Leporiphobia is an abnormal, debilitating, and often paralyzing fear of evil bunny rabbits. And if you’re looking for the baddest Bunny in the country, you need to take a trip to The ScareHouse in Pittsburgh, PA.
ScareHouse Creative Director Scott Simmons says the inspiration for their most popular character came not only from Leporiphobia and movies like Donnie Darko, but from …Furries! Simmons says “The national AnthroCon convention is always held here in Pittsburgh, and I do love and respect everyone involved in that lifestyle. It’s always great fun when they visit Pittsburgh.
“But, I did find myself wondering about the contrast of seeing these big animal costumes in otherwise civilian settings. There’s also something creepy about the frozen smile and lack of real eye movement or contact. So we felt that what really scares people is contrast, that incongruity. You see a guy in a clean and colorful bunny costume in the daylight, and it’s cute … put a guy in a dirty bunny suit in dark basement, carrying an axe … and that’s just wrong.”
This homicidal rabbit runs amok in the halls of The ScareHouse every Halloween season, but you can also follow The ScareHouse Bunny all year long on twitter:
http://twitter.com/scarehousebunny
The ScareHouse in Pittsburgh, PA is ranked as one of “America’s Scariest Halloween Attractions” by Travel Channel and as one of America’s best haunted houses by AOL, Forbes, Fangoria, and Haunted Attraction magazine.
The ScareHouse offers three haunts for just one price: The Forsaken, Delirium 3-D, and new for 2011: Pittsburgh Zombies. “Pittsburgh’s Ultimate Haunted House” is located just minutes from downtown and open on select dates from September 23rd through October 30th. Visit www.scarehouse.com
for tickets, directions, and more information.
