Located in an old warehouse in Toronto, it drew constant crowds. The artists, who run the Feminist Art Gallery in their hometown, first staged the haunted house in 2013. (The grannies, for the record, are made out of pantyhose and stuffing.) There are also zombie folks singers, a Linda Blair bathroom and a room full of confident vampire grannies letting it all hang out. “And you have to get through their mean, judgy dance to get through the room.” “You have these performers dancing in a clique,” explains Mitchell. The haunted house also will contain a “Riot Ghoul” party that visitors will have to traverse. (Included in the mix is a tombstone for Catch One, L.A.’s longtime black, gay disco.) Guests are led through the haunted house by a performer playing the role of a “demented women’s studies professor.” This person guides the visitor through a paranormal consciousness raising, a straw feminist hall of shame (featuring paintings of Beyonce, Lena Dunham and Margaret Thatcher) and a crypt of defunct queer organizations, publications and ideas.
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