Wicked World delivers a wide variety of sinister and devious characters. Even when we appeared to be alone, we knew the monsters were lurking nearby, stalking us, intending to make us more than just their guests.
With the actors playing many different roles, there were many different types of costumes. It appeared that the majority wore very well-done airbrushed makeup, though there seemed to be a few characters with added face paint (like some of the clowns) throughout all three attractions and on the midway, and the majority of characters wore colored contacts to give that extra creep factor.
In the midway, we were stalked by clown sliders, Noodles, and Blueberry, who wore bright, colorful clown clothing and clown wigs. The other roamers also had full costumes and Mama JuJu had a fresh, bloody knife.
Nightmare Haunted House was the first attraction, and as we entered The Johnson Cemetery, we were greeted by a skeletal man in a top hat and suit. We are big fans of the Bushman, but within this attraction, we met a Bushwoman, covered in her wild greenery. As you can imagine, we were very excited! There were patients in gowns and one in a straight jacket – unfastened! We recommend fastening that guy up; he was a tad out of control due to his wardrobe malfunction. We saw others in prison costumes, Piper the Puppet in her pigtails and ripped, dirty puppet costume, a bloodied bride, and a clockmaster in torn steampunk clothing. We want to note that some characters had shiny, clean hair, taking their character a bit out of the grungy scenes, but otherwise, the costumes were well done in this attraction.
We were greeted by soldiers with guns, in army gear and helmets, as we waited to enter The Hunted. Inside were zombies formerly of the army and otherwise. These monsters, once human, were terrifying in appearance (and action). Most wore dark or camo and torn clothing, had wild, dirty hair, or wore helmets and other hats. One zombie was in a black dress, a choker, and had super bright red hair; another lurked in the corner, and all we could see was this zombie’s glowing eyes and dead skin. Effective in scaring the crap out of our team!
Lastly, we entered Valley of the Dead and needed a room at the hotel. The Bellhop, in his red and gold-trimmed outfit with hat, greeted us. He was dirty, so we did not expect cleanliness for this stay! Beyond the hotel were characters like a farmer in bloodied overalls, and in a ghost town were characters in black clothing. One was wearing a dress with a noose around her neck and a shovel in her hand. Inside the clown house, we met Penelope, the fairy, in bloodied, white clothing that had a perfect glow in the blacklight, including a tutu, her hair in two buns, and she held a fairy wheel as she…blessed us? We’ll go with that!
Next, we were stalked by the clowns. Some in black and white stripes, others in red and black, one joker style, suits, and one had large pom poms down his all-black clown clothing. All in painted-on and airbrushed clown makeup. Inside House of VooDoo, we met two witch doctors in white, dirty gowns with ghostly appearances. Shout out to the Raven on the trail! Gorgeous raven costume with wings and a mask with the raven beak! She was happy to let me pet her beautiful wings and used the outfit well to play her character. The only thing we’d like to see here is less clean skin.
The residential Demon waited for us in the darkness, in black, old-timey clothing toward the end, with four horns that stuck out of his head. Was he aiming for our souls? We were told by another actor that, in order to exit alive, we needed to buy a car from Earl, who was covered in blood with huge gashes that could be seen through his overalls, and he was holding… an arm. Maybe it only costs an arm to get a car, instead of an arm and leg, with Earl? At least it appeared to, for someone, but we escaped with all of our limbs!
The costuming at Wicked World seemed original and quality for all characters and their roles, with the small exception of too much cleanliness in Nightmare Haunted House for a couple of actors, with their hair too neat for the scenes. The masks looked great, the makeup detailed, and overall, the appearances kept us immersed in the roles of the Wicked World actors. Bravo to the costume and makeup department!
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