Halloween has always been the one time of year when horror fans get to experience terror outside of cinematic experiences. Haunted houses, mazes, plays and the like all emerge in October, then fizzle and disappear until the season rolls around once again. But no longer! Eli Roth’s Goretorium opens this month and will function as a year-round haunted attraction, which Roth discussed with Fango.

“I wanted to build, basically, Disney World for horror fans,” the CABIN FEVER/HOSTEL creator tells Fango. “I want it to be the scariest place in the world.” Roth’s ability to manipulate cinematic fear will no doubt find new expressions within this Las Vegas attraction, which takes place in a fictional hotel called The Delmont, where attendees will watch as the fates of past guests unfold. Roth felt that Vegas would be the perfect location because it’s one of the few U.S. cities that functions as a year-round tourist destination: “People go there to have fun; they go there to have wild experiences and have a great time.”

Besides the main haunt, Goretorium will also feature a bar called Bloody Mary’s, a lounge called Baby Dolls (equipped with zombie girls dancing in cages) and even a wedding chapel. You can check out a recently posted promo video below that is sure to put a smile on any gore-lover’s face, with HOSTEL-esque moments of mutilation that hint at what’s to come in the Goretorium.

The HOSTEL maze at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights last year served as a test run for Goretorium, and it became the most attended house there. Roth attended himself and witnessed the overwhelming positivity fans had toward the entire event in general and the HOSTEL portion in particular, “I saw thousands of people an hour going through,” he recalls. “There has been record attendance at Horror Nights, the Haunted Hayride…it’s a special thing. I wanted to build something that, year-round, would be incredible all the time, and we’ll be able to update our haunt. The problem is that once you go through a haunt, there’s no reason to go through again, but we can really change it seasonally, or [to tie in with] a movie.”

Eli Roth’s Goretorium is set to open September 27, and tickets are already available (for $35 on-line) at the official website. 

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