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COMPASS MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 2000. VOL. 7 ISSUE 11

-NANA'S HAUNTED HOUSE 135, Tzuyou Road, section 2 Tel: 225-7770 Hours: 1-10 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 12:30-10:30 p.m. weekends

Be prepared for some real thrills and chills when you enter Taichung's first genuine haunted house which, unfortunately, will only be in town for about three months, until around lunar new year time. A joint project between a local company and Hollywood-based Mirage Entertainment, which specializes in such ghoulish productions, Nana's has already had very successful tours of Taipei and Kaohsiung. Taking 25 days to set up, the haunted house provides some fun local variations on standard themes (keep an eye open for the rotting motorscooter riders). Visitors (victims?) spend about 15 to 20 minutes--depending on whether they're the types that freeze up or start running when scared--wandering through a very dark maze, where plenty of gruesome secrets and surprises await. For non-Chinese-speakers, the little talk given at the beginning basically reminds visitors to not light any fires inside and not touch the characters that jump out at them. In turn, be reassured you will not be touched. Nana's is worth the NT$180 admission ticket but is definitely not for elementary-age and younger kids. It's located on Tzuyou Road, almost next to the Taichung Park McDonald's and opposite the Taiwan Power Company. Check it out at your own risk. (heh! heh!)

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