Don't open the door: Japan haunted house goes drive-in amid COVID-19

24 Jun 2020 03:05PMTOKYO: A car horn beeps and the horror begins: A bloody murder and rampaging zombies. But this drive-in haunted house in Japan protects against the most terrifying enemy of all - COVID-19.

"It's because a haunted house creates an environment with three Cs," he said, referring to the conditions Japanese experts warn risk spreading the virus: Closed spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings. A normal experience might involve a windowless facility with actors playing ghosts quietly following visitors and whispering directly into their ears to scare them - all impossible in the age of coronavirus.Iwana and his team Kowagarasetai - meaning"A squad wanting to scare" - initially tried to create coronavirus-compatible performances by wearing masks painted with fake blood and playing recorded screams rather than unleashing real ones.

Iwana says he was told the tradition began when up-and-coming kabuki actors began performing ghost stories in the hot summer months, when star actors took time off.Kota Hanegawa, 28, plays a blood-soaked killer in the squad, though he admits he is not a big fan of scary things. "Maybe we should just not do anything and keep our heads down," she said seriously, from underneath a full face of zombie make-up.Guests are confined to their cars for the drive-in horror show in Japan.

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