INSIGHT Magazine October 2014 | Page 9

Haunted Chicken House Atrox Factory The annual fowl-house of fright returns, complete with the “X-scream X-perience” for those who have a danger addiction. Proceeds benefit Hollis Fire and Rescue. When: Open every Friday and Saturday in October, from 7 p.m. to midnight. Church night is Oct. 28, running 7-10 p.m., and Halloween night is also 7-10 p.m. Also runs Nov. 1 starting at 7 p.m. Where: 7522 U.S. Highway 431, Heflin Admission: $15 for the haunted chicken house, $15 for a haunted hayride and $25 for a combo ticket to both attractions. VIP tickets with line advancement privileges $25. Info: www.hauntedchickenhouse.net. This horror-fest combines a haunted factory with celebrity guests every weekend, and is scary enough that the creators recommend only ages 12 and up venture through the doors. When: Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:3010 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30 p.m.midnight and Sundays from 6:30-10 p.m. Where: 8404 Parkway Drive, Leeds Admission: Tours of the factory are $18, with a $5 fee at the gate on celebrity nights (Fridays and Saturdays). Info: www.atroxfactory.com. INSIGHT’S HALLOWEEN INTERACTIVE FICTION: ATTACK OF THE MAD RODENT By Benjamin Nunnally You are in your dining room, surrounded by the bloody corpses of your family and a small, white gerbil. Your spouse, son and daughter have all been slaughtered by the gerbil. You are not sure where it came from. It is very cute. from the gerbil, which sits on the table in a pool of blood. Fortunately, you are well-versed in demonology and are acutely sensitive to psychic vibrations. Where your family fell to the gerbil's orgiastic lust for violence, you have the tools to survive. You stand on the opposite side of your dining room table If you attempt to reason with the gerbil, turn to page 12. INSIGHT The gerbil rests on its haunches and stares at you with eyes as deep and black as the cosmos. If you choose to keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex, turn to page 35. October 2014 9