Phillips Estate with the urban legend of Esther Phillips. There seems to be an endless supply of bodies showing up at the estate, especially with the cult’s promise of something extraordinary in the afterlife. Our job was to investigate, save the girl’s brother and hopefully others along the way. All we had to do was evade the groundskeeper; who was seemingly under a spell and our only hurdle from freedom. At least, that’s what we had thought at first. We couldn’t have been more wrong about that as well. Unlike the standard haunted house or maze, Delusion takes place at an actual estate and mansion. Mostly everything you see is from the actual estate and those creaking floors are no special effect.


With characters that insert themselves into the experience then disappear and members of your team that also…vanish; it won’t just be the groundskeeper that you’ll be running or ducking from at the Phillips Estate. Will you have it in you to solve the mystery? To find that poor girl’s brother? To survive and bring everyone back alive? You may enter Delusion but there’s no guarantees of an exit.


If that wasn’t enough for you, visitors can upgrade their ticket to an exclusive VIP experience. You’ll have access to the upstairs portion of the mansion where there is a bonus maze called Hell’s Hollow; a self-guided/audio-prompted experience. There is an additional room decked out with objects from the 70s with a tube TV that shows classics from the era. Lastly, there is the Kool-Aid VIP bar where you can drink the night away with exclusively themed cocktails such as “Esther’s Brew” and “Jonestown Punch”. But please, if you’re going to drink the Kool-Aid, please do it after all the experiences.


In conclusion, we enjoyed Delusion: Valley Of Hollows a lot. This is definitely recommended for the haunt-goer that is seeking something more than a haunted maze. This experience definitely gave off a feeling of being inside a “haunted house”. While you wait for your group’s turn to enter; you may feel free to interact with with roaming characters that are part of the Estate, visit the living room which also served as a waiting room that is decked out with usual items from the 70s and replenish yourself with yummy hors d'oeuvres and beverages from the Last Stand Delights food stand. (Can you spot the acronym?)


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For more info, visit: www.enterdelusion.com